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This week we hear about Kodiak's first emergency manager, a new parking policy going into effect at the airport, the Coast Guard rescues two fishermen, a Kodiak Island resident wins a national award, the Alaska Seafood Task Force discusses draft recommendations and the Kodiak Island Borough School District holds a townhall as it mulls potentially closing a local elementary school.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:A Southeast Alaska lawmaker has a proposal to offer a state flood insurance alternative that may include coverage for both floods and some landslides. Another Alaska lawmaker is proposing a bill that would protect the personal information of law officers and stalking victims. And Sen. Lisa Murkowski lauded President-Elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Energy.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:The federal Office of Subsistence Management has a new director. A project to build Alaska’s first state-run veterans cemetery received a $7 million grant last week. And lawmakers are once again pushing to revive a pension system for state and local government workers in Alaska, including teachers.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: the Juneau Assembly voted to oppose a Board of Fish proposition to limit Southeast Alaska hatchery production, story by KTOO's Yvonne Krumrey, Kodiak's tanner season has started, according to KMXT's Brian Venua, plus Andy Lusk and Maggie Nelson report on a snow crab processing deal for public radio KUCB, whose Sofia Stuart-Rasi reports about genetic diversity among populations of red king crab.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:International shipping and logistics giant Maersk is ceasing operations in Alaska by February. A federal court has ruled on a case that questioned the rights of Alaska Native tribes. And a group of homeowners in Birchwood are suing the Eklutna tribe and the head of a federal agency over a small-scale casino planned near Anchorage.

This week we hear about Pacific Seafood finalizing purchasing Kodiak's largest seafood plant, KIBSD will decide whether to close a school in January, the Board of Fisheries tweaked some regulations for Prince William Sound pollock, Dunleavy proposed increasing funding for ASMI, and a small landslide struck near Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center.

This week we hear about the City of Kodiak's main recreation center's name change continuing to be pushed back, City Fire Chief Frank Dorner announces his upcoming retirement, the Alaska Seafood Task Force holds its final meeting before giving recommendations to the Legislature, a small business celebrates a year in the Kodiak Marketplace, two cases of whooping cough confirmed in Kodiak schools, and a teenager has been indicted on charges of assault in relation to the White Sands beach explosion that injured almost a dozen youth last month.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:Hospitals across the country are reeling from the collapse of a staffing agency for emergency medicine doctors. The thousand Ukrainians who have come to Alaska worry that President-elect Trump will deport them. And...Christmas trees!

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Double-duty Davis Hovey provides reports on meetings of the Alaska Seafood Task Force and Alaska Board of Fisheries from his base at KMXT, and KDLG's Margaret Sutherland tells of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit against two seafood processors over alleged wage violations.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:Alaskans giving birth are experiencing obstetric hemorrhage at increasing rates. NORAD detected and tracked four Russian military aircraft Tuesday as they passed through international airspace off Alaska’s coasts. And the status of refugees from abroad working in Alaska is uncertain.