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Leaked climate report warns of rapid warming in Alaska, Arctic; US Senate passes marine debris bill; Fish and Game to shut down Southeast commercial and sport king fishing; Fuel tanker wreck closes Yukon section of Alaska Highway; Walker receives national attention as example for politico independents; Interior temperatures to drop this weekend; YK Delta tribes sign treaty, forming Nunavut provisional government; GCI launches cell tower near Coldfoot; Douglas Indian Association tours T’aaḵu Kwáan territory; Anchorage Parks and Recreation builds new community garden plots to keep up with demand Listen now

A bill targeting plastic waste in the ocean and other marine debris cleared the U.S. Senate last week. Sen. Dan Sullivan sponsored it, with support from right and left. Listen now

The village of Angoon’s drinking water comes from a lake held up by a beaver dam. That might sound sketchy. But the beavers are one of reasons the city has public water. Not all Alaska towns do. Listen now

Trump administration signals it could open more of the Arctic to drilling; Witness hearings start Monday in F/V Destination investigation; Drue Pearce appointed to US pipeline safety agency; With a few weeks to go, Alaska schools are short 245 educators; PenAir files for bankruptcy protection as CEO promises to refocus on Alaska routes; In Angoon, a rural water system is built with the help of beavers; More than $100,000 raised for injured Anchorage firefighter; Firefighters work to extinguish Chistochina Fire; Teaching the next crop of whale entanglement responders; Norton Sound salmon arrive in high numbers, save for kings; Forest Service could delay Wrangell contaminated soil move Listen now

On top of Alaska’s regular recruitment challenges, the Lower 48’s economy is strong, its supply of teachers short, and educators’ salaries are on the upswing. Listen now

An Anchorage firefighter badly hurt during training is making progress in a Colorado hospital amid an outpouring of support from Alaska. Listen now

Here’s the Sunday, August 6th, 2017 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.

While Sen. Murkowski was in the national spotlight for defying her party on health care, Sen. Sullivan, stuck to the party line and attracted little attention. The two senators vote opposite each other more than most Republican pairs from the same state. Listen now

Today, the trans-Alaska pipeline carries a quarter of what it did in its heyday.

August 10 is a state-designated day to celebrate and learn about Alaska Wild Salmon. Join us with your own salmon tales as we talk with a policy maker who has been both a commercial and sport fisherman, a scientist studying the aquatic ecology on the Kenai River, and a subsistence fisherman and advocate from Dillingham. LISTEN HERE