KMXT Midday Report

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Health care workers and government officials are now working on a $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska. The state Department of Natural Resources is planning to overhaul how it manages one of Alaska’s three state forests. And the Alaska Court of Appeals on Thursday took up the case of a Whittier woman indicted in 2023 on felony charges of voter misconduct.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:President Trump has denounced U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other Republicans who voted to check his use of military power in Venezuela. Avalanche risk rose over the weekend in Juneau as more snow and then rain pounded the capitol city. And natural gas use soared in Southcentral Alaska during the recent cold snap.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Democrat Mary Pelotola announced this morning that she’s running for U.S. Senate. The start of Alaska’s annual legislative session is just over a week away. And the last steam locomotive to pull trains on the Alaska Railroad is getting new life.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The City and Borough of Juneau has issued an avalanche alert, telling residents in the Mount Juneau slide path to be prepared. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski struck a note of skepticism in her reaction to Saturday’s military operation ousting Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro. And great Egrets landed in Unalaska for the first time in recorded history.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The federal government gave up its claim to ownership of the North Fork of the Fortymile River in Alaska’s eastern Interior. Juneau residents are still digging out from four feet of snow that fell earlier this week. Flu cases are spiking in Alaska, and at least three Alaskans have died from complications of influenza so far this season.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Many Bristol Bay residents came out in opposition to the University of Alaska Fairbanks’s intention to sell one of two buildings at its Bristol Bay Campus. The Sitka Assembly is looking to address an ongoing problem in Sitka: bears breaking into trash cans. But how the body will go about it is still up in the air. And an Alaska caribou herd may be approaching a "point of no return."

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska scientists shared concerns about federal funding cuts hurting Arctic research at a major conference in New Orleans this month. A winter storm dumped more than two feet of snow and freezing rain on the capital city this holiday weekend. And Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents were blasted by hurricane-force winds over the weekend.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The federal military spending law signed passed last week includes special benefits those serving in Alaska, hundreds of millions in new construction in the state, and a push to reactivate the US Navy base at Adak. Skeptics continue to question the economics of the proposed gas pipeline. And the United States may soon have an Arctic ambassador again.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The next legislative session is less than a month away, and lawmakers are preparing to return to Juneau. An Utqiaġvik woman has been charged with six felony charges for allegedly murdering her father. And tourism is expected to tick upward this winter.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A federal grand jury has indicted two Alaska State Troopers shown on body-camera video beating, tasing and pepper-spraying a Kenai man in a case of mistaken identity. Representatives of the proposed Donlin Gold mine recently offered a status update on the project to the Bethel City Council. And Kodiak couple faces possible deportation due to error by the state.