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Fire marshals are on the scene in Bethel investigating the Kilbuck campus fire. They’re photographing the site, talking with the fire department, and interviewing witnesses, trying to assess the damage and cause of the destruction.Download Audio

A subsistence harvest of the Emperor goose, which had been proposed for the spring of 2016, is being put off another year.Download Audio

Ketchikan’s animal shelter has gotten some relief in recent weeks after rescuing more than 40 animals from one home in early October.Download Audio

Emergency responders in Bethel have a raging school fire under control, but not before it caused substantial damage to the building. Download Audio

Video shows Sitka teen hog-tied, tasered repeatedly in Sitka jail; Alternate suspect Jason Wallace testifies at Fairbanks 4 hearing; SecDef talks to Fairbanks servicemen on drawdown, suicide; With icy roads afoot, APD responds to 87 collisions; Museum of the Aleutians reopens; Director reprimanded; Sitka keeps Alaska Bulk Water afloat with 6th contract extension; In Juneau, Filipino community stays connected over radio wavesDownload Audio

For nearly a decade, Alaska Bulk Water Incorporated has been setting up shop in Sitka – at the site of the city’s once pulp mill. The former bottling company is trying to send raw water to customers around the world, from drought stricken California to beer manufacturers in Mexico. Not a single drop has been exported so far, but the Sitka Assembly is offering the company another chance to deliver on their promises

Most people recognize Vern Halter as an Iditarod musher with plenty of top 10 finishes in the Last Great Race and a first place victory in the Yukon Quest. He’s also a lawyer born, raised and educated in South Dakota, and he's been an Alaskan since 1977. He’s served six years on the Mat-Su Borough Assembly. Now he’s the mayor of the fast-growing Mat-Su. On the next Hometown Alaska, we’ll get to ask him all kinds of questions about the challenges ahead.KSKA: Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.Listen Now:

In a report released Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says in 2014 commercial fishermen landed about 9.5 billion pounds of seafood in the United States, including 5.7 billion pounds here in Alaska.

https://youtu.be/fp_rops2wKUMany conversations about suicide only focus on prevention and looking for the warning signs. But what if a suicide has already happened? How do we talk about it publicly and privately in healthy, supportive ways? During this week’s show we’ll discuss the media coverage of recent suicides, like the death at AFN, and how to have community conversations about such deaths.KSKA: Fri., Oct. 30, at 2:00 p.m. & Sat., Oct. 31, at 6:00 p.m. KAKM: Fri., Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. & Sat., Oct. 31, at 6:00 p.m.Listen Now:

Royal Dutch Shell has announced its quarterly financial results. They're not good, and Shell’s dry hole in the Chukchi Sea is just one factor.Download Audio