On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Rep. Alyse Galvin has introduced a new bill to reimpose a state income tax, part of a broader proposal to address persistent state deficits. A labor department program to help immigrants gain employment in Alaska has been restarted, as hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are resettling here. And the City of Nome is …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Three Wasilla overdose deaths in less than 24 hours last week were likely due to counterfeit drugs containing fentanyl. In the small Prince of Wales Island town of Whale Pass a nearly 300-acre timber sale proceeds despite local opposition. And a 22 year old Russian Mission man faces over 100 years in …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s panhandle may look unchanging, but the area is moving rapidly in a geologic sense. The Division of Forestry is cutting firebreaks in anticipation of fire season. A heavy masticator like this was among the pieces of heavy equipment used by state Forestry and a contractor to clear vegetation from the fuel …

On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: Left-of-center candidates are leading in six out of seven Anchorage Assembly races. Anchorage Police officials say the timeline to put body cameras on officers has hit another delay. And a former Houston treasurer stole more than $1 million from the Mat-Su community and a Wasilla company where he later worked, according to federal …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report: I make use of Yereth Rosen’s wasted sea star story from the Alaska Beacon…and expand it! Sunflower sea star  

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Sabine Poux reports about Skipper Science for KDLL, and KCAW’s Katherine Rose about herring-on-hemlock in Sitka. Herring-On-Hemlock

On today’s Midday Report with Terry Haines: The treeline is moving north. A federal judge has ruled that ConocoPhillips can move ahead with the Willow Project. And Representative Peltola shys away from stands on gun safety measures and former President Trump’s guilt. The East Fork Toklat River, where the white spruce are marching northward. Photo by Kirk Stueve  

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Comfish Alaska is featured, with reports from KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth on presentations from Alaska’s Congressional Delegation.  

This week on the Midday Report with host Terry Haines: There will be no sac roe herring fishery in Togiak this year. As Southeast Alaska otter populations have grown, so have calls to loosen the strict federal rules protecting them. And after losing half their population, humpback whales in Glacier Bay are rebounding. Whales in Glacier Bay (Wikimedia Commons)  

This week on the Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new article examines coastal communities that are losing land to erosion. The Choose Respect March is tomorrow. And Senator Sullivan speaks at Comfish. Erosion carries trees over the edge of a cliff and into the sea in Dillingham, Alaska, a coastal city about 350 miles west of Anchorage. Grist …