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Here’s the Sunday, May 29th, 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.

In stalemated Legislature, 'Musk Ox' may hold the key; attorneys in Sockeye fire case ask for more time to prepare, granted; Young, Murkowski to do 'double whammy' on energy bill; researchers study economics of permit ownership, loss; Ruby Marine purchases Inland Barge Service as barge season begins; AK: Young 'Bio Blitzers' explore and examine the Arctic environment; 49 Voices: Bret Connor of Anchorage

Last week a group of scientists traveled to a small village in the Arctic to find as many different species as they could. It was happening all over the country in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the National Park Service. But it had special meaning in Anaktuvuk Pass, where the local Inupiaq people live a subsistence lifestyle inside of a national park. Download Audio

KSKA: Thursday, June 02, at 2:00 and Thursday, June 09, at 8:00 p.m. On Saturday, May 21st we took to the stage for the first ever live edition of Outdoor Explorer. We recorded our show on-stage at the TapRoot the way we do it in the studio, talking to Luc Mehl and Nancy Pfieffer. We are so happy to share the recorded version of our live show with you. DOWNLOAD AUDIO

KSKA: Wednesday, June 01 @ 2:00 pm and 8:00p.m. For the price of child care for an infant in Anchorage you could pay a mortgage on a house or buy a luxury car. On the next Hometown Alaska, we'll talk about the difficulties of finding quality affordable child care, and the challenges of providing that care. DOWNLOAD AUDIO

KSKA Tuesday, May 31 2016, at 2:00 p.m. Every community has a place, where people gather and stories are told. The East Coast has stoops, the South has porches, and in Alaska we have Arctic Entries. Here, Alaskans share their personal stories — funny, sad and sweet. Listen to seven people tell a 7-minute-long true story related to the show’s theme. DOWNLOAD AUDIO

On this week's Alaska Edition, host, Zachariah Hughes sits down with three reporters to talk all about music in Alaska. What's new? What's happening across the state? And what's changing?

This week, we're hearing from Bret Connor in Anchorage. Connor designs and sells his own line of clothing called Hulin Alaskan Design. Download Audio

Insurance Director tells lawmakers individual market could collapse; House bill streamlines children in state custody; bill with $1B for icebreaker advances to Senate; 'spicy' ocean levels could spell trouble for marine mammal hunting; Department of Fish and Game seeks to prevent closing of caribou hunting to outsiders; brown bears draw hundreds to Alaska Peninsula for spendy spring hunt; man charged after using stolen front loader to rob liquor store; Barrow experiences earliest snowmelt on record; Tanana River erosion closes trail, threatens cabins at Big Delta State Historical Park; Seattle's KPLU meets $7M fundraising goal, avoiding sale Download Audio

This June 12-18, the 24th annual Last Frontier Theatre Conference will bring playwrights, actors, directors and many others to Valdez, Alaska to learn, teach and exchange creative ideas. Conference Coordinator Dawson Moore joins us via phone link today to talk about all the exciting offerings this year's event will bring.

KSKA: Friday, May 27 at 2:45pm DOWNLOAD AUDIO

Alaska corrections officer faces federal drug charges; U.S. Senate passes bill to use $1 billion from Navy budget for polar icebreaker; Walker ally on gas line board resigns to run for state Senate; former ASD Superintendent to lead Minneapolis Public Schools; attorneys grow impatient in Sockeye Fire trial; $200,000 in state funds spent on PR for beer festival; historic agreement gives Kuskokwim tribes say in fish management; pay boost passed for Anchorage fire and police employees; Downtown Anchorage park to see major safety renovations; after bike impales daughter, mother sends public thank you to good Samaritans Download Audio

At special session legislators come up short for new sources of state revenue; Hilcorp faces massive penalties for safety and environmental violations; 'Eskimo' and 'Aleut' scrubbed from 2 U.S. laws yet live on; bear attack survivor: ‘Grace was extended to me’; Haines and Hydaburg receive grant to jumpstart biomass renewable energy projects; observation group launches info hub on Cook Inlet beluga whales; generational differences among Japanese-American families

Lawmakers have rather slow, short first day of special session; cost for day one of special Legislative session: $520,000; BP announces sale of midtown Anchorage building; UAF works to reduce rural energy costs; Yukon king salmon run predicted to be weaker than average this year; Juneau breaks ground on its new homeless housing initiative; leaner ferry budget could lead to selling of ferry Taku; navigating race as a family Download Audio

KSKA: Friday, May 20 at 2:45p.m. It's "shave and a hair cut, too SLITS" with Perseverance Theatre's production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical thriller, Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Join Artistic Director Art Rotch, Actor Victoria Bundonis and Anchorage General Manager for Perseverance Josh Lowman this week on Stage Talk. Sweeney Todd runs through May 29th in the Discovery Theatre. DOWNLOAD AUDIO

Here’s the Sunday, May 22nd, 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.

Lawmakers couldn't pass a budget plan during 121 days of regular session and will now try to break the gridlock in a special session. All current proposals include using permanent fund earnings to fill the deficit. But the idea of the permanent fund is that it will be...permanent and some Alaskans say, don't touch it.

Person of interest in Gambell woman's disappearance dies by suicide; legislation in motion to grant tribal entities health care facilities; State, Southeast Conference agree to rework ferry system; flights grounded for Obama stop in Alaska; Mat-Su school board selects new superintendent; new tribal court programs aim to reduce recidivism; geologists look at possibility of tsunami-inducing megaquakes; BBAHC on the frontlines against bed bugs in rural Alaska; AK: Palmer, where the bison roam; 49 Voices: Greg Martinez of Anchorage

KSKA: Thursday, May 26, at 2:00 and Thursday, June 02, at 8:00 p.m. If you’re headed for Homer, learn about the tide pools, the forests or the critters living under the docks from an enthusiastic group of young educators. We recorded the next show at the Center for Alaska Coastal Studies, went to a remote field station, and got some ideas to enrich time outdoors with knowledge and insight. DOWNLOAD AUDIO