HOUR 1
- Pigs are not as big this year because of COVID and the Ukraine War / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/only-2-contestants-in-big-boar-contest-expensive-feed?
- First Native American women to go to space for NASA / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62581401?
- Alaska State Troopers to start wearing body cams / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/08/18/alaska-troopers-receiving-funds-purchase-body-worn-cameras/
- Brian Renfro was sentenced to 75 years in prison for the murder of David Grunwald / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/08/17/last-accused-grunwald-murderers-sentenced/
- Alaska's budget surplus shrinks with falling oil prices / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/08/18/alaska-budget-surplus-shrinks-with-falling-oil-prices/
- Gary in East Anchorage on the Grunwald defendants' sentencing and Alaska is one of the biggest welfare states in the nation
- Ranked Choice Voting loved and hated in Alaska / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/08/17/ranked-choice-voting-in-first-test-in-alaska-is-already-under-attack/
HOUR 2
- Alaska State Fair morale remains high despite the forecast for rain / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/08/19/persistent-rain-unable-dampen-vendor-morale-preparations-continue-alaska-state-fair/
- Weather report for the next 10 days / (Weather) https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/Anchorage+AK?
- Adam Holz from Focus on the Family's "Plugged In" with movie reviews
- Dave Stieren from Gov Mike Dunleavy's Office