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00:32:54

Midday Report: August 20, 2025

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2025/08/20

n today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:The Alaska House and Senate met yesterday in Juneau but adjourned in less than a minute. Interior mushroom enthusiasts enjoyed a rich morel harvest. And Alaska Marine Lines will no longer ship electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles to Alaska or Hawaii.Photo: A plateful of Morchella tomentosa, one of Alaska's most common morels. Photo credit Adam McCrae

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00:31:40

Midday Report: August 19, 2025

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2025/08/19

In today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:Democrat Tom Begich has announced a run for Governor. A man seeking asylum in Anchorage was arrested by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. And adding kelp to the concrete recipe.

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00:31:23

Midday Report: August 18, 2025

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2025/08/18

On today's Midday Report with host Brian Venua:Access to Kodiak's Fossil Beach is restricted today. Protests of the meeting between Trump and Putin were held around Alaska. And Ravn will no longer be flying in Alaska.Photo: A Ravn Alaska plane at Unalaska’s Tom Madsen Airport. (Photo by Theo Greenly/KUCB)

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00:13:56

KMXT Weekly Wrap August 15, 2025

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2025/08/18

This week we hear some details about the a potential project for temporary housing at the Kodiak Island spaceport, the Coast Guard has commissioned its second new cutter homeported in Kodiak, the service intercepts Chinese vessel in the Bering Sea, the Coast Guard's Healy is back in Kodiak for now, the Asian Grocery store celebrates 30 years in Kodiak, and the police department has new Tasers.

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00:31:42

Midday Report: August 15, 2025

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2025/08/15

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Sitka’s restaurant owners looking to score beer and wine licenses will have to wait– at least for now. After the water receded from this week’s all-time record-breaking glacial outburst flood, Mendenhall Valley residents spent yesterday taking stock of the damage. And Fairbanksans packed a bridge downtown to protest President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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00:34:48

Midday Report: August 14, 2025

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2025/08/14

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Investments for aviation safety were included in the budget reconciliation bill. Floodwaters from Juneau’s glacial outburst are receding. And Sitka’s long-awaited marine haulout is one step closer to opening. Photo: The assembly voted 5-1 in favor of the operating agreement with Highmark Marine, with member Scott Saline opposed. (KCAW/Woolsey)

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00:31:46

Midday Report: August 13, 2025

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2025/08/13

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Juneau’s glacial outburst flood reached a record-breaking crest of 16.65 feet at about 8:00 a.m. today. A historic petroglyph on a Wrangell beach was destroyed by vandalism. And advocates are trying to change the formula for federal homelessness funding for Anchorage.Photo: (Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service) A meter stick laid alongside the damaged petroglyph rock shows the size of the stone.

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00:31:46

Midday Report: August 12, 2025

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2025/08/12

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:A massive tsunami ripped through a fjord popular with sightseers south of Juneau early Sunday morning. The Coast Guard has officially commissioned its latest icebreaker. And Alaska has finally regained the jobs it lost during the pandemic.Photo: The Coast Guard Cutter Storis.

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00:30:07

Midday Report: August 11, 2025

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2025/08/11

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:White supremacist activity in Alaska has dramatically increased this year. President Donald Trump says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this Friday in Alaska. And hunters from the North Slope community of Point Lay will collaborate with a University of Alaska Fairbanks anthropologist from Russia this summer, to document traditional knowledge about walruses.

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00:15:34

Weekly Wrap August 8th

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2025/08/11

This week we hear about Mayor Branson not running for reelection, the federal government released education funds for both Kodiak College and the archipelago's public schools, the Alutiiq Museum found its oldest artifacts from the island yet, and the inaugural adult sobriety camp on Afognak Island.

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00:30:07

Midday Report: August 08, 2025

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2025/08/08

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Hundreds of people gathered in Wrangell at the end of July to help raise five new totem poles. A company that owns a controversial mining exploration effort outside Haines says work will continue at the site – despite plans to sell some or all of the project. And an Interior Gas Utility plans to truck in gas from the North Slope.Photo: A large group of close to 300 people raise the Kadashan Totem on July 19, 2025 in Wrangell’s Totem Park. (photo

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00:30:37

Midday Report: August 07, 2025

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2025/08/07

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:in Alaska, experts say changes in Medicaid coverage will look very different in Alaska. It’s a bit of a mystery where some birds go when they leave Alaska for the winter. And Salmonfest also showcases Alaska Native culture.Photo: Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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00:31:46

Midday Report: August 06, 2025

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2025/08/06

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cancelled half a billion dollars for vaccine development using mRNA technology. Salmonfest aims at a less trashy future. And Governor Dunleavy has ordered an efficiency review of state agencies and grants.Photo: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spoke to reporters at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Aug. 5, 2025, the same day he canceled nearly $500 million for mRNA vaccine

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00:30:43

Midday Report: August 05, 2025

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2025/08/05

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:What just happened at Saturday's Special Session of the Alaska Legislature? Is Senator Murkowski thinking about running for Governor? And what do very deep boreholes have to do with coal fired powerplants?Photo: House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, speaks alongside Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, during a news conference at the Alaska State Capitol following two successful veto override votes on August 2,

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00:32:15

Midday Report: August 04, 2025

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2025/08/04

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska lawmakers on Saturday voted to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of state funding for public schools. And they refused to accept an executive order from him seeking to create a state agriculture department. They also overrode his veto of a bill intended to bolster the authority of the legislative auditor. Photo: Suzanne Cohen holds a sign in the rain outside the Alaska State Capitol on Friday, Aug. 1 calling on lawmakers to override

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00:30:46

Midday Report: August 01, 2025

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2025/08/01

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The impending glacial outburst flood in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley is raising tensions. Legislators are planning to arrive soon in Juneau for the special session. Educators and education advocates are hopeful that legislators will vote Saturday to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s education funding veto. Photo: On August 6, 2024, an outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier caused major flooding in the Mendenhall Glacier Basin. Multiple homes and

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00:34:40

Midday Report: July 31, 2025

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2025/07/31

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:More than 700 participants, including leaders from the circumpolar North, are gathering this week at Arctic Encounter. Alaska's Senators have different ways to vet federal judges. And cell phones are now banned in Anchorage School District classrooms.Photo: Participants at Arctic Encounter

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00:31:12

Midday Report: July 30, 2025

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2025/07/30

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has announced his policy priorities for the Alaska State Legislature when they reconvene for a special session. Senator Murkowski continues to buck the party with regard to controversial nominations. And Unalaska was mistakenly evacuated after the recent earthquake in Russia.

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00:30:31

Midday Report: July 28, 2025

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2025/07/29

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The Trump administration wants to eliminate the Denali Commission. Wildfires have calmed down around Fairbanks thanks to cooler, wetter weather that moved in over the last few weeks. And an audit of the state's foster care system gives it a failing grade. Photo: Smoke from the Bear Creek Fire seen from the Parks Highway on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Courtesy of Sierra Early

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00:29:44

Midday Report: July 29, 2025

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2025/07/29

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:The federal government will be releasing billions of dollars in education funding that it withheld at the end of June. A man was mauled by a bear near the South Fork of Eagle River Saturday morning. And The Alaska Department of Natural Resources on Monday reaffirmed its denial an underwater gold mine near Nome.Photo: A rock formation is seen at the edge of Safety Sound east of Nome. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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