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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Alaska’s U.S. Senators have co-sponsored a resolution to keep the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency and not privatize it. Alaskans fear an executive order signed by President Trump might disenfranchise voters in rural Alaska Native communities. And the pilot recently rescued off of a small plane in an icy, Kenai Peninsula lake may face disciplinary consequences, and be responsible for cleaning up the wreck.

Photo: A small plane was spotted Monday morning after it crashed on Tustumena Lake. ( Image courtesy of Dale Eicher)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Caregivers in Homer gathered last week to support state legislation to increase oversight of in-home care services and attempt to boost caregivers’ wages and benefits. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to $43 million dollars in federal grants that support public health programs in Alaska. And airport workers in Fairbanks are preparing for a possible eruption of Mt Spurr.

Photo: Fairbanks International Airport terminal entrance. (Quintin_Soloviev)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Sitka Assembly has invited a Kodiak-based company to run its new publicly-owned marine haulout – over the strenuous objections of many in the local fleet and marine services industry. State lawmakers are now more than halfway through their four-month legislative session, and time is ticking away. And U.S. House Republicans put the top executives of NPR and PBS on the hot seat Wednesday.

Photo: Work began on Sitka’s marine haul out as soon as the necessary government permits were secured in late November. The facility is scheduled to be operational next spring. (KCAW/Woolsey)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A murder and subsequent wrongful conviction case in Fairbanks is finally coming to an end. The $44 billion Alaska LNG Project picked up a letter of intent last Thursday from Taiwan’s state-owned CPC Corporation. And for many tribes in rural areas, cuts by the Trump administration could make food security even tougher.

Photo: The Fairbanks Four (left to right): Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent, Kevin Pease and George Frese at an event celebrating their exoneration in December 2015. (April Monroe)

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People living in the northern part of the state will have a chance to watch rockets soar through aurora-lit night skies for the next couple weeks. Friday was World Glacier Day. And the Alaska House of Representatives says it recognizes Canada’s right to govern itself and opposes efforts to restrict cross-border trade.

Photo: A NASA technician works on the payload of an AWESOME rocket. (UAF)

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The University of Alaska is rolling back its Diversity, Equity, and Incusion programs, in compliance with recent executive orders signed by President Donald Trump. A report that highlighted the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous people was removed from several federal websites last month. And President Trump’s cuts to the federal government have repercussions for the National Weather Service.

Photo: Weather Service Forecast for Kodiak, 2024

On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher says electric vehicles could benefit rural communities that are off the road system. A rockslide near Ketchikan has blocked the island’s main road. And Sen. Dan Sullivan enthusiastically embraced President Trump and many of his policies during his annual address to the Alaska Legislature.

Photo: Thursday’s Wolfe Point landslide near Ketchikan seen from above. (Jason Baldwin/KPU)

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Silver Bay Seafoods announced in a press release that it will take over all Alaskan facilities owned by OBI Seafoods, through a partnership with Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation. The National Transportation Safety Board report says the fatal Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome was hundreds of pounds overweight. And lawmakers narrowly rejected an executive order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy that would have created a cabinet-level state agriculture department.
The Petersburg Fisheries seafood processing plant (shown) has changed hands multiple times in recent years, from Icicle to OBI to Silver Bay. (KFSK)

On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump is testing the limits of his power. The Nanook Diversity and Action Center closing and having its website taken down. And the BLM released a draft feasibility study for public comment last week that evaluates whether the proposed Alaska Long Trail would be a suitable National Scenic Trail.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, smiles on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, as she exits the Alaska House of Representatives following her annual address to the Alaska Legislature. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

On this today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Employees fired last month from the agency that oversees federal
fisheries in Alaska were reinstated Monday morning, but will not necesarily go back to work. Officials say residents across Southcentral Alaska should prepare for potential ashfall from Mt Spurr. And Sen. Murkowski continues to be one of the only Republicans in Congress willing to break with President Trump.