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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 …

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 …