Terry Haines

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Kobuk 440 — one of the last sled dog races of the season — begins on Thursday. Many of the weather buoys floating in the waters off Alaska are out of service. And Senator Sullivan uses confirmation hearings to make political points.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska’s U.S. Senators have co-sponsored a resolution to keep the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency and not privatize it. Alaskans fear an executive order signed by President Trump might disenfranchise voters in rural Alaska Native communities. And the pilot recently rescued off of a small plane in an icy, Kenai Peninsula lake may face disciplinary consequences, and be responsible for cleaning up the wreck.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Caregivers in Homer gathered last week to support state legislation to increase oversight of in-home care services and attempt to boost caregivers’ wages and benefits. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to $43 million dollars in federal grants that support public health programs in Alaska. And airport workers in Fairbanks are preparing for a possible eruption of Mt Spurr.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Sitka Assembly has invited a Kodiak-based company to run its new publicly-owned marine haulout – over the strenuous objections of many in the local fleet and marine services industry. State lawmakers are now more than halfway through their four-month legislative session, and time is ticking away. And U.S. House Republicans put the top executives of NPR and PBS on the hot seat Wednesday.

This week KCAW's Katherine Rose reports that harvest data for Sitka's herring fishery won't be released due to low participation, Cook Inlet's east side setnetters won't get a chance to use seines after all, according to KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara, and from the Alaska Desk, Theo Greenly reports that Alaska's seafood industry is asking for federal push back against unfair international competition.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A murder and subsequent wrongful conviction case in Fairbanks is finally coming to an end. The $44 billion Alaska LNG Project picked up a letter of intent last Thursday from Taiwan’s state-owned CPC Corporation. And for many tribes in rural areas, cuts by the Trump administration could make food security even tougher.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:People living in the northern part of the state will have a chance to watch rockets soar through aurora-lit night skies for the next couple weeks. Friday was World Glacier Day. And the Alaska House of Representatives says it recognizes Canada’s right to govern itself and opposes efforts to restrict cross-border trade.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The University of Alaska is rolling back its Diversity, Equity, and Incusion programs, in compliance with recent executive orders signed by President Donald Trump. A report that highlighted the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous people was removed from several federal websites last month. And President Trump’s cuts to the federal government have repercussions for the National Weather Service.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher says electric vehicles could benefit rural communities that are off the road system. A rockslide near Ketchikan has blocked the island’s main road. And Sen. Dan Sullivan enthusiastically embraced President Trump and many of his policies during his annual address to the Alaska Legislature.

On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Silver Bay Seafoods announced in a press release that it will take over all Alaskan facilities owned by OBI Seafoods, through a partnership with Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation. The National Transportation Safety Board report says the fatal Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome was hundreds of pounds overweight. And lawmakers narrowly rejected an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy that would have created a cabinet-level state agriculture department.