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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Terry is joined by Art Schultz in a special Match Day Membership Drive edition of the Midday Report. East flank of Takawangha on June 10, 2021. (Loewen, M. W./Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey)

Emergency crews responded to a pile-up in downtown Kodiak due to icy road conditions; no injuries were reported. (Brian Venua/KMXT) A storm system that moved in from the Bering Sea on Monday dropped nearly a foot of snow on Kodiak Island and caused slick driving conditions throughout the day – including an eight car pile-up in downtown Kodiak on Monday …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of state senators not only sliced up the turkey over Thanksgiving, but also  carved-out Senate leadership roles. Residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will be getting a lot more power from the sun next summer. And residents near Eielson Air Force Base are skeptical of the chosen method to clean up …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The board that oversees the Alaska Marine Highway System continues working on short and long-range plans. Quyana  means thank you in Yup’ik and has deeper layers of meaning. Three elementary students in Dillingham have been pushing to change a local creek’s name, and now the federal government has, along with 650 other …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLG’s Izzy Ross on the designation of Nushagak Kings as a stock of concern, Kirsten Dobroth of KMXT reports about slow money for fast fish disasters, plus Washington State bans salmon pen farming, and the NPFMC wonders about crew data. (Photo by Allison Mollenkamp/KDLG)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: More Alaskans have been voting against letting state judges keep their jobs. A euthanized Alaska black bear cub is the first in the country to test positive for a highly contagious strain of bird flu. And the Bureau of Indian Affairs will give more than $45 million to US tribes  to address …

ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket on the launchpad at Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex, November 2022. (ABL Space Systems) California-based aerospace company ABL Space Systems has pushed back its launch window to early December from the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex.  ABL Space Systems, which is based out of El Segundo, California, scrubbed its third launch attempt in less than a week …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:  A contentious battle over books is playing out in Homer. More than a fifth of the high school population reports having used e-cigarettes in the last month. The Food Bank of Alaska has handed out about 10,000 free frozen turkeys and holiday meal kits over the last few days in Anchorage and …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Lack of funding may cause Bethel to close its emergency shelter. Unalaskans welcome Aleutian Airways’ first commercial flight. And Skagway’s borough assembly has scrapped a plan to expand dock capacity, as questions remain about the viability of the town’s largest dock. Theo Greenly/KUCB  

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members voted unanimously at Thursday’s regular meeting to dispose of the Larsen Bay school. Ownership of the facility and the parcel it sits on will be transferred at no cost to the village of Larsen Bay, which plans to use the building as a multi-use facility for residents. That includes maintaining classroom space for any village …