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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Sitka Assembly will give $25,000 to support the Alaska Trollers Association’s legal defense fund. A Haines High School graduate spent four hours hiding from an active shooter on the Michigan State campus. And a new facility in Anchorage is designed to address the immediate needs of  the homeless, and connect them to housing and other services.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: American scientists found 200,000 Pacific walrus on one Russian beach, they think. A Ketchikan podcaster is breaking down all things Filipino culture. And Alaska’s U.S. senators warn about shenanigans in the Willow project process.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: White House officials said Monday that they still had not come to any conclusions about what U.S. fighter  jets have shot out of the skies over the past 3 days. After a  months-long wait, thousands of Alaskans have received their food stamps,  but thousands more are still waiting. And snowfall in Anchorage  continues to break records.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A student-run cafe in Igiugig offers refreshments to both community members and travelers flying across the vast expanse of Bristol Bay. Toyo stoves have been failing in cold weather. And the State Workers’ Union rallied for better staffing and benefits, and to support for Department of Public Assistance staff as they battle a backlog of food stamp applications.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Kodiak’s  tanner crab fleet goes fishing, story by KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth, KCAW’s  Robert Woolsey reports on the lawsuit that would halt king salmon  trolling, and Izzy Ross of KDLG tells of the governor’s vow to fight the  Pebble veto.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Brent Sass won the  Yukon Quest 550 sled dog race in Fairbanks last night. School districts  around the state are grappling with holes in their budgets for the  coming school year. And the tanner crab fishery begins this weekend in  Southeast Alaska.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Brent Sass is on track  to win the Yukon Quest Alaska 550 later today. Mary Peltola’s  announcement last week that she hired a Republican to be her state  director has ruffled some feathers. And one Anchorage man inspires  others to help the un-housed.

Picture: Cassandra Segevan poses for a photo after getting juice and hot oatmeal  from Duke Russell’s unofficial meal service at the Sullivan Arena  emergency shelter in Anchorage on Jan. 18, 2023. Segevan said she was  really grateful for the food and services there. Also pictured:  Volunteer Michelle Gonzalez. (Jeremy Hsieh/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Matt Hall won the Yukon  Quest 300 yesterday. Meanwhile, Brent Sass continues to lead the Quest  550. And some Kenai city council members say it’s a good time to loosen restrictions on owning chickens inside city limits.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: It was a fast and furious finale for Team Alaska at the Arctic Winter Games. A  bus station in Ninilchik, has the potential to become a small Native  reservation — but the state of Alaska is pushing back. And a Toksok Bay  couple is an internet sensation.

On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: A Senate Committee  has proposed adding $1000 to the Base Student Allocation. Southeast Alaska has seen an uptick in fentanyl-laced pills. And Fairbanks’ only natural gas supplier signed a 20-year contract with Hilcorp to begin sourcing gas from the North Slope.