On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Teams of scientists, engineers and meteorologists continue their work assessing the steep hillside in Ketchikan following Sunday's fatal landslide. United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has finalized a decision to maintain protections for “D-1” lands. And Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival was marshaled in by a horde of vikings and valkyries.

Photo: Brandi Thynes leads the youngest Norwegian dancers during their last practice at Petersburg’s Fishermen’s Memorial, outside of the Son’s of Norway Hall on May 10, 2024. (Photo: Hannah Flor/KFSK)