Midday Report: October 13, 2025

In today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Researchers have awakened microbes that were last active as far back as 40,000 years ago. Flood waters have receded in Kotzebue and other western Alaska communities from a storm that hit earlier this week, but another one is coming. And the Alaska Board of Education sent a proposed regulation change that would have limited how much money local governments can give to schools back to the state education department.Photo: The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Alaska was excavated between 1963 and 1969 to allow scientists to study permafrost, geology and ice science. Credit: Tristan Caro