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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Teams of scientists, engineers and meteorologists continue their work assessing the steep hillside in Ketchikan following Sunday's fatal landslide. United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has finalized a decision to maintain protections for “D-1” lands. And Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival was marshaled in by a horde of vikings and valkyries.

Bull riding, barrel racing, extraordinary vegetables, and a petting zoo! Enjoy Kodiak's Rodeo and State Fair all weekend - life on Alaska's Emerald Isle.

This week we hear about Kodiak's housing shortage, a recent police department training involving an active shooter drill among other scenarios, and a fire at the Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape.

Local news stories this week include a look at fireworks sales in Kodiak and efforts to build a new public use cabin near Pasagshak. Hear that and more on this episode of the Weekly Wrap.

This week we hear about a record low Chinook count in the Karluk River, Kodiak's ice cream truck is back in service, the Kodiak Island Borough approved funding for local nonprofits, and Kodiak College will receive nearly $4 million more than usual from the federal government.

This week we hear about U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski visited Kodiak to speak for the Alaska Municipal League, Kodiak Fire Department responded to an ammonia leak, a Coast Guard death sparked conversations about mental health on base, and we hear what it's like inside the Alutiiq Museum.

This week we hear about municipal issues at the Alaska Municipal League's Summer Legislative Session, a UAA Chancellor's Award of Excellence going to Nancy Castro, pink salmon issues across the Gulf of Alaska, and an update on the Bering Sea snow crab crash.

This week we hear about the challenges of housing Kodiak's senior population and one solution to expand Emerald Heights, an update on summer road work within the city, details on a kayaker from Kodiak washing up on a beach of Woody Island, and more about a potential uptick in salmon shark sightings around the island.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates for a proposition set to appear on Juneau’s local ballot want one day a week during the summer cruise season when there are no ships in port. A truck drove into the Turnagain Arm. And researchers are working on an algorithm to predict earthquakes.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey talks with the Kodiak KINDNESS project's new Executive Director, Kate Paulson, and outgoing director Heather Preece about the services the nonprofit provides and a big community event the organization is hosting in October.