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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The National Tribal Health Conference got underway this morning in Anchorage. The city of Bethel says the state isn’t helping rural communities access funds meant to help build modern water and sewer systems. And a trial is set to start today in Ketchikan to determine if the …

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: The Alaska Department of Health has agreed to cut the waiting list for the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by half in six months. A bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday advanced to the House on Wednesday. And the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A threat of gun violence at John Apangalook School in Gambell resulted in a lock-out protocol for students. The Fed. Subsistence Board is proposing an emergency order drastically reducing the current harvest of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd. Representatives from a company seeking to establish a graphite …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: This week dual Area M stories, from KUAC’s Dan Bross and KUCB’s Theo Greenly, and KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth reports on a field trip by Alaska mariculture folk to South Korea, where kelp is king. Katie Basile/KYUK

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reconsider the Pebble Partnership’s permit proposal to build a mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay. The Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs have agreed to support the Ambler Road Project. And the Alaska Senate is set to propose a one-time …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Not Invisible Commission, advocates working to prevent violence against Indigenous people in Alaska, met in Anchorage this week. Alaska’s Army National Guard recently sent a Black Hawk helicopter to a permanent station in Bethel. And Alaska Native language experts shared their personal stories at the State …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: After a fire closed a fuel dock in the Whittier Harbor this week, city officials say it’s operational again. And arctic Alaska is on the lookout for invasive species. Boat traffic continues as normal while fire crews extinguish a fire at the Whittier Fuel Dock on July …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Petersburg’s Catholic Church caught fire yesterday afternoon in a blaze that continued for nearly 10 hours. Two Anchorage Assembly members are taking aim at with a proposal to dramatically simplify the city’s residential zoning rules. And Alaska wildfire managers have seen the least-ever acreage burned so far …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A fire broke out at a fuel dock in Whittier on Tuesday, injuring two people and sinking a boat. A white raven has been spotted around Kenai for the last month. And Kotzebue celebrates the Fourth of July, complete with an eating contest. One of Gregory Messimer’s …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Regulators are considering rewriting the implementing guidelines for the National Standards of the Magnuson Stevens Act. We find out which ones, and why.