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In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A community garden proposal is making its way toward Sitka’s assembly for approval. Almost half of Alaska’s Head Start early learning programs are in danger of losing millions of dollars in federal funding. And Alaska’s predator control programs do not work, according to research by two retired state …

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The number of volunteer firefighters in Alaska has nearly halved since 2014. A federal judge has dismissed the state of Alaska’s lawsuit against the federal government over contamination on Alaska Native corporation lands. And Alaska Attorney General Taylor signed a letter supporting states’ rights to access medical …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports on an overabundance of sockeye in a Sitka lake, Brian Venua of KMXT on a slow start for Kodiak seiners, and his colleague Kirsten Dobroth on whether everyone can play nice in the “sandbox.” Counting fish at Redoubt Lake.

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: For the first time on record there will be no fall hunt for Nelchina caribou. An emergency service area in Cooper Landing is off, and a new effort for a regional service area is underway. And Bristol Bay fishermen are outraged at the low price of 50 …

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Cell phones across a huge swath of Alaska beeped out a tsunami warning Saturday night, including places that were not in danger. Three villages in the Lower Kuskokwim formed their own School District embracing traditional native knowledge. And Shishaldin has erupted, experts say more activity is expected. …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 100th anniversary of completion of the Alaska Railroad was celebrated in Nenana Saturday. The sockeye run at Redoubt Lake near Sitka is so big it could be too big. And the spendable portion of the Alaska Permanent Fund is dwindling and could be exhausted entirely within …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Denali Highway is being regularly groomed for winter recreation. Research work on the Mt. Edgecumbe crater has shed some light on what may be happening below the mountain. And the homeless shelter in Kotzebue has closed as temperatures plunge.. Mt. Edgecumbe. Photo Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Friday’s Lowdown is all about food. Mike’s guests are Tyler Kornelis, president of Kodiak Harvest Food Co-op, Melissa Berns, director of Old Harbor Alliance, Inc., and Sam Kenoyer, owner of Marlene Kenoyer Gardens in Larsen Bay. Hear about the exciting projects going on in each community and what the co-op is hoping to accomplish in …

More and more it seems commercial fisheries news in Alaska deals with the coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19. This week is no exception. Small coastal Alaska towns prepare for swarms of fishermen and others who may bring the highly contagious COVID-19 disease with them from Outside Alaska, or even from other areas of the state. …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, Jared Griffin talks with artist and culture bearer, Hanna Sholl, and Melissa Borton, Indigenous Advancement Director for First Alaskans Institute and Kodiak Village Representative on the Alaska Federation of Natives board of directors, about white privilege and race relations in Alaska. Here is a list of anti-racist resources …