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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A project in the Bering Straits backed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will measure sea ice and phytoplankton. Every year, one dance group is chosen to lead the procession of dancers that begins and ends Celebration in Juneau. And two middle schoolers from White Mountain are headed to the National Civics Bee.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's remoteness from the rest of the country means a cyberattack on its infrastructure -- could cause big problems. The state of Alaska is facing a new class action lawsuit over its failure to process Medicaid applications on time. And the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is piloting a new approach to wildfire management aimed at limiting greenhouse gas releases.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The federal government announced on Thursday that it’s requiring the state to update its water quality standards. A thunderstorm struck Juneau recently. And Researchers have linked warming ocean temperatures to more salmon showing up in the Western Canadian Arctic.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: One person has died and another is at a local hospital after two boats collided south of Petersburg yesterday. Anchorage police officers have been involved in a spate of shootings. And Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins of Maine were the only Republican senators to vote yesterday to advance a bill that would put the right to contraception into federal law.

Photo: Anchorage Police chief designee Bianca Cross speaks at a press conference at APD headquarters on June 5, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s Little Norway celebrated Norwegian Constitution Day late last month with a week-long festival. A multi part bill passed by the state legislature last month includes a provision extending Alaska’s Senior Benefits Program. And suspicious illegal aliens on the Yukon.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: We have a clearer picture of this year’s races for the Alaska Legislature after Saturday’s filing deadline. Eight young Alaskans are suing the state to block the Alaska natural gas pipeline project. And a last-minute candidate joined the race for the House District 5, which covers Kodiak, Seward and Cordova.

Photo: Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the North Slope. (David Houseknecht/USGS)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates are accusing the Alaska Department of Corrections of unconstitutionally limiting access to attorneys at the state’s only all-female prison. The Alaska Department of Transportation reports progress in an area where ancestral graves underlie a popular trail. And some Alaska Republicans are decrying Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts.

Photo: From left to right: U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Former President Donald Trump, Gov. Mike Dunleavy. (Alaska Public Media and Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's Head Start program is set to get a boost, pending the governor's signature. Are herds of mammoths in Alaska's future? And the canoes are on their way to Celebration.

Photo: Researchers believe woolly mammoths walked into North America 100,000 years ago. Mauricio Antón via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.5

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An organization in Southeast Alaska has won a half-million dollar grant to reduce the cost of trash disposal. Lawyers in Alaska are hoping to become a more diverse profession, and ideally more accessible. And the Alaska Department of Transportation has temporarily closed a trail across a desecrated burial ground.

Photo: Trail closure at the O'Brien Creek Bridge.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Judicial Council has voted to recommend retention of all 19 judges on the November ballot, but not without dissent. The Donlin Gold project plans to be powered by a gas pipeline stretching hundreds of miles to Cook Inlet. And the Alaska Federation of Natives has rolled-out plans for its October convention, with a program dedicated to the younger generation.

Photo: Proposed natural gas pipeline to be used by Donlin Gold facility.