On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s political leaders have sent messages of support to former President Donald Trump, after an assassination attempt. Governor Dunleavy has signed a bill that increases penalties for the distribution of deadly drugs. And gnat larvae in seen in Fairbanks this week look like a moving snake.

Photo: A Camp Denali staff member spotted this column of gnat snakeworm larvae on July 8, 2022. (Photos courtesy Jenna Hamm)