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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 headquarters on June 5, 2024. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

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.

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 Slope. (David Houseknecht/USGS)

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 Dunleavy. (Alaska Public Media and Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

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

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.