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In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The state of Alaska is studying the possibility of building a road that would connect Juneau, Haines and Skagway. Indigenous peoples in the Arctic are reimagining the future of ice cellars. And a Washington state jury awarded nearly $17 million to the family of a man who died in a 2019 airplane crash on Unalaska’s runway.

Photo: A functioning ice cellar in Utqiagvik, Alaska. (Mike Brubaker/Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium/The Associated Press)

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

It s been six years since Alaska State Troopers updated their list of cold case homicides. Communities across Southeast Alaska are tweaking their tax policies to rake in tourist dollars during the summer months. And President Trump yesterday approved the 211-mile Ambler road in Northwest Alaska.

Photo: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum points to a map of Alaska on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, as he announces the Trump administration’s decision to reverse a Biden administration action that canceled a right-of-way permit for the Ambler Road.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor. Juneau voters will decide in this fall’s municipal election whether to exempt essential food and residential utilities from local sales tax. And the PFD doesn't buy what is used to.

Photo: Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson speaks at a campaign launch event at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

On this week's episode, we hear about a NOAA report on entangled whales in 2024, an update on the St. Herman Harbor replacement project timeline and funds, Kodiak's main park has a new Alutiiq name, Election day in Kodiak is Oct. 7 for municipal elections, and Alaska Public Media tells us about the federal government shutdown that happened after end of day Sept. 30.

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

Former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor. Bethel residents gathered on Wednesday to highlight Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And Juneau’s elementary schools have a library again after three years.

Photo: The Tundra Women's Coalition demonstrates against domestic violence. (Marycait Dolan KYUK)

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

Congress defunded public broadcasting, but this week, 14 public media stations in Alaska got some good news. A Pennsylvania man allegedly used the stolen identities of seven Alaskans in an attempt to steal their Permanent Fund Dividends in 2022. And Tuesday was Orange Shirt Day — a day of remembrance for Indigenous children who were separated from their culture and sent to residential schools across North America.

This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:

Alix Soliman of KTOO reports on the challenges and opportunities in Alaska oyster farming, KCAW's Hope McKenney on the economics of the Southeast Alaska fishing industry, and Brian Venua on the entanglement of the whales, from KMXT.

Photo: Salty Lady Seafood Co. staff pull up oysters in Bridget Cove. (Photo courtesy of Meta Mesdag)

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

Most of the staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned in protest yesterday. A Wasilla couple has been charged in connection with the death of a child that was in their care. And the Juneau Police Department is taking action to reform its policies after an officer was filmed slamming a man to the ground during an arrest in July.

Photo: A copy of the Homer News is seen in 2015. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center is so far spared from closures coming to a third of these climate science centers across the country. Another glacial outburst flood is underway on the Taku River south of Juneau today. And the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $16.7 million dollar grant to begin construction of the first veterans cemetery in the Interior.

Photo: The Taku River. (Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps)

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game may allow Jet Skis, in Kachemak Bay. A Homer Republican state representative is declaring victory after pressuring the local newspaper to revise a story about a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk. And Alaska State Troopers shot and killed a man near Anchor Point on Thursday who they say brandished a knife after a footchase.

Photo: Rep. Sarah Vance speaks during a beachside memorial event for Charlie Kirk in Homer on Sept. 17, 2025. Simon Lopez/KBBI