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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Early attack ads from the Republican National committee are targeting Mary Peltola, who declined to endorse fellow Democrat Kamala Harris for President. And a Palmer man who nearly caused a midair collision last year says as a "sovereign citizen" he does not need a pilot's license.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A grand jury has indicted an Anchorage doctor and her husband for allegedly deceiving patients about the drugs being injected

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Hot dry weather has increased wildfire activity. Alaska-based Air Force units hosted European flyers for training last week. And the Bay Whalin' Hour will be spinning its last tune on Friday.

Photo: A German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon flies over Alaska during exercise Arctic Defender 24.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska federal prosecutors say a federal judge who resigned in disgrace this month had undisclosed conflicts of interest. This year's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics high kick champion has his eyes set on the record. And Petersburg log rollers compete to stay dry, and win the championship.

Photo: Skipper Erickson (center) out-rolls a competitor in Petersburg’s logrolling semi-finals on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Olivia Schmidt/KFSK)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Entomologists say the Tongass is emerging from the latest insect outbreaks with "a bad haircut," but it's all part of a natural process. A processing barge in Bristol Bay is repaired and buying fish. And a college student from Bethel and Emmonak has been crowned Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics.

Photo: A western black-headed budworm hangs from a silk thread. (Photo by Elizabeth Graham)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The long-range weather forecast is calling for a heat wave across mainland Alaska. The Anchorage Police Department published a draft of a new body camera policy on Friday. And a classic plane from the 1940s is flying around the interior documenting the effects of rapidly thawing permafrost.

Photo: Protestors in the audience of the Anchorage Assembly meeting on July 16, 2024 at the Loussac Library hold up branded signs of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The signs support a resolution urging the police department to make its body camera policies more transparent. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Juneau man has died after he was shot multiple times by police on Front Street in downtown Juneau yesterday. A sightseeing plane lost power and was forced to land near a glacier in Denali National Park Friday. And the judge sentencing convicted killer Brian Smith in Anchorage on Friday gave him a 226-year sentence for the murders of two Alaska Native women.

Photo: Brian Smith walks out of the courtroom after receiving what amounts to two separate life sentences. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby said Smith, who was convicted of killing two Alaska Native women, was beyond rehabilitation. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s political leaders have sent messages of support to former President Donald Trump, after an assassination attempt. Governor Dunleavy has signed a bill that increases penalties for the distribution of deadly drugs. And gnat larvae in seen in Fairbanks this week look like a moving snake.

Photo: A Camp Denali staff member spotted this column of gnat snakeworm larvae on July 8, 2022. (Photos courtesy Jenna Hamm)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A study released this month shows that Juneau has the highest average cost of a single-family home in Alaska — again. A salmon management group on the Kuskokwim River is calling on the federal government to address the impacts of bottom-trawling in the region. And working drones over Cook Inlet will carry water samples.

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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Coast Guard encountered four Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea last weekend. Two world records were set during the first two days of this year’s World Eskimo Indian Olympics happening this week in Fairbanks. And a man shot and critically injured by Anchorage police on Monday morning had fired a shotgun at officers.

Photo: Volunteers set up the Big Dipper a day before WEIO opening ceremonies. Robyne /KUAC