On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska isn’t ruling out leaving her party to become an independent. The Alaska Board of Game has rejected a proposal that would have brought back a wolf no kill zone. And Kenai Peninsula College recently unveiled an exhibit featuring encaustic art.
Midday Report – March 26, 2024
![Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt heats a plywood board in preparation for painting with encaustics on July 30, 2017 at Wimmerstedt’s home. “Encaustics” means “to burn,” and is the art technique of using pigmented hot wax to paint. Artist Carla Klinker-Cope, right, watches. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3e1b5c5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1280+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc6%2F5b%2F8ee5c499480ca7f2fe1ac97715ea%2F3670600-web1-20170810-arts-encaustic-painting-ma-008-1920x1280-1.jpg)