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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Anchorage School District announced Friday that it will lay off 56 teachers. Alaska State Troopers, Anchorage Police, the FBI and several other agencies worked together to crack down on sex-trafficking operations. And a new company says it’s cooking up plans to build a luxury resort and event center in the hills of Fairbanks.

Photo: Anchorage Police Officers at the Phoenix Spa in Anchorage. (Courtesy: FBI Anchorage)

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about a trash fire at the Kodiak Island landfill, Kodiak KINDNESS gets a surprise check from Credit Union 1, Alaska Public Media reports on the state House passing it's budget with a $1,500 PFD, KHNS reports on shipping companies like Matson increasing their rates this month, and the USDA has created an Office of Seafood to treat fishermen like farmers of the sea.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Opening ceremonies for the statewide Native Youth Olympics got underway at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage yesterday. The U.S. Coast Guard announced yesterday that the first of its two new medium-weight icebreakers will be homeported in Alaska. And Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign announced this week that it had raised nearly $9 million in the first quarter of this year.

Photo: Digital render of the Davie MPPS-based Arctic Security Cutter. (USCG)

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

KUAC's Patrick Gilchrist reports the state is short on funds for a Fairbanks hatchery, the Alaska Beacon on a lawsuit on behalf of St. Paul fur seals challenging Bering Sea pollock management and on a state bill that would allow setnet cooperatives, Maggie Nelson of KUCB on a lawsuit challenging recent changes to Area M management, plus Ryan Cotter's story of a new hybrid fishing boat, courtesy of KCAW.

Photo: Ben Matthys (right) showcases different parts of the F/V Mirage’s engine room and new hybrid engine to Sen. Lisa Murkowski. (KCAW/Cotter)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The Alaska Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that would pay back past Permanent Fund dividends to Alaskans whose convictions are vacated, reversed or dismissed. A budget proposal that would provide $100 million to shore up schools and state facilities is on its way to a full Senate vote. And Sitka’s local bookstore celebrated its 50th birthday on Saturday.

Photo: Old Harbor Books was bustling with customers on Saturday for the shop’s 50th anniversary. (KCAW/McKenney)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Alaska House approved its version of the state budget yesterday. President Donald Trump on Friday called on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting. Last week researchers and local experts gathered to share and compare environmental knowledge in Bethel.

Photo: Joseph Warren leads a presentation about public opinion on fisheries policy on the Y-K Delta at the Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Conference in Bethel, Alaska on April 7, 2026. (Samantha Watson/KYUK)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Alaska Seaplanes can use new, proprietary approaches and departures to improve flight safety and reliability in cloudy Southeast Alaska. Less than two dozen votes separate two candidates for an Anchorage Assembly seat. And a SWAT team converged on a middle school in Fairbanks for what turned out to be a false report of a shooter.

Photo: An Anchorage voter looks over the city election ballot on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at the Loussac Library. (Mikayla Finnerty/ Alaska Public Media)

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the effects of the prolonged shutdown at Kodiak's Coast Guard base, a resolution supporting the continued federal ban on Russian seafood, Old Harbor Native Corporation's new tourism business, the potential sale of the historic Orpheum Theatre, and a salmon dissection at Main Elementary.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a $450 million fast-track budget bill yesterday afternoon. Ukrainians in Alaska have been facing delays in getting their immigration documents renewed. Republican gubernatorial candidate Click Bishop has announced his running mate.

Photo: Greta Schuerch (left) and Click Bishop (right). (Campaign photograph)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

As sea ice begins to melt across Western Alaska, many are preparing for the fast approaching hunting season. Leaders of the state Senate are throwing cold water on hopes for a super-sized Permanent Fund dividend. And it’s Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau this week.

Photo: Participants at the Alaska Folk Festival. (Alaska Folk Music)