On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case challenging mail-in ballot deadlines. The state of Alaska is interested in oil exploration near the Yukon River, in the Interior. And Juneau has officially broken its snowfall record.

Photo: The Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge is seen from the air on Sept. 1, 2006. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)