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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A years long hazardous waste disposal project is turning a corner at the Bethel Air Force Station. Four people are dead after a plane they were traveling in from Bethel crashed short of the runway in St. Mary’s. And Bartlett High School in Anchorage was on high alert after a threatening post circulated on social media.

Photo: The village of St. Mary's on the Andreafsky River in Southwest Alaska. Ryan McPherson/Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service via AP.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska received $15 million in funding from the U.S. E.P.A. that they will use to expand composting. Tribes and Indigenous groups from across the country met in Anchorage this week for a national conference on climate. And a remote site in western Alaska may become the country's first new graphite mine since the 1950's.

Photo: A chunk of rock containing graphite picked up from the surface of the Graphite Creek site. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Over $3 million dollars is headed to the Native Village of Kotzebue for a new solar farm. Landslide prone communities in Alaska are reassessing their level of risk. And the travel landscape changes once again for Aleutian communities.

Photo: Travel options are more limited in the Aleutians now that regional airline Ravn Alaska has suspended service there. (Theo Greenly/KUCB)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

U.S. House candidates Nick Begich and Mary Peltola differ on abortion and reproductive health issues. Bethel’s Yup’ik language immersion school is in its own building for the first time. And a gathering in Homer last Saturday honored those who died from opioid overdose.

Photo: Candidate Nick Begich and U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola listen to the moderator at a 2022 debate in Kodiak. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

On today's Midday report with host Terry Haines: A regional native organization is trying to raise awareness about dementia across the Aleutian Chain. The two officers who shot and killed a Juneau during a standoff earlier this summer will not face criminal charges. And the two Alaska State Troopers charged with assault after arresting the wrong person in Kenai pleaded not guilty in Kenai District Court.

Photo: Police and other emergency officials treat Steven Kissack after he was shot on Front Street in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A new study has identified high levels of mercury stored in permafrost along the Yukon River. Alaska librarians are cautiously optimistic that a state agency will restore a big cut in funding. And there could me a mental health upside to Sitka's extended internet outage.

Photo: A 2022 drone image of the Yukon River and its floodplain downstream from Beaver, Alaska, shows accumulations of sediments harboring mercury. Michael P. Lamb / USC Dornsife

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Democratic Party wants the Division of Elections to bar Eric Hafner from the ballot. Relatives of Cassandra Boskofsky want answers about how her disappearance was handled. And a bill addressing missing and murdered indigenous persons has been signed into law.

Photo: Eric Hafner’s campaign announcement. (Jack Darrell/KRBD)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have required car rental apps to collect state taxes. Anchorage’s hydropower czar says there are solutions that could satisfy all parties competing for the water that collects in Eklutna Lake. And libraries around the state are scrambling after learning a key state grant was being slashed.

Photo: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters during a news conference on Feb. 7, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates for a proposition set to appear on Juneau’s local ballot want one day a week during the summer cruise season when there are no ships in port. A truck drove into the Turnagain Arm. And researchers are working on an algorithm to predict earthquakes.

Photo: A semi truck in the waters of Turnagain Arm, after Anchorage police say it left the Seward Highway near Mile 82.5 on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A landslide in Kenai Fiords Park caused a 55 foot tsunami last month. Search and rescue personnel had a long holiday weekend that included three plane crashes in Alaska. And Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development released statewide assessment data on Friday that shows most students are not proficient in core subjects.

Photo: agle River High School students protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s education funding veto on Thursday, April 4, 2024. A new study shows most Alaska students are not proficient in core subjects. (James Oh / Alaska Public Media)