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White House Says A Veto Is Likely On Rep. Young's Fisheries Bill; Research Identifies Massive Underwater Waves; El Nino Returns; Diomede Graduation Speaker Found Dead at Community School; Neighbors Aim to Take Concerns Over Halfway House to Court in Juneau; Salmon Run Leaves Juneau Stream 2 Weeks Early; M/V Redeemer Heads for Scuttling, After Decades of Salvage Work; 'Seeking the Source' of Anchorage's Trails and Their Community Download Audio:

Murkowski: OCS Revenue-Sharing is 'Simple Fairness'; 'Erin's Law' Hangs On For a Bumpy Ride; Walker Allows Legislature to Convene in Anchorage This Week; Anchorage Mayor-Elect Announces Community-Driven Transition Process; Hot, Dry Weather Fuels an Early Start to Fire Season; Rare Thunderstorms Move Through Southeast Alaska; 'Ridiculously Resilient Ridge' Returns This Winter; Bandit the Runaway Wave Buoy Back in Service; Grocery Shopping to Cross the Stikine Icefield Download Audio:

Walker Threatens Budget Veto, Warns of Layoffs; Alaska's Capital City Braces for Potential Layoffs; Flooding Closes Dalton Highway; First Kuskokwim Restrictions Expected May 21; Girl Dies After Boat Falls on Her; Thirsty California: A Potential Market for Alaska Water?; M/V Susitna Racks Up As Much As $1M in Rain Damage; Conference to Focus on Traditional Knowledge, Resource Management; Alaska's First Cannabis Convention Download Audio:

Parents Sue ASD Over Vague Suspension Notification Policies; Sealaska Unveils Its New Building in Downtown Juneau; Rep. Young Riles Indian Country with Hearings on 'Land In Trust' Powers; Wolf Hunt Adjacent to Denali Closes Early; 5 Ill After Eating Fermented Seal Flipper; NOAA Seeks Public Comment on Beluga Recovery Plan; Anchorage: Activists Rally for Medicaid Expansion, Oil Tax Law Revision; 49 Voices: Seth Landon of Wasilla; AK: Biking A Century Download Audio:

Everywhere is bear country in Alaska, even the urban areas. From encounters on the trails and along fishing streams, to bears raiding trash cans and chicken coops, it’s spring and bears are awake and on the move. How do we keep ourselves and them safe? APRN: Tuesday, 5/19 at 10:00am Download Audio

House Finance Committee Blocks Medicaid Expansion Bill; UAF Gets A Federal Boost for Unmanned Aircraft; Death of 4 Believed to Be of Domestic Violence Incident; Body of Argentine Climber Found High on Denali; Fairbanks Police Experiment with Body Cams; Historially Low Hooligan Run On the Chilkoot Is a Mystery; Eyesore to Eye Candy: Juneau Rebuilds A Historic Treasure; 'Republic of the Arctic' Proponent And Native Rights Activist Charles Etok Edwardsen Dies Download Audio:

Anchorage Hospitals Compete for New ER Beds; Marijuana OK'd At State's First Pot Convention, But Only for Display; 4 Found Dead In South Anchorage Home; Man Survives More Than An Hour Adrift After Skiff Capsizes; Sitka Parks Feel the Strain of Fiscal Belt Tightening; Budget Cuts Sideline Taku Ferry July Through Sept.; Sow With 3 Cubs Stands Her Ground On Juneau Trail; Re-Introduced Wood Bison Faring Well; Ancient Buzz Saw Shark Fossil Returns to Alaska Download Audio:

With No Budget Deal In Sight, Lawmakers Hold Brief Technical Session; Walker Administration Says Medicaid System Is On The Mend; FCC Investigates Bid Discounts for Doyon-Owned Firm; Climbers Heli-Rescued After Slide in the Alaska Range; Coalition Uses A Data-Driven Approach To Hunt For Behavioral Health Solutions; Sitka Gets Creative To Pay For Its Dam; Treat Your Soil With A Little TLC, Reap The Benefits During Harvest; 'TV Doesn't Do It Justice': First Cruise Ship Visitors Arrive in Skagway Download Audio:

Shell Gets Conditional Approval For Arctic Drilling; Sealaska Earnings Up, But Losses Continue; Army Drawdown Felt in Alaska; Minority Democrats To Hold Own Hearings; Can Free Pregnancy Tests In Bars Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?; Dillingham Fires Up New Incinerator at Landfill; Law Firm Gifts $3.5M to Tribal Health; Ninilchik Community Library Hires New Director; Galena Elder Turns 100 Download Audio:

With Foster Care Cases Up, Lawmakers Consider Funding Triage; Lawmakers Seek Audit of State Crime Lab; Prenatal Pot Use On The Rise in Alaska; Two New Wolf Kills Add to Denali Population Decline; Hovercraft To Shuttle Cruise Tourists to Taku Glacier; Alaska WWII Vet Enjoys Bird's Eye View of D.C. Flyover; 49 Voices: Michelle Troll; AK: Samurai Musher Download Audio:

Sen. Sullivan Lashes Out Against ANWR Management; Berkowitz Nabs Mayoral Victory After High Voter Turnout; Gov. Walker Establishes Pot Board; Program Provides Housing, Life Skills To Help Youth Succeed; Education Department Funding for Mt. Edgecumbe Preserved; Seward Struggles to Contain Lagoon Sewage; Tidal Echoes: Capturing Southeast Culture in Print Download Audio:

Ice Retreat Linked to Low Pollock Numbers; Return of the Blob; Budget Cuts Mean Less Lawyers, Trying Fewer Cases; B.C. Promises Alaska A Larger Voice in Mine Permitting; Grizzly License Plates Are Back; Kick the Bucket: The Future of Rural Sanitation in Alaska; Body Recovered Believed to be Akiak Woman; Record Cruise Ship Season Forecast for Unalaska Download Audio:

City Budget Passes After A Whirlwind of Compromise; Feds to Manage 2015 Kuskokwim King Run; Rural Sanitation Series: Innovating Beyond the Honey Bucket; Cruise Ship Season Comes to Port; Southeast Ferry Service Stalled by Vessel Overhaul; Juneau Novelist Publishes His Sixth Book; Students Build A Community, One Story At A Time; Family Farm Brings Heritage Pigs to the Kenai Download Audio:

Urban Set Net Ban Proposed; To Plan Port's Future, City Looks To Current Users; Walker Restores Sexual Violence Prevention Funding After Senate Cut; Anchorage Senior Wins National Poetry Out Loud Competition; Memoir Arctic Daughter, Re-released For A New Generation; National Maritime Refuge Considers All Options For Feral Cattle; APOC Expediting Complaint Against Berkowitz; AK: Long Distance Alutiiq Boat Restored From Past

Law enforcement officers say heroin use is on the rise in Alaska and communities are struggling to keep the drug out of their neighborhoods. How is it getting here and what’s being done to stop heroin from entering the state. It's not just an urban problem. Rural residents are speaking out to try to stop it. APRN: Tuesday, 5/5 at 10:00am Download Audio

Legislature Votes To Allow Hearings Outside Of Juneau; Mat-Su Gets First Look at Borough's FY16 Budget; ASD's revised budget cuts 57 filled positions; Death Toll Now at 2 in Shooting Near Talkeetna; U.S. House Panel Advances Fisheries Law; UAF Steps Into Spotlight Amid Arctic Council Transfer; Kick The Bucket: With Fleeting Funding, Projects Die; Campaign Silent On Revelations Of Military Service, Divorce; Red Chris Mine Inches Forward After Settlement; YWCA Alaska Holds Summit On Gender Pay Gap

Walker Denies Request To Move Special Session To Anchorage; As PAC Money Pours Into Runoff, Some Numbers Still Missing; EPA Head: Alaska 'Uniqueness' Could Mean Immunity From CO2 Rule; Bethel City Council Votes To Deny Liquor Licenses; A Moving Target: Postal Inspectors Root Out Liquor By Mail; Kick The Bucket: Lack Of Funding Hampers Development Of Modern Sanitation In Rural Alaska; Anchorage Men Arrested For Stabbing Moose To Death; 'Story Map' Reveals Hidden Lives Of Anchorage Bears

The Coast Guard wants cutters before icebreakers; Lawmakers ask for a break and relocation for special session; Marriage equality advocates ask Governor to stop gay marriage challenge; Akiak's approach to stopping the flow of alcohol; Health implications for third world conditions in rural Alaska; Unalaska prepares for cruise ship season; The U.S. Army 'Sugar Bears' fly supplies to Denali