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Midday Report November 07, 2023

Mushers head down the chute at the start of the Kuskokwim 300. January 27, 2023 in Bethel, Alask

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Six years after losing a lawsuit over its invocation policy, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering another change. Invasive species are more prevalent in Alaska than you might think. And For the first time in recent history, the Kuskokwim 300 has reached the 30 sled dog team threshold. Mushers head down …

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Midday Report November 06, 2023

Indra Arriago Delgado prepares her ofrenda for a loved one who passed for Día de los Muertos. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An historic downtown Juneau building that hosted the first territorial Alaska Legislature is being demolished. Alaskans recently celebrated Dia de los Muertes. And Alaska’s Trust Land Office is planning to sell land to pay for mental health services throughout Alaska. Indra Arriago Delgado prepares her offrenda of loved ones that passed for …

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Midday Report November 03, 2023

High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program Site

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska high school students are asking local school districts to refrain from banning books. Experiments at the HAARP facility in Gakona will produce an artificial glow in the sky. And a hearing for comments on the proposed Ambler Road drew mostly negative responses. High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program Site.

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Midday Report November 02, 2023

A large sheen is seen on the lower end of Steamboat Slough on the Kuskokwim River on Oct. 31, 2023.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska State Troopers fatally shot an armed suspect in Healy yesterday after a high-speed chase up the Parks Highway. The Alaska Permanent Fund appears headed toward maintaining its current steady growth, rather than pursuing riskier, higher-return investments. And a partially submerged barge on the Kuskokwim has residents alarmed. A large sheen is seen …

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Alaska Fisheries Report 02 November 2023

Set-netters pick a sockeye out of the net in June, 2022. (Sabine Poux/KDLL)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough asks for a setnetter disaster designation, story from Riley Board of KDLL, young Native Alaskans practice fish preparation, from KFSK’s Rachel Cassandra, and ADF&G has released the commercial salmon report for 2023. Set-netters pick a sockeye out of the net in June, 2022. (Sabine Poux/KDLL)

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Midday Report November 01, 2023

Barges docked in Bethel. (Sunni Bean/KYUK)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: As the rivers in southwest Alaska freeze, the final fuel barges are sailing through tricky waters. Alaska’s  state division of public assistance have worked through some of a large backlog in SNAP applications. And the state is suing a group of homeowners over easements near Campbell Lake in South Anchorage. Barges docked …

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