On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A surveyor got stuck in the mudflats near Girdwood yesterday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says they are moving forward with dredging Unalaska Bay. And the U.S. Department of Agriculture is granting $3.6 million to Interior Alaska villages to help improve water systems and landfills.
Midday Report November 18, 2022
![Girdwood Fire Department crews were able to safely rescue a surveyor trapped in mud near Tidewater Slough on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. The rescue briefly closed the nearby Seward Highway. (From Girdwood Fire Department)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a40801d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/559x390+0+0/resize/880x614!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2Fd9%2F9a257cf94e6aaa298277c3ec5ab7%2F315856173-550111620457630-6610426752489040157-n-e1668804312410.jpg)