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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)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

School districts around the state are bracing for another year of deep cuts. Advocates rallied on the steps of the Alaska State Capitol asking lawmakers to pass bills that they say would save lives. And University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivered her final State of the University address Thursday in Fairbanks.

Photo: University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivers her sixth and final State of the University address March 19, 2026, in Fairbanks, Alaska. She is set to retire in May. (Patrick Gilchrist/KUAC)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Juneau has had a wild winter. An international ski competition returned to Haines last week for the first time in nearly a decade. And a group of kids in Fairbanks put their creativity to the test in an ice sculpture carving competition last week.

Photo: A sculpture in the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks. (TravelAlaska)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Defending Iditarod champion Jessie Holmes has won the race again. Some current Fairbanks Assembly members want to rename their park "Alaskaland." And Nelson Lagoon is about to run out or water.

Photo: Alaskaland sign. (KUAC)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The head of a powerful state Senate committee is calling for stronger legislative oversight if a North Slope gas pipeline moves forward. Following a mistrial last year, 25-year-old Dustin Ruckman is once again facing homicide charges in an Anchorage court. And some veterans in Alaska will face a harder time receiving federal food assistance next year.

Photo: Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the North Slope. Near Fairbanks, the gas line would split off toward Anchorage, while the oil pipeline continues to the Prince William Sound community of Valdez. (Photo by David Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race hit the Norton Sound coastline over the weekend and the race is heating up. In Juneau, youth from across the state presented films they made highlighting the impacts of climate change where they live. And the state budget is back up in the air.

Photo: Jessie Holmes shoves piles of straw under his dog team at the Unalakleet checkpoint of the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Gabby Hiestand Selgado/KYUK)

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the changes in administration across schools in the Kodiak Island Borough School District, the new superintendent's contract details have been released, our partners at Alaska Public Media report on the Alaska Senate passing its version of the state supplemental budget, Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak's civics education bill for high schoolers could pass into law this session, and an update on the 2026 Iditarod sled dog race as mushers have completed their 24-hour layovers.