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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A look at the Marine Mammal Protection Act on it’s 50th anniversary, with a view from St Paul Island. Middle school students in Ketchikan have spent more than a month learning songs in languages from all around the world. And kindergarten and first-grade students in Anchor Point are learning how to play …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s US Senate candidates have clarified their positions on abortion rights. House candidates took on salmon bycatch in Wednesday’s debate. And Angoon residents have built their first traditional dugout canoe since the nineteenth century. Candidates for U.S. Senate take questions at Debate for the State, produced by Alaska Public Media, KTOO and …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Half of state Legislature races feature candidates from the same party. Candidates for Alaska’s U.S. House seat sparred at last night’s Debate for the State. And aviation safety investigators are calling on operators of DeHavilland Otters to check a critical part before flying again. A DHC-3T Turbine Otter

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines, its a visit to a meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Crab Crash Edition. Photograph: Noaa Fisheries/AFP/Getty Images

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Southeast Alaska’s summer season for Dungeness crab was worth about $10 million less than last year. Gov. Dunleavy continues to support Republican Charlie Pierce in the governor’s race following a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Pierce, but Pierce’s running mate has dropped out. And the Alaska National Guard rescued six stranded snowmachiners …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Candidates for US House and Senate faced of at the Alaska Federation of Native Conference. Metlakatla and Ketchikan have taken a step toward joining power grids.  And the NTSB reports leaking floats may have been a factor in both fatal plane crashes that occurred in the past month. AFN attendees wave their …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Climate change policy is a controversial subject at the Alaska Federation of Native Convention. The Mat-Su School Board has adopted a bathroom policy for transgender students. And some supporters of a Constitutional Convention want to change how Alaska chooses judges. More than 100 people rallied in support of climate and environmental action …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Juneau’s homeless campground is closing for the winter, and campers wonder where to go next. Tribes are beginning the first steps toward developing K-12 curriculums separate from school districts. And Ketchikan celebrates Phillipino-American History Month with a festival. Joel Isaak, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development’s tribal liaison, speaks about …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The “Tustumena Replacement Vessel” will be engineered to be a diesel/electric hybrid. Former State Senate President Ben Stevens has died while hiking near Seward. And there has been a break in one of four two-year-old missing persons cases in Fairbanks. Courtesy of the Alaska Department of TransportationA rendering of the Tustumena Replacement …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kodiak City Council race has been decided. Boats blaze and sink in a Ketchikan harbor. And energy providers on the Kenai Peninsula strategize as future gas supplies become more unsure. Firefighting foam covers a sinking sailboat at Ketchikan’s Bar Harbor. (Courtesy of Gretchen O’Sullivan)