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The Alaska SeaLife Center hires a new CEO. And, the parent company of three Alaska newspapers is sold to a group of investors to avoid bankruptcy. Plus, a new program allows young readers to build confidence while connecting with a four-legged friend.

Behind a weatherproof sliding-glass door, customers of Echo Lake Meats can find the shop's newest addition. The meat-dispensing vending machine dishes out a variety of the store's products.

Our guest this week is Susan Pope, author of the new memoir "Rivers and Ice: A Woman’s Journey Toward Family and Forgiveness."

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe hosts a meeting about its plan to propose a charter school. And a study of the Homer Harbor expansion project may get funding after experiencing cuts last year, thanks to President Joe Biden’s budget.

Alaska reaches a settlement with CVS for the role the company played in the state's opioid crisis. Plus, a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District custodial worker is nominated for a national award that recognizes outstanding K-12 educators.

Federal officials approve most of Alaska’s four-year statewide transportation improvement program. The Alaska legislature proposes efforts to alleviate a shortfall of Cook Inlet natural gas, and three Homer High School seniors qualify as National Merit Scholarship finalists. Plus, a small-budget movie being filmed on the Kenai Peninsula will hold auditions this week.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District refines a tentative budget with hopes of receiving a contribution from the borough assembly. Plus, an otter pup rescued in Seldovia has a new name, and a string of bear awareness and electric fencing safety workshops will be held around the peninsula.

A Homer-based nonprofit completes work protecting wetlands around the Cooper Landing Bypass project construction area. Plus, the Cooper Landing community asks the mayor to veto a concrete batch plant lease authorized in the community, and the Borough Assembly approves a project to test out heat pumps in rural schools.

Our guest is Bjorn Olson, an Alaskan filmmaker who's currently working on a documentary about climate change impacts on the Native Tribe of Diomede.

Scientists explore how fiber optic cables could be used to detect seismic activity in Cook Inlet. Plus, a rare white raven once spotted in Kenai takes up residence in an Anchorage neighborhood.