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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The rapid advance of a wildfire prompted an evacuation notice last night for a neighborhood north of Fairbanks. Alaska’s Congressional delegation wants to make the “Landless” communities of Southeast landless no more. And two swimmers have successfully crossed the Frederick Sound. Andrew Simmons in Frederick Sound. Photo: Orin Pierson

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Warm and dry conditions increased wildfire activity around the Interior yesterday. Satellite data provided by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is helping state and federal agencies fight wildfires. And the Senate has passed its version of the defense bill, with money for Alaska projects. Smoke column of the Teklanika River …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ore trucks running on highways between Kinross’s Manh Choch Mine and its mill are projected to cause millions of dollars per year in pavement damage. A neighborhood near Kalifornsky Beach Road has been flooding, much to the dismay of residents.  And police have killed an aggressive bear in Anchorage, the 16th so …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Firefighters worked to knock down a new wildfire southeast of Fairbanks over the weekend. Tote Maritime Alaska recently converted their two cargo ships to run on liquefied natural gas, or LNG. And Alaska’s ferry board is drafting a 20-year plan. The Tote vessel North Star is now powered by LNG.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An ongoing effort to sell Seward’s city-run utility to a larger utility company is getting another chance on the ballot. Alaska educators are looking ahead to a future with AI. And the benefits of whale poop… Dana Bloch pictured with a bottle of whale feces collected for her research. (Courtesy Dana Bloch

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports on the ever expanding Seafood Distribution Network , and KDLG’s Jack Darrell on Bristol Bay salmon’s sudden existential crisis. Jenny Bennis and her family donated sockeye from their setnet in Bristol Bay to help other families on the Yukon and Chignik rivers where salmon populations have …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The state board of education heard nearly three hours of public testimony over a regulation to limit high school girls sports in Alaska to athletes assigned female at birth. Anchorage officials took two big steps forward Tuesday toward rebuilding the Port of Alaska. And a seiner capsizes in Whale Pass. Port of …

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Operators of a store near Denali National Park are alleged to have sold alpaca wool clothing, jewelry, and other handcrafts falsely identified as Alaska Native made. Anchorage Mayor Bronson has a plan to fly the homeless out of Anchorage. And lightning strike fires have firefighters scrambling. Image of The Himalayan

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Smoke from wildfires burning across Canada is reaching Southcentral and Interior Alaska this week. Thousands of lightning strikes around the eastern Interior sparked new wildfires Monday. And tourists are using Juneau’s city bus after commercial tour bus trips sold out mid-way through the season.

In today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: More than one hundred Bristol Bay fishing crews protested this year’s sockeye price in the Naknek River entrance on Thursday. An insect infestation responsible for defoliating thousands of acres of the Tongass National Forest is abating.  And young burn survivors from Indiana are spending over a week in Ketchikan. Over one hundred …