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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Lawmakers are working to hammer out a compromise on an education bill that could avoid the governor’s veto. The Trump tariffs could dramatically impact the state if they go forward. And the City and Borough of Juneau will move forward with a controversial plan to mitigate glacial outburst floods in the Mendenhall Valley.

This week we hear about Pacific cod pot fishing opening, State Senator Gary Stevens is once again hoping to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes, a housing project in Kodiak is in limbo, and the City of Kodiak is reviewing its development plan for Near Island.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, a protest at the state capitol over state employees' salaries, the tsunami emergency system won't have its annual test this year, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation is suing its insurance group, updates on federal funding freezes and firings over employees around Alaska, and the Iditarod has moved the start of this year's race to Fairbanks (not the usual Willow restart).

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Davis Hovey catches up with Dianne Ibarra of Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak to talk about their upcoming events and trainings.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey we hear about statewide protests, including a local one hosted in Kodiak, of a myriad of actions from President Donald Trump and his administration; a recap of Monday's telephonic townhall with Congressman Nick Begich; the status of hiring ferry workers in Alaska, and the latest update from the Iron Dog Snowmachine Race.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:This week more action from the Board of Fisheries meeting in Ketchikan, as KCAW's Katherine Rose reports on a lower harvest level for Sitka's herring fishery, and Robert Woolsey tells of new options for Sitka's subsistence sockeye slingers, also from the studios of KCAW.

Book swaps, bird counts, and more...Life on Alaska's Emerald Isle.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced a bill yesterday that would keep the name Denali on North America’s highest peak. Lawmakers are looking closely at Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to create a state Department of Agriculture. And funding to expand electric car charging capacity has been stalled, if not cancelled.

On today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Chiniak's school has a water pump again, the quest for a new Kodiak city manager is being contracted out, the state legislature is trying to address both staff shortages and education funding, Sen. Lisa Murkowski criticized President Trump for dismissing thousands of federal employees, and federal workers in Juneau share how they're dealing with layoffs.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Trump administration is set to impose tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico. The Iditarod started in Fairbanks yesterday. KYUK’s Samantha Watson looks at the warming climate’s impact on the race trails themselves and what this means for the future of the on-snow sport.