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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg focused on the ferry system during a stop in Juneau. Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman says that the Legislature will not allow the earnings reserve of the Alaska Permanent Fund to run dry. And Bristol Bay welcomed two Alaskan medical students this summer.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: U.S. Secretary of

Photo:U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg listens to ferry captain Gabriel Baylous (off camera) explain the operations of the ferry Hubbard on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Lynn Canal, outside Juneau, Alaska. Listening at background is U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The

Photo: Suicide Basin, the birthplace of Juneau’s annual glacial outburst

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Record-breaking rain this weekend in Sitka triggered their landslide warning system. Alaska is home to a large Hawaiian community, many of whom have links to Maui. And Alaska could see more renewable energy use in the future.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Authorities have released the names of the two victims who are presumed to have died after their airplane crashed Wednesday in  Denali National Park.  A man from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor. And the Anchorage School District has installed security vestibules in some of their elementary schools.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A glacial outburst flood eroded the banks of the Mendenhall River on Saturday evening, undermining some homes and sending at least one into the river. Hot, dry, windy weekend weather expanded wildfires around the Interior leading to hazardous air quality. And surfers in the Turnagain Arm catch the longest wave in the United States.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Unalaska’s  drinking water shows traces of PFAS. Black seaweed in Southeast is becoming less tasty and harder to find. And scientists use sediments to predict future storms.

Photo:Black seaweed

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The rapid advance of a wildfire prompted an evacuation notice last night for a neighborhood north of Fairbanks. Alaska’s Congressional delegation wants to make the "Landless” communities of Southeast landless no more. And two swimmers have successfully crossed the Frederick Sound.

Andrew Simmons in Frederick Sound. Photo: Orin Pierson

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Warm and dry conditions increased wildfire activity around the Interior yesterday. Satellite data provided by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is helping state and federal agencies fight wildfires. And the Senate has passed its version of the defense bill, with money for Alaska projects.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Ore trucks running on highways between Kinross’s Manh Choch Mine and its mill are projected to cause millions of dollars per year in pavement damage. A neighborhood near Kalifornsky Beach Road has been flooding, much to the dismay of residents.  And police have killed an aggressive bear in Anchorage, the 16th so far this year.