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In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Western Alaska disaster relief effort has moved to its next phase. The government shutdown is delaying funding for a federal heating assistance program, according to the Alaska Department of Health. And land acknowledgment signs and statements honoring Dena'ina and Ahtna people will no longer be used in Mat-Su district schools.

Photo: A student reads a land acknowledgment sign in Wasilla High School on Oct. 16, 2025. District officials removed the sign on Oct. 17, 2025, school officials said. (Amy Bushatz/Mat-Su Sentinel)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The government shutdown is creating a lot of uncertainty and disruption for Alaska Native communities, and for tribal organizations that administer federal programs. Federal subsidies for rural air travel will continue through at least mid-November despite the government shutdown. And a bill passing through Congress hopes to solidify protections for Alaska Native ivory artists.

Photo: An Island Air Cessna Caravan flies toward Old Harbor, a village of about 200 people in the Kodiak Archipelago, July 2, 2024. ( Brian Venua/KMXT)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The State of Alaska cut its payments to districts and municipalities for school construction and renovation projects by roughly 25 to 30 percent this year. Alaska State Troopers are looking for a North Pole man connected to a fatal shooting during a party early Saturday morning in Fairbanks. And Juneau plans to expand its temporary levee along the Mendenhall River, in part by using money originally intended for a new arts and culture center.

Photo: HESCO flood barriers line the Mendenhall River. (Photo by Clarise Larson, Mikko Wilson/KTOO)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The proposed Alaska natural gas pipeline project picked up another nonbinding agreement last week. Sen. Lisa Murkowski took to the Senate floor yesterday to call on her fellow senators to put away the partisan rhetoric and end the government shutdown.

And the City and Borough of Wrangell is pausing work at a housing project after archaeologists confirmed artifacts at the site.

Photo: Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the U.S. Capitol in 2023.

(Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

For some Ketchikan residents, Diaz Cafe is more than just a Filipino restaurant – it’s a gathering place that blends culture and community. A fix for a rockslide that has been threatening Skagway’s busiest cruise ship dock won't be cheap. And the Trump administration is again advancing the Ambler Road project in Northwest Alaska.

Photo: Diaz Cafe

In this week's episode we hear about new Kodiak Island Borough Assembly members swearing in, YMCA Alaska has a new program at East Elementary, Kodiak College held a college and career fair, Fish and Game upped its commercial harvest limits for Bering Sea snow crab, and several groups are coordinating relief efforts for Western Alaska after damage from remnants of Typhoon Halong.

This week with host Davis Hovey, we hear about Malia Villegas winning an AFN award, Kodiak KINDNESS has hired two new peer counselors in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Kodiak's legislators give an update on the state's finances, the head of Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center leaves the hospital, KIBSD's superintendent has announced this school year will be her last in Kodiak, and the new city manager is leaving the City of Kodiak at the end of the month.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Evacuees of Western Alaska are taking comfort in donated traditional subsistence foods. Farmers in the Interior have to diversify to make ends meet. And a long growing season doesn't always mean higher production for Alaska farmers.

Photo: Tom Zimmer picks cherry tomatoes at the Calypso Farm and Ecology Center greenhouse on Oct. 9, 2025. (Shelby Herbert/KUAC)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Power has been restored to all Adak residents following a 17-day outage. President Trump has signed a disaster declaration for Western Alaska. And Alaskans will not receive SNAP, or food stamp, benefits for November unless the federal government shutdown ends before then.

Photo: SNAP

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

In Kipnuk, Halong’s high winds and storm surge left a catastrophe. Quyana Alaska followed the first and second days of the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. And out in the Bering Sea, when planes can’t land, grocery shelves go bare.

Photo: St. Paul's 300 residents went without many major staples in June when travel disruptions led to a food shortage on the island, photographed here in September 2025. ( Theo Greenly/KUHB)