Top Stories

Representatives from the Alaska Energy Authority will be on the road for the next month trying hosting town halls across the state to find out what locals know about energy in their area. Eileen Goode spoke to Steve Haagenson about the program and how they hope to turn the knowledge from these energy meetings into solutions for Alaska's energy crisis. (3:32)

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has appointed Brian Rogers its interim chancellor. KDLG's Eileen Goode spoke with UAF president Mark Hamilton about the school's selection and the unique challenges that Rogers and the eventual permanent chancellor face. (2:54)

Elaine Green thinks that locally people are often eating unhealthy foods without even knowing it. She's trying to do something about that with a multi-week vegetarian cooking program to be hosted on Tuesdays at the Seventh Day Adventist Elementary School. Eileen Goode spoke with Green about the school, food health and why even non-vegetarians have something to learn about cooking from her program. (3:27)

You may not know who Scott Hed is, but the North Dakota sports fishing enthusiast is trying to save the Bristol Bay Watershed from the dangers of large scale mineral extraction with a massive series of online actions. Eileen Goode spoke with Hed about his auctions and why he thinks the Pebble issue will be decided by things other than money. (4:50)

Leader Creek Fisheries LLC, a seafood processor in Naknek, has agreed to pay a 54,061penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Eileen Goode has more in this report. (2:50)