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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two new species may have been discovered in the Aleutians by a federal research vessel. Repair crews are struggling to fix an undersea fiber optic cable that serves most of Northwest Alaska. And recovery efforts for a small plane that crashed in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park last month have been called off.  …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola is remembered. A Mat-Su board will consider banning school library books. And Sitka is getting a community garden…eventually. Members of the Mat-Su citizens library advisory committee at a meeting on Aug. 10, 2023 (Screenshot of Radio Free Palmer YouTube)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Anna Canny reports on salmon suffocation for KTOO, Cross-border salmon cooperation as told by Alaska Public Media’s Kavitha George, and the National Marine Fisheries Service has closed its comment period for MSA guidelines. Chum salmon migration. (USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The husband of Alaska’s U.S. Representative has been killed in a plane crash on the YK Delta. The Anchorage Assembly has voted to put more than $6 million dollars toward shelter for the city’s homeless. And the catastrophic fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have inspired Bethel’s veterans to pitch in. …

Monday was the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attacks in United States history and a harrowing day for emergency services. Memorials were held all over the country, but one in Kodiak served a dual purpose – to christen a new fire truck.  Ellis’ kids helped pour the first water into the truck’s tanks, September 11, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT) The …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: President Joe Biden led a memorial at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage yesterday. Western and Northern Alaska internet users can expect more delays in getting service restored. And Bering Straits Native Corporation is making a 2 million dollar investment in Graphite One. President Biden addresses troops at JBER. Faubion photo.

The gathering was hosted by the Kodiak Community Foundation and the Kodiak Arts Council. It’s the group’s second Downtown Block Party. Laura Arboleda is the board chair of the foundation. She said participation just about tripled this year.  “Last year we had about ten local nonprofits sign up and maybe six or seven showed up,” Arboleda said. “This year – …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has seen a big jump in refugees over the past two years, and all of them must learn how to access healthcare. King Cove has a new ambulance, and health care workers are celebrating. And rural Alaskans are suffering from opioid abuse, too. The company Osage refurbished a 2007 ambulance that …