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Host Brian Venua meets with Natura Richardson, ITN's new executive director to talk about how she's liked the job so far and some new projects for the nonprofit.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: Data collection from National Weather Service's weather balloons in Kotzebue are abruptly ended, subsistence is changing in the Arctic with salmon and humpback whales moving further north, a presentation on the sustainability of the Permanent Fund Dividend, and the first dog death reported in this year's Iditarod as teams go through Grayling for the second time.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey: The Alaska Board of Fisheries is weighing in on a proposal to change the herring fishery in Kodiak, the state House considers amendments to the education funding bill, a look into an Alaska Native corporation's subsidiary that runs a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, and an Iditarod Sled Dog Race feature on one team made up of shelter rescue dogs.

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.