On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

School districts around the state are bracing for another year of deep cuts. Advocates rallied on the steps of the Alaska State Capitol asking lawmakers to pass bills that they say would save lives. And University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivered her final State of the University address Thursday in Fairbanks.

Photo: University of Alaska President Pat Pitney delivers her sixth and final State of the University address March 19, 2026, in Fairbanks, Alaska. She is set to retire in May. (Patrick Gilchrist/KUAC)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Juneau has had a wild winter. An international ski competition returned to Haines last week for the first time in nearly a decade. And a group of kids in Fairbanks put their creativity to the test in an ice sculpture carving competition last week.

Photo: A sculpture in the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks. (TravelAlaska)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Defending Iditarod champion Jessie Holmes has won the race again. Some current Fairbanks Assembly members want to rename their park "Alaskaland." And Nelson Lagoon is about to run out or water.

Photo: Alaskaland sign. (KUAC)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The head of a powerful state Senate committee is calling for stronger legislative oversight if a North Slope gas pipeline moves forward. Following a mistrial last year, 25-year-old Dustin Ruckman is once again facing homicide charges in an Anchorage court. And some veterans in Alaska will face a harder time receiving federal food assistance next year.

Photo: Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the North Slope. Near Fairbanks, the gas line would split off toward Anchorage, while the oil pipeline continues to the Prince William Sound community of Valdez. (Photo by David Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race hit the Norton Sound coastline over the weekend and the race is heating up. In Juneau, youth from across the state presented films they made highlighting the impacts of climate change where they live. And the state budget is back up in the air.

Photo: Jessie Holmes shoves piles of straw under his dog team at the Unalakleet checkpoint of the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (Gabby Hiestand Selgado/KYUK)

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, we hear about the changes in administration across schools in the Kodiak Island Borough School District, the new superintendent's contract details have been released, our partners at Alaska Public Media report on the Alaska Senate passing its version of the state supplemental budget, Sen. Gary Stevens of Kodiak's civics education bill for high schoolers could pass into law this session, and an update on the 2026 Iditarod sled dog race as mushers have completed their 24-hour layovers.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Parker Kenick of Nome has won three gold medals in the Arctic Winter Games, so far. The Alaska State Board of Education is establishing an ad hoc committee for Mt. Edgecumbe High School. And Sitka's new octopus now has a name.

Photo: Giant pacific octopus. (Sitka Sound Science Center)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Alaska’s Supreme Court is again considering whether the proposed Alaska gasline project violates the Constitutional rights of a group of young Alaskans. Two of Southcentral Alaska’s biggest natural gas companies want to dramatically expand their storage capacity, and they’re eyeing city-owned land in Kenai as the place to do it. A high-profile budget bill that would unlock hundreds of millions in government construction projects across Alaska took a substantial step forward.

Photo: The Alaska State Capitol is seen on Monday, March 9, 2026. (James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Front-of-the-pack Iditarod teams zipped through McGrath last night, roughly a third of the way into the thousand-mile race to Nome. In his annual address to the Alaska State Legislature, United States Rep. Nick Begich III spoke about topics ranging from the war in Iran, Alaska’s mining potential, and the effects of ex-Typhoon Halong on Western Alaska. And the western Aleutians have seen increased seismic activity over the past week.

Photo: Jessie Holmes Wins Alaska Air Transit Award in McGrath. (Photo: Siri Raitto)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Arctic Winter Games got underway on Sunday in Whitehorse. Alaska students could have a new graduation requirement in the not-too-distant-future. And kids are reading their way to the finish line in the Iditaread.

Photo: The official lighting of the cauldron at the Arctic Winter Games. (TJ Dhir/CBC)