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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. Girdwood Fire Department crews were able …

Gov. Mike Dunleavy requested $287 million from the federal government last month for fishermen impacted by the Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries closures. The current process of getting financial relief to fishermen is cumbersome and takes a long time, but Bering Sea crabbers are hoping the plight of the snow crab population might change …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Coast Alaska’s Angela Denning reports on a million dollar fine for a Southeast salmon hatchery, Maggie Nelson looks at St. Paul’s crab disaster, and the statewide salmon recap! S.E Alaska salmon hatchery.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: State health officials are urging Alaskans to get flu vaccines and take other protective measures. The city of Fairbanks is getting closer to demolishing the abandoned 11 story Polaris Hotel. And A totem pole that spent more than 100 years far from home has returned to Haida village of Kasaan. a totem …

Voters won’t know the results from last week’s statewide election until Wednesday, Nov. 23, but there’s already some indication about who voters in Kodiak’s legislative district ranked first on their ballots. According to unofficial results from Alaska’s Division of Elections, 46% of voters in Kodiak’s district voted for current Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Dunleavy holds a lead of over 50% in …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Incumbent Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy is holding on to his sizeable lead in Alaska’s governor race. The City of Seward is again trying to sell its city-owned electric utility to Homer Electric Association. And Ketchikan independent Rep. Dan Ortiz has expanded his lead over his Republican challenger. Aerial view of Seward  

The family of a man killed by a guard on a military base in Kodiak is still looking for answers more than two years after his death. The Navy SEALs have a video of the shooting, but they have stonewalled the family’s requests to see it. So now they say, their only hope is a federal lawsuit. Jayson Vinberg (center) …

On this week’s episode, host Jared Griffin sits down with the Filipino-American Association of Kodiak to talk about the past, present, and future of Filipino-Americans (Kodiak’s largest ethnic minority group) in Kodiak. Joining Jared in the studio are President Mark-Anthony Vizcocho, Secretary Nita Nicolas, and Finance Auditor Melanie Calderon Ladislao. Listen here:

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Wrangell residents are using their lunchtimes to learn the critically endangered Lingít  language. Why are Alaska’s gas prices so much higher than other states? And Alaska lawmakers are urging the FTC to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertson’s. (Matthew Faubion / Alaska Public Media)

By Katie Anastas, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage More than half of Alaska students tested below grade level in reading and math this spring. That’s according to Alaska System of Academic Readiness scores released by the state department of education Thursday. Seventy percent of third through ninth graders were not proficient in English, while 77% were not proficient in math. Education …