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In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend will be exactly $1,000. Payments to more than 600,000 Alaskans are set to begin Oct. 2. The U.S. Senate rejected two partisan spending bills on Friday, bringing the country closer to a partial government shutdown on October 1st. And Senator Sullivan and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez DeRemer were in Fairbanks Friday.

In today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:Lawyers are trading arguments in a case challenging the state’s failure to process applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on time. Heat pumps are growing in popularity across the country, including in parts of Alaska. And a group in Unalakleet is bringing traditional dance back to life — after more than a century without it.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KOTZ's Desiree Hagen reports on bad data for the northernmost salmon fishery, Southeast salmon was less than stellar, according to CoastAlaska's Angela Denning, and the state wants the Supreme Court to take on rural preference for subsistence, according to KYUK's Sage Smiley.

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we talk about local high school sports with Kodiak Daily Mirror sports reporter and jack-of-all-trades, Derek Clarkston.

In today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:Democrats and independents in the Alaska state Legislature are urging Congress to preserve federal funding for science and research. A project to map out the Pacific Northwest’s critical mineral potential Was frozen and put under review in February. And the U.S. Coast Guard is proposing a new two-way shipping route along the northern Alaska coast.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:One question hangs over Alaska’s 2026 governor’s race: what will Peltola do? In rural Alaska, there are a growing number of cases that involve young teens who are sexually exploited online. And Alaska students’ test scores improved modestly last school year.

In this week's episode with Host Brian Venua, Alaska Speaker of the House Bryce Edgemon visited Kodiak with Rep. Louise Stutes, talking about education funding, the Permanent Fund Dividend, and the special session in August.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:The Northwest Arctic saw record breaking rainfall in August, which led to flooding, erosion and high water throughout the region. It’s getting harder for Alaskans to afford a place to live, whether that means buying a house or renting. And one man has been getting generations of people in Ketchikan to sing sea shanties for over 30 years.

A weekly update of local events and what's happening in the great outdoors on Kodiak Island - Alaska's Emerald Isle.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: It's all salmon, with Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Carl Burnside talking about the big year for sockeye in Chignik, and KMXT's Brian Venua on the rush of pink salmon in Kodiak.