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Fishing vessel takes on water near Adak; in wake of budgetary climate, Palmer Correctional Facility shut down; Moody's downgrades Alaska credit rating; fourth downgrade this year; in wake of probable Clinton nomination, Alaskan delegates look to future; UAF student acquitted of rape charge sues school for withholding degree; how the landfill in Anchorage harvests gas from trash; crew safe as Homer Seiner remains capsized off Alaska Peninsula; Chickaloon man charged with assaulting rafters along river; first-time offenders get second chance under new criminal justice reform law; volunteers remove artifacts from historic building threatened by riverbank erosion Listen now

Alaska delegates consider the after-Bern; could the Marine Corps being coming to Alaska permanently?; search teams locate missing hiker in Denali National Park; state spending a contentious and complicated issue in among legislators; Anchorage police target drunk driving with new patrol unit; Bristol Bay police nab suspected heroin traffickers; Alaska Railroad train strikes pedestrian at Crown Point; timber bill signed, but will it make a difference?

Here’s the Sunday, July 24th, 2016 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to algonuevo@alaskapublic.org or post your comment at the bottom of this post.

Supreme Court overturns parental notification law for minors seeking abortions; two people drown in Noorvik, police report; why Juneau’s rape stats tripled in one year; rain helps effort to contain McHugh Creek fire; head of USMC to visit military bases in Alaska this weekend; Walker hires former attorney general as oil, gas consultant; housing crisis in Stebbins results in overcrowding and frustration; Stika hospital treats first known Alaskan case of Zika Virus; state health officials investigate Salmonella illnesses in Bethel area; anglers get more chance at Kenai sockeye; AK: 2016: The year Bristol Bay landed its 2,000,000,000th salmon; 49 Voices: Trevor Shaw of Ketchikan

Governor Walker’s plans for overhauling the system of funding state government has met with resistance from lawmakers and the public. Lawmakers are unhappy with his vetoes and cuts to the PFD but they haven’t mustered an override and they haven’t passed a fiscal plan. What can possibly break the divide between the Governor’s plans and the desires of lawmakers and the public? Listen Now

KSKA: Thursday, July 28, at 2:00. Last summer Charles was contacted by the Anchorage Rowing Association to row crew in the Dave Thorsness Challenge, a regatta mostly for beginners, as well as getting a couple of rowing lessons to make sure he could do it. For this week's show, we're going back to hear the result, as Charles took a recorder along on this aquatic adventure. LISTEN NOW

Bristol Bay is home to the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. Over 132 years of commercial effort, now more than two billion salmon have been harvested from the Bay’s waters. In fact, the two billionth salmon was landed sometime, by someone, on July 6, 2016. Listen now

This week we’re hearing from Trevor Shaw of Ketchikan. He’s an Alaska Delegate who’s been attending the Republican National Convention this week.

KSKA: Monday, July 25, at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. Love is not just a category of relationships, but is an action and a choice. Love is also a behavior that can be chosen in the service of greater psychological and physical well­being. We'll discuss the complexities and benefits of our supreme emotion on the next Line One: Your Health Connection. LISTEN NOW

KSKA: Friday, July 22 at 2:45pm Cyrano's Theatre Company is presenting Shakespeare's tale of love and honor, Antony and Cleopatra July 22 through August 14. This week on Stage Talk actors Mark Robokoff and Shanette Harper, who play the tragic lovers, come by along with director J. David Dahl to talk about the show. LISTEN NOW

Rain dampening McHugh Fire, officials say prospects are good; Walker vetoes bills allowing lawmakers on gas pipeline board, insurers to use credit scores; gusto levels vary as Alaskans embrace Trump; B.C. mine officials announce new changes to mining code; Wrangell’s water shortage causes borough to declare local disaster; Southeast’s Columbia ferry stalls in Petersburg; ADN owner responds to $1 million dollar lawsuit; a closer look at the ship bringing high-speed internet to Western Alaska; researchers study webcams to look at human connection with bears;

Reinforcements called in to fight McHugh fire; new OCS study shows inconsistency among workers, lack of training; Anchorage homeless shelters overwhelmed with patrons; Alaska delegates cry 'miscount' as all 28 are tallied for Trump; Sullivan gives Trump-less address to GOP convention; Legislative working group could aim to resolve thorny problems; Hollis French appointed to AOGCC by Walker; North Slope records fall with ‘unprecedented warmth’; St. George takes steps to protect their marine environment; World Eskimo Indian Olympics to be first without beloved 'Big Bob'

McHugh fire delays traffic, highway closure possible; Alaska delegates part of minor "ruckus" during RNC roll call; former hockey coach arrested for sexual abuse of minors; Ft. Wainwright soldier found dead of apparent suicide; with fall chum opening, Marshall and Russian mission urging Maserculiq to fix ice machine; Wood river towers: where sockeye salmon are counted; Juneau utility installs $22 million diesel turbine; injured bear might still be at large in Dyea after shooting; ethics of wolf control technique questioned

In the wake of more police shootings of black men, the attacks in Dallas, and subsequent protests nationwide, including in Alaska, the time is ripe to have an open conversation about race and law enforcement in Alaska. Though we’ll be talking specifically about the Black Lives Matter movement, you can’t talk about these topics without touching on the disproportionate number of Alaska Native men who are incarcerated and why that happens. Download Audio

Senate gavels out and ends its special session; Walker adds new Oil and Gas advisor position to cabinet; former YKHC employee pleads guilty to distributing child pornography; APD releases names of officers involved in Home Depot shooting; Alaska delegates take statewide issues to Cleveland and a national audience; EPA fines BP, Hilcorp for spills on the North Slope; firefighters respond to wildfire off of Seward Highway; Denali Park re-opens following aggressive bear incident; cruise industry grows, global share shrinks; 19-year-old Shishmaref honored at the White House; as internet gets faster, Stebbins elders worry about subsistence

Here’s the Sunday, July 17th, 2016 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to algonuevo@alaskapublic.org or post your comment at the bottom of this post.