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On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, KMXT hosts a live call-in show featuring John Oberst, the president and CEO of Alaska Aerospace Corporation, and Board Chair Lindsay Knight.If you didn't get an opportunity to call-in or if you still have questions about the spaceport at Narrow Cape, email your questions to news@kmxt.org.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, the Coast Guard awarded a contract to build a new fuel pier and berth for cutters on Base Kodiak, KUCB reports that King Cove Corp. has begun building a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to Cold Bay, the Kenai Peninsula Borough passed legislation to include more transparency about cloud seeding according to KDLL, the Alaska Beacon reports on Gov. Dunleavy lifting the state employee hiring freeze, KNBA has more on Indigneous knowledge from Arctic residents being used for Arctic climate models, and KTOO reports on a controversial opera about a series of battles between Lingít and Russian people in Southeast Alaska.

On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines:A federal bill aimed at bycatch reduction has passed in a key Commerce committee, story by Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin, an effort to help reduce bycatch in the lab is underway, according to KUCB's Katie Reuther, and Unalaska wants the state to help ferry seafood processor workers into town, as reported by KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, KUCB reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing offshore seafood processors to discharge their pollution, UAF's new $15 million grant focuses on reducing foreign mineral dependency according to KUAC, Republican Bernadette Wilson calls on her fellow Republican candidates to drop out of the governor's race, Alaska Public Media has that story and a conversation about the new Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

On this week's recap with host Katherine Irving, Kodiak law enforcement respond to a bear near Main Elementary, early voting for local elections kicks off, the Coast Guard awards a $315m contract for construction of a new fuel pier, Alaska Public Media reports that luxury yacht operators sound the alarm on foreign vessels, and researchers discover that El Niño events can have positive effects for the Gulf of Alaska.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Petersburg’s Borough Assembly last Monday considered pursuing a temporary moratorium related to data centers. The state has been seeing news stories generated by AI, developed by the humans behind Alaska News dot com. And a new report on possible environmental impacts of the Donlin Mine is out.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey, Alaska Public Media has more on a need for enforcement on international charter vessels in Southeast, during this Fat Bear Week mama and cub bears take center stage according to APM, a brief recap of the New York Times article on Mary Peltola's internal campaign drama, and KHNS reports that Haines is getting a Via Ferrata.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Anchorage Police Department launched a program last week [WED 9/23] that aims to connect people to drug treatment instead of arresting them. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened a 45-day public comment period for the first proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District. And the State of Alaska is proposing changes to how nearly $40 million in federal disaster relief will reach communities still recovering from 2022’s ex-Typhoon Merbok.

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, cast members from "What the Constitution Means to Me" discuss the essence of this readers theatre show and why it's applicable to all people. More details can be found online on the FairWind Players Facebook page.