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Tom Huddleston of Copper Center (Photo by Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage)

49 Voices: Tom Huddleston of Copper Center

This week we're hearing from Tom Huddleston in Copper Center. Huddleston owns and operates the Copper Center lodge, which has been in his family for 70 years since they bought it from the Mt. Edgecumbe school. Listen now

A red trash truck next to a pink trash can on an overcast day

Pink trash cans bring curbside composting to Anchorage

Pink refuse bins have made an appearance in Anchorage this summer, but they're not for trash. They're part of Solid Waste Services' curbside pick-up program for compost. Listen now

West Valley High School student Megan Booysen holds one of the earthworms (Bimastos rubidus) she collected last summer at sites around Fairbanks. Her research has been published in a July issue of the Biodiversity Data Journal. (Photo taken by Megan Booysen. Used courtesy of UAF)

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018

Alaska Permanent Fund grew by more than $6B in fiscal year; New roads in the Tongass? Forest service signs off on state’s ask; State Climate Action Leadership Team meets in Anchorage; Congressman Young addresses Native issues, gun violence at forum; Group of tourists pledges to cancel trips to Alaska if Murkowski confirms SCOTUS nominee; Earthworm species found by Fairbanks high school student may be native to Interior; ANSEP hosts first program in Y-K Delta; Largest shipment of Yup’ik artifacts in the world arrives in Quinhagak; Six Y-K Delta communities clean up household waste with help from Donlin Gold; When prisoners own the store, everyone profits Listen now

New roads in the Tongass? Forest service signs off on state’s ask

On Thursday, the U.S. Forest Service announced it signed an agreement with the state -- officially kicking off that process. Listen now

Tasha Kahele is a native Hawaiian and owner of Lei's Poke Stop in Anchorage. (Emily Russell/Alaska Public Media)

National chain forces native Hawaiian to drop “Aloha Poke” from Anchorage restaurant

Tasha Kahele is a native Hawaiian. In April, she opened Aloha Poke Stop. Then in May, she got a letter from a Chicago-based chain demanding she change her restaurant's name. Listen now

Congress authorizes six icebreakers in Pentagon bill

The nation's annual defense policy bill cleared Congress Wednesday with a pay raise for the troops and a provision allowing up to six icebreakers. Listen now

Plant physiologist Alistair Rogers standing by a warming chamber on the tundra close to Utqiaġvik. The experiment is part of a larger project run by the Department of Energy to collect data on natural processes in order to better predict how the Arctic will be affected by climate change. (Photo by Ravenna Koenig/ Alaska’s Energy Desk)

Experiments in Northern Alaska seek to improve projections for a changing Arctic

"What we’re trying to do is make better predictions so that we can basically provide policy-makers with more useful, actionable information." Listen now

The state of Alaska will hold primaries Aug. 21, which includes nine gubernatorial candidates and Alaska U.S. Representative seat. (Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media)

Here's what you need to know before voting in the August primary

Voting may seem simple enough. You head to your precinct, fill out your ballot and feed it through a machine, but the scenarios election workers face at the polls can get a lot more complicated. Alaska Public Media headed to a poll worker training in Anchorage to learn the ins and outs of voting in Alaska ahead of the August primary. Listen now

Teenage music video producers Arturo Rodriguez, AJ Hoyle, Keegan Kanan, Bradley Dybdahl, Marcel Cohen and Kenndra Willard pose with Will Kronick from the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Juneau teens rap about Tlingit culture in new bilingual music video

The song features rhymes about picking blueberries, Southeast Alaska and smoking "a fat pound of salmon." Listen now

Still from "Streets to Success" video with Gogo and Dash Togi, a part of a Covenant House Communities Thrive Challenge. The video is to support Covenant House Anchorage's bid for a Chan Zuckerberg Communities Thrive Challenge.

Strengthening the safety net under homeless teens

We'll host the Covenant House executive director Alison Kear, along with at least two homeless or formerly homeless youth, to hear their stories. What are the risks for a teen who is homeless? What obstacles exist for a young person to overcome homelessness? How does mental and physical health play into this picture?Thanks for listening!

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