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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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Midday Report October 31, 2023

KYUK's spooky TV studio.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dillingham City School District is still waiting for four international teachers to get their visas. Family of a Marshall woman whose body was found in the Yukon River asks for justice at AFN. And the studio at KYUK could be haunted.  KYUK’s spooky TV studio.

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Midday Report October 30, 2023

A side by side comparison of a river in 2017 and 2018. The 2017 image shows clear water, the 2018 image shows reddish rusty water A small headwater tributary of the Akillik Rivver in Kobuk Valley National Park in summer 2017 and summer 2018. NPS / Jon O'Donnell

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new threat is emerging from the climate change: rusting rivers. Alaska’s congressional delegation is staying in Israel’s corner. And the Governor’s Energy Task Force meets with criticism. A side by side comparison of a river in 2017 and 2018. The 2017 image shows clear water, the 2018 image shows reddish rusty …

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Kodiak Island Borough takes lawsuit with KANA to Alaska Supreme Court

A legal back and forth between the Kodiak Island Borough and the Kodiak Area Native Association over property taxes is headed to the Alaska Supreme Court.  KANA has been paying property taxes despite claiming that the organization should be under a Bureau of Indian Affairs exemption for serving Native people.  The Native association sued the Kodiak Island Borough three years …

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Midday Report October 25, 2023

On Today’s Midday Report with Host Mike Wall: the school in Karluk will close just one month after opening, a Bristol Bay woman is missing, the Kenai Peninsula School District will not open a charter school, and the state government is pursing a logging project despite Whales Pass them to pursue carbon credits.   The Church of St. Nicholas, a …

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