On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A bill that aims to stabilize the school district budgeting process moved out of the House Education Committee Wednesday. Recent controversy over the primary research institute for Alaska Native languages caught the ear of state lawmakers this week. And this year's winter in Fairbanks is one for the record books.

Photo: Snowy Fairbanks road. (Wikipedia)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Advocates of Alaska Native ivory carvers hope this is the year Congress finally passes the ARTIST Act. The Alaska House passed a bill that would update the state’s corporate income tax to capture more revenue from companies that sell to Alaskans over the internet. And a labor union representing Ketchikan shipyard workers has filed three charges against the yard’s new operator.

Photo: Megan Onders, from Nome, is chief of the King Island Native Community and an advocate of her region's ivory carving traditions. She wore six bracelets made of walrus ivory and baleen when she testified at a U.S. House hearing March 26, 2026. ( Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told Alaska lawmakers that they needed to step up their game. Cruise giant Carnival Corporation repeatedly declined to provide inspectors with information related to systems known as open-loop scrubbers. And Goveernor Dunleavy has declared a disaster in Unalaska.

Photo: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski delivers her annual legislative address at the Alaska State Capitol on March 31, 2026. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)

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Today is the last day for Alaskans to apply for a 2026 Permanent Fund Dividend. The National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a complaint alleging that candidate Mary Peltola spent campaign money on personal expenses. And a man is dead following a Saturday morning shootout with Anchorage police officers.

Photo: On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Today is the last day for Alaskans to apply for a 2026 Permanent Fund Dividend. The National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a complaint alleging that candidate Mary Peltola spent campaign money on personal expenses. And a man is dead following a Saturday morning shootout with Anchorage police officers. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Former Anchorage state Sen. Tom Begich sat down with KFSK’s Taylor Heckart to talk about why he’s running for Governor. Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a disaster declaration covering four Northwest Arctic communities due to utility disruptions from extreme cold. And there was a 'possum in Juneau.

Photo: Chester, the opossum, soaks in his last moments of freedom while hiding under a pallet in a shed in the Mendenhall Valley on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Tim Travis)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Alaska Senate approved a measure to boost state taxes on oil and gas production. Developers of the Alaska LNG project are pressing lawmakers to pass a tax bill proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week. And a U.S. House Democrat is calling out the Trump administration’s deal to buy a stake in Trilogy Metals, the company trying to develop Alaska’s Ambler mining district.

Photo: The Kobuk River runs through the Ambler Mining District. Trilogy Metals and other mining interests want a new road to connect the mineral-rich area to the Dalton Highway. (Berett Wilber/Alaska Public Media)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

One person died on Sunday in a major avalanche near Haines Pass, just across the border in British Columbia. The Fairbanks Children’s Museum is moving inside city hall – where the nonprofit also plans to start offering childcare. And an Anchorage jury is currently deliberating on a 7-year-old Unalaska homicide case.

Photo: A small group of backcountry skiers ascend a slope near Haines Pass in January, 2026. ( Avery Ellfeldt/KHNS)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Alaska Legislature is on the verge of passing a major election reform bill. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is prioritizing short and medium-term solutions to glacial outburst flooding in the Mendenhall Valley. And the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska gave training sessions last week on what to do if residents encounter immigration enforcement actions. Photo: Mara Kimmel from the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska speaks at KTOO on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case challenging mail-in ballot deadlines. The state of Alaska is interested in oil exploration near the Yukon River, in the Interior. And Juneau has officially broken its snowfall record.

Photo: The Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is seen from the air on Sept. 1, 2006. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is out with a new bill offering tax breaks for a planned natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska. Lawmakers in Juneau are working on the final draft of a budget bill that would fund hundreds of millions of dollars worth of construction projects across the state. And Pink Martini is playing Southeast.

Photo: Pink Martini playing in Juneau in 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)