Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Walker says tax is needed to pay for services; Mayors urge Alaska Legislature to take action on deficit; Haines first community to sign DOC contract focused on pretrial services; Senate budget could open door for future ANWR development; Noted Alaskan storyteller sentenced for attempted statutory rape; Alaska VA office gets mixed report from watchdog; Fairbanks voters to decide on outlawing local pot businesses on Tuesday; Sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific on tsunami debris; Federal court upholds contentious ‘roadless rule’ for national forests; AK: Juneau business showcases diverse artists’ work in postcard contest; 49 Voices: Joey Shugarts of Anchorage Listen now

Next election may delay plan to fund state government; Anchorage police to take on Turnagain Arm traffic patrols; State rejects teen climate change petition; Japanese naval band drums for Anchorage middle-schoolers; New film explores how Arctic ecosystems are affected by climate change; Petersburg’s tribe uses new machine to make compost in bulk; 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year nominee: Eric Rush; Kodiak art project encourages salmon discussion Listen now

Enviros sound the alarm on ANWR; Japanese navy ports in Anchorage for "good-will" visit; Ferry plan calls for smaller ships, public management; Ketchikan welcomes 1M cruise ship visitors for first time; Walrus advocates, Alaska officials await US listing decision; Sport fishing for king salmon to reopen in Southeast, except near Haines and Skagway; Commercial fishing for Southeast red king crab to open this fall after six years; 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year nominee: Karen Martin; Ask a Climatologist: How the jet stream affects Alaska Listen now

Even with repeal bill dead, Murkowski still not a firm 'yes' or 'no'; Fairbanks Council OKs Stipend, anticipates further legal, financial fallout over contaminated water; Groups seek investigation of Canadian mining impacts; Yup’ik and Gwich’in political activist Desa Jacobsson dies at age 69; Keynote speakers announced for Elders and Youth; Pre-K in Igiugig is all in Yup’ik; With an Anchorage audience, look into whale's death begins; Researchers want to know why beluga whales haven't recovered; 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year nominee: Kent Fielding; Sailing To North Pole, explorers find more ice than expected Listen now

ACA repeal bill now peppered with Alaska money to draw Murkowski; Valdez spill response continues as Alyeska investigates cause; 60 Alaska Guardsmen deploying to fight ISIS; How much could electric vehicles put the brakes on Alaska’s oil economy?; Unwanted Unalaska fishing nets find second life in Denmark; 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year nominee: Ben Walker; Changing the way you think to stay out of prison Listen now

The Alaska impact of ACA repeal bill? Depends where you look; Gov. Walker cites uncertainty over funding in opposing ACA repeal; Gov. Walker pitches 1.5 percent income tax with a limit; Should independents be able to run in a Democratic primary?; The Mayor of Anchorage addresses concern over crime and safety; Lawsuit seeks to allow non-Alaska residents to gather signatures for state ballot initiatives; AK: $15,000 and 2,000 miles later, Kotzebue High volleyball players show Sitka their skills; 49 Voices: Jay Stange of Anchorage Listen now

VP Pence calls in to Anchorage talk radio; Significant layoffs hit ADN, with more changes ahead; New Hilcorp contract pushes Interior Energy Project along; Commercial pot growers paid GVEA more than $500,000 over the past year; Flood watch for Kenai River drainage as dammed lake releases; Spill reported at Valdez Marine Terminal; Ft. Wainwright soldier charged with assaulting infant son; Budget glitch could leave ferries without funding; Alaska could become climate change refuge for tropical fish; Sitka hatchery’s chum run funds improvements; Juneau’s Housing First prepares to open its doors; Gambell’s new health clinic now open to patients Listen now

Interior official says Trump administration has the ‘guts’ to allow oil exploration in ANWR; 'Vote no': Left takes to TV and sky to reach Murkowski; Unsecured database discovered with information from about 600,000 Alaska voters; Fairbanks in a financial jam as state support declines; Amid evolving Afghan mission, Alaska soldiers ready to deploy; Arctic nations tour microgrids, exchange green energy knowledge; La Niña Watch triggered, could affect Alaska winter temparatures; Ask a Climatologist: The fall color formula is pretty simple; Crystal Serenity won't return to Nome for years, if ever Listen now

Murkowski could swing Senate for latest ACA repeal; Alaska sees 26 percent drop in health insurance rates; Transgender troops: Sullivan says let them serve; Walker administration appoints climate adviser, promises new policy “soon”; University of Alaska students may see 10 percent tuition hike over next two years; Fairbanks' anti-commercial marijuana ballot measures likely to boost turnout for October election; After mining exec weighs in, Juneau Assembly holds off on boundary mine resolution; Ferry Taku sold, will become floating hotel; State appeals court overturns 2012 Ketchikan murder conviction; Pink salmon found in odd places near Homer Listen now

Seismic work in ANWR: Can they do that?; Watchdog group scrutinizes rough-weather training for new tanker escorts in Prince William Sound; PFD announcement fanfare is gone, as dividends are cut in half; Wildfires pop up near Chisana and Tanana; Critical drugs in short supply for AFD and hospitals; Alaska Eskimo group seeks hike in whaling harvest quotas; Dog training provides prisoners lessons that people can't; Family returns to Kodiak after 10 years sailing around the world Listen now

Walker to add crime bill to October special session; How more communities can follow Kodiak's renewable energy model; Former Alaska first lady passes, remembered as "frank and friendly"; Trump administration moves to lift ban on oil assessment in ANWR; PFD amount announced: $1,100; UAV industry reps discuss the vehicles' future in Fairbanks; Two killed in highway accident near North Pole; Alaska regulators to revisit onsite marijuana use proposal; On-site pot consumption resolution voted down in Fairbanks Assembly; AK: At Katmai’s Brooks Camp, tourists and bears mingle mostly carefree; 49 Voices: Jody Dillon of Anchorage Listen now

How Kodiak got to almost 100 percent renewable power; Strategic Pathways on the docket of UA Board of Regents meeting; UA president calls for action on DACA ahead of regents meeting in Juneau; Fire marshal: Butte fire that claimed the lives of five girls was "cooking related"; HUD sends money to Alaska communities, including 'Middle Spenard'; Two new contracts could ship Sitka water to potential buyers soon; Freeride ski and snowboard competition not returning to Haines in 2018; Crew abandons F/V Akutan in Unalaska’s Captains Bay; GCI looks into bringing fiber to Unalaska; Kodiak College nursing program adapts to hospital policy change Listen now

Beneath political firestorm on Arctic Ocean drilling, two projects make steady progress; For third year in a row, Alaska seabirds wash up dead; Stampede suspected in dozens of walrus deaths; National labs to field test microgrid tech in Cordova; State denies ballot initiative on salmon habitat; Arctic climate change researchers still conflicted over UAF’s coal-fired powerplant; Ahtna rejects continued public use of Klutina Lake Road; Terror Lake hydroelectric project expansion gets the go-ahead; Igiugig is set to embark on its Native Foods Challenge; Unalaska-bound cruise ship changes destination to Sitka Listen now

Lawmaker seeks audit of village public safety officers; Seeking investment, Alaska goes open source with oil & gas data; GOP shakeup marks Alaska governor's race; 3 die in shooting at Alaska precious metals shop; Can an Anchorage start-up lure renewable energy investors to rural Alaska?; NTSB releases preliminary report of investigation into Juneau-area commuter flight accident; Proposed public intoxication ban fails in Nome; Ask a Climatologist: Summer sea ice minimum near record low again; Can a Southeast mine battle lead to a trade war? Listen now

Judge approves sale of Alaska Dispatch News to Binkley family; As demand for opioid remedy skyrockets, police train for overdose treatment with Naloxone; Ft. Yukon and Ninilchik tribes submit applications for trust status; Anchorage medic mobilizes to help residents of Houston; Most UA campuses see lower enrollment; Building a future after prison through vocational education; Alaska teens ask state to stop delaying action on climate change Listen now

Alaska airborne/infantry unit begins Afghanistan deployment; New EPA vetting adds uncertainty for Alaska grants worth millions; 24 arrested in Bethel bootlegging ring; Uncle names girls killed in Butte fire, says trailer needed repairs; Rep. Young apologizes for his 'offending words' on House floor; Walker ‘doubtful’ he will ask legislature for more funding for gas line; That Atlantic salmon farm was on its last legs — and Washington state knew it; NOAA Fisheries hosts first citizen beluga count this weekend; AK: Archaeologists shed light on Tlingit culture near Petersburg, before Europeans; 49 Voices: Carlos Godfrey of Anchorage Listen now

Five kids dead in Butte trailer home fire; Alaskan says he'll build consensus in Interior post; Sheldon Fisher selected as state Department of Revenue Commissioner; Alaska hatches plan for vast road network across the Arctic; Alaskan firefighters dispatched to battle blazes in Montana; Community members and archaeologists race against time at Nunalleq; Building community fish harvest monitors to create "change on the Kusko"; Ask a Climatologist: Fairbanks records early first freeze Listen now

Senators aim for ACA fixes, Murkowski-style; Walker joins other governors in seeking federal health insurance outreach; Illegal pot, heroin and opium among drugs seized most by Anchorage police; How Alaska seismologists detected North Korea's nuke test; Repairs on stretch of Dalton Highway damaged by flooding nearly done; next project: paving; Historic Alaska newspapers are being posted online; One man’s quest to find Glacier Bay’s ecological Holy Grail; The melancholy Juneau summer of blue ice Listen now

Alaska attorney general joins others arguing that redistricting can be too partisan; Trump's decision to end DACA prompts Anchorage protest; Anchorage DA announces departure from position, move to private sector; Skagway rocked by second landslide in under 2 weeks; No injuries in Sitka Labor Day landslide; First large wind storm moving through Southcentral; Russian River flooding is affecting Kodiak residents; Drivers can expect night closures along Denali Highway; 18 animals left to waste during Forty Mile caribou hunt; New exhibit tells little-known story of a plan to settle Jewish refugees in Alaska during WWII; Groups conserve habitat on Afognak Island Listen now

Appeals Court: FCC right in denying Dish-Doyon bidding discounts; Alaska Democrats seek chance for independents to run in party primaries; In Aniak, community works to recover after shooting spree; Judge rejects Sarah Palin lawsuit against The New York Times; Summit emphasizes how people in recovery are fighting Alaska's opioid epidemic; Building burns north of Grayling, investigation underway; Alaska National Guard members helping with Harvey rescues; Ask a Climatologist: The mind boggling rain of tropical storm Harvey; Goliath of gourds: 1,231-pound pumpkin breaks records at Alaska State Fair; Bristol Bay wrapping up unexpectedly good fall silver fishery Listen now