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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The 35th annual Anchorage Folk Festival got underway this past weekend.  A domestic violence organization in Anchorage is training people in the beauty industry to recognize signs of domestic abuse and offer support. And an exhibit at the Anchorage Museum spotlighting the history of Filipino Americans in Alaska was defaced last week.

Photo: Folk Festival Bear.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Denali Highway is being regularly groomed for winter recreation. Research work on the Mt. Edgecumbe crater has shed some light on what may be happening below the mountain. And the homeless shelter in Kotzebue has closed as temperatures plunge..

Photo: Mt. Edgecumbe. Photo Alaska Volcano Observatory.

On today’s Midday Report with host Brian Venua: The Alaska Legislature on Thursday failed to override a veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy that erased $87 million in education funding. The University of Alaska has begun the process of fulfilling its long stalled federal land grant. And this weekend  Sitka will host the first ever Alaska state pinball championship.

Photo: Ettin Briar competing in a pinball tournament at the Bearcade in Juneau. August 29, 2023. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks say a prehistoric mammoth spent her life near human hunting camps. Following an emotional 6-day trial, a Ketchikan Superior Court closed the book on a 30-year cold case that had haunted the city. And North Slope oil production is projected to rise significantly in the coming decade. 

 Photo: Image by Julius Csostonyi
Artwork shows three mammoths being watched by a family of ancient Alaskans from the dunes near the Swan Point archaeological site, a seasonal hunting camp occupied 14,000 years ago.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dillingham police say the man accused of firing a shotgun at the local hospital on Sunday had also allegedly set fire to his girlfriend’s bedroom that same morning. Avalanche activity was high in Juneau yesterday after more than 30 inches of snow fell over the weekend. And debates over education funding dominated as lawmakers gathered in Juneau Tuesday for the start of this year’s legislative session.

Photo: A snow cloud over the Behrends neighborhood during an avalanche on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Whitcomb)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Brent Sass claimed a second win in the Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race in Glennallen yesterday. There was a pipeline leak on the North Slope over the weekend. And Petersburg’s Borough Assembly will look at signing letters of support for fisheries across the state, in the face of years of hardship.

Photo: Point Thomson is on state land 60 miles east of Prudhoe Bay. (ExxonMobil photo)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in November proposed one of the largest changes to lead pipe regulations in three decades. Seafood processor Peter Pan announced that it will not operate its King Cove facility until spring. And Alaska’s sole U.S. Representative Mary Peltola says FEMA needs more resources.

Photo: Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (James Brooks via Flickr under Creative Commons license.)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The tundra village of Nunapitchuk sits on top of a high concentration of permafrost, and it’s melting. The Anchorage Assembly decided Tuesday night that the name of Alaska’s late Congressman should be attached to the city’s port after all. And melting permafrost is bringing decay and fungus to the North.

Photo: An example of an Arctic fungi, the Arctic basidiomycete.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Attorneys delivered oral arguments yesterday in a perjury case for a retired Homer judge. An Anchorage home invasion last night led to a shootout that left a father and child wounded. And Chugach Electric says there’s been an excessive number of power outages this winter in the communities of Cooper Landing and Moose Pass. Residents want linemen based in town.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Sixteen-year-old Emily Robinson won the Knik 200 Sled Dog Race yesterday. A tame moose that escaped from a wildlife center during moose season has returned. And a federal judge has ruled that a civil rights case against the City of Fairbanks can proceed to trial.

Photo: A bull moose.