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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A two-year-old humpback whale was found entangled in a gillnet near Petersburg last week. The City of Kotzebue secured a $12.5 million grant to repair and upgrade its sewer system. And as of July 31st, nearly 10,000 Alaskans had requested absentee ballots from the state Division of Elections for the Aug. 18 statewide primary.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Immigration attorneys put out a warning about the Arctic Thunder air show at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage this past weekend, where there was a separate check-in line for non-citizens. Independent U.S. House Candidate Bill Hill sat down with KFSK’s Taylor Heckart to talk about his policies and priorities. And an inflated sports facility in Anchorage known as The Dome recently launched a campaign to help fund the replacement of its iconic fabric shell.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Republican gubernatorial candidate Click Bishop talks to Alaska Public Media’s Eric Stone. The Alaska Division of Elections might have violated a 1993 federal law when it struck more than 3,000 people from its active voter rolls last month. And Enstar Natural Gas is working to repair a break in a gas pipeline feeding into communities near Whittier.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill that would allow federal fishery managers to start analyzing the DNA collected in ocean waters to help inform their decisions. And an answer to Juneau’s plea for a solution to glacial outburst flooding is on the horizon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday.

On today's Midday Report with host Katherine Irving, today is the deadline to submit comments on the winter ferry schedule, Alaska Public Media discusses the role bycatch is playing in this year's political races, also a recap of a speed dating event with gubernatorial candidates in Anchorage, and KDLG reports that a commercial fishing crew member who died in Bristol Bay earlier this summer has been identified.

Host Jared Griffin speaks with cast members of Kodiak Youth Theatre's production of "Junie B. Jones: Toothless Wonder" about theatre, acting, and this hilarious show coming to the Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium Drama Pod this weekend.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, KUAC tells us about a Fairbanks pilot's court case that's headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, state legislators have requested an audit of the Board of Fisheries going back to October of 2023, KDLG reports on the declining number of women setnetters in Bristol Bay in recent decades, and Wrangell is considering building a massive shipyard according to reporting from Coast Alaska.

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines: KFSK's Olivia Rose reports on a dramatic rescue on a Southeast seiner, and KMXT's Katherine Irving on beavers building a dam a lake in the road to the fishing hole.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska Public Media politics reporters Liz Ruskin and Eric Stone joined Alaska News Nightly host Casey Grove to break down the election results. Voters in Nunapitchuk had only three hours to cast primary ballots in person on Tuesday. And more than 150 firefighters are slowly making progress on the destructive Mukluk Fire in the eastern Interior community of Tok.

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