On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Peter Pan Seafood announced Friday it was ceasing operations. The former Soldotna teacher and union president charged with 61 counts related to sexual abuse of a minor appeared in court Friday for a hearing about evidence in the case. And an Alaska conservation group has released a new series of reports criticizing Alaska’s state-owned investment bank as ineffective.

Photo: Skiffs sit on shore in the Southwest Alaska fishing town of King Cove. (James Brooks via Flickr under Creative Commons license.)