On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The new Alaska ferry, Hubbard, carried its first passengers on Tuesday. Is an 800-mile natural gas pipeline running from the North Slope to the Kenai Peninsula back on the table? And a Soldotna teacher and union president was arrested last weekend for sexual abuse of a minor.
Midday Report May 24, 2023
![The 280-foot Hubbard tied up in Ketchikan on January 29, 2021. (Photo by Eric Stone/KRBD)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/039eb9a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/830x623+0+0/resize/880x661!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F66%2F0f%2F0ba8ee4c443a8858858b57a10ae4%2F210129-hubbard-1536x1152-1-830x623-1.jpg)