Alaska News Nightly: July 24, 2014

Oil Tax Heavyweights Spar At Packed Debate; Effort to Ban Commercial Set Netting Moves Forward; Investigation Continues Into Tourist Train Derailment; Tribal Leaders Discuss Ambler Road; Over 11,000 Alaskans Receiving Health Insurance Refunds; Business leaders and Politicians Meet in Whistler BC for Economic Summit; Commercial Chum Bustling, But Causing Anger on the Yukon; Japanese Fishermen Visit Alaska for Ideas on Sustainability Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: July 25, 2014

Earthquake Rattles Southeast Alaska, Likely Damaging Communications Network; State Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Partners Can Access Death Benefits; Complaint Filed Against Anti-Marijuana Campaign; Comments Sought on Possible Beaufort Lease Sale; Report Finds Beaufort Sea Oil Spill Response Inadequate; Officials Consider Proposed Federal Takeover of Kuskokwim Salmon Fishery; Usibelli Submits Coal Bed Methane Plan; AK: Welding; 300 Villages: Thorne Bay Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: July 28, 2014

YouGov Model Shows Treadwell Within Reach of Begich; Campaign Profile: For Joe Miller, 2010 Looms Large; Seismologists Uncertain if Southeast Quake Activity is Related; Coalition Forms to Address Downtown Juneau Problems; Fecal Bacteria Contaminates Many Anchorage Waterways; Clearwater Lodge Owners Opt to Rebuild After Devastating Fire; Inaugural Beringia Arctic Games Brings Indigenous People Together in Russia Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: July 29, 2014

Southwest, Southeast Alaska Face Highest Risks From Ocean Acidification; Research Team Sets Out For Islands of Four Mountains; UA President Offered Bonus at Time of Budget Cuts; ConocoPhillips to Operate New Doyon Drill Rig; Questions Arise Over Profitability of Port MacKenzie; New UAF Vice Chancellor for Rural, Community & Native Ed; Why Juneau Should Be Next For Housing First; Peony Industry Blooming in Alaska Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: July 30, 2014

KSM Mine Wins Environmental Approval From British Columbia Government; SEARHC to Receive $53 Million Settlement from Federal Government; Food Bank Seeks Donations After Spike in Users; In Tok, Some Grumbling Over Electricity Rate Hikes vs. Energy Sustainability; 2015 Yukon Quest Purse Over $127,000; Meetings To Highlight Southeast Transportation Projects; As Budget Deficit Looms, Juneau Assembly Eyes Tax Breaks; Parnell Signs Bill Honoring Late Walter Soboleff; Juneau Turns Out For Downtown Cleanup; Why Does Southeast Alaska Have A Daycare Crisis? Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: July 31, 2014

ASRC Gets Option To Buy Into Offshore Chukchi Drilling Operations; Gold Miners Push Back Against Nome Over ‘Negative Social Impacts’; NOAA Investigating Ferry, Humpback Collision; Higher Wildfire Potential Could Impact Northeastern Alaska Caribou Herds; GCI Completes Purchase of 3 Southeast TV Stations; No Plans Yet For Commercial Kuskokwim Opening; Aniak Youths Rescue Bald Eagle; Eight-Year-Old Busks For A Cause Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 1, 2014

Former Governor Sarah Palin Calls For Oil Tax Repeal; Dan Sullivan’s Mailers Target Opponent Mead Treadwell; Troopers Investigate Inmate Overdose at Juneau Prison; Former Creamery Executive Convicted in Fraud Case; Search Underway for Alaskan Missing in Costa Rica; Human Remains Found Believed to be Missing Man; Pollock Fleet Sees Spike in Squid Bycatch; Homer Chef to Represent Alaska at Alaska at National Seafood Cook-Off; AK: Moving On; 300 Villages: Cantwell Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 4, 2014

Alaska Native Family Takes Part In Circumpolar North Gathering; Voting Season Begins For Alaska Primary Election; Republican Senate Candidates Debate Social Issues; Anti-Marijuana Group Asks Muni To Pull Pro-Initiative Advertising; Troopers Looking for Missing Missouri Man on Willow Creek; 21 Mushers Add Their Names To 2015 Yukon Quest Roster; New Boat Lift Expected To Boost Wrangell’s Growing Marine Industry; New Eagle and Raven Totem Poles to Rise This Month; Wounded Warriors Go Fishing With Bethel Guide Company Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 5, 2014

BC Mine’s Tailings-Dam Break Could Impact Southeast Salmon; Tanana River Bridge Eases Training Area Access For Military; APD Arrests Alleged Serial Rapist; Conservationists Line Up For Izembek Lawsuit; VA Stand Down Brings Benefits To Kuskokwim Veterans; Saxman Files Lawsuit Over Non-Rural Status; Linc Energy Pushes For Coal Exploration Near Tyonek; Fishermen Receive Fine, Probation For Fishing Violations; Begich Calls For Park Service To Honor Aleut Internment; Alaska Territorial Guard ‘Wall of Honor’ Dedicated in Bethel; Former Haines Exchange Student Now Living In War Zone Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 6, 2014

Litigation Blamed For Port MacKenzie Rail Spur Delays; Assembly Repeals AO-37, Adopts New Ordinance But Mayor Considers Veto; AFCA Responds to State’s Challenge of Setnet Ruling; Children’s Home Featured at Bethel Cultural Center; One Company Bids In Sealed Bid Lease Sale; RFP Released For Alaska Class Day Boat Construction; Four-Day Southeast Troll Closure Starts This Weekend; Crew OK After Seiner Capsizes In Prince William Sound; Seldovia Tribe Awarded $40,000 For Cultural Preservation; Autopsy Reveals No Answers In Sea Lion Death Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 7, 2014

Eielson A Frontrunner to House F-35 Fighter Jets; Mat-Su Asked to Return $12.3M in Federal Grants for Ferry Project; Mud-Slinging Ratchets Up In U.S. Senate Republican Primary; Murkowski Demands Begich Stop Using Her Image in Campaign Ads; Teen Who Allegedly Struck, Killed Anchorage Cyclist To Be Tried As An Adult; Anchorage Candidate Stares Down Residency Dispute; Alaska Entrepreneurs Host Pitch Slam Aboard A Moving Train; Juneau Whale Watching Captain Arrested for Allegedly Driving Boat Intoxicated. Listen now:

Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 8, 2014

Project Chariot - A Nuclear Legacy in Point Hope; With Capitol Renovations on Schedule, Contractors Get More Work; Early Tests Show B.C. Tailings Spillwater Is 'Safe'; Westward Plant Workers Face Air Pollution Charges; New Geotags May Shed Light on Auklet Migrations; Fairbanks Fimmaker Rolls Out Plans For Yup'ik Themed Movie; AK: Farming Off the Grid; 300 Villages: Port Lions Listen now:

Alaska News Nightly: August 11, 2014

Sullivan Vetoes Compromise Ordinance; Import Ban Hits AK; Bethel Investigates Brutality Charge; Feds Fault Pilots, Controllers in 2013 Crash; Fire Crews Heading South; Wainwright Closes Area; AK Exceeds Escapement Goal; Search for Fisherman Called Off; Troopers Find Body of Bethal Man; Six-Day Indoor Marathon; Johnson-Stoltze Battle for Valley Senate Seat Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 12, 2014

Oil Tax Referendum Spurs a Neighborly Sign War; Ad Claims Treadwell's Company Erodes Privacy; Bethel Tribal Leaders Speak Out on Police Brutality Allegations; Tribal Groups Disagree on Stakes of B.C. Mine Projects; ANTHC Program To Monitor Toxicity in Subsistence Foods; Body of Wilderness Classic Racer Recovered From Tana River; Court Orders A Second Look At Controversial Fisheries Observer Program Download Audio:

Alaska News Nightly: August 13, 2014

Sen. Begich Courts Votes in Rural Alaska; APRN Hosts Statewide Debate with GOP Candidates, Sullivan Declines to Participate; FAA Advises Pilots on GPS Problems as Air Force Training Jams Signals; Bethel Residents Press City Council on Police Brutality Allegations; New UAF Student Fee to Cover Facility Upgrade, Other Projects; Juneau School District Brings In Attorney to Investigate Hazing Allegations; Cordova Hiker Mauled By Brown Bear; A Big Comeback for Kotzebue's Commercial Fishery; Stream Restoration On Kuiu Island Nears Completion  Download Audio:

Alaska News Nightly: August 14, 2014

Sullivan Leads Fundraising; Marine Highway Contract Rejected; Firefighters Battle California Blazes; Democrats Battling for Lt. Gov. Nomination; State Lacks Funds for New Float; Kayaker Missing in Costa Rica; Army Units Deactivated; Hiker Wants Lift - by Plane - to Pt. Barrow

Alaska News Nightly: August 15, 2014

US Arctic Rep Visits, Tours Alaska; Regulators Issue Trespass Notices for Kuskokwim Vessels; Joe Miller Says He'll Back One of His GOP Rivals If He Loses the Primary; House District 3 Primary: Mostly Agreement - And A Few Key Differences; New Sealaska CEO Plans Big Investments in Southeast; AK: A Kinder, Gentler Militia? Alaska's Militia Rebrands Itself; 300 Villages: Healy Download Audio:

Alaska News Nightly: August 18, 2014

Endorsements Fly In GOP Senate Race; Bob Williams Seeking Democratic Lieutenant Governor Nomination; Sec. Moniz: We Won’t Be Obstacle to Alaska Gas Exports; Bethel Man Recovering From Gunshot Wound After Altercation With Police; Vandals Drive Over Gravesites, Badly Damage Gazebo During Cemetery Joyride; Juneau Youth Services Offers Housing For At-Risk Teens, Young Adults; Brown Bear Hunting In Kenai Wildlife Refuge Could Be Closed For Year; Gov. Parnell Endorses Alaska as “Right to Mush” State Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 19, 2014

Modeling Indicates Fairbanks LNG Project is a Go; Federal Requirements Burden Small Medical Practices In Alaska; Troopers Arrest, Charge Teen With Arson For Delta-Area Fires; Air Force Cleans Up Cold War-Era Radio Site In Southeast; King Salmon Trolling Ends On Slow Note; Observations of Kachemak Cranes Paints Detailed Picture; Bluegrass Camp For Kids Goes Busking Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: August 20, 2014

Begich Says 'Bring It On'; Oil Tax Referendum Opponents Declare Victory; Oil Vote Goes Down In State Record Books as the Most Expensive Issue Race; Report: Alaskans Aren't All That Healthy; A Susitna Valley Farm Sells Its Produce Close to Home; Yup'ik Voters Give Ballot Translation Mixed Reviews; Indian Village Totem Poles Come Down in Juneau; Peninsula Women Swim Across Kachemak Bay Download Audio: