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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The percentage of Alaska high schoolers texting or emailing while driving has jumped over the past few years. Someone made a $10 million mistake buying steel for a critical dock project in Haines. And one Southeast Alaska precinct seemed to overwhelmingly choose a peculiar candidate for the U.S. House earlier this week.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Members of Alaska Legislature's bipartisan coalitions are announcing their leadership and organizing their caucuses. The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised its color code for Spurr to yellow, or "advisory" status. And the Hecla Greens Creek mine near Juneau plans to break ground on an expansion sometime next year.

Photo: Crater Peak Spurr Volcano. Photographer: Mayo, Wyatt

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Alaska is well into the start of respiratory disease season, and some trends are emerging. Bipartisan majorities will control both the Alaska House and Senate following the election. And regulations about who could hunt sea otters in Alaska have been clarified.

Photo: Artist Christy Ruby sits for a picture with her colored sea otter in her studio on March 2, 2023. (Eric Stone/KRBD)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Preliminary election results are in. An Anchorage solid waste service is distributing usable hazardous waste like paint for free. And more Alaskans are abusing multiple types of drugs.

Photo: Solid Waste Services has a program at its central transfer station that allows residents to pick up used hazardous materials.

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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Polls don't always open in Northwest Alaska. Soldotna residents walk for democracy. And the Coast Guard has wrapped up an international patrol looking for illegal fishing in the North Pacific.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Delta Junction schools briefly locked down Friday afternoon in response to a threat of gun violence that was later determined to be unfounded. Alaska isn’t a swing state in the Presidential election. But the U.S. House race here could help decide who controls Congress. And Alaska’s election results will take some time to come in following Election Day.

Photo: Volunteers at Anchorage School District hand out ballots to voters during Alaska’s primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A Kenai grand jury indicted two Alaska State Troopers on felony assault charges in connection to a violent arrest of the wrong man. Providence Alaska is introducing a new system in which telenurses work alongside bedside nurses. And the City of Seward is receiving nearly $46 million in federal funding to add shore power to its cruise ship port.

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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Canadian government will fund a road leading to Galore Creek Mine, very close to the Stikine River headwaters. A Dillingham family has spent the last several years collecting wooden pallets for an annual pallet maze, which could be the world's largest. And Political groups are spending money supporting opposition candidates.

Photo: The entrance of the the Hulett's 2024 pallet maze. Margaret Sutherland/KDLG

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:About a foot of snow fell in Southcentral Alaska’s first major snowstorm. The Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska has received 22 boxesfilled with archaeological artifacts from the Islands of Four Mountains. And an all-female crew drove a train full of tourists to the Yukon recently.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Alaska's way of voting is on the ballot next week. The U.S. Navy has apologized for bombarding the Lingít village of Angoon 142 years ago. And the Alaska Marine Highway has put out its plan for the next 20 years.

Photo: Rear Adm. Mark Sucato offers a gift to Joe Zuboff in Angoon on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.

(Clarise Larson/KTOO)