In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:

State officials are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man found unresponsive on Sunday in his locked Anchorage jail cell. Sen. Lisa Murkowski broke from other Republicans on the firing last month of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control. And former Alaska attorney general Treg Taylor filed to join the 2026 race for governor Wednesday.

Photo: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on an Alaska tour in August. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)