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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The U.S. Department of Education is withholding nearly $7 billion in education funding for programs that range from migrant education to English language instruction and gifted education. Gov. Mike Dunleavy is now asking roughly half of the Alaska state House not to show up for the first five days of the special session he called. And reactions to Sen. Murkowski's Big Beautiful Vote.

On today's Midday report with host Davis Hovey: A recap of Kodiak's recent renaissance fair, the Trump administration revives hopes for the Pebble Mine, an update on wildfires in the Interior as firefighters shift efforts towards Nenana, a report on the high cost of living in Juneau compared to the state's other major cities and a bowhead whale poop study's surprising findings.

This week we hear about more than half a million dollars in federal grant money slated for Kodiak College is frozen, the Alutiiq Museum's archaeology team has pieced together a historical timeline for Shuyak Island, the City approved its FY26 budget, the borough is on the hook for a quarter million dollars for school bond debt, and another dead whale washed up on Surfer's Beach.

This week we hear about the vacant position for the director of engineering and facilities at the Kodiak Island Borough, the City of Kodiak approved an agreement with a new city manager, the federal government has frozen more than a million in grants that would fund KIBSD programs, NOAA has multiple research vessels conducting surveys this month, ADF&G raises catch limits for sockeye in Kodiak area rivers and some of the Kodiak Alutiiq Dancers participate in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:Sockeye catch limits raised in Kodiak area rivers while Chinook salmon restrictions tightened in Kodiak area and Gulf of Alaska. St. Paul Island hasn't received air cargo such as groceries in over a month. A new state law clarifies taxes for Turo vehicle owners in Alaska. And a group protesting male circumcision is touring around the Alaska road-system.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:What just happened at Saturday's Special Session of the Alaska Legislature? Is Senator Murkowski thinking about running for Governor? And what do very deep boreholes have to do with coal fired powerplants?

This week with host Davis Hovey, Brock Simmons with Discover Kodiak joins us for an overview of the 2025 summer cruise ship season in Kodiak and other work the organization is doing behind the scenes.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Alaska Public Media's Eliza Dunn reports on dipnetting at Ship Creek, KMXT's Davis Hovey on a kelp hatchery, and KDLG's Kendra Hanna on potential safety data gaps for commercial fishermen.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KHNS's Avery Ellfeldt has a story on a new insurance option for Alaska fishermen, king salmon sport fishing for out-of-state residents is back on, according to Olivia Rose of KFSK, Evan Erickson reports on a new policy brief about crashing Yukon salmon stocks for KYUK, and a Kodiak fisherman has been fined over a million dollars for persistently pumping bilge water overboard, story by KMXT's Davis Hovey.

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Excerpts from conversations in Kodiak about climate change adaptation.