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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines A recent report to Congress on gaps in law enforcement response to cases of missing and murdered Native people had a special chapter just on Alaska. Landslides are almost impossible to forecast precisely. But scientists say more data could help. And The small Kasilof Historical Museum recently acquired two maritime navigation lanterns …

Gerry Cobban Knagin and her family fished for Trident on and off for decades. She said the announcement was a huge shock for almost everyone on the island.  “Speaking with [Trident] management, there wasn’t any heads up for anyone,” she said. “And they decided, according to management, that they wanted full transparency so that the fleet would know, they don’t …

On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Dillingham police set off explosives at the city’s landfill with help from the FBI. Alaska Public Media’s Jeremy Hsieh investigates who’s behind ads attacking Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson. KRBD’s Jack Darrell reports on the indigenous knowledge being incorporated into federal policy on Alexander Archipelago wolves. Listen here:   Mr. Ben Coronell, Yanyeidi …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: It is a double dose of KYUK’s Evan Erickson as he reports on the early lives of chum salmon, and a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service. Plus Brian Venua on Trident’s Alaska divestiture. Chum salmon swimming upriver. (Stori Oates/NOAA Fisheries)  

On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: Trident Seafoods is selling four of their Alaska plants, including the one in Kodiak. The Board of Fish is making decisions on Cook Inlet sport fishing. And kids in Ambler are making their own school merchandise. (Brian Venua/KMXT) Listen here:    

Trident Seafoods, one of the biggest seafood processors in the country, announced on Dec. 12 that it’s selling a third of its Alaska plants. Four of Trident’s processing plants in Alaska are now for sale – in Kodiak, Ketchikan, Petersburg, and False Pass. The company also announced a significantly scaled-back winter season for their year-round plant in Kodiak. The historic …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Hispanic community in Juneau celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The National Weather Service has issued high wind and flood watches for Southeast Alaska communities from Juneau down to Ketchikan. And Manh Choh ore trucks are being allowed across the Chena River bridge in Fairbanks, despite an earlier …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for Little Diomede. The southern half of the village of Quinhagak has been without power since Friday. And Alaska State Troopers responded to a plane crash near Anchor Point on Friday. Little Diomede, a village in the Bering Strait, is only accessible by aircraft …