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00:29:06

Midday Report – June 06, 2024

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2024/06/06

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: One person has died and another is at a local hospital after two boats collided south of Petersburg yesterday. Anchorage police officers have been involved in a spate of shootings. And Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins of Maine were the only Republican senators to vote yesterday to advance a bill that would put the right to contraception into federal law. Photo: Anchorage Police chief designee Bianca Cross speaks at a press conference at APD

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00:31:42

Midday Report – June 05, 2024

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2024/06/05

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska’s Little Norway celebrated Norwegian Constitution Day late last month with a week-long festival. A multi part bill passed by the state legislature last month includes a provision extending Alaska’s Senior Benefits Program. And suspicious illegal aliens on the Yukon.

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00:30:34

Midday Report – June 04, 2024

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2024/06/04

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: We have a clearer picture of this year’s races for the Alaska Legislature after Saturday’s filing deadline. Eight young Alaskans are suing the state to block the Alaska natural gas pipeline project. And a last-minute candidate joined the race for the House District 5, which covers Kodiak, Seward and Cordova. Photo: Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the North

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00:30:34

Midday Report – June 03, 2024

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2024/06/03

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Advocates are accusing the Alaska Department of Corrections of unconstitutionally limiting access to attorneys at the state’s only all-female prison. The Alaska Department of Transportation reports progress in an area where ancestral graves underlie a popular trail. And some Alaska Republicans are decrying Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts. Photo: From left to right: U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Former President Donald Trump, Gov. Mike

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00:30:37

Midday Report – May 31, 2024

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2024/05/31

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska's Head Start program is set to get a boost, pending the governor's signature. Are herds of mammoths in Alaska's future? And the canoes are on their way to Celebration.Photo: Researchers believe woolly mammoths walked into North America 100,000 years ago. Mauricio Antón via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.5

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00:28:29

Midday Report – May 30, 2024

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2024/05/30

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An organization in Southeast Alaska has won a half-million dollar grant to reduce the cost of trash disposal. Lawyers in Alaska are hoping to become a more diverse profession, and ideally more accessible. And the Alaska Department of Transportation has temporarily closed a trail across a desecrated burial ground. Photo: Trail closure at the O'Brien Creek Bridge.

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00:31:07

Midday Report – May 29, 2024

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2024/05/29

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Judicial Council has voted to recommend retention of all 19 judges on the November ballot, but not without dissent. The Donlin Gold project plans to be powered by a gas pipeline stretching hundreds of miles to Cook Inlet. And the Alaska Federation of Natives has rolled-out plans for its October convention, with a program dedicated to the younger generation. Photo: Proposed natural gas pipeline to be used by Donlin Gold facility.

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00:32:13

Midday Report – May 28, 2024

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2024/05/28

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Dozens of people had to scramble to find a way home from Haines this weekend when two sailings of the LeConte were canceled. Sixteen people from Wrangell and Petersburg are about to paddle north to Juneau for the bi-annual Celebration festival. And a bill to help ease Alaska’s teacher shortage is on the governor’s desk awaiting his signature. Photo: Paddlers practice on April 15, 2024 near Reliance Float Dock in Wrangell for the upcoming Journey to

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00:16:27

Midday Report – May 24, 2024

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2024/05/24

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A group of young Alaskans is suing the state of Alaska in an attempt to block construction of the trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline. A Kotzebue police sergeant has resigned after making racist comments on social media. And Alaskans investing in renewable energy for their homes could tap into a “green bank”, eventually.Photo: Mike Cox resigned from the Kotzebue police department after making racist comments.

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00:33:36

Midday Report – May 23, 2024

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2024/05/23

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly heard from citizens who want to change the way ballots are counted in local elections. The state’s powerful tides have enormous potential to generate power, but that energy is inaccessible. And across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta families are celebrating young hunter gatherers with Throwing Parties. Photo: Researchers steady a bottom lander, deployed in a tidal study at the East Foreland this summer.

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00:31:57

Midday Report – May 22, 2024

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2024/05/22

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A cyclist from Homer came out on top at the U.S Professional Road Race Championship last Sunday. Suzanne LaFrance has declared victory in Anchorage’s mayoral race. And Finance Co-Chair Senator Bert Stedman talks about the state operating budget.

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00:30:59

Midday Report – May 21, 2024

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2024/05/21

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The mining company Graphite One may be able to tap into new funding to speed up their plans. An investigation says the loss of a charter vessel in Sitka Sound one year ago was sudden and catastrophic. And the interconnected electrical grids of Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Wrangell need work. Photo: Morgan Robidou poses with the Awakin in October, 2022. According to the Coast Guard report, the Awakin was quickly capsized, leading to the loss of Robidou

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00:30:05

Midday Report – May 20, 2024

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2024/05/20

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola continues to be one of the Democrats most likely to vote against her party. A bill awaiting the governor's signature would ban harmful “forever chemicals”. And two brothers and a friend walked the 100 miles from Nome to Shishmaref. Photo: James Horner, Wilson Hoogendorn, and Oliver Hoogendorn pose for a photo in the Bering Air terminal at the Nome Airport. Photo courtesy of Oliver Hoogendorn.

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00:30:28

Midday Report – May 17, 2024

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2024/05/17

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska legislature passed a bill this month to start a psychedelic medicine task force. The Alaska House and Senate passed a high-priority package of crime bills on Wednesday. And advocates for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People say a recently passed bill is a major milestone.

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00:32:29

Midday Report – May 16, 2024

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2024/05/16

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Suzanne LaFrance is poised to unseat incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and become the city’s first elected female mayor. After 121 days in Juneau, state lawmakers have concluded their work. And National Parks are using social media to boost visitor numbers and amplify their conservation efforts. Photo: Anchorage mayoral candidate Suzanne LaFrance speaks at Williwaw Social after results showed her leading incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson on May 14,

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00:31:34

Midday Report – May 15, 2024

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2024/05/15

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Budget negotiators in the Alaska Legislature have settled on the amount of this year’s Permanent Fund dividend and energy relief check. And Juneau executed two Black men for murder In 1948 and 1950. A legal historian says the trials were riddled with misconduct and errors, and should be remembered. Photo: Headlines from Alaska newspapers in the late 1940s covering the trials of Austin Nelson and Eugene LaMoore. (Library of Congress/KTOO)

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00:30:17

Midday Report – May 14, 2024

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2024/05/14

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Breakup has wrapped up on the Kuskokwim River, now the cleanup starts. Families around the state are waiting to find out whether they’ll get correspondence school allotments next school year. And injured commercial fishermen and boat owners in Alaska will now be able to access higher insurance reimbursements. Photo: Home school students Isaac Ward and his sister Primose, with mother Miriam at the UAA Fine Arts Building on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Matt

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00:30:38

Midday Report – May 13, 2024

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2024/05/13

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The National Weather Service says the end of breakup is in sight for the Kuskokwim. The Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska is running out of ore. And key state lawmakers are throwing cold water on the idea of cutting state royalties on oil and natural gas to spur production in Cook Inlet. Photo: 1989 photo of Red Dog Mine.

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00:30:26

Midday Report – May 10, 2024

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2024/05/10

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaskans who sued the state over long wait times for food assistance are asking a federal judge to order the state to speed up processing. Ice jams from breakup on the Kuskokwim River are causing high water to inundate many lower river communities. And a bill to regulate community solar projects is moving quickly through the Alaska Legislature and appears close to becoming law. Photo: Floodwaters rise in Bethel’s Alligator Acres neighborhood on May 9,

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00:32:13

Midday Report – May 09, 2024

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2024/05/09

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A recent report describes transboundary Canadian gold mines as Ponzi schemes. NANA Regional Corporation announced on Wednesday that it plans to withdraw from the Ambler Road Project. And the state Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to clean up the site where a cargo plane crashed and burned near Fairbanks. Bjorn Dihle stands in front of acid mine drainage at the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine, which has been contaminating the

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