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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Suzanne LaFrance is poised to unseat incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and become the city’s first elected female mayor. After 121 days in Juneau, state lawmakers have concluded their work. And National Parks are using social media to boost visitor numbers and amplify their conservation efforts.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A cyclist from Homer came out on top at the U.S Professional Road Race Championship last Sunday. Suzanne LaFrance has declared victory in Anchorage’s mayoral race. And Finance Co-Chair Senator Bert Stedman talks about the state operating budget.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola continues to be one of the Democrats most likely to vote against her party. A bill awaiting the governor's signature would ban harmful “forever chemicals”. And two brothers and a friend walked the 100 miles from Nome to Shishmaref.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska legislature passed a bill this month to start a psychedelic medicine task force. The Alaska House and Senate passed a high-priority package of crime bills on Wednesday. And advocates for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People say a recently passed bill is a major milestone.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard from citizens who want to change the way ballots are counted in local elections. The state’s powerful tides have enormous potential to generate power, but that energy is inaccessible. And across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta families are celebrating young hunter gatherers with Throwing Parties.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KDLL's Riley Board reports on the federal disaster declaration forsetnetters on the east side of Upper Cook Inlet and on the final rulefor federal management of salmon fisheries in the Upper Cook's EEZ. Crab fishermen were charged in federal court for illegal transport of crab, as reported by CoastAlaska's Angela Denning. And for KFSK Hannah Flor reports on a proposal to change how a popular run of hatchery king salmon near Petersburg is managed,

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Brian Venua talks to the Kodiak Island Borough’s associate planner, Joe Grochmal, and director of community development, Christopher French, about the efforts to create a new Hazard Mitigation Plan.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Efforts to increase availability of the overdose reversing drug Narcan are being met with skepticism from some in law enforcement. The Alaska Senate passed its version of the state’s operating budget Wednesday. And the state House Judiciary Committee proposed a constitutional amendment that would keep correspondence school funding in place.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A weeks-long interruption affected incoming calls for an unknown number of GCI mobile customers across Alaska. One People Canoe Society instructors taught Wrangell residents how to make traditional Tlingit paddles. And one Alaska city prepares for a potential measles outbreak.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A killer whale has been approaching boaters in Juneau. Lawmakers in the House and Senate are racing to craft a bill that would allow homeschool programs to continue. And red sweaters filled the streets of Nome Sunday as nearly 100 people marched to bring awareness to indigenous injustice.