KMXT Midday Report

On today's Midday Report with Host Terry Haines: A rockslide shut down travel in the Yukon on Tuesday afternoon, stranding cruise ship passengers. The investment manager at the center of an email leak controversy at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is resigning from her seat on the board. And U.S. and Canadian fighter jets intercepted two Russian and two Chinese aircraft Wednesday that were flying through international airspace off Alaska.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A grand jury has indicted an Anchorage doctor and her husband for allegedly deceiving patients about the drugs being injected into their bodies. There’s an entangled humpback whale off the coast of Unalaska. And Anchorage's Potter Marsh may be expanded.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Hot dry weather has increased wildfire activity. Alaska-based Air Force units hosted European flyers for training last week. And the Bay Whalin' Hour will be spinning its last tune on Friday.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska federal prosecutors say a federal judge who resigned in disgrace this month had undisclosed conflicts of interest. This year's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics high kick champion has his eyes set on the record. And Petersburg log rollers compete to stay dry, and win the championship.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Entomologists say the Tongass is emerging from the latest insect outbreaks with "a bad haircut," but it's all part of a natural process. A processing barge in Bristol Bay is repaired and buying fish. And a college student from Bethel and Emmonak has been crowned Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The long-range weather forecast is calling for a heat wave across mainland Alaska. The Anchorage Police Department published a draft of a new body camera policy on Friday. And a classic plane from the 1940s is flying around the interior documenting the effects of rapidly thawing permafrost.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Juneau man has died after he was shot multiple times by police on Front Street in downtown Juneau yesterday. A sightseeing plane lost power and was forced to land near a glacier in Denali National Park Friday. And the judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith in Anchorage on Friday gave him a 226-year sentence for the murders of two Alaska Native women.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s political leaders have sent messages of support to former President Donald Trump, after an assassination attempt. Governor Dunleavy has signed a bill that increases penalties for the distribution of deadly drugs. And gnat larvae is seen in Fairbanks this week that looks like a moving snake.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Coast Guard encountered four Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea last weekend. Two world records were set during the first two days of this year’s World Eskimo Indian Olympics happening this week in Fairbanks. And a man shot and critically injured by Anchorage police on Monday morning had fired a shotgun at officers.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A study released this month shows that Juneau has the highest average cost of a single-family home in Alaska — again. A salmon management group on the Kuskokwim River is calling on the federal government to address the impacts of bottom-trawling in the region. And working drones over Cook Inlet will carry water samples.