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Mental health challenges are on the rise for many Alaskans, and resources in rural Alaska remain difficult to access.

At $306.5 million, the preliminary exvessel value for the salmon season is the highest in the fishery’s history.

Last year, the state’s Department of Transportation and Public Facilities started to look for ways to cut costs at the more than 200 airports...

Some residents say they're healthier after moving away from the eroding Newtok village. And, staff at Southeast domestic violence shelters worry about why they're seeing fewer calls for help. Plus, a Catholic school in Kodiak closes for the foreseeable future.

EPA Region 10 Administrator Dennis McLerran testified in front of a House oversight committee Thursday. It was McLerran who decided to move forward with a Clean Water Act 404c determination in the Bristol Bay watershed, following an ecological risk assessment done by EPA. The House committee has been investigating whether or not that was fair to Pebble Mine and proper for EPA. Download Audio

Several Juneau teenagers are heading to the nation’s best dance programs this summer – one is even going to Russia. Within the next few weeks, five students from Juneau Dance Unlimited will leave Alaska to practice their techniques and expand their horizons in New York City, Pittsburgh, Boston, Houston, and Moscow. Download Audio

A judge in Anchorage has set arguments for January in a case challenging the state's rejection of an effort to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Plus: A new government report is flagging more problems with the new generation of fighter jets scheduled to come to Alaska in the next few years.

Lowell Thomas Jr., a former Alaska lieutenant governor, author, adventurer, glacier pilot and son of the legendary broadcaster, has died. Listen Now

State works to interpret its newest oil tax credit overhaul; Juneau representatives disappointed with lack of progress on budget plan; New F-22 proposal could mean more noise for Mt. View; Akiak attempts to banish former VPO, alleged bootlegger; 6-year sentence for heroin dealer nabbed in 2016 Dillingham bust; Dash and body cam footage of Fairbanks police-involved shooting backs up department's account; Kodiak Island looks at internet solutions for island communities Listen now

Republican Dan Sullivan led incumbent Democrat Mark Begich by about 8,100 votes on Election Night last week, and when state officials counted absentee and questioned ballots Tuesday, the results indicated that Begich could not overcome Sullivan's lead.