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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development failed a test that allows it to include millions of federal dollars toward its contribution to education funding. The Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, which provides funding to art institutions nationwide. And Anchorage police have identified a man officers shot and killed earlier this week.

This week we hear about harmful algal blooms around Kodiak, the City Council picked its next clerk, halibut populations are at some of the lowest levels in a century, the Alaska Legislature is winding down its 2025 session, Ouzinkie is declared tsunami ready, and Kodiak Middle School's Kaci Martin, Jasper Ignacio, Neal Skonberg, Ryker Christiansen, and Cole Martin give us a preview of CrabFest. That story is featured in KMXT's Weekly Wrap thanks to a collaboration between KMS' journalism class and KMXT News staff.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Alaska Legislature passed a joint resolution last week urging lawmakers in D.C. to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies. A group of Alaska legislators have set this year’s Permanent Fund dividend at $1,000. And Governor Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have boosted long-term funding for Alaska’s public schools.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KUCB's Maggie Nelson reports on the FISH Act, numbers and growth rates for Pacific halibut are historically low, and the Northern Journal's Nat Herz talks to KCAW's Robert Woolsey about yet another lawsuit from the Wild Fish Conservancy.

This week we hear about a busy cruise ship week season in Kodiak, statewide recognition and awareness events for national Missing and Murdered Indigenous People's day, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly is preparing to sell land it owns, and a story from our partners at Alaska Public Media about the Alaska Legislature passing a budget with a $1,000 PFD which now heads to Gov. Dunleavy's desk.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Coast Guard is responding to a cargo ship that caught fire near Adak yesterday. Two people died in a helicopter crash on the North Slope near Deadhorse on Wednesday. And three officials from the Trump administration visited the beginning of the Trans-Alaska oil Pipeline on Monday.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski says Congress needs to reclaim the power of tariff authority from President Donald Trump. A Homer pilot and passenger died Monday in a plane crash near Nanwalek. And the Kuskokwim River is breaking up far quicker than normal.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska’s oldest ferry is too expensive to fix. Alaska has been leading the nation in employment growth since late 2022, mainly due to federal funding. And a proposal that would create and fund tribally run public schools inched closer to reality on Thursday.

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we discuss all things gardening in Kodiak with guests Andi Olsen and Marion Owen ahead of KMXT's annual plant sale/fundraiser on May 10.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Monday was Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. The Alaska House is scheduled to vote today on a change to corporate income taxes that could raise millions of dollars for the state. Anchorage officials are moving forward with a plan to free up space at the landfill by burning trash, and harnessing that power into electricity for the city.