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In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

More than 400 Sitkans turned out Saturday to speak out against what they call an escalating abuse of power by President Donald Trump. Gubernatorial hopeful Tom Begich kicked off a statewide listening tour on the Kenai Peninsula last weekend. And Alaska Congressman Nick Begich on Saturday delivered his first address to the Alaska Federation of Natives.

Photo: No Kings protesters in Sitka. (Hope McKenney KCAW)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Anchorage city leaders voted Friday to extend an emergency declaration as the city welcomes hundreds of people displaced by heavy flooding in Western Alaska. Gov. Mike Dunleavy visited two Western Alaska villages to assess the damage left by high winds and flooding. Dozens of attendees at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention stood in protest during U.S. Sen.Dan Sullivan’s speech.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The theme of unity has been prominent at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. A massive airlift is underway in Western Alaska, bringing evacuees of last week's storm to Anchorage. And Adak is without power.

Photo: Adak Alaska. Aleut Adventures.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A mass evacuation is underway for Kipnuk and Kwigillingock, where a thousand people were sheltering in schools after Sunday’s huge storm. Local officials are continuing to search for two people missing from Kwigillingock. And the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention has started in Anchorage.

Photo: This dance group from Point Hope was one of many that performed at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

More than a thousand people in Western Alaska are sleeping in their local schools after a massive storm Sunday made their homes unlivable. The Elders and Youth Conference is underway. And Nome celebrates Indigenous Peoples day.

Photo: Residents and their dogs in Kipnuk navigate high waters on Oct. 12, 2025, as the remnants of Typhoon Halong collide with the community. (Jacqui Lang)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

One person has died, two are still missing, and 51 have been rescued following a record-breaking storm that slammed into the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The Sitka Police Department has body cameras to equip its officers in its possession, but doesn’t yet have the funding to implement them. And health officials in Bristol Bay say the region is in the middle of a Tuberculosis outbreak.

Photo: Flooded cars and equipment are visible in this aerial view of Crooked Creek. (Kyle Van Perseum/Alaska-Pacific Forecast Center)

On this week's episode, we hear about a house fire on Carolyn St., two foreclosed properties that will be auctioned off by the Kodiak Island Borough in the near future, how federal grant cuts affect University of Alaska campuses like Kodiak College, a recap of Koniag's annual meeting, and unofficial election results from Kodiak's municipal election.

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Researchers have awakened microbes that were last active as far back as 40,000 years ago. Flood waters have receded in Kotzebue and other western Alaska communities from a storm that hit earlier this week, but another one is coming. And the Alaska Board of Education sent a proposed regulation change that would have limited how much money local governments can give to schools back to the state education department.

Photo: The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Alaska was excavated between 1963 and 1969 to allow scientists to study permafrost, geology and ice science. Credit: Tristan Caro

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The K-12 school on the Aleutian Island of Akutan now has two local Unangax̂ teachers. Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for communities in western Alaska hit by a powerful storm. And former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum is defending his decision to invest $50 million from the state’s rainy-day account in an outside private equity fund.

Photo: Akutan students learning outside. (Jacob Mark Stepetin)

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Funding for a program subsidizing rural air travel is set to continue through early November despite the ongoing government shutdown. The city of Kotzebue is under mandatory evacuation orders. And Alaska's growing birch syrup industry.

Photo: Roads near Kotzebue’s dock were flooded Wednesday afternoon.