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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Many -- if not most -- jobs stemming from construction of the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline would go to out of state workers, according to a study. Fairbanks officials read the Declaration of Independence aloud Wednesday at City Hall. A state predator control program has culled more than 250 bears in Southwest Alaska over the past four springs in an attempt to boost the Mulchatna caribou herd.

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about this year's Alaska weathervane scallop fishery opening with two boats from Kodiak fishing, KTOO reports on high numbers of dead gray whales around the Pacific including Alaska, a new study suggests having a dog doubles your chance of having a bear encounter, property tax rates are slightly down in the Kodiak Island Borough this year, and city voters will again decide if the city manager will be required to live within city limits or five miles outside.

Wildflowers and baby birds galore! Life on Alaska's Emerald Isle, Kodiak.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill yesterday that would have reimposed limits on campaign contributions in state elections. The former chief of the volunteer fire department that serves the greater Delta Junction area received a two-year prison sentence Thursday for stealing money from the organization. And a measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting will be on the ballot again this November, despite complaints about its backers.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska State Troopers shot and killed a Wasilla man last Thursday who officials say was evading arrest on a boat near Whittier after he was convicted of sexually abusing a minor. The Alaska Democratic Party is suing the state Division of Elections over a lack of financial disclosure made by a candidate running for a legislative seat in Anchorage. And an Alaska fire incident management team is in the Lower 48 to oversee one of the nation's highest-priority wildfires as fire activity intensifies in the West.

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we share a brief history of KMXT and highlight some of this year's special events and projects that are underway to celebrate the radio station's 50th anniversary.Join us this Saturday at KMXT, 620 Egan Way, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. as we spruce up our backyard in preparation for a mural installation.

On today's Midday Report with host Katherine Irving, ADF&G has launched a new bycatch portal, multiple Alaskan businesses and individuals have been charged with Medicaid fraud, researchers have a model to predict when rivers in Alaska's Arctic will turn orange and acidic as permafrost thaws, and KYUK has an update on summer salmon fishing from an Elder on the Yukon River.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Gov. Mike Dunleavy trimmed nearly $90 million from the state budget with line-item vetoes.Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill naming a research center after its first director, Vic Fischer. And Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump has been tossing bombs at Senate Republicans for weeks, blowing up not only their agenda but derailing his own priorities.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:An icon of Alaska journalism died last week after a battle with endometrial cancer. A Superior Court judge heard arguments Thursday on whether the Alaska Division of Elections can boot a second Dan Sullivan from the race for U.S. Senate. And the Homer Spit Run turns 50 this Saturday.

Warm weather and wildflowers, but where are the fish? Life on Alaska's Emerald Isle - Kodiak!