On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The City and Borough of Juneau has issued an avalanche alert, telling residents in the Mount Juneau slide path to be prepared. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski struck a note of skepticism in her reaction to Saturday’s military operation ousting Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro. And great Egrets landed in Unalaska for the first time in recorded history.
Photo: This great egret was first spotted wading in Petersburg’s Blind Slough on Dec. 5. (Photo courtesy Matt Gerrits)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The federal government gave up its claim to ownership of the North Fork of the Fortymile River in Alaska’s eastern Interior. Juneau residents are still digging out from four feet of snow that fell earlier this week. Flu cases are spiking in Alaska, and at least three Alaskans have died from complications of influenza so far this season.
Photo: The Kink on North Fork Fortymile River. The federal government acknowledged that the North Fork's navigable and the submerged lands belong to the state of Alaska on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.
(U.S. Geological Survey photo)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Many Bristol Bay residents came out in opposition to the University of Alaska Fairbanks’s intention to sell one of two buildings at its Bristol Bay Campus. The Sitka Assembly is looking to address an ongoing problem in Sitka: bears breaking into trash cans. But how the body will go about it is still up in the air. And an Alaska caribou herd may be approaching a "point of no return."
Photo: A brown bear at Fortress of the Bear tries to get into a “bear proof” trash can. (Courtesy of Rich McClear)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
This is the longest period of time Pelican has been without seaplane access. The city of Juneau issued an alert that avalanche conditions are elevated in the areas above Behrends Avenue and Thane Road. And communities on Prince of Wales Island are facing complications with their city water supplies in the aftermath of this month's snowstorms.
(City and Borough of Juneau photo)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Alaska scientists shared concerns about federal funding cuts hurting Arctic research at a major conference in New Orleans this month. A winter storm dumped more than two feet of snow and freezing rain on the capital city this holiday weekend. And Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents were blasted by hurricane-force winds over the weekend.
Photo: Skiers head down a snowy Basin Road in downtown Juneau on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. Skiers head down a snowy Basin Road in downtown Juneau on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The federal military spending law signed passed last week includes special benefits those serving in Alaska, hundreds of millions in new construction in the state, and a push to reactivate the US Navy base at Adak. Skeptics continue to question the economics of the proposed gas pipeline. And the United States may soon have an Arctic ambassador again.
Photo: Naval Security Group Adak, 1960
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough must repay nearly $6 million to the federal government for the defunct Knik Arm ferry project. Advocates say an Anchorage-based permanent supportive housing program has proven its effectiveness after five years in operation. And celebrations around the state!
Photo: The M/V Susitna docked in Ketchikan. Photo courtesy of Patty Sullivan/Matanuska-Susitna Borough
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The next legislative session is less than a month away, and lawmakers are preparing to return to Juneau. An Utqiaġvik woman has been charged with six felony charges for allegedly murdering her father. And tourism is expected to tick upward this winter.
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
A federal grand jury has indicted two Alaska State Troopers shown on body-camera video beating, tasing and pepper-spraying a Kenai man in a case of mistaken identity. Representatives of the proposed Donlin Gold mine recently offered a status update on the project to the Bethel City Council. And Kodiak couple faces possible deportation due to error by the state.
Photo: The company behind the Donlin prospect in Western Alaska says it contains gold worth more than $100 billion.
(Novagold Resources photo)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The window for Alaska Native veterans to apply for their Native allotments will stay open for another five years. Gov. Mike Dunleavy is eyeing a property tax break for the long-planned Alaska LNG project. And dancing and drumming, essential to Siberian Yupik culture, continue to be passed down by ancestors.
Photo: Yup'ik dancer from Inu-Yupiaq dance group performing in a kuspuk. (Wikipedia)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Fairbanks police are looking for a suspect who allegedly shot and wounded a person Monday night at a Fairbanks Safeway store. Local showings for a documentary about Petersburg doubled as a fundraising opportunity for the community’s struggling nonprofit movie theater. And Tribes in Southeast have banded together.
Photo: Community members watch a showing of “Tide and Table” during its premiere in Petersburg on Dec. 5-6. (Screenshot from Two Doors Down Productions Instagram)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Troopers are still looking for a Toksook Bay man who allegedly kidnapped and fired multiple shots at a tribal police officer in the Nelson Island community. The latest federal report on the Arctic shows the region is still rapidly warming. And the state of Alaska is considering a new ferry terminal that would connect Alaska’s ferries to the Lower 48 without going through Canada.
Photo: The orange tributary of the Kugororuk River in Alaska is an example of a "rusting river." These rivers are increasingly common in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska, the result of thawing permafrost. The orange color is caused by naturally occurring iron, but it can also indicate elevated levels of heavy metals. (Josh Koch/U.S. Geological Survey)
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Gov. Mike Dunleavy is dropping a longtime priority ahead of next year’s legislative session. Sen. Sullivan voted with Democrats on a failed bill to extend health care subsidies. And FEMA will reimburse the state for costs of housing the victims of typhoon Halong.
Photo: Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks direct-to-camera in a video published Dec. 11, 2025 discussing his budget proposal.
On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Federal funding for libraries and museums has been reinstated nine months after the Trump administration sought to eliminate the agency that provides the money. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd is now at its lowest numbers in five decades. And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has landed on a solution to put an end to glacial outburst floods in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley.
Photo: A caribou from the western Arctic Herd. (Photo by Jim Dau)
This week we hear about tips for feeling better during winter blues from Alaska Public Media, Kodiak gets hit with about a foot of snow, 2020 Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod fishery disaster funds are being distributed to those who were impacted including the city of Kodiak, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council sets the Bering Sea pollock quota and Gulf of Alaska ground fish quotas for next year, and the KIBSD board of education has begun the budgeting process for next school year.
In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
State and federal law enforcement officers on Wednesday captured a North Pole man wanted for the fatal shooting of a teenager near Fairbanks. A magnitude 7 earthquake shook Juneau and other towns in Alaska’s northern and central panhandle late Saturday morning. And the state launched a new telehealth service for Alaskans with intellectual and developmental disabilities last month.
In this week's recap with Host Brian Venua, the City of Kodiak has a new manager, an entangled humpback died near the island, Port Lions got a special delivery of salmon fillets, Kodiak residents are trying to grow fruit trees, a Kodiak farm is providing some of its milk to local families, and the Chamber of Commerce is bringing a home show back to the island after an over 30 year hiatus. KMXT Weekly Wrap
In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she was deeply troubled by a report that the military launched a second strike to kill survivors of a suspected drug boat. A federal lab devoted to renewable energy development for a half century has had the word “renewable” stripped from its name. And a federal heating assistance program used by thousands of Alaskans will continue uninterrupted, according to state officials.
Photo: Pete Hegseth (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
Governor Mike Dunleavy announced Friday that John Crowther is his nominee to be Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Republicans in the Alaska House have a new leader. And a program celebrating Alaska’s storytelling tradition will debut this afternoon on social media, YouTube and the PBS website.
In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:
The use of artificial intelligence for translation, and its implications for tribal data sovereignty. As ConocoPhillips reduces its global workforce, its North Slope employees are considering unionizing. And Aleutian Airways will provide federally subsidized air service to three Western Alaska communities.
Photo: ConocoPhillips’ Alpine facility on the North Slope. (Elizabeth Harball/Alaska's Energy Desk)