Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 21, 2015

359 years for man convicted of double-homicide, sexual assault of a 2-year-old; Potentially exonerating info leaked in Fairbanks Four case; A year after Roxanne Smart was killed, Chevak still waits for justice; Search teams race to find 3rd victim before storm sets in; Murkowski hears testimony on the state's growing prison population; DNR vets competing water applications in Chuitna coal proposal; AK: Saving a life by leaving it behind; 49 Voices: Gary Hanchett of Bettles Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 24, 2015

Walker plans to recommend TransCanada buy-out in gas project; As national media hone in on Alaska, ICC plots its course; The devil's in the details: How to keep a presidential visit secure; Calling from Alaska jails? It's complicated; Parents feel sticker shock at rising price of high school activity fees; New science shows Sitka geologically separate from rest of Alaska; 'It's Good to Be Here' -- Working at the Brother Francis Shelter Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Walker hopes to reframe the president's perspective; Gov. Walker continues to fight land into trust for Alaska tribes; Anchorage law firm intervenes on behalf of state in anti-Medicaid lawsuit; Vets vent about poor VA care during listening sessions in Fairbanks, Kenai; Comrades fondly remember Iraq War veteran 'Eskimo Joe'; El Nino, 'The Blob' prime Alaska for another warm winter; Quitting meth: two teens tell their story Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 26, 2015

With VA problems clear, Sullivan summons officials for solutions; GOP candidate Rand Paul drums up support in Alaska; YWCA races to close the gender pay gap in Alaska; Final Sitka landslide victim recovered; Speaking at Assembly, officials say: 'Thank you, Sitka'; Bethel preschool re-opens after a monumental cleanup effort; Juneau protest looks to give BC mines a classic Alaska 'boot'; Hoonah hyrdo project cuts energy bills for local businesses; Voices From Nome's Dream Theater Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 27, 2015

Judge strikes down law restricting Medicaid-funded abortions; Judge hears arguments in anti-Medicaid lawsuit; Plaintiff's attorney joins by Skype; BC official says they're open to more mine treaty talks; Anchorage prepares for a stately crew of visitors; Science takes center stage at USARC meeting in Nome; For hungry bears, it's open season on garbage; Farmer in Homer tries to cultivate a north-hardy strain of garlic; Cleaning Up to Be with His Kid — Stories from Brother Francis Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Friday, August 28, 2015

Judge denies injunction; Medicaid to roll out Sept. 1; Policy promises and more on the presidential docket ; USARC presentation hints at a relocation initiative in the president's policy plans; 3 homes, community library lost in the Chiniak fire near Kodiak; Town Square gardeners pick up the burden of city homelessness; Belugas sightings persist in the middle Yukon; AK: Setting sail with a tot in tow; 49 Voices: Leah Zumwalt of Anchorage Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015

Obama on Exit Glacier: 'We want to make sure our grandkids see this'; Reactions to GLACIER trickle in; Medicaid expansion begins in Alaska; Kotzebue prepares for a presidential visit; Fed judge subpoenas ex-EPA official in Pebble case; Governor declares disaster in Sitka, opening new lines of relief funds; Bird flu monitoring underway as waterfowl season opens; Presidential enthusiasm touches down in Seward Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015

Obama shares smiles, salmon and dance moves in Dillingham; In Kotzebue, excitement is high as the president ventures north; 5 Chinese warships spotted off the Aleutians; Shell drill rig is back on the grind after a brief storm-induced hiatus; Even with another icebreaker, US fleet pales against its Arctic neighbors; President gives a small fiscal boost to village relocation efforts; Praying to see POTUS, even just a glimpse!; With a potential buyer in the Philippines, Mat-Su floats a ferry deal; Dust settles on state's new Douglas offices, but employee concerns haven't gone quiet Download Audio

Village relocation efforts given ‘significant’ boost by president

Denali Commission tapped to lead state and federal efforts coordinating a widespread review of dozens of communities imperiled by climate change. Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015

Rep. Young avoids POTUS hoopla; Obama wraps up his tour on the front lines of climate change: the Arctic; Denali Commission to spearhead relocation efforts; Sunken seiner leaks oil near Sitka; Uber agrees to pay state $78k for misclassifying employees; Alaska National Guard family program seeks Mat-Su support; National arts endowment leader explains why art is worth it; Restoring the 'Tall One' to its Athabascan roots; Juneau Library to launch Alaska Native stories project Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sept. 4, 2015

Walker may call gas-line special session in October; In historic Alaska visit, president sidesteps the press; Medicaid looks to cut back on new disability program users; With rising heroin use, Peninsula doctor lobbies for an antidote; Juneau hiker who freed eagle and spring traps being sued by trapper; AK: Fishing, cooking and a Yup'ik upbringing made Alaska's health commissioner; 49 Voices: Anthony Gurule Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: September 7, 2015

UA president eligible for bonus; Yukon coho harvest sets record; Chignik Lagoon adjusts; Tanana man gets sentence for evidence tampering; lively bids highlights 4H auction; new pipeline film released; AK ballerinas get a special visitor; festival teaches traditional values

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

At GLACIER, nations urge caution in opening the Arctic to fishing; President Obama's Alaska visit yields little regarding Arctic Ocean drilling; Seward to try tidal heat; Getting to know a volcano, starting with its plume; Farragut Farm goes gaga for garlic; After a hard path to sobriety, Nanwalek couple helps others find the way Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015

Judge rules against road between King Cove, Cold Bay; More downsizing on the horizon for UA; UAA's College of Engineering moves into its new digs; Shots fired in chase, stand-off with Troopers near Fairbanks; State won't back voter-backed school bonds in Bristol Bay, Anchorage; 'What the pink!?' Has breast cancer activism veered off course?; In Hydaburg, sea otter pelt craft is a budding cottage industry; Valdez ski advocate dies in ATV crash; Run, zipline, signal fires mark J'eet's Challenge Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015

In bid to restore Voting Rights Act, Murkowski strays from party lines; State to provide language assistance to Yup'ik, Gwich'in voters; Emperor goose harvest: More than a memory for Kodiak subsistence hunter; Denali Commission ekes back into the spotlight; Donation illuminates Alaska Native civil rights history; Delivery service speeds produce to table; After amputation, the mobility of a sea kayak beckons Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sept. 11, 2015

Walker tenaciously courts LNG buyers in Japan; Alaska's US senators assail Iran deal; New UA head sees opportunity despite bleak fiscal landscape; New road from Tanana to Yukon River nears completion; In unnerving trend, thousands of walrus haul out at Point Lay; New routes to housing open doors for Anchorage's low-income families; AK: Alaska ice hockey player Zoe Hickel turns pro; 49 Voices: Mike McCormick of Anchorage Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 14, 2015

Murkowski's oil export ban gains traction, yet fate uncertain; Reality TV host faces on federal poaching charges; 6 groups file for emergency ESA listing for POW wolves; Equal rights law expected to sail through Anchorage Assembly; Ombudsman faults correctional procedures; Like Sitka, parts of Juneau are susceptible to landslides; Air China to service Fairbanks for Aurora viewers; In Dutch Harbor, a new orange barge is a beacon of oil-spill preparedness; Religion and climate change - can you talk about both? Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015

3 killed in floatplane crash near Illiamna; Activists say 'keep it in the ground' - Jewell calls it simplistic; Alaska's prison population swells as inmates spend more time behind bars; Warm-water fish increasingly sighted in Alaska waters; Murre die-off reported around Kodiak; UAF looks to contractor for cleaner water supply; Can B.C. stop Tulsequah Chief Mine pollution?; After 18 years of bagels, Juneau's Silverbow Bakery to close Oct. 4 Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Arguments open in landmark Ketchikan schools case; Public testimony extended on city discrimination ordinance; Anchorage Assemblywoman savors White House embrace; Legislative council prepares for next phase of Medicaid expansion lawsuit; Reducing food waste to feed hungry Alaskans; AIDEA inches closer to choosing an Interior fuel supplier; Smooth sailing so far for MV Susitna sale; Cruise ship nearly doubles the population of Unalaska (for a day) Download Audio

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015

Feds settle class-action lawsuit with tribes for $940M; Bethel attorneys add Outside muscle to class-action suit against GCI; In the arms race of internet speed, GCI pulls ahead; Anchorage anti-discrimination ordinance up for revision; Money in hand, Denali Commission looks where to spend; More than ink: Traditional tattoos roar back in Alaska; Too close for comfort? Chilkoot bears lure tourists; Study: Fast-growing skeeters threaten caribou herds Download Audio