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On today’s midday report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Environmental groups sue over the Biden administration’s approval of Willow, and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday ended the government’s defense of a land exchange agreement that would have allowed the Alaska Peninsula community of King Cove to build a road to reach an all-weather airport.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ryan Redington has won the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The only Cook Inlet beluga whale in captivity is celebrating five years at his aquarium home. And Southeast weather nerds try to predict the future. Tyonek the beluga at Seaworld San Antonio

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two Aleutian volcanoes are showing signs of unrest, signaling the potential for an eruption. The University of Alaska Fairbanks rifle team won the NCAA championship over the weekend. Plus Iditarod leaders are tightly bunched. Tanaga, in November 2012. Photograph courtesy of Roger Clifford

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Pharmacy giant Walgreens is going back on a decision to offer the abortion pill mifepristone in Alaska. Crews in Craig are still working to restore service after a water outage that began Sunday. And the Alaska Marine Highway System has announced significant changes to this year’s summer …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Kenai is already closed for kings, story by Sabine Poux of KDLL, kids go icefishing, as reported by KBBI’s Corinne Smith, and a halibut preview from KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth. Six-year-old Solo Sky Frost ice fishes for the first time with his kindergarten class on …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Kotzebue and the Northwest Arctic Borough have declared a disaster after a series of massive snow storms. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is considering cuts to pools and theaters in the face of a large deficit. And a new brewery is opening in Sterling. A Kotzebue …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new bill introduced in the state Senate last week aims to revamp the public retirement system. The Iditarod trail sled dog race got underway this weekend. And an international meeting on arctic policy will host 13 countries for three days in Anchorage. Attentive sled dogs await …

On today’s midday report with host Kirsten Dobroth: the Kodiak Island Borough School District plans for another year of flat funding, the Board of Fisheries passes some restrictions on fishing in Area M, but it’s far short of what Y-K Delta residents were hoping for, and Alaska Airline’s iconic “Salmon Thirty Salmon” will soon be …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, join host Jared Griffin as he talks with Stephanie Mason and Rob Stauffer of the Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op about supporting locally-grown and farmed food in Kodiak. The Co-op store is located at 1410 Selig St, and is open T-F 3-7pm, and Saturday 12-3pm. Listen here:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: School bus service in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District resumed Monday after a month long bus strike ended. Brown bear baiting will not be allowed in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, after all. And the latest Iditarod update! A brown bear cub looks for fish in the …