Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Working group seeks a path forward on PFDs amid heated debate; Pogo Mine settles in sex discrimination lawsuit; GCI announces state's first wireless 5G network in Anchorage; Federal agency halts proposed 'hybrid energy' project, citing company's qualifications; Village of Igiugig one step closer to replacing diesel electricity with hydrokinetic system; Federal audit finds gaps in Alaska 'critical incident' reporting; Fairbanks City Council unanimously votes down proposal to increase hotel tax; Angoon residents, supporters protest Juneau’s annexation petition; Anchorage to make safety renovations to local Town Square park

Troopers shoot, kill Fairbanks suspect who allegedly wounded officer serving warrants; Army investigating fatal humvee crash near Ft. Wainwright; Authorities: Man offered money to 'rape and murder' Alaskan; Court: Alaska sex offender registry violates rights; North River wildfire smoke spreads across Norton Sound; Mat-Su Borough to leave Alaska Municipal League; ConocoPhillips picks up another oil prospect west of Prudhoe Bay; For Quinhagak, climate change means they may have to move; Alaska fishermen appeal Carnival’s $20 million pollution settlement; Despite ice loss, study shows Chukchi Polar Bears are doing well; For Homer residents with disabilities, accessibility is a waiting game

Dunleavy: Wasilla special session will be focused on PFD, capital budget can come later; State-to-state restrictions on ivory sales have Bering Straits leaders upset; Swan Lake Fire growth prompts switch from monitoring to firefighting; Fire danger is high in the Chugach National Forest; Kitchen fire sparks Fairbanks lodge evacuation; Alaska lawmakers OK retroactive allowances; How bad are cruise ship emissions in downtown Juneau? An air quality survey aims to find out.; In wake of Copper River death, officials list dipnetting safety precautions; AK: Juneau beach yields gold to dedicated dredgers; 49 Voices: Charla Kouadio and Theresa Coley-Kouadio of Kotzebue

Dunleavy calls for round two in Wasilla after Alaska Legislature adjourns first special session; Murkowski differs with Trump on campaign help from foreign powers; EPA officials hear concerns over Pebble Mine during Bristol Bay visit; Why fishermen are mailing corks to Murkowski; Corrections commissioner cancels prison's Father's Day event; Alaska's US senators express concerns over transboundary mines in BC letter; Federal review finds gaps in Alaska 'critical incident' reporting; 'Pretty unbelievable,' says Kotlik hunter who helped document recent spike in seal deaths; State attorney general praises federal ruling on road-building in Southeast; Three women removed from state human rights commission without much explanation; Partnering with FBI, Unalaska police aim to finish Ballyhoo crash investigation; Partnering with FBI, Unalaska police aim to finish Ballyhoo crash investigation; Former UAF hockey player part of Stanley Cup-winning Blues

Vote to draw from state savings account to pay for capital projects falls short; $20M state grant released to Alaska schools, but future funding remains unclear; Work begins on new site for village of Newtok; State employees anxious as government shutdown threat looms; Numerous fires spark around Interior; DEC details new plan to address PFAS in soil; Unusually high number of seal deaths reported along the coast of the Bering and Chukchi Seas; Ask a Climatologist: Anchorage close to record number of 'thunderstorm days'; Goat yoga? In Fairbanks, there’s a new animal to flow with: reindeer

Capital budget, Power Cost Equalization, college scholarships are caught in PFD debate; As the legislature fights over the budget, a decades-old accounting quirk takes on new importance; Federal child pornography charges against Indiana man related to shooting of Anchorage teenager; As Alaska's population ages, new senior housing developments are drawing elders from all over; Escalating tariffs, lingering questions hamper University of Alaska timber sale in Haines; City of Homer works with state and Army Corps to battle erosion on the spit; Hoonah planning pedestrian project to address tourist congestion; City of Anchorage program trains child care providers, parents on potentially toxic products; Team Angry Beaver wins 5th annual Race to Alaska

Senate sends budget without dividends to governor; Interior says no permit needed to take aerial survey of ANWR; Four more charged in Anchorage teen's murder; Army National Guard sergeant drowns in Copper River; Settlement allows Alaska inmate to wear some religious Native regalia; Anchorage mayor defends city response to illegal homeless camps; Will a new policing strategy make a dent in Anchorage's crime?; State labor report shows job gains after 3 years of losses; Military celebrates milestone for radar system under construction at Clear Air Force Station; Community remembers Guardian Flight crew lost in January plane crash; Tularemia side-effect: Hare population cycle makes pets more susceptible to predators

PFD rally brings out governor's ardent Mat-Su supporters; Budget deadlock could delay Medicaid payments to health care providers; Could Arctic warming be connected to the dead gray whales in Alaska, and elsewhere? Here's why scientists are asking.; Alaska schools now have more guidance on how to teach science in the classroom; Stricter regulations may affected upcoming gillnetter season in Southeast; Kenai hospitality businesses oppose bed tax plan; Juneau icefield researchers resurrect ‘Gorgon Spire’ — a name nearly lost in obscurity; AK: Meet the Juneau couple who brush their teeth next to history; 49 Voices: Kyra Dushkin of Kenai

US House calls for more research on ocean acidification; Erosion threatens village of Huslia; Akiak seeks funds to move homes away from river; Nome establishes new public safety commission; Juneau’s homeless population declines for first time since 2016; Alaska awards contract to study Medicaid block grant system; North Pacific fish council enters Pebble debate, over state’s objections; State unveils draft hemp regulations; In a rainforest, Southeast Alaska towns face extreme drought; Alaska Native students get hands-on medical experience at UAA nursing camp

Have Alaska's US lawmakers read the Mueller report? We asked.; Murkowski 'not inclined to be supportive' of Trump's Mexico tariff; Critics say politics are driving the Dunleavy policy on PFAS contamination; Two Anchorage juveniles arrested in two separate homicide cases; Tanker crash kills driver, spills 2,000 gallons of diesel on Dalton Highway; Senior companions program expanding to keep pace with growing elderly population; Potential doubling of Pioneer Home rates draws ire from seniors and their families; Can the youth climate lawsuit go to trial? A federal appeals court will rule.; Homer and Anchor Point fishermen in Dog Fish Bay case fined; EPA grants $600,000 to Anchorage for contaminated sites

Bill to fund full, $3,000 PFD fails narrowly in state Senate; Tanker crash spills 2,000 gallons of diesel on Dalton Highway; University of Alaska task force looking at potential restructure of UA system; As some sea star populations make a comeback, scientists may have found cause of ‘wasting disease’; This ice cream stand was constructed out of local wood. Here’s why that’s unique.; NOAA is trying to encourage more observers to report sexual harassment; Constantine releases Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Palmer Project; Alaska or bust! Racers set out on paddleboards, outrigger canoe, sailboats and skiffs

Bill would provide $1,600, with aim of growing permanent fund; Juvenile shoots 2 in woods off Anchorage arena; A stretch of the Denali Park Road sits atop a creeping landslide. And it's picking up speed. ; Felony count climbs to 13 in sexual assault case against Sitka doctor; Alaskans weigh in over Carnival Corporation’s deal with federal prosecutors; Alaska’s Tlikakila and Koyukuk Rivers get own Forever Stamps; Ground broken at soon-to-be SEARHC hospital in Wrangell; 'Sketches of Schizophrenia' captures Anchorage family's struggle

Suspect in village fatal shooting makes self-defense claim; Attorney General Barr says 'very basics of public safety are lacking in the villages'; Pilot dies in crash of experimental airplane near Wasilla; NTSB releases preliminary report for Metlakatla floatplane crash; UAF relocating long-standing reindeer herd off campus farm; Federal researchers open formal investigation into gray whale deaths, including Alaska's; Dunleavy taps former aide for vacant Board of Fish seat; Searchers work to recover Napaskiak man who drowned in Kuskokwim River; AK: Silver-haired Haines athletes go for gold; 49 Voices: Shane Baldwin of St. Paul

BP and ExxonMobil commit up to $20 million to Alaska LNG; Interior: Arctic Refuge lease sale still on track for 2019; Koyukuk man detained on suspicion of first-degree murder; Donlin studying how proposed gold mine could impact smelt in the Kuskokwim River; 33-month sentence in theft of ancient mammoth tusk; As sea ice melts, fish are showing up farther north off Alaska. A federal fishing trip will investigate if they're sticking around.; UAF's Toolik Field begins summer research; Juneau struggles to keep up as junk cars continue piling up; Remove your rings and get out your card-blanket: a table-side view of one of Utqiaġvik’s most animated card games

'Enough is enough': Attorney General Barr hears from Native leaders about rural justice problems; Dunleavy calls for state budget, while senators discuss separate PFD bill; Two victims of Whitehorse plane crash were Palmer-based NPS employees; Local trucking company could get LNG transport contract; Southeast in for hazy skies this week; Anchorage sets record for rain in May; Aggressive bear killed SE of Wrangell; Alaska man charged with assaulting mother, blaming bear; Anchorage 're-entry walk' offers glimpse of path out of prison; Spruce pollen blooms look ominous but are nothing to sneeze at; Kids in Space: Dillingham Elementary challenges the stars; Swan recovering at Sitka's Raptor Center

Alaska Legislature prepares to sue governor over school funding; Senate sends criminal justice bill to Dunleavy’s desk; Lawmakers are wary of targeted ads from Dunleavy administration; Trump administration appeals ruling that blocked Arctic offshore drilling; Can 'Indian country' powers combat violence in rural Alaska? Sullivan says he'll discuss it with AG Barr.; Supreme Court rules against Alaska man in free speech case; What happens if Roe v. Wade goes? In Alaska, ‘nothing’; Oregon Lakes Fire doubles in size over Memorial Day weekend; The “8.5 mile” fire destroys a home, spreads to State Forest land; Kenai Peninsula Borough School District staff vote to strike; DEC permit renewal would increase Cook Inlet oil producers’ wastewater discharges

Kenai Peninsula rocked by early morning 5.8 quake; Bill aims to make health care coverage for school districts cheaper; Marine Highway cuts could mean trouble for aspiring Susitna Valley ranchers; Southeast Alaska experiencing first recorded extreme drought; High winds expand west perimeter of ongoing Alaska wildfire; To get a count on bowhead whales, North Slope scientists head out onto the sea ice; Using local foods, a Juneau middle school teacher demystifies cooking for kids; Kipnuk celebrates life of late high school basketball star Keoni Aliralria at graduation

A judge blocked a Trump plan for a controversial road through an Alaska wildlife refuge. Now the administration is appealing.; Dunleavy says second special session could happen on the road system, listing Mat-Su as an option; Climate change looks different in Southeast Alaska. Here’s how tribes are planning for that.; 1 dead, 2 hurt in Parks Highway collision; Kake tribe urges renaming Saginaw Bay over ‘Kake War’ connection; Study on Iliamna Lake seal teeth adds to debate on conservation status; AK: The end of Wrangell’s king salmon derby leaves locals longing; 49 Voices: Frank Hauser of Anchorage

More than a week into special session, lawmakers still divided on budget; If you’ve reported a sexual assault to Alaska State Troopers, a UAA researcher wants to hear from you; Major planned North Slope oil project gets key federal permit; Warm weather causes flooding in village of Allakaket; More Russian bombers and fighter jets intercepted near Alaska; More Russian bombers and fighter jets intercepted near Alaska; As gray whales die along the West Coast, Alaska scientists look for answers beneath blubber; Under a new pilot program, several Anchorage elementary schools will have longer lunch and recess next fall; Fukushima radiation is present in Bering Sea, researchers say — but no cause for concern

Palmer man dies in Prince William Sound floatplane crash; NTSB releases preliminary report on May 13 mid-air collision; House bill seeks full PFD this year, with lower amounts in the future; ANWR fight not over for Democrats in Congress; Anchorage adopts Climate Action Plan; Juneau protesters rally in support of abortion access; Kenai radio reporter claims she was attacked while covering Soldtona abortion rally; Akiak loses a mile of riverbank to erosion; Coast Guard cutter captain relieved of duty after investigation of crew member death; Former Naknek Electric Association manager sentenced for embezzling over $500,000; DEC extends public comment period for Palmer Project permits; US Postal Service announced Tlikakila River stamp