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On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:A new Alutiiq Culture class is live streaming from the Port Lions school, the USDA announces it will rehire all fired probationary workers at least temporarily, how the U.S. House's proposed budget will cut Medicaid funding and impact Alaska, a district court judge weighs in on the lawsuit brought by AVCP and the Tanana Chiefs Conference against the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the top Iditarod teams are now on the Norton Sound coast.

This week we hear about a Kodiak herring fishery proposal being taken up by the Alaska Board of Fisheries, why two wind turbines on Pillar Mountain aren't spinning, a new Alutiiq Culture and language class & livestream in Port Lions, a bear gut jacket from a Sugpiag artist will be displayed at the Alutiiq Museum, Jessie Holmes is this year's Iditarod champion and Mount Spurr volcano outside of Anchorage is likely to erupt in the coming weeks.

On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Haines, Alaska, publicly supports Canada’s sovereignty. The powerful Senate Finance committee discussed long deferred maintenance at rural schools. And Alaska’s state development agency says it’s talking with the operator of the Ketchikan Shipyard to resolve a dispute that threatens thefuture of the yard.

On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Employees fired last month from the agency that oversees federalfisheries in Alaska were reinstated Monday morning, but will not necesarily go back to work. Officials say residents across Southcentral Alaska should prepare for potential ashfall from Mt Spurr. And Sen. Murkowski continues to be one of the only Republicans in Congress willing to break with President Trump.

On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, we hear from Meghan Hargis with the Alaska Food Policy Council and Myra Scholze of the Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op about the upcoming statewide Alaska Food Festival and Conference which will be held in Kodiak March 28 & 29.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A Fairbanks legislator wants the state to have an official dinosaur, and he has one in mind. A new report in Haines chronicles which parts of the mountainous borough might be prone to future landslides, but they may not want to officially adopt it. And four cats and two dogs were euthanized by the Sitka Police Department following a break-down of shelter operations last summer.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KCAW's Robert Woolsey reports on Board of Fisheries decisions about king salmon access for Southeast Alaska anglers, and the output of the Southeast's salmon hatcheries.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to stay away from the face of the Mendenhall Glacier, where a large piece of ice may fall off at any moment. Lawmakers are turning to reforming the retirement system for state and local government employees. And Sen. Lisa Murkowski says Elon Musk and the President are overreaching their constitutional powers.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The U.S. Senate has so far confirmed eight of President Trump's cabinet picks, including Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. The upper Kuskokwim River communities of McGrath and Kalskag were shaken by a rare magnitude 5.2 earthquake. And Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled his plan to fund education.

This week we hear about the new parking policy at Kodiak's State Airport that takes effect on Feb. 1, Alaska Communications is teaming up with Old Harbor Native Corporation to provide fiber to communities on the east side of the island, the Kodiak Island spaceport (Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska) hopes to capitalize on a national "traffic jam" at spaceports in the Lower 48, the first of three new Coast Guard cutters arrived in Kodiak this week, Marine Exchange of Alaska is helping to fill gaps in the Coast Guard's VHF radio system coverage around Kodiak Island, and a special report from our freelance reporter at Kodiak High School about the culinary class finals this month.