Midday Report: September 29, 2026

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Anchorage Police Department launched a program last week that aims to connect people to drug treatment instead of arresting them. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened a 45-day public comment period for the first proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District. And the State of Alaska is proposing changes to how nearly $40 million in federal disaster relief will reach communities still recovering from 2022’s ex-Typhoon Merbok. Photo: Drilling at Trilogy Metals Inc.’s copper-rich Arctic Deposit in Alaska’s Ambler Mining District. (Trilogy Metals)