On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery . Bristol Bay communities are struggling with numerous overdoses as tens of thousands of lethal doses of opioids flow into the region. And work is scheduled to resume this month on a bridge that will cross a slumping stretch of the road into Denali National Park.
Midday Report – April 02, 2024
![Federal researchers indicate the gray whale population along the West Coast is showing signs of recovery five years after hundreds washed up dead on beaches from Alaska to Mexico.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/454b54f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2560x1707+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2F80%2Fb859ad0f4a5b8da15957fa142130%2Fgray-whale-gettyimages-135624489-scaled.jpg)