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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A trial is set to begin today in a fight over whether the parent companies of two Alaska grocery chains can merge. Emergency crews are responding to a large landslide that killed one person and destroyed several houses in Ketchikan yesterday. And the siblings of a man who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Juneau last month say they’re still waiting for answers.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An updated version of the Bunny Boot is about to hit the market. A recent report documents extensive community health risks from plastics in the Arctic region. And Fairbanks North Star Borough residents are highly energy burdened, according to a recent study.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A landslide in Kenai Fiords Park caused a 55 foot tsunami last month. Search and rescue personnel had a long holiday weekend that included three plane crashes in Alaska. And Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development released statewide assessment data on Friday that shows most students are not proficient in core subjects.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ketchikan residents describe a chaotic scene after a landslide ripped through a residential neighborhood. Weather observations at Denali have been taken for one hundred years. And Unalaska is now officially Tsunami ready.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the Kodiak History Museum's new Executive Director, Kristin O'Lear, about the museum and their 70th anniversary.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Democratic Party wants the Division of Elections to bar Eric Hafner from the ballot. Relatives of Cassandra Boskofsky want answers about how her disappearance was handled. And a bill addressing missing and murdered indigenous persons has been signed into law.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new study has identified high levels of mercury stored in permafrost along the Yukon River. Alaska librarians are cautiously optimistic that a state agency will restore a big cut in funding. And there could me a mental health upside to Sitka's extended internet outage.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Over $3 million dollars is headed to the Native Village of Kotzebue for a new solar farm. Landslide prone communities in Alaska are reassessing their level of risk. And the travel landscape changes once again for Aleutian communities.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have required car rental apps to collect state taxes. Anchorage’s hydropower czar says there are solutions that could satisfy all parties competing for the water that emerges from Eklutna Lake. And libraries around the state are scrambling after learning a key state grant was being slashed.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KOTZ's Desiree Hagen reports on the shocking crash of Kotzebue Sound chum salmon, plus The Trouble with Marimo Balls.