KMXT Midday Report

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Lawmakers are planning to gather in Juneau in just over a week for a special legislative session called by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. After a fatal shooting at a downtown bar, Anchorage police say they’re adding more officers to the area. And for over 50 years, one Nome business has operated the old fashioned way.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Golden Valley Electric Association is racing to use federal funds before they dry up. Rural Alaska communities will get money to fix tank farms, thanks to the Denali Commission. And the state does not know what effect the Big Beautiful Bill will have on Medicaid in Alaska.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:An update on the rescission package as the Friday deadline looms, another Republican candidate enters the Alaska governor race for 2026, King Island artwork and tools are returned to the community in Nome decades later, scientists studying three-spined sticklebacks in Bristol Bay and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game hosts a free bear spray workshop in Anchorage.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:An inside look at Kodiak's sole kelp hatchery, there's an extremely low commercial salmon harvest in Area M so far this season, the Coast Guard gets a big financial boost in the recent budget bill signed by President Trump, Yukon-Kuskokwim schools and other districts struggle with budgets on due date to the state, another inmate has died in an Alaska Department of Corrections facility, and a look at how tax breaks for whaling captains could benefit Kaktovik.

On today's Midday report with host Davis Hovey: A recap of Kodiak's recent renaissance fair, the Trump administration revives hopes for the Pebble Mine, an update on wildfires in the Interior as firefighters shift efforts towards Nenana, a report on the high cost of living in Juneau compared to the state's other major cities and a bowhead whale poop study's surprising findings.

On today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:Sockeye catch limits raised in Kodiak area rivers while Chinook salmon restrictions tightened in Kodiak area and Gulf of Alaska. St. Paul Island hasn't received air cargo such as groceries in over a month. A new state law clarifies taxes for Turo vehicle owners in Alaska. And a group protesting male circumcision is touring around the Alaska road-system.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A fire burned through the public safety building and city jail in the Western Alaska coastal community of Chevak. Samoans and other Pacific Islanders gather in an Anchorage park all summer long to play their distinct form of cricket. And a pilot and three passengers were seriously injured this weekend in a floatplane crash in Katmai National Park.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Smokey conditions persist in the interior as numerous fires continue to burn. A pilot and three passengers were seriously injured this weekend in a floatplane crash in Katmai National Park. And Alaska lawmakers plan to compel the administration of Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release data on oil taxes.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The U.S. Department of Education is withholding nearly $7 billion in education funding for programs that range from migrant education to English language instruction and gifted education. Gov. Mike Dunleavy is now asking roughly half of the Alaska state House not to show up for the first five days of the special session he called. And reactions to Sen. Murkowski's Big Beautiful Vote.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling lawmakers back to Juneau for a special session next month. A wildlife facility outside Haines that’s popular with tourists has come under scrutiny over concerns related to animal care and public safety. And U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he’s pitching the Alaska LNG Project to the U.S. Department of Defense for potential investment.