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On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Few answers are  available for relatives are asking questions about the 15 inmates who  have died in custody this year in Alaska. Alaskans are thinking harder  than usual about a Constitutional Convention. And bear awards in  Southeast Alaska are about more than who is fattest.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The University of  Alaska and its faculty trade complaints as their negotiations continue.   The amount of Ukrainian refugees coming to Alaska seems to have peaked.  And it’s Fat Bear Week!

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Another storm is headed  for Alaska’s Northwest coast. And a state plan for electric vehicle  charging stations has federal approval-paving the way for federal  dollars.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Today is a day of  remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools. Anchorage citizens protest the  lack of police body cams, a year and a half after voters approved them.  And the Bureau of Land Management has awarded one million dollars to  clean up old placer mining sites in the Interior.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: KEA is getting a  million dollar grant for use of the Terror Lake plant. Alutiiq language  programs aim to keep the language and culture alive. And a Kenai space education center is hosting workshops on earthly sustainability.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Bears have been roaming  the streets in Kodiak. An ancient fish weir going back 10,000 years is  discovered in Alaska. And Hooper Bay takes stock after the big storm.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Chevak begins to set  things straight after the storm. The Anchorage School District is facing  a 68 million dollar budget shortfall. And the dam for Wrangell’s  drinking water reservoir is deemed one of Alaska’s worst.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Residents of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough continue to weigh in on the school board’s bathroom policy for transgender students. And Juneau voters will decide whether real estate sale prices should be available to the tax assessor.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Drinking water  continues to be an issue in storm damaged western Alaska communities.  Mary Peltola would like to see the Magnuson Stevens Act reauthorized  soon. And public health officials are urging the public to get boosted.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A looming landslide  in Prince William Sound could mean a sudden tsunami in Whittier. Whether  to hold a Constitutional Convention will be on the ballot in November.  And supporters of Ketchikan’s Public Library demonstrated against its  defunding.