Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Interior starts process for new offshore leasing plan; Senate to return to Juneau on July 10 to focus on oil and gas tax credits; Report: Senate health reform cuts $3.1b from Alaska's Medicaid; Kings remain low on Kuskokwim; chum and reds running strong; 'Take Our Land, Take Our Life'; Alaska's largest needle exchange struggles to keep up with demand Listen now

Contractor's blunder causes outage to University of Alaska statewide network; Wave of addiction costs is hitting Alaska’s healthcare system; Assembly approves granting immunity to sex workers who aid police; University of Alaska receives grant to address Native suicides in villages; Produce coming soon from Pilgrim Hot Springs farming project; Shareholders re-elect Sealaska board incumbents; Business as usual for marine mammal deterrence; Governor Walker signs law recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska Listen now

Mat-Su lawmaker leaves Senate Majority, dissatisfied with budget compromise; Alaskan protesters not letting up on their disapproval of the Senate healthcare plan; Alaska communities to receive millions in Payments In Lieu of Taxes; Alaska volcano sends up ash cloud from Aleutian Islands; Anchorage seeks proposals for Transit Center overhaul; As Uber arrives in Alaska, towns without taxis have new transportation option; Ask A Climatologist: A warmer North, but a lukewarm everywhere else; Redington High School commemorates 'father of the Iditarod' with bronze statue Listen now

CBO sees peril in Senate bill for uncrowded regions; Trump's Interior secretary takes first baby step on King Cove road; More Alaskans mauled by bears; Wilderness race cancelled due to bear mauling; Chilkat weaver receives national folk art honor; Chitina dip netters can now catch salon in Copper River after spring ban; Low tide reveals Alutiiq fishing method in Kodiak; New treasure trove of Inupiat recordings being assessed for possible digital use; Talkeetna’s inaugural Pride celebration draws a crowd; Study examines the ripple effect of charter operators' choices; Man becomes first person to Race to Alaska on a stand-up paddle board Listen now

What's next for the legislature after narrowly avoiding a shutdown?; Ombudsman reports show failures at OCS; No answers for low Kuskokwim king run; Yukon salmon runs offering opportunities for harvest; Paddler sought life off the beaten path, respite from ‘paying to live’; AK: How do you grow a zoo in Anchorage?; 49 Voices: Nanne Boorgeart of Anchorage Listen now

Compromise to avoid state shutdown could happen soon; 'Sense of relief' as cuts to UA system are less than expected; Walker signs bill granting health insurance to dependents of fallen police, firefighters; Murkowski's take on health bill? Stay tuned; Body of missing boater recovered on Bering Strait beach; “Doesn’t he know it’s frozen?” How Alaska almost overlooked Prudhoe Bay; Fish and Game shoots black bear thought to have killed 16-year-old runner; Man charged in 2015 Wasilla double murder; Alaska trail advocates warn Governor Walker of transportation funding lapses Listen now

State eyes Alaska Permanent Fund earnings draw without plan; Hilcorp picks up more acreage in Cook Inlet for oil and gas development; Borough Assembly approves funding for Port Mac repairs; Man dies in Army Corps industrial accident in Alaska; Fairbanks looks to recruit seasoned officers with $20,000 bonus; Bristol bay reacts to influx of fishermen population; Advocates opposed to mining in Bristol Bay region ramp up summer outreach; Assembly member wants to turn fallow land into an urban farm; A ‘funnybug’ holds a serious clue to Ice Age ecology Listen now

Supreme Court of Alaska hears arguments over legality of Walker's PFD veto; Alaskan appointed to help manage national fisheries; Fairbanks Police say Monday morning shooter was prepared for armed confrontation; Pogo mine field work halted after black bear attack kills worker; Searchers seek Wasilla man missing from capsized canoe; Unionized borough workers want more contract talkers; Sitka considers code changes in landslide zones; Smithsonian representatives wrap up information meetings for Native veterans memorial; Confusion over legalities is hurting Alaskan ivory market, locals say; Ask a Climatologist: Summer solstice Listen now

Sharp comments reflect ill will as Legislature starts 2nd special session; Interior Secretary reassigns top climate policy adviser; Alaska Department of Natural Resources tracks bear that killed Anchorage teenager; East Fork Fire grows to 1,300 acres; New equipment helps scientists keep tabs on Bogoslof now and study it later; Alleged gunman shot by Fairbanks police Monday morning; Former Kenai city manager dies after motorcycle crash; SEARHC land transfer advances in congressional committees; Homer City Council members survive recall effort; 2 Anchorage men die when boat capsizes near Seward; Alaska looks to reform its solitary confinement practices Listen now

With one day left in special session, little public progress on budget; Uber, Lyft cleared to launch in Alaska; Southeast tribal organization says it will support the Paris Climate Accord; Federal officials make formal apology for WWII internment of Unangan people; U.S. Senate committee advances bill to make Native tribes eligible for Amber Alert grants; Shareholders consider shrinking Sealaska board; Propeller problems postpone ferry Columbia’s return; Team Pure and Wild Freeburd wins 2017 Race to Alaska; Fiber broadband coming to Nome by year’s end, Quintillion says; Longevity crucial to teachers' impact in classroom; After over 40 years at Prudhoe Bay, general store manager to retire Listen now

With special session halfway over, Alaska legislators at a stalemate over budget; Season's first major wildfire burns near Tok; Alaska VA faces issues, but is making steady progress; State proposes fine for safety violations at Ahtna-owned gas exploration well; Survivors look back on the Japanese bombing of Unalaska 75 years ago; Alaska officials show no strong response to U.S. leaving the Paris accords; Demolition of Polaris building in Fairbanks on hold; Igiugig staves off opening new landfill by recycling; Warmer Kodiak seasons mean more fruit; AK: McPherson Music leaves behind a legacy of Ketchikan performers; 49 Voices: Frage Schaefer of Palmer Listen now

Murkowski talks climate change, health care during Juneau visit; Senate passes opioid addiction prevention bill by wide margin; As lawmakers mull budget, unprecedented state shutdown looms; Anchorage advocacy group assembles to combat equal rights ordinance rollback; Putin calls the recent U.S. anti-ballistic missile exercises a threat to Russia; Fairbanks project looks to restore crippled Cripple Creek; Haines Assembly sees its second resignation since April; Once-flagging Alaska space business shows signs of liftoff; Scientists discover a third species of flying squrirrel hiding in plain sight; Summers in Palmer home to Friday Fling market Listen now

Interior Secretary signs order aiming to open more of the North Slope to oil leasing; Alaska Highway 75th Anniversary: tribute to vets who helped build ‘road to civil rights’; Brown bear shot on Douglas Island — the first documented kill in decades; AT&T rolls out 4G cellular in Nome; New 'Five for Five' effort pushes Alaska Grown in front of shoppers; Sitka homeowners appeal new flood map lines; Anchorage to receive EPA grant to clean distressed properties; Improving the lives of people and dogs in rural Alaska; Unalaska sculptor wins art award as she continues 40-year career Listen now

Alaska reflects on Memorial Day; Bogoslof erupts again; aviation alert raised to red; Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says Denali name should remain; Teacher turnover costs state's school districts around $20M per year; Troopers identify 2 Juneau men in plane crash near Haines; Fairbanks police chief one of four officers involved in Thursday shooting; Quake prone cities on West Coast aim to improve countermeasures; Native groups install totem pole at Gastineau Elementary, lost cemetery; Digital restoration of The Drums Of Winter deepens colors, brings light to shadows; Petersburg school uses Minecraft video game in student led program Listen now

This weekend, Ryan Zinke makes inaugural Alaska visit as Interior Secretary; Per diems driving special session costs; Deceased members of WWII Alaska militia honored; UAF's chancellor faces tough decisions in new position; Two Interior residents missing after Yukon boating accident; Man shot by Fairbanks police after ramming into trooper, officer vehicles; Feds will take over Lower And Middle Kuskokwim beginning June 12; Fee to hike Kodiak's Termination Point removed; UAF doctoral candidate documents Yup'ik-named places for project; AK: Fire investigators train to determine how blazes begin; 49 Voices: Erik Boltman of Anchorage Listen now

This week we're hearing from Erik Boltman from Anchorage. Boltman moved to Alaska after serving in the Air Force and participated in the Valdez Fly-in. Listen now

Southeast Alaska spring troll fishery shut down for lack of king salmon; Young joins Afghanistan war skeptics in Congress; Hatchet-wielding man shot by Anchorage police Thursday morning; NTSB investigating helicopter crash on Herbert Glacier; What goes into Juneau's legislative budget numbers?; 220 Anchorage teachers receive layoff notices; Police say boats at PAF yard in Dillingham broken into again this winter; Many GCI customers will see internet bills go up; Delta-area dairy owners decide to stay in business, but worker shortage persists; Low pressure front near Denali Park brings snow Listen now

After a week of special session, nothing new in Juneau; JPD sends Capitol slap case to Office of Special Prosecutions; Some Homer City Coucil members weigh recall case appeal; Alaska justices rule victim can sue state's foster care; Human leg pulled from Gastineau Channel, owner unknown; Should the U.S. enter conflict with North Korea, Alaska at center of response; He's back: Former Gov. Murkowski pitches Alaska-Canada rail link (again); Sea lion feeding hot spots have reliable, not necessarily abundant, food; A conversation about death over cake and coffee; The Bard of Mooselandia: a wordsmithing wildlife worker Listen now