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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

An Alaska Railroad locomotive leaked about 900 gallons of diesel fuel after it derailed in an area north of Talkeetna. Investigators are still looking into what caused a fatal helicopter crash on the North Slope last week. And the Alaska Department of Corrections has taken in 40 people detained outside of the state by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Photo: The Alaska Railroad provides freight and passenger operations on a 470-mile main line between Seward and Fairbanks.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Nome residents gathered to protest proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Graphite mining in Alaska could be one step closer. And the Alaska Board of Education unanimously approved new reading standards for Alaska Native languages.

Photo: Nome residents John Bioff, Bob Lewis and Hannah Anderson protesting at Anvil City Square. (Wali Rana photo)

This week we hear about the Coast Guard cutter Earl Cunningham arrives in Kodiak, a Kodiak crabber illegally transported Tanners, Harbormaster Dave Johnson is arrested for assault, North Star elementary school teachers look ahead to next year as they clean out their building, the City Council denies Brechan Construction's proposal to buy land on Near Island, and two finalists for the city manager job are set to visit Kodiak later this month.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The largest timber companies in Southeast Alaska are suing the federal government to get access to more old-growth timber. Senator Murkowski is ambivalent about the "Big Beautiful Bill." And the state school board elicited a firestorm of public comment on a proposal to limit how municipalities can contribute to their school districts.

Photo: Tongass trees. (Photo by Katie Anastas/KTOO)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Coast Guard is responding to a cargo ship that caught fire near Adak yesterday. Two people died in a helicopter crash on the North Slope near Deadhorse on Wednesday. And three officials from the Trump administration visited the beginning of the Trans-Alaska oil Pipeline on Monday.

Photo: The distressed freighter Morning Midas. Smoke is still coming from the vessel. (US Coast Guard)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The State Board of Education is considering a regulation change that would further limit how much money local governments can give to school districts. The Juneau Assembly is mulling over a plan to implement a ranked choice voting system for local elections beginning next year. And the City of Hoonah’s chief of police submitted his resignation on Friday, but he was fired instead.

A discussion about the future of childcare in Kodiak.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

An energy company plans to build an ammonia plant in Adak. The Trump administration plans to lift environmental protections on roughly half of the National Petroleum Reserve. And new app mapping wildfire risk in Bristol Bay is just in time for what officials warn could be a dangerous fire season.

Photo: Adak. (Aleut Corporation)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A trio of high level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week, looking for ways to "unleash Alaska’s resource potential." Volunteers say they recovered the remains of three people missing since their boat capsized in Kachemak Bay last summer. And a skater explores Alaska.

This week we hear about the Alutiiq Museum reopened, Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center has a few openings, there's a new fishermen crew training course, half of Kodiak's rural school seniors were in Ouzinkie, the Kodiak Island Borough upped how much it funds education, and we look at bills Kodiak's state legislators worked on.