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On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Silver Bay Seafoods announced in a press release that it will take over all Alaskan facilities owned by OBI Seafoods, through a partnership with Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation. The National Transportation Safety Board report says the fatal Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome was hundreds of pounds overweight. And lawmakers narrowly rejected an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy that would have created a cabinet-level state agriculture department.

On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump is testing the limits of his power. The Nanook Diversity and Action Center is closing and having its website taken down. And the BLM released a draft feasibility study for public comment last week that evaluates whether the proposed Alaska Long Trail would be a suitable National Scenic Trail.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:Renewable energy projects across the country are in limbo after the Trump administration placed a 90-day hold on funding. The Sitka Assembly will invite a Kodiak-based company to bid on the operation of a new, publicly-funded marine haulout. And seven school districts in rural Alaska are trying something new to help revamp education.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:The Alaska Legislature is getting to work on a bill that would boost state funding for public schools by more than $460 million. At least three school districts across the state are considering closing at least one school. And the icebreaker Aiviq is the Coast Guard’s newest vessel, despite a history of design problems and failure.

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines:Alaska students posted some of the lowest scores in the country in national reading and math test results. State regulators have fined proponents of the 2024 ranked choice repeal ballot measure nearly $157,000 for what officials called “egregious and widespread” violations of campaign finance laws. And the Kenaitze Indian Tribe recently held a traditional medicine workshop about the wildflower yarrow.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Scientists and hunters have been counting bowhead whales passing by Utqiagvik for the past two months. Senator Lisa Murkowski is concerned about implications for Alaskans of cuts to SNAP benefits and medicaid. State lawmakers have passed bills designed to help pull the struggling Alaska seafood industry out of its tailspin.

This week we hear about the Alutiiq Museum reopened, Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center has a few openings, there's a new fishermen crew training course, half of Kodiak's rural school seniors were in Ouzinkie, the Kodiak Island Borough upped how much it funds education, and we look at bills Kodiak's state legislators worked on.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A novel new internet system could have the potential to revolutionize internet access in rural Alaska. The Legislative session is over. And Delta Junction's Ukrainian immigrants hope for a legal means to remain in the United States.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A trio of high level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week, looking for ways to "unleash Alaska’s resource potential." Volunteers say they recovered the remains of three people missing since their boat capsized in Kachemak Bay last summer. And a skater explores Alaska.

On this week's episode with host Jared Griffin, grassroots organization Kodiak Collaborative and the YMCA of Alaska discuss their plans to help address some of the community's childcare needs by offering an after-school program in the fall.