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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A widespread weather reporting outage affected Alaska Monday causing dozens of stations that pilots and forecasters use to go offline. Southcentral Alaska residents will likely see costlier home heating bills for the next few winters. And various environmental groups are trying to stop construction on a controversial road that would pass through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge on the Alaska Peninsula.

Photo: Joshua Green River Valley in Izembek Wilderness. By USFWS - US Fish & Wildlife Service

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about the growing wildlife tourism interest in Kodiak, the road to Pillar Mountain reopens, a Coast Guard Base Kodiak change of command ceremony for the Frederick Mann, KUCB reports on the Coast Guard monitoring two Chinese research vessels in the U.S. EEZ, and the state Board of Fisheries' decision making process is the focus of a legislative audit.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

A handful of state legislators returned to Juneau yesterday to begin a third special session on tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project. An emergency dig in Quinhagak seeks to save the past before it washes away. And safety protocols will be in place prior to an air show in Fairbanks expected to draw ten thousand spectators.

Photo: In 2024 the Nunalleq site was several meters from the Bering Sea coast. (Gabby Salgado/KYUK)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility is asking state regulators to reconsider their decision on a project to expand natural gas storage. Peer support is key in an Anchorage substance abuse program. And a Southeast food truck is serving up gourmet waffles.

Photo: Prussack inside the Wander Waffle truck on Sing Lee Alley on Jul 12, 2026. (Baiz Hoen/KFSK)

On this week's episode with host Katherine Irving, the deadline is coming up to register to vote in the Alaska state primaries, ADF&G launches a new bycatch portal, new KIBSD superintendent Daniel Brigman attends his first regular Board of Education meeting, four whales wash up dead on the Kodiak archipelago, Alaska Public Media reports on ways to avoid getting cyclosporiasis, and the Borough Assembly swears in a new member.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Alaska State Troopers shot and killed a Wasilla man last Thursday who officials say was evading arrest on a boat near Whittier after he was convicted of sexually abusing a minor. The Alaska Democratic Party is suing the state Division of Elections over a lack of financial disclosure made by a candidate running for a legislative seat in Anchorage. And an Alaska fire incident management team is in the Lower 48 to oversee one of the nation's highest-priority wildfires as fire activity intensifies in the West.

Photo: Alaska Wildland Firefighters deployed in lower 48. (Alaska Public Media)

On this week's episode with host Davis Hovey, we hear about this year's Alaska weathervane scallop fishery opening with two boats from Kodiak fishing, KTOO reports on high numbers of dead gray whales around the Pacific including Alaska, a new study suggests having a dog doubles your chance of having a bear encounter, property tax rates are slightly down in the Kodiak Island Borough this year, and city voters will again decide if the city manager will be required to live within city limits or five miles outside.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill yesterday that would have reimposed limits on campaign contributions in state elections. The former chief of the volunteer fire department that serves the greater Delta Junction area received a two-year prison sentence Thursday for stealing money from the organization. And a measure to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting will be on the ballot again this November, despite complaints about its backers.

Photo: Rural Deltana Volunteer Fire Department is back in business after it shut down temporarily to deal with the theft of $441,409 by former Fire Chief Michael Paschall. (KUAC News file photo/RDVFD)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

Many -- if not most -- jobs stemming from construction of the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline would go to out of state workers, according to a study. Fairbanks officials read the Declaration of Independence aloud Wednesday at City Hall. A state predator control program has culled more than 250 bears in Southwest Alaska over the past four springs in an attempt to boost the Mulchatna caribou herd.

Photo: Salcha site for the Interior of Alaska Veterans Cemetery (IAVC). (Alaska Department of Military and Veteran's Affairs.)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

State lawmakers are debating whether to include a controversial tax change in a bill aimed at easing the financial case for the Alaska LNG project. An Alaska State Trooper fatally shot a man allegedly driving at him in Fairbanks early Tuesday following a brief car chase. And several new food stands have popped up around Ketchikan over the last few weeks.

Photo: Drewber's Donuts, Kechikan. (Kymberlin Frazier)