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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.

This week we hear about the self-help housing project in Kodiak getting funds and land, an update on the city manager search, surveys of Kodiak Island's emperor geese show the population is doing well, a look into the salvage process for the Tanusha, a tour of the Coast Guard fast response cutter John Witherspoon, and Kodiak's Emergency Services are preparing for potential impacts of a likely Mt. Spurr eruption.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska’s U.S. Senators have co-sponsored a resolution to keep the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency and not privatize it. Alaskans fear an executive order signed by President Trump might disenfranchise voters in rural Alaska Native communities. And the pilot recently rescued off of a small plane in an icy, Kenai Peninsula lake may face disciplinary consequences, and be responsible for cleaning up the wreck.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Caregivers in Homer gathered last week to support state legislation to increase oversight of in-home care services and attempt to boost caregivers’ wages and benefits. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to $43 million dollars in federal grants that support public health programs in Alaska. And airport workers in Fairbanks are preparing for a possible eruption of Mt Spurr.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUCB's Theo Greenly reports on "unprecedented" measures from Fish and Game to protect Gulf of Alaska chinook salmon, Katherine Rose of KCAW on a lower than expected harvest level for Southeast chinook fishermen, and possible changes are coming to the system that supplies data from marine weather buoys, according to KMXT's Davis Hovey.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion have gradually disappeared from University of Alaska webpages. A group of education leaders from tribal organizations spoke at a U.S. Senate hearing against the dissolution of the federal Department of Education. And Bethel’s unofficial loudest event of the year is the "Heart of the Drums."

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Kobuk 440 — one of the last sled dog races of the season — begins on Thursday. Many of the weather buoys floating in the waters off Alaska are out of service. And Senator Sullivan uses confirmation hearings to make political points.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:People living in the northern part of the state will have a chance to watch rockets soar through aurora-lit night skies for the next couple weeks. Friday was World Glacier Day. And the Alaska House of Representatives says it recognizes Canada’s right to govern itself and opposes efforts to restrict cross-border trade.

On this week's Talk of the Rock with host Davis Hovey, the head of Kodiak Electric Association discusses the upcoming election, which features a potential bylaw change that will be in the packet for members to vote on next month.