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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: People packed into Bethel’s High School gym Saturday to mourn the passing of Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola. This year infants will have access to a new immunization against RSV.  And a group of Sitkans is calling for a cap on the number of cruise passengers next year. Sitka’s Lincoln Street on June 21, …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two new species may have been discovered in the Aleutians by a federal research vessel. Repair crews are struggling to fix an undersea fiber optic cable that serves most of Northwest Alaska. And recovery efforts for a small plane that crashed in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park last month have been called off.  …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola is remembered. A Mat-Su board will consider banning school library books. And Sitka is getting a community garden…eventually. Members of the Mat-Su citizens library advisory committee at a meeting on Aug. 10, 2023 (Screenshot of Radio Free Palmer YouTube)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Anna Canny reports on salmon suffocation for KTOO, Cross-border salmon cooperation as told by Alaska Public Media’s Kavitha George, and the National Marine Fisheries Service has closed its comment period for MSA guidelines. Chum salmon migration. (USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The husband of Alaska’s U.S. Representative has been killed in a plane crash on the YK Delta. The Anchorage Assembly has voted to put more than $6 million dollars toward shelter for the city’s homeless. And the catastrophic fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have inspired Bethel’s veterans to pitch in. …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: President Joe Biden led a memorial at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage yesterday. Western and Northern Alaska internet users can expect more delays in getting service restored. And Bering Straits Native Corporation is making a 2 million dollar investment in Graphite One. President Biden addresses troops at JBER. Faubion photo.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has seen a big jump in refugees over the past two years, and all of them must learn how to access healthcare. King Cove has a new ambulance, and health care workers are celebrating. And rural Alaskans are suffering from opioid abuse, too. The company Osage refurbished a 2007 ambulance that …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A storied Petersburg climber advised the pros on how to summit the Devil’s Thumb. The Mat-Su School Board has voted to silence its student representative. And Alaska’s new Education Commissioner has defended the Alaska School Board’s decision to ban trans athletes from girls sports. A view of Devils Thumb from Petersburg. (Photo …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Bristol Bay could see fewer sockeye return next year. A new recycling group says they collected and recycled over 145,000 pounds of lead-acid batteries from 45 Alaska communities last year. And Alaskans audition for American Idol. Lead acid batteries recycled by Backhaul Alaska.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The National Transportation Safety Board issues its report on the sinking of the Challenger, story and setup by Brian Venua, of KMXT, who also contributes a report about a forty year old salmon hatchery in Kodiak.