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Senate panel puts full dividend in budget draft with caveat; Legislature considers plastic bag ban; Legislature votes to change contentious ethics rules; Sheldon Jackson Museum supporters, staff in dark over possible sale of collection; Homelessness among KPBSD students on the rise; NPR's Lakshmi Singh discusses state of media with Bartlett sophomores; AK: A home-like environment to keep Native languages alive with youth; 49 Voices: Levi Samuel of Anchorage

Anchorage School District Superintendent Dr. Deena Bishop joins us to take listener questions. She will share the district's strategies for coping with the current long list of challenges. She'll also speak to what it means to educate children for a world that is changing fast. And we'll learn a bit about what drives her to do this work. Thanks for listening!

Interior delays offshore drilling plan, citing judge's decision; Health commissioner downplays block grant idea; Anchorage hires consultants to review Port of Alaska project; Murkowski asks for longer Pebble comment period; Largest Tongass timber sale in state moving forward; Before, some teens in crisis had to leave their families in Juneau to get help. That’s changing; Emergency response workshop details communication shortfalls in rural Alaska; Juneau forum discusses local impacts of growth in cruise ship tourism; Saturday is Prescription Drug Take Back Day

A new forensics program at the University of Alaska Anchorage will provide training for evidence collection for both types of abuse. The new program is the first in the nation.

For brewmaster David Boortz, brewing homemade kombucha for his friends and colleagues was just a part of everyday life. But when his barrels of...

Two tribes, Dunleavy at odds over tribal sovereignty; Dunleavy not planning marijuana board repeal this session; City of Nome again delays reading on public safety commission; Man who left correctional farm spotted at Mat-Su lake cabin; Proposed agriculture funding cuts would hurt ‘state’s ability to feed itself,’ farmers say; Anchorage School District to allow for tribal, cultural attire at graduation; Amid Anchorage budget adjustment, state actions loom large; Former state chief medical officer Jay Butler reflects on career

State ends Wellpath contract to run psychiatric institute, could open up contract for bids; Defense department chooses icebreaker contractor ; As Capitol reporters dwindle, Alaska lawmakers grapple with rise of political blogs; As part of Dunleavy administration directive, ADF&G considered selling its hatcheries; Anchorage files appeal over $2M award to former police officer; Fairbanks City Council approves 'cannabis cafes'; Southeast business survey shows misgivings over Dunleavy budget; Lawmakers urge Dunleavy to continue pursuing BC over transboundary mine pollution; Cruise industry responds to community concerns about environmental impacts; ‘Ragin’ Contagion’ exercise tests Nome’s ability to respond to widespread disease

As his crime bills languish, Gov. Dunleavy renews the idea of a special session; Lawmakers strike compromise on scaling back conflict of interest restrictions; Yukon River ready for breakup; Alaska first responders train up on urban search and rescue techniques; Southeast Alaska pilots raise concerns over Royal Princess megaship; At Anchorage library, pilot program connects patrons to social services; Through language, a Yup’ik teacher passes on a way of life

Traveling Music Shonti Elder 4-28-19   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration   A Crooked Road Darrell Scott / Darrell Scott A Crooked Road Full Light Records 4:12   The Cape Guy Clark / Guy Clark Together: Steve...

As a child, Alice Fitka was punished for speaking her Yup'ik language in school. Since then, she's spent decades teaching it in the Western Alaska village of Tuntutuliak.

Here’s the Sunday, April 21st, 2019 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music...

Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus.

The decline in seasonal sea ice affects more than just arctic communities. That ice helps regulate world temperatures.

Alaska will more than likely see large cuts to social services as lawmakers try to pass a more balanced budget. Alaska’s large nonprofit sector often fills the gaps where state money ends.

Senate budget taking place with less than a month of session to go; Government says marijuana involvement can derail citizenship; Wintergreens prepares to open the first marijuana lounge in Haines; Group apologizes after appearance by banned UAA professor; Ketchikan pastor, teacher sentenced to 18 years, 12 suspended; Records reveal DOT planning Berners Bay ferry terminal on Lynn Canal; AK: One family’s pirate home is Sitka’s hidden treasure; 49 Voices: Leena Tarar of Anchorage

This week we're hearing from Leena Tarar in Anchorage. Tarar is an exchange student at Bartlett High School, originally from Pakistan. She was part of this year's Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute.

Spring is in the air and the river ice is thawing out. Whether rafting, canoeing, kayaking, or inner tubing, there are plenty of ways to access Alaska's rivers without a motor. This week on Outdoor Explorer, we'll be speaking with Les Gara and Eric Downey about their experiences on Alaska's rivers, and about how the rest of us can get out there and join them. Thanks for listening!

What if you wanted your home to be more extraordinary, more unusual, more like, say, a pirate ship? One Sitka family has been realizing that vision, slowly turning their home into a shipwrecked, tropical paradise over the last 40 years.

Far from being a problem that exists in the past, there is a worldwide rise of authoritarian leaders who proclaim to be “heros” and promise a return to greater times and glory. Prentiss Pemberton is joined by a leading expert to discuss electing narcissists and sociopaths.  Thanks for listening!

Legislators reject six Dunleavy appointees to boards and commissions; Dunleavy fills second Palmer court seat after delay; Maine governor approves extradition of accused UAF cold case killer to Alaska; Anchorage bust nets heroin, fentanyl totaling 10-plus pounds; Elim without potable water; boil notice issued; As cruise ships grow, more passengers are headed to Alaska; The special ingredient inside these new gluten-free noodles? Fish, from Alaska.; Donlin Gold to begin drilling program; If approved, Fairbanks could have its first female police chief; Ask a Climatologist: The mid-April snow people are seeing is not surprising