Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Closed process on capital budget draws criticism; GoFundMe campaigns created to help cruise ship murder victim's family; Nunapitchuk VPO shot in Napaskiak; Alaska police training facility nears completion; Mat-Su sales tax ordinance postponed indefinitely; Cruise-ship tourism will expand next summer; Gelvin's air strip being restored with tons of gravel; Water restored to all New Stuyahok homes; Tsunami zone update gets pushback from Oregon Coast legislators; Ask a Climatologist: August is Alaska’s rainiest month Listen now

Premera says ACA premiums to drop 22%; Revenue commissioner resigns to serve ministry; State Sen. Gary Stevens files to run for lieutenant governor; No commercial fishing on Kuskokwim this year; With cut after cut, state food safety inspections stretch years apart; Less mercury found in Beaufort Sea polar bears — that’s not necessarily a good thing; Feds look to relinquish mineral rich Interior lands to the state; Ekwok substance use recovery program teaches subsistence skills to fight addiction; Transgender activist looks to connect trans men in the 49th state Listen now

Murkowski in Sitka hours after critical health care vote; Gray whale harvest on the Kuskokwim stirs up controversy; Test missile launches from Kodiak; Man killed with hatchet in Fairbanks bar; Sand Point loses entire police force; State fire service battles blazes north of Ft. Yukon; State looks to update Bicycle and Pedestrian plan; Beluga whale harvested near Dillingham Sunday evening; Teenage Gambell whaler under social media fire from noted environmentalist Listen now

New capital budget is much lower than previous budgets; $5 million in capital budget designated for UA renovations and repairs; Pilot recovered from wreckage of Regal Air Cessna 206 north of Lake Clark; State OSHA investigation targets Silver Bay Seafoods in Naknek; NSSP plant in Nome violated processing discharge permit, agreement reached with EPA; Review finds Fairbanks officers justified in May shooting; Competition for airspace between drones and eagles intensifies in Unalaska; Caterpillars spike around lakes and rivers near Aleknagik and Dillingham for second year; AK: Russian adventurers look to retrace Alaska route of past countrymen; 49 Voices: Casey Ketchum of Anchorage Listen now

Alaskans weigh-in on Senator Murkowski's role in the health care debate; Legislature divided as they pass a capital budget; Aircraft downed on north side of Lake Clark, recovery efforts underway; Feds charge Utah man with wife's murder aboard cruise ship in Alaska; When the lights went out – Alaska’s great recession; Controversial Anchorage bathroom bill will go on April ballot; Fish Creek opens for dipnetting, drawing crowds Listen now

Following health care vote, Trump singles out Murkowski with critical tweet; Transgender Air Force Staff Sergeant reacts to Trump's declaration against transgender service-members; Lawmakers to vote on capital budget on Thursday; FBI investigating death of woman aboard Southeast cruise ship; ‘Forward-deployed’ Coast Guard helicopter crews help rescue 6 people in two searches; Late state budget delays fall-winter-spring ferry schedule; Work starts on expanding Richardson Highway; Green sponge discovered in Southeast could treat some cancers; Entomologist tracks the year in Alaska bugs; Ask a Climatologist: For summer in Alaska, 70 is the magic number Listen now

Murkowski bucks party with health care vote; Walker signs opioid addiction prevention bill; Coast Guard works together with mariners on Kodiak rescue; Reassigned climate official worries “nobody home” on village relocation; Top VA official in Alaska talks privatization, staffing challenges; Fairbanks approves putting tax increase in hands of voters; Slow gas deal causing problems for Interior Energy Project; Hospitalized in Alaska, Maryland teacher wants to come home; Afognak Island elk study looks at balancing logging with game management; UAA celebrates 10 years of bringing writers together during summer reading series Listen now

Lawmakers to meet in Juneau this week to vote on capital budget; Washington man pleads not guilty to murder, theft in Ketchikan doctor’s death; Strong winds sweep through Interior; Two separate deaths on road system over the weekend; Trump nominates Alaska US attorney; Marine debris won’t stop, but neither will those cleaning it up; 2 Haines food entrepreneurs are finalists in Southeast business contest; Personal use king crab fishery in Juneau area to open for 5 days; 'Mayor' Stubbs the Cat passes away at 20; Behind the scenes of Wild Alaska Live Listen now

Bill rider holds GE salmon at bay; Bans on game harvest techniques currently under review; As tourism stays up, cruise ship monitoring budgets are safe from the chopping block; Wildfire season living longer than usual due to hot dry weather; New cameras allowing scientists to make sure there are enough Atka mackerel; Interest in kelp farming drives state tideland applications; Anchorage park receives $750,000 DOI grant; AK: Juneau fundraiser brings homeless and police together with bowling; 49 Voices: Jim Thiele of Anchorage Listen now

King Cove Road bill passes U.S. House; Trump picks Alaskan for Interior Department post; State, municipalities face higher borrowing costs from falling credit ratings; Initiative to regulate bathrooms likely to appear on Anchorage ballot; Senator David Wilson says he's not running for Lt. Governor, he filed by accident; How Alaska decided to give its oil wealth to everyone in the state; State reverses decision, disallows Yukon king commercial sales; F/V Destination wreckage discovered; Oprah’s short visit to Sitka and lasting impact on fans Listen now

Alaska's U.S. senators diverge on repeal, replace; Senator David Wilson files for lieutenant governor race; Safeway to pay feds $3M after Wasilla pharmacy lost thousands of pain pills; Stephen Wallace appointed as Bethel District Attorney; Fishermen on Yukon lose economic opportunity when buyer becomes overloaded, cancels opening; After eruption, scientists trying to figure out how Bogoslof area mammals' lives have changed; NTSB to conduct hearing in Alaska of fatal airplane crash; Alaska Airlines might reduce flights to Bethel this winter; North Pole Council urges water-system expansion to help Moose Creek deal with tainted groundwater; Why wildlife cops spent over a year investigating a hunting spree across Southeast; Middle school students prepare for lift off at UAA's Summer Rocketry Academy Listen now

Repeal without replace? Murkowski tweets ‘no’; With budget, US House inches toward ANWR; Motor fuel tax stalls in a year of few bills; On-site consumption back on the table for Alaska pot businesses; Judge orders Anchorage to pay ex-cops $2.7M after verdict against city; Despite uncertainty, Sitka Hospital maps out a future; Big harvest and a buck a pound, Bristol Bay's 2017 should be huge; Pink salmon season forecast looks positive; Yukon kings arriving in early blast; Kuskokwim kings arriving in late trickle Listen now

Walker seeks compromise from Legislature on capital budget; Special session ends with compromise on oil and gas tax credits; Dunleavy announces plans to run for governor in Alaska; BP leak investigation led to shutdown of 5 more wells; Levelock stabbing under investigation as a homicide; North Star Borough to close North Pole transfer site for cleanup, reopen with monitor; Kotzebue commercial fishers have two buyers in town this season; Ecosystem study unlocks the mystery of black cod survival; Hold your nets! Chilkat Inlet subsistence fishery delayed another week; Troopers shoot bear after it kills, eats a dog in a Sitka neighborhood; Anchorage pilot dies in plane crash near Yentna River; Healthy housing market shows Ketchikan’s resilience; ‘Nones’ in Juneau changing religious landscape Listen now

With hedging statements, Alaska lawmakers say they’re close on oil and gas compromise; Moody's downgrades state's credit rating; Legislature’s capital budget impasse could delay Haines Highway project; Newly found disease could threaten Southeast Alaska spruce; Klukwan’s Hotch will attend National Medal awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.; Wrangell Borough, union reach amended contract agreement; Where are Koliganek's king salmon?; As low Nushagak River restricts barge travel, New Stuyahok limits heating fuel; AK: Mod Carousel brings boylesque world premiere to Juneau; 49 Voices: Doreen Cooper of Skagway Listen now

New health care bill has ‘caribou kickback’ for Alaska; No progress made on oil and gas tax credits as special session end looms; Fast times and fat wallets – how Alaska got its pipeline; Washington man admits he scammed millions out of Dillingham victims; Anchorage officials look into connections between drug addiction and property crime; Recalled Anchorage teacher relieved to be back in the classroom Listen now

Senators seethe at IHS bungling; Far apart politically and geographically, lawmakers talk oil and gas taxes; ConocoPhillips prepares to shut down Kenai LNG plant; ADN reports large salaries, small workload for state fisheries commission; Lawsuit against ADN owner goes before judge; Assembly covers Sullivan Arena deficit, supports on-site consumption; Cleanup under way at sites along old pipeline that fueled Interior bases; Coming back to Fairbanks for the lucrative job of pressure flushing the pipeline; Bethel native works to program a "Yup'ik Siri" Listen now

Feds agree to shore up Alaska's insurance market; White House's election fraud commission suspends request for Alaska voter information; Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex participates in missile defense test; EPA takes step toward ending 'pre-emptive veto' of Pebble Mine; Former head of Alaska railroad workers union sentenced for felony embezzlement; Someone may want to buy the ferry Taku, but they need more time; Deep-release puts the pressure on rockfish survival; Sport fishermen frustrated by king salmon management amidst banner sockeye run; Wrangell, workers reach new contract agreement; Some Alaska firefighters head to Lower 48 to assist combating blazes; Ask a Climatologist: Remembering the record breaking July snow; Peratrovich dollar coin will either have her likeness or a symbolic Tlingit raven Listen now

House and Senate look to compromise on oil and gas tax credits; Fairbanks health care rally draws diverse crowd; Black bear that attacked workers near Pogo Mine was behaving like a predator; Silver salmon buyer coming to Kuskokwim Bay; New Anchorage power plant improves efficiency and reliability while increasing rates; As Cape Greig walruses draw “flightseers,” pilots urge caution; YK Delta villages receive federal energy grants; Anchorage exhibit highlights 'unseen' exploits of combat medics; AK: ANSEP students get an inside look on the world of sharks; 49 Voices: Merridy Littell of Anchorage Listen now

Remains of two people missing in Marmot Bay found and identified; Fatal December plane crash ruled a suicide; Despite ongoing special session, legislators yet to return to Juneau in two weeks; Hollis French appointed to head Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; Alaska wildfires aren't heating up this year; Wrangell contract talks end, strike may resume; What enviros won by losing the pipeline battle; Free Tlingit workbook part of language revitalization; Summer SE Dungeness crab season shortened by three weeks; In Sitka: A mobile plant built to chill out the Bristol Bay fishery Listen now

Soldier from Wasilla dies of wounds suffered in Afghanistan; As North Korean ICBM test proves successful, the Alaskan response is fairly mild; PFD cut affects some Alaskans more than others; Private contractors pitch proposals to manage several Delta Junction state parks; Interior wolf control program to end; As Enstar prepares to raise rates, electric utilities want a cut; The challenges of being the only woman on a pipeline worker crew; Seward statue unveiled in front of Alaska Capitol Listen now