Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Coast Guard Searching For People Missing After Boat Sinking In Southeast; FedEx Plane Makes Emergency Landing At King Salmon Airport; Murkowski Demands Explanation For Artillery Use That May Have Started Wildfire; Stuart Creek 2 Fire Ramps Up; Susitna King Salmon Numbers Looking Up; Fight Percolating Over Chugiak Solid Waste Project; Galena Gets $900,000 Grant For Flood Recovery; Flood Water In Effect For Upper Tanana River Area; Fairbanks Hits 31st Day Over 80 Degrees This Summer; Tragedy And Courage On The Bering Sea Download Audio

Archaeologists Uncover Pre-Contact Inupiat Village Near Kiana; Bill Walker Announces Plans To Run For Governor; Study Finds Increasing Wildfire Frequency; Researchers Study Micro-Nutrients Of Aquatic Ecosystems; Fairbanks Residents Speak Out On LNG Service Applications; ‘Not Dead Yet’: Living With Terminal Cancer Download Audio

House Appropriations Proposes EPA Cuts, Senate Proposes Nothing; Gambell, Savoonga Face Food Shortage; APU’s Eagle Glacier Training Camp Cultivating Olympic Skiers; Gardens at Bragaw to Celebrate Grand Opening; Chugiak Singer-Songwriter Advances In National Competition; Smoking Ban Postponed At AHFC Senior Housing; Photographer Aims To Help Struggling Non-Profits Download Audio

Adak Phone Subsidy Cut Amid Spending Concerns; Alaska Scores Low On Lobbying Transparency; Obama’s Tax Proposals Win Tepid Response; Anchorage Holds First Mini Maker Faire; Fairbanks Borough Weighs In On Redistricting; Search For Missing Anchorage Man Expands North; Chuitna Coal Battle Heats Up; Renowned Musicians Surprise Akiak With Jam Session Download Audio

Oil Tax Referendum Meets Ballot Requirements; False Pass Inches Closer To Ocean Energy; Almost All Fuel Removed From ‘Lone Star’; Mat-Su Voters To Decide On Alcohol Tax; Alaska Dental Therapist Program Serves As Model; Galena Residents Finding New Living Space; Fairbanks Registers 12 Day Above 85 Degrees; Marine Reptile Fossils Found On Gravina Island; Ted Stevens Day At NOAA Honors, Educates Download Audio

Buckland VPO Shot By Man With Alcohol; M/V Tustumena Delayed Indefinitely; Homer To Sue Grant Aviation Over Unpaid Rent; Tug, Barge Grounded Southeast Of Cordova; State Offers Large Tok-Area Timber Sale; Peltola To Run Federal Subsistence Program; Competition Tries To Boost Village Businesses; ‘Seussical’ To Open At Sitka PAC After 2 Weeks’ Work; AK: Culture Camp; 300 Villages: Tanacross Download Audio

How Much Are Companies Spending Lobbying Juneau?; Study Says Proposed Livengold Mine Would Lose Money; Senate Passes Compromise Measure Lowering Student Loan Interest Rates; Senate Considers Passenger Rights Bill; Alaska Delegation Asks For Consensus Among CDQ Groups; Interior Communities Seek Donations For Flood Recovery; IRS Seizes Douglas Inn After Failing To Pay Taxes; New Tool Used To Combat Elodea Download Audio

GCI And ACS Form Alaska Wireless Network; FEMA Admin Keeping Close Eye On Yukon River Disaster Response; Galena, CCHRC Work Together To Rebuild Homes; Water-Starved Alaska Village Gets Last-Minute Help; Bill Would Allow Road To Prince of Wales Mines; Grad Student Discovers New Insect Species On POW; Whittier Mayor Poised To Retain Seat Following Recall Election; Warm Weather Kills Hatchery Chinook Near Petersburg; AVO Looks To Improve Ash Forecasting With Online Tool Download Audio

Administration Says OCS Revenue Sharing Costs Too Much; Attorney General Pulls Back On Plea Agreements; Court Upholds Western Aleutian Fishing Restrictions; Mat-Su Assembly Approves Money For M/V Susitna Upkeep; Stuart Creek Fire Remains At 57 Percent Containment; Valdez Boat Harbor Explosion Injures Two; GVEA Forwards New Gas Trucking Proposal; Anchorage Non-Profit Offering Green Cleaning Solutions; Nushugak King Run Finding Success; Little Diomede Renews Vital Helicopter Service Contract Download Audio

Native Groups Sue State Over Voting Practices; Former Juneau Police Officer To Serve 9 Years In Prison; Sunken Fishing Tender Still Leaking Fuel; DNR Commissioner Sullivan Deployed To Afghanistan; Governor Emphasizes Work On LNG Trucking Plan; Bethel Farm Now Accepting Food Stamps; Southeast Redistricting Presents Challenges; Environmental Friendly Long Liner Heading To Bering Sea; Big Wild Ride Coming To Talkeetna Tuesday Download Audio

Fairbanks-Area Voters To File Opposition To Latest Redistricting Plan; Volcano Screams Just Before Eruption; Man Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder In Fatal Fire; Evacuation Watch Lifted For Two Rivers, Pleasant Valley; Debate Grows Over Use Of State Agricultural Land; State Sets Record Low For Boating Fatalities; AK: Eyes on the Sky; 300 Villages: Coffman Cove Download Audio

Fishery Disaster Funds Included In Early Appropriations Bill; Senate Confirms Labor, EPA Nominees; HAARP Facility Shuts Down; Muslims Adapt For Holy Month In The Midnight Sun; Teenage Kodiak Shooting Victim Dies Of Wounds; Troopers Search For Missing Man Near Big Lake; State Receives Plan To Recover Sunken Bulldozer Near Talkeetna; Yup’ik Teen Wins At National Martial Arts Championships; Cargo Airships In Alaska’s Future Download Audio

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Interior Mayors Voice Concerns Over F-16 Move; Failed Test May Hinder Ft. Greely Missile Field Expansion; Research Details Alaska’s Role In Bird Migration; Missing Woman’s Body Found Along Turnagain Arm; Denali Climbing Season Wraps Up; Fishermen Celebrate High Bristol Bay Sockeye Prices; Farmers Could Be Reimbursed For Supply Transportation; Cool, Damp Weather Assisting Stuart Creek 2 Firefighters; Flood Warning Issued In Brooks Range; Group Getting To Root Of Non-Native Plant Invasion Download Audio

Dunbar Sets Alaska Mile Mark At 3:59.06; Hundreds Gather For Regional Economic Summit; Veteran Senators Defuse Rule-Changing Confrontation; More Charges Surface In Bethel Child Abuse Case; Galena Residents Seek Fish Donations; Chilkoot Watershed Closed To Sockeye Sport Fishing; Former Wrangell Hospital CEO Appointed Interim SEARHC Director; Overdue Hikers Found Safe On Stampede Trail; Officials Lift Evacuation Watch For Portion Of Chena Hot Springs Road; UAF Professor Attempting To Improve Sea Ice Forecasting Download Audio

Coast Guard Opens Forward Operating Location In Kotzebue; Worry About Whale Watching Comes From Within The Industry; Redistricting Board Adopts Final Plan; Hundreds Gather To Remember Pilot Killed In Soldotna Crash; Will A Marine Shipping Merger Pit David Against Goliath?; Author Revives Aleutian History Through ‘Lost Ledgers’; New Book Delves Into Life Of ‘Papa Pilgrim’ Download Audio

Repeal Group Gets 45,000 Signatures For Referendum; FAA Ups Qualification Requirement For First Officers; Tenakee Seeks Families To Keep School Open; Central Peninsula Hospital Opens New Oncology Unit; Cyclist Survives Wold Pursuit On The Alaska Highway; StoryTRACKS Gets Kids Reading Outdoors; AK: Game Entrepreneurs; 300 Villages: King Cove Download Audio

A cyclist had the race of his life recently (Saturday) in Yukon as he pedaled to outrun a wolf chasing him along the Alaska Highway. Three cyclists are biking from Idaho to Alaska’s North Slope to raise money for charity. About 60 miles west of Watson Lake, Mac Hollan’s two companions stopped to fix some bike equipment, leaving him to ride ahead. When he heard breathing behind him he thought his teammates had caught up to him. He looked back to see a wolf instead. Download Audio

Native Corporations Concerned Over Dam Study Trespassing, Safety; State Files Cross-Appeal In Fishermen Trial; Stalled Engine May Have Caused Soldotna Crash; Stuart Creek 2 Fire 22 Percent Contained; Former State Biologist Suggests Voluntarily Not Fishing To Boost Chinook Escapement; Kenai Peninsula College Founder Dies; Brooks Falls Bear Cam Comes Online; Elusive Amphibians Chronicled Along Stikine Download Audio

Palin Hints At Potential Senate Run; LGBT Protections Advance In Senate; Investigation Continues For Soldotna Crash; Army Backs Away From Stuart Creek 2 Fire Statements; Study Attempts To Pinpoint Salmon As They Hit Rivers; Kwik’pak Fisheries Traceability Program Ahead Of The Curve; M/V Tustumena Repairs Hit Additional Roadblock; Russian Fire Bomb Washes Up Near Chignik; Man Becomes Oldest Climber To Summit Denali Download Audio