On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Bureau of Land Management is inclined to allow the development of the Willow project, to drill for oil on federal land in the Arctic. Sitka chef Renee Trafton is a finalist for a James Beard Award. And the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education has upheld the firing of a Soldotna physical education teacher.
Midday Report February 02, 2023
![Renee Trafton, owner of Beak Restaurant in Sitka, Alaska](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bc5cdc6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1360x907+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2F55%2F7aa43faa4630ae04e0383debf6a3%2Fmeet-the-merchant-beak-restaurant-min.jpg)