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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Delta Junction schools briefly locked down Friday afternoon in response to a threat of gun violence that was later determined to be unfounded. Alaska isn’t a swing state in the Presidential election. But the U.S. House race here could help decide who controls Congress. And Alaska’s election results will take some time to come in following Election Day.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska is well into the start of respiratory disease season, and some trends are emerging. Bipartisan majorities will control both the Alaska House and Senate following the election. And regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska have been clarified.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Members of Alaska Legislature's bipartisan coalitions are announcing their leadership and organizing their caucuses. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised its color code for Spurr to yellow, or "advisory" status. And the Hecla Greens Creek mine near Juneau plans to break ground on an expansion sometime next year.

The Alaska Seafood Task Force is concluding its series of meetings after discussing a variety of commercial fishing topics, including limited entry permits. Two of the five missing crew members from the wreck of the Wind Walker in Sitka have been recovered.

On today's Midday report with host Davis Hovey: A game store celebrated its first full year in the Kodiak Marketplace. The City of Kodiak has purchased a new lift station and property which will help prevent future sewage spills in Mission Lake. Gov. Dunleavy teases an education reform bill he plans to submit ahead of the legislative session.

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KYUK's Margaret Sutherland reports that low prices put a damper on last year's Bristol Bay sockeye season, a new study looks at the size of chinook salmon, as reported by KYUK's Samantha Watson, and Davis Hovey of KMXT tells of an effort to encourage "ocean pastures."

On today's Midday Report with Host Brian Venua: Cases of whooping cough were confirmed in Kodiak Middle and High Schools, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. gave its CEO a 10% raise, Gov. Dunleavy presented a draft budget for next fiscal year, there's research into how or if electric vehicles could be viable for the arctic circle, and Petersburg got rid of an aggressive sea lion.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:Visitors to the Alaska State Capitol won’t need to pass through an airport-style security checkpoint. An Anchorage nurse is training healthcare providers on how to collect forensic evidence of crimes. Plus early Americans were dining largely on mammoth.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave called the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history. A motorist is being treated for severe hypothermia after their vehicle was found in the Kenai River. And as urban upgrades replace mobile home parks residents struggle to find new housing.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count has wrapped up. A Sitka man is celebrating the 35th anniversary of an Arctic trek that almost defies belief. And Bethel’s library director was honored with a national librarian award.