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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Teachers, school administrators and parents rallied outside the capitol building last night to call for increased education funding. The Board of Game has voted down a proposal to require hunters in Southeast to complete an education course. And  a petition to get rid of the state’s ranked choice voting system and non-partisan …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Cook Inlet natural gas producer is fighting the state and Kenai Peninsula Borough over property taxes. A small, vacant lot in downtown Juneau is at the center of a dispute between the state of Alaska and the U.S. Department of the Interior. And its been a relatively warm winter in the …

Vessels tied up in Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor, Jan. 17, 2023 (Brian Venua/KMXT) The National Education Association’s Alaska chapter is standing with Kodiak crabbers. That’s according to a letter from NEA-Alaska President Tom Klaameyer to the president of the Kodiak Crab Alliance Cooperative, Luke Lester, and it’s the first statewide organization to formally back the fleet amid price negotiations with …

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Earthjustice is representing tribes in opposition of the Donlin Gold mine. Homer’s Library Advisory Board unanimously voted to uphold a decision to keep 55 books in the children’s section of the public library. And the Alaska Marine Highway System’s decision to pull the Matanuska out of service has left some travelers stuck …

Kodiak’s City Council and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held a joint work session for the first time since September 2021 on Wednesday.  State Rep. Louise Stutes and State Sen. Gary Stevens joined the session remotely from Juneau to share their priorities going into the legislative session. The City of Kodiak sign at the Kodiak Island Borough Building. (Photo by …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth on the Tanner crab stand down, Senator Murkowski says fishery disaster money flows too slowly, the trials of a cucumber fisherman, and what will the Mariculture Cluster do with the money? The giant red sea cucumber

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska House of Representatives has elected Wasilla Representative Cathy Tilton to the role of Speaker. A polar bear killed a 24-year-old woman and her young son Tuesday. And the City of St. Paul is at risk of losing its emergency medical services.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Alaska Railroad freight train derailed after it ran into avalanche debris on the tracks south of Girdwood. The City of Homer and Homer Drawdown are working together to increase people-powered transportation and trail access around town. An Alaska Railroad freight train is surrounded by snow after driving into an avalanche slide …