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The Schwoerer family is sailing around the world educating people about climate change for ToptoTop Organization. Photo (Photo courtesy of TopToTop)

Swiss family sails around the world for climate change

The Pachamama Band, also known to a few as the Schwoerer family singers, are all members of one Swiss family that has been living at sea for the past sixteen years. They’ve been sailing around the world in a boat called Pachamama, educating people about climate change and re-strengthening humanity’s relationship with nature.

Military's $4B moving program keeps climbing -- and no one knows why

Even as the nation draws down the size of the armed forces, taxpayers continue to pay for a relocation program that's shooting far over inflation. And there are no plans for reform.

Water diverted from the Tanana River main channel by an ice dam in January blew away vegetation, gouged out the slough and washed away much of the bank at the foot of a ridge where Tom Gorman built his home. (Photo courtesy of Tom Gorman)

Small dam on slough helps Big Delta man protect his home along Tanana River

Big Delta resident Tom Gorman said a small dam he built earlier this year to protect his home from the meandering Tanana River held steady over the past couple of weeks as the river rose to near-flood level, due to recent rains. Gorman now hopes the river falls quickly enough to allow him to finish work on the dam before snow flies. Listen now

Traveling Music 8-7-16

Traveling MusicShonti Elder8-7-16 Upcoming concerts: Saturday, August 13, Irish Club of Alaska presents Galway Days.Free music and vendors on the lawn of…

A view of Ketchikan from the top of the Edmonds Street stairs. Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly voted to postpone measures on a retail marijuana tax and a sales-tax cap increase during session Monday. (Photo courtesy of the state)

Ketchikan assembly postpones vote on retail marijuana tax, sales tax cap measures

After lengthy discussion Monday, two tax items on the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly agenda each were postponed: an increase to the sales tax cap and a tax on retail marijuana.

Ninilchik Traditional Council employees, Darrel Williams and Daniel Reynolds picking the tribe's subsistence net on the Kenai River in the federal waters of the Moose Range Meadows on Saturday, July 30. (Photo by Daysha Eaton, KBBI - Homer)

Ninilchik tribe sets net in Kenai River

The Ninilchik Traditional Council has for years been seeking approval to use a more effective method for catching their subsistence allocation of sockeye salmon on the Kenai River and late last week, they got that opportunity. Listen now

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Denali National Park road partially re-opened after large mudslide

The National Park Service is partially re-opening the road into Denali National Park where a large mudslide crossed it near mile 67, west of the Eielson Visitors Center on Saturday. Listen now

Patrick Saltonstall holds Alutiiq knife. (Photo courtesy of Alutiiq Museum & Archeological Repository)

Knife discovered at Kodiak Community Archaeology site

The Alutiiq Museum’s Community Archeology program led to the discovery of a knife this week. Listen now

Wood River sockeye are pictured in this June 2016 photo. (Photo by KDLG Staff)

Northern Alaska Peninsula has strong 2016 sockeye returns

The sockeye salmon run returning to the Stikine River near Petersburg and Wrangell was predicted to be good, but it’s turning out to be even better than expected. Listen now

Night Music: July 30, 2016

Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format:TitleArtist / Composer (if known or if…

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