On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola is far ahead of her Republican challengers in campaign fundraising. As spring sweeps into Alaska, weather and water scientists turn their attention to predicting when the ice of rivers around the state will break apart. And the next total solar eclipse in North America will happen in 2033, and the path of totality will cross Northwest Alaska.
Midday Report – April 16, 2024
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