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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has introduced a bill that would allow federal fishery managers to start analyzing the DNA collected in ocean waters to help inform their decisions. And an answer to Juneau’s plea for a solution to glacial outburst flooding is on the horizon. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday.

Photo: Suicide Basin, pictured in 2023, is the birthplace of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood. It sits about two miles above the terminus of Mendenhall Glacier.

(Anna Canny/KTOO)

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, an interview with House District 5 candidate Sheldon Prout, a new model could predict ocean acidity for crab fishery management, the former North Star building is home to the Sun’aq Tribe’s Alutiingcut Child Care Center and the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly votes down a proposed cannabis sales tax.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

If you ask ten Filipino families how to make adobo, chances are you'll hear ten different recipes. The Alaska Division of Elections is sending follow-up letters to most of the 3,000 voters it struck from the active-voter list this summer. And an interview with Jonathon Kreiss-Tomkins, candidate for Governor.

Photo: KTOO’s Tasha Elizarde interviews Rachel Carrillo Barril, Head Chef at In Bocca Al Lupo, Aims Villanueva, Owner of Black Moon Koven, and Abby LaForce Barnett, Co-Owner at Zerelda’s Bistro. (Bostin Christopher/KTOO)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski deflects when asked how she'll vote on President Trump's pick for attorney general. The Trump Administration is again threatening cuts to the federal Essential Air Service program, which provides funding for flights to and from rural Alaska. And firefighters are battling a wildland fire that broke out north of Haines over the weekend.

Photo: The Boulder Fire on Aug. 3, two days after it was reported. (Dawn Drotos)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A two-year-old humpback whale was found entangled in a gillnet near Petersburg last week. The City of Kotzebue secured a $12.5 million grant to repair and upgrade its sewer system. And as of Friday [7/31], nearly 10,000 Alaskans had requested absentee ballots from the state Division of Elections for the Aug. 18 statewide primary.

Photo: Entangled whale near Petersburg. (NOAA Fisheries)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Northwest Arctic community of Ambler has been without drinking water or sewer for over five months. The Anchorage library branch in the Mountain View neighborhood is temporarily closed after a tractor-trailer crashed into it over the weekend. And Anchorage police say gunfire and a call for help early Saturday morning led to a deadly crash between a police patrol car and a taxicab.

Photo: he Mountain View branch of the Anchorage Public Library was closed after two vehicles collided with a library wall on Aug. 1, 2026. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Residents of the Seward Peninsula village of Brevig Mission spoke out in overwhelming opposition Tuesday to the proposed Graphite One mine. The University of Alaska and its newest staff union have begun negotiations on its first contract. And A controversial gold mine proposed within the Tongass National Forest in Juneau was authorized to go through a faster federal permitting process.

Photo: Graphite One's camp near the Imuruk Basin.

(Ben Townsend/KNOM)

On this weeks' episode with host Katherine Irving, Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska will see more government launches, Alaska Public Media reports on Alaskans who had their voter status deactivated, Saltery Creek sees restrictions on its sockeye run, Kodiak College receives funding for the third year of its CAMP program, KFSK reports that the summer Southeast commercial Dungeness crab season ended three weeks early, and Kodiak's stock car racing scene picks up speed.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The National Transportation Safety Board says a Bering Air plane was overweight and experienced “severe icing conditions” before it crashed onto sea ice last year, killing everyone on board. Alaskans will consider a a ballot initiative to limit the influence of big-money donors on Alaska’s state and local elections. And Senatorial candidate Dan J Sullivan.

Photo: Dan Sullivan, a candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares a name with the incumbent seeking reelection, talks with a reporter Friday, July 3, 2026, in Petersburg, Alaska.

(Becky Bohrer/AP)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Members of the Alaska Legislature are asking the state Division of Elections to immediately restore the voter status of thousands of Alaskans. A new class developed by whale biologists and marine pilots in Southeast Alaska will soon teach mariners how to avoid hitting humpback whales. And drive-through coffee in Nome!

Photo: A cruise ship travels through Glacier Bay on July 24, 2023. ( Clarise Larson/KTOO)