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On today’s Midday report with host Terry Haines: Kindergarteners in Juneau have been learning the violin and an Alaska Native language at the same time. The Kenai Peninsula got nearly two feet of snow in some places this weekend. And a commercial building in Wasilla exploded Sunday afternoon, likely due to a natural gas leak.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Australian Christian  Turner is among the Iditarod dog mushers to sign up for the 2023 race.  Questions remain about how the planned merger of grocery store  companies Krogers and Albertsons  will affect shoppers in Alaska.  And  relatives mourn a man killed last month in front of his Anchorage home.

Christian Turner in a dry-land, dog scooter race. (Christian Turner)

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Federal safety  investigators are calling for new, more restrictive regulations on  flightseeing tours in the Ketchikan area after a series of crashes.  Alaska’s only National Heritage Area is pushing for a change. And GCI’s  underwater fiber optic broadband cable in Unalaska has been damaged. Photo: Laurelin Kruse

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: More than 40 Wrangell  residents are helping bring the musical “The Sound of Music” to the  stage this week. A young climate activist from Ketchikan was one of two  Alaskans named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list this year. The U.S. Senate  passed a bill to protect same sex marriage yesterday, with the support  of both Alaska senators.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Terry is joined by Art  Schultz in a special Match Day Membership Drive edition of the Midday  Report.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of state  senators not only sliced up the turkey over Thanksgiving, but also carved-out Senate leadership roles. Residents  of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough will be getting a lot more power from  the sun next summer. And residents near Eielson Air Force Base are  skeptical of the chosen method to clean up PFAs there.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: More Alaskans have been voting against letting state judges keep their jobs.  A euthanized Alaska black bear cub is the first in the country to test  positive for a highly contagious strain of bird flu. And the Bureau of  Indian Affairs will give more than $45 million to US tribes  to address  climate change.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines:  A contentious  battle over books is playing out in Homer. More than a fifth of the high  school population reports having used e-cigarettes in the last month.  The Food Bank of Alaska has handed out about 10,000 free frozen turkeys  and holiday meal kits over the last few days in Anchorage and the  Mat-Su.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Lack of funding may  cause Bethel to close its emergency shelter. Unalaskans welcome Aleutian  Airways’ first commercial flight. And Skagway’s borough assembly has  scrapped a plan to expand dock capacity, as questions remain about the  viability of the town’s largest dock.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A surveyor got stuck in  the mudflats near Girdwood yesterday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  says they are moving forward with dredging Unalaska Bay. And the  U.S. Department of Agriculture is granting $3.6 million to Interior  Alaska villages to help improve water systems and landfills.