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Anchorage Republican Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux speaks on the Alaska House floor. (Photo by Skip Gray/Gavel Alaska)

Rep. LeDoux, Alaska GOP try to fill in blanks in disputed state House race

What conclusions can we draw about absentee ballots requested in the names of dead people, and whether they connect to a candidate and a consultant she hired to help her with get-out-the-vote work? Listen now

Stephanie Seber of McCarthy (Photo by Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage)

49 Voices: Stephanie Sever of McCarthy

This week we're hearing from Stephanie Sever in McCarthy. Seber is a massage therapist who moved to McCarthy in 2009 from Colorado. Listen now

Rockwell Kent centennial

Rockwell Kent was one of the most important artists to picture Alaska. And the legendary winter he spent with his son on Fox Island, in Resurrection Bay, happened 100 years ago. On the next Outdoor Explorer we’re joined by an expert on those events, and on Kent’s colorful life in general, to learn about landmarks in fine art and writing about nature that were created right here.Thanks for listening!

NASA pilots Troy Asher (left) and Mike Luallen (right) fly a Gulfstream III jet over the skies of Interior Alaska on Aug. 27th, 2018. The plane is equipped with a radar instrument that will help scientists better understand how permafrost is changing below. (Ravenna Koenig/ Alaska’s Energy Desk)

In the air with NASA: studying environmental change from 40,000 feet

There's a whole host of environmental changes the project is examining, like the severity and frequency of forest fires, insect activity and wildlife migration.

Pete Rand pulls otoliths from a pink salmon on Hartney Creek near Cordova. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/KBBI)

What risk do hatchery fish pose to Prince William Sound’s pinks?

An Alaska Department of Fish and Game study is about to take a step toward answering a question central to the debate: do hatchery fish that spawn with wild populations pose a threat to those stocks? Listen now

The inside of one of the original Government Hill Wireless Station building. "I believe the building won't be occupiable within the decade," Scher said. "So there's that added impetus to do something." (Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media)

Future uncertain for crumbling historic buildings in Anchorage

The Government Hill Wireless Station played an essential role in Alaska's history. The Station used to connect Anchor age with the rest of the world. But now, it's just three dilapidated buildings sitting in an overgrown lot surrounded by suburban homes. Listen now

Mike Dunleavy accepts the presumptive nomination as the Republican Party’s candidate for governor Tuesday night. “This is a Republican state. We need to take it back for Republicans,” he said. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

Republican Governors Association buys ads in Alaska

There’s been nearly $1.7 million in total this year in ad buys from the RGA and Families for Alaska’s Future with the Anchorage and Fairbanks network affiliates. Listen now

A group of students at an entrance to a school building

New Alaska College of Education prepares to step up teacher recruitment and retention

Among the College of Education’s new initiatives is hiring a full-time recruiter based in Juneau and expanding its role in a new teacher mentorship program. Listen now

Algo Nuevo August 26, 2018

Here’s the Sunday, August 26th, 2018 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave, send email to algonuevo@alaskapublic.org or post your comment at the bottom of this post.

Alaska nominee for US court opts out

Anchorage attorney Jonathan Katchen has withdrawn his name from consideration for a seat on the U.S. District Court bench. Listen now

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