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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Anchorage Assembly  leaders say they want Mayor Dave Bronson to publicly respond to scathing  allegations made against him. Senator Bert Stedman says the state needs  to balance its long-term fiscal health against its ability to pay large  Permanent Fund dividends. And a pilot training program is underway to  combat the Certified Nursing Assistant shortage on the lower Kenai  Peninsula, as well as Kodiak.

n today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Soldotna doctor known  as the “Candyman” pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge that he  overprescribed addictive narcotics. The US Environmental Protection  Agency could reject portions of a state plan to reduce Fairbanks North  Pole area wintertime fine particulate pollution. And Independent  Representative Bryce Edgmon looks ahead to the start of the Legislative  Session.

Photo taken from the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 6, 2019,  when there was an air quality alert in effect for the area. (Ravenna  Koenig/ Alaska’s Energy Desk)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Two F-22 fighter  jets from JBER stopped off unexpectedly in Whitehorse on the way home  from Europe. The National Park Service has awarded a contract to build a  bridge over a slumping section of the road into Denali National Park.  And a pro skier is working to get more Alaska Native youth on the  slopes.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska legislators have so far pre-filed 68 bills and resolutions ahead of the January 17 session start date. Klawock police chief Terry Stonecipher died unexpectedly Monday morning.  And scientists say glaciers are melting faster than they thought.

Photo: Sean Gallup

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has a fully  fledged member of the U.S. House again. Ketchikan’s borough and school  district take cautious steps forward in resolving their dispute over  health care payments. And a Homer entrepreneur is making lumber from  plastic. 

Photo: Sean McDermott/KBBI

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A dog walking duo in  Skagway has gained internet fame. Last year’s fire season is the largest  on record for Bristol Bay. And Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola says  it might be time to start thinking about a bipartisan solution to the  House Speaker impasse.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Last  month was the wettest December on record in Anchorage. A nationwide egg  shortage has hit Alaska especially hard.  And Rhonda McBride looks back  on Mary Peltola’s fight to be the first Alaska Native to serve in  Congress.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s job market will continue on a path of recovery this year, but  slower than other states. Mary Peltola waits to be sworn in while  Republicans struggle to elect a leader. And Anchorage is still hauling  snow, and has a long way to go.

Rep. Mary Peltola was the only member of Congress wearing a kuspuk on  the first day of the 2023 session. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Work is underway on what will be Alaska’s tallest building. After months of back and forth over a high-profile oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, just one company placed bids. Officials have arrested a Seward man after he allegedly drove his car, carrying three children, into the Seward boat harbor.

A rendering of the new air traffic control tower for Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Reexamination of a  cold case in Bethel has resulted in an arrest. Inflation is hitting  everyday Alaskans at the grocery store. And a new hazard map in Juneau  shows much of downtown in moderate to severe danger of landslides or  avalanches.