Part two of our funding conversation with Sen. Bert Stedman. Good news for seniors that collect benefits. Fish and Game deals with a bear that has been killing dogs in Sitka. 

We chat with Alaska senator Bert Stedman about education funding. A fatal boating accident near Petersburg. Canoes are landing in Juneau for Celebration. 

After weeks of public outcry, the owner of a prominent Water Street property has agreed not to raise a pair of fake totem poles in front of his shops. An update on the Ketchikan businesses charged by the state with selling fake gold. A Ketchikan fugitive is arrested in Indiana. 

WISH executive director Agnes Moran has entered the race for the District 1 House seat; a Juneau inventor hopes to revolutionize tidal energy; and paddlers make their way to the Celebration festival in Juneau this week.

Grant EchoHawk has reentered the House race against his fellow Borough Assembly member Jeremy Bynum; Juneau finalizes an agreement to limit cruise passengers; and some people think wooly mammoths could one day again roam in Alaska.

Ketchikan independent Rep. Dan Ortiz discusses his decade of service in the state legislature; a grand jury indicts a man for an alleged cruise ship stabbing incident; the Sitka Assembly backs a policy to limit halibut bycatch; and the festival known as Celebration comes to Juneau next week.

Ketchikan independent Rep. Dan Ortiz announces he’s no longer seeking reelection; the Juneau Assembly considers how to proceed with lower property taxes; a new bill will help finance renewable energy projects around the state; and a Southeast Alaska group is looking for a cheaper way to get rid of trash.

A Ketchikan jeweler is sued by the state for selling fake gold. Dozens of festival goers were stranded in Haines over the weekend when an AMHS ferry broke down. A petition seeks to list Alaska king salmon as endangered. Protesters target Denali National Park over what officials say was a bogus rumor. 

The governor eyes establishing a task force to look at the states seafood industry turmoil. Solving the mystery of a shipwrecked charter vessel. 

The Ketchikan School Board recalls some pink slips. Mary Peltola attempts to tackle bycatch. A Southeast Alaska Coast Guard pilot makes his Jepoardy! debut.