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In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:The U.S. Department of Education has announced that it will cut millions in federal grants for its Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions program. Scientists studying killer whales in Alaska are uncovering long-term impacts of a warmer ocean. And Native advocacy organizations say plans to reorganize U.S. Department of Agriculture could harm tribal food security programs.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor. Bethel residents gathered on Wednesday to highlight Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And Juneau’s elementary schools have a library again after three years.

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

On this week's episode, we hear about a Kodiak man who died on Long Island, the Kodiak Island Borough updated regulations for assisted living facilities, volunteers are filling the staffing gaps at the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, the Coast Guard icebreaker Storis visits Kodiak, the Sun'aq Tribe is committing resources to process kelp, Kodiak area has a record pink salmon season and the fuel spill from a fishing boat near the Kitoi Bay hatchery is cleaned up.

On this week's episode, we hear about a NOAA report on entangled whales in 2024, an update on the St. Herman Harbor replacement project timeline and funds, Kodiak's main park has a new Alutiiq name, Election day in Kodiak is Oct. 7 for municipal elections, and Alaska Public Media tells us about the federal government shutdown that happened after end of day Sept. 30.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor. Juneau voters will decide in this fall’s municipal election whether to exempt essential food and residential utilities from local sales tax. And the PFD doesn't buy what is used to.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The state of Alaska is studying the possibility of building a road that would connect Juneau, Haines and Skagway. Indigenous peoples in the Arctic are reimagining the future of ice cellars. And a Washington state jury awarded nearly $17 million to the family of a man who died in a 2019 airplane crash on Unalaska’s runway.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:The Petersburg Borough Assembly is calling for help controlling sea otters, story by KFSK's Taylor Heckert, Hunter Morrison of KRBD reports a Ketchikan man has pleaded guilty to charges of theft and illegal fishing, and Alaska Beacon's Yereth Rosen reports that things look rosier for Bering Sea crab stocks, for now.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:Davis Hovey reports that an advisory on shellfish around Kodiak has been lifted, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council got some work done at its latest meeting despite the federal shutdown, but according to the Alaska Beacon the shutdown is creating uncertainty for some major Alaska fisheries.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A mass evacuation is underway for Kipnuk and Kwigillingock, where a thousand people were sheltering in schools after Sunday’s huge storm. Local officials are continuing to search for two people missing from Kwigillingock. And the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention has started in Anchorage.