Alaska News Nightly: May 1, 2014

NTSB Recommends Safety Review Of Ravn Alaska; Major General Thomas Katkus Responds To National Guard Sexual Assault Allegations; Initiative-Packed November Ballot Expected To Influence Voter Turnout; Flint Hills Begins Shutting Down Fairbanks Refinery; Project To Restore Herring, Starting In Sitka; Peggy Wilson Ending Long Legislative Career; Historical Photo Collection Being Made Available Online Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 2, 2014

Two Alaska State Troopers Slain In Tanana; Tanana Residents Devastated By Trooper Deaths; Tensions Bubble Up Between Alaska GOP, Tea Party; Firefighters Respond To Caribou Lake Wildfire; Rep. Lindsey Holmes Will Not Seek Reelection; Carl Moses Remembered For ‘Full Career’ Of Public Service; Fairbanks Schools Anticipating Teacher, Staff Reductions; AK: Smokejumpers; 300 Villages: Wrangell Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 5, 2014

Oil Producers Get Break On Alaska Property Taxes; Alaska GOP Aims To Block Party Coups; Alaska Villages Find Success With Wind-Diesel Energy Combination; ‘Second Shake’ Rattles Noatak, Northwest Brooks Range; Warm, Dry Weather Prompts Southeast Alaska Fire Warning; Breakup Underway Along Yukon River; State Hurrying To Update Rural Infrastructure Before Federal Dollars Diminish; Burst Water Pipe Likely Cause For Skagway Ferry Dock Sinking; Alaska Airlines Center Adds New Dining Option; Juneau Considers Solutions To Housing Shortage Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 6, 2014

National Science Foundation To Deploy Seismic Sensors In Alaska; Alaska’s UAV Test Site Begins Operation; Mallott Leaving Sealaska To Focus On Campaign; Bethel City Council Confirms Code And Policy Violations; GCI Turns 3G On In Bethel, Faces Lawsuit; Juneau Woman Found Off Salmon Creek Trail Dies; Great Land Trust Planning To Buy Top Of Bodenburg Butte; Online Realtor Says Sitka Tops State In Livability Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 7, 2014

Arctic May Not Be That Busy, Report Says; Coast Guard Says Its Increased Arctic Presence Will Have ‘No Significant’ Environmental Impact; Emergency Personnel Battle Unalaska Warehouse Fire; Honor Flag Lands In Fairbanks; Troopers Maintaining Presence In Tanana; Agencies Emphasize Fire Prevention Awareness; NAACP Demands Apology Over Sullivan Comments; Borough School Honors Redington, Sr.; Minecraft In The Classroom: When Learning Looks Like Gaming; Anchorage Schools Celebrate Bike To School Day Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 8, 2014

Gov. Parnell Signs Gasline Legislation; Former-Gov. Palin Defends ACES; Memo Underscores Confession In Fairbanks 4 Case; UAA, Willamette University Partner To Offer New Law School Opportunity; Education Bill Boosts Juneau Community Charter School; Skagway Ferry Service Will Resume Sunday; National Weather Service Issues El Niño Watch; Unusual Quakes Send Seismologists Into Rapid Response; UAA Student Breaks Ground With Yup’ik Spell Checker Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 9, 2014

Tacoma Climber Dies On Denali; Joe Miller Speaks Out In Favor Of Libertarian Party; YKHC CEO Releases Layoff Details; Sand Point Sees Progress In War On Drugs; UAF Mining Extension Offering Basic Prospecting Class; AK: Plastics; 300 Villages: Pelican Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 12, 2014

Group Challenging Alaska’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban; Pacific Walruses Removed From Unusual Mortality Event In North Pacific; Panel Discussion Addresses Effects Of British Columbia Mines; Concerns Raised Over Alaska’s Lack Of Standing To Address Canadian Mining; Study Finds No Discernable Impact From Tulsequah Chief Mine Discharge On Fish; Banking Error Delays State Payroll; Juneau Birders Photograph Rare Long-Billed Curlew; Mt. View Community Spruces Up For Spring; Motorcycle Collisions Claim 5 Lives This Year In Southcentral; Blind Climber To Attempt Denali Ascent Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 13, 2014

State Supreme Court Hears Same-Sex Survivor Benefits Case; Rubenstein Reforming Face Of Carlyle Group; Shishaldin Volcano Rumbling To Life; Bethel City Council Fires City Manager Lee Foley; Fish and Game Expects Low Yukon Chinook Run; Old And Bold Pilots: Warren Polski; Kuskokwim Elders React To This Year’s Breakup; The Dauenhauers Teach Tour Guides How To Teach Tourists Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 14, 2014

Couples’ Decision To Fight Alaska’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban A Personal One; Diesel Fuel Spilled Into Nushagak River; East High School Most Diverse In Nation; APICDA Tries to Draw Graduate Students Back Home; Unalaska Tallies Cost of Blasting Issues at Wastewater Plant, Landfill; Copper River Salmon Fishing Kicks Off Thursday; Old And Bold Pilots: Chuck Sassara Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 15, 2014

Earmarks: Congress Mulls Return of Practice that Enriched Alaska; Sealaska Reports $35 Million Net Loss Last Year; Oil Tax Referendum Groups Ramp Up Campaigns; How Much Is The Pipeline Worth?; TSA Offering Travelers A Chance To Streamline Security Experience; Clearwater Lodge Burns Down; Working Group Discusses Caribou Decline, Ambler Road; Olympic Aspirations: Training At The Alaska Boxing Academy Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 16, 2014

State Files Fairbanks 4 Response; Ravn Outlines Safety Improvements As NTSB Pushes For Investigation; Trial Program Aims To Increase Number Of Insured Alaska Natives; Special Exhibit Offers Hands-On Glimpse Of University’s New Research Vessel; AK: Rusty Blackbirds; 300 Villages: Point Lay Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 19, 2014

Report Says U.S. Participation In Arctic Council Lacks Coordination, Follow-Through; Former Executive Editor Pat Dougherty Speaks On ADN Sale; Crews Work To Contain Wildfire Near Tyonek; Assemblywoman Proposes Anchorage Labor Law Changes; Democrats Leave Nome With Updated Platform, Candidate Endorsements; State Finds No Health Impacts From Aurora Energy Plant; Bethel Novelist Wins Rasmuson Grant; Remembering Harvey B. Marvin Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 20, 2014

Wildfire Continues To Burn On Central Kenai Peninsula; Tyonek Fire Draws Response From State Firefighters; USFW Wants to Regulate Oil & Gas on Refuges; Young; Fired Oil Tax Assessor To Run For State House; Seismologist Delivers Cautionary Notes; Ammo Shortages Still Hampering Rural Subsistence Hunters; New Equipment Means New Opportunities For Polar Bear Treatment; Former Sitka Principal Found Not Guilty On All Counts; ASD Passes Amended Budget, Adds Back In Teacher Positions Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 21, 2014

Investigators Find No Cover-up at Alaska National Guard; Funny River Fire Takes 20,000 Acres, More Firefighters On The Way; Tyonek Fire Grows To 1,500 Acres; Anchorage Scientist Studies Ancient Cancer For Clues To Modern Disease; Kuskokwim Working Group Grapples With Fishwheels, Threatened Weirs, And Confusion; Cannabis Entrepreneurs Preparing For Potential Legalization; Assembly Passes Special Zoning For Eklutna Village; British Kayakers Take On Aleutian Chain Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 22, 2014

Shifting Power In Alaska’s Legislature; Senate Panel Approves Labeling for GM Salmon; Funny River Fire Consumes Nearly 50k Acres; Tyonek Fire Grows To 1,800 Acres; Wildfire Smoke Cloaks Anchorage; Rep. Young Pushing Land Bill for Port Clarence Site; Congress Passes Water Bill with Alaska Amendments; Money, Drugs Missing From Barrow Police Station Evidence Locker; UAF Expecting Over $12 Million Budget Deficit; New President At Premera Alaska Will Be Based In Seattle; Bethel Elders Home Certified Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 26, 2014

Crews Battle Funny Fire, Anchorage Air Affected by Fires, Tyonek Fire Almost Contained, China Lifts Ban on AK Shellfish, Feds Updating Chukchi Scenarios; New Fisheries Possible for Unalaska, StoryCorps: Paratrooper

Alaska News Nightly: May 23, 2014

Anchorage Police Arraign 2 In 2003 Sexual Assault Case; Funny River Fire Tops 67,000 Acres; Tyonek Fire Holds Steady At 1,800 Acres; Ousted GOP Leader Plans Run For Governor; Union Leader Files Complaint Against Anchorage Mayor Sullivan; Pebble Partnership Files Suit To Stop EPA’s Halt On Development; Discretionary Voting Before Sealaska Shareholders; Kito: Will There Be Enough Return On Juneau Access To Justify Investment?; AK: Scavenger Hunt; 300 Villages: Kobuk Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: May 27, 2014

Rains Help Combat Kenai Fire; Evacuation Lifted; Begich, Admiral Visit Aleutian Islands; Acid Levels To Be Monitored; Utility Has Plans for Fairbanks Area; Golden Valley Loses Biggest Customer; Help Available to Alaska Farmers; Uncertainly Hangs Over Fishing Season

Alaska News Nightly: May 28, 2014

Rains Helping on Kenai; Firefighters Shifted to Funny River; Parnell Signs Budgets; Sealaska Names New CEO; Ferry Workers OK Strike Authorization; Search Continues for Missing Hiker