HOUR 1

Rick and Tom talk about the weekend.

Tom highlights his nephew Jacob’s new job in Wake Island for ASR. and what it’s like on such a small (21 ft highest elevation) atoll 

Search continues for missing people in Haiti after last weekend’s earthquake / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEofZGDWloU

Taliban and heroin/opium (largest source globally) / https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2021/08/13/taliban-taking-afghanistan-drug-trade?email=tomandersonalaska@gmail.com

U.S. departure from Iraq a disaster and with loss of life, fear, and mayhem in Kabul and across the nation / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STYyDAStQgA

The Alaska State Fair starts Friday / https://www.alaskastatefair.org/site/

Law enforcement and border patrol personnel overwhelmed - former ICE Director Tom Homan responds on FOX News / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-B80Nnt3ko

HOUR 2 

President Biden to speak on Afghanistan at 11:45 AM today / https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/16/us/politics-news?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20210816&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=headline®i_id=78313692&segment_id=66373&user_id=0d6450a88091f9336b9867d8fc8d27b0#biden-afghanistan

Anchorage Golf Course getting an upgrade to prepare for the U.S. Amateur Women’s Championships next year / https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/08/16/anchorage-golf-course-get-upgrades-ahead-2022-us-senior-womens-amateur-championship/

The special session begins today in Juneau / https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2021/08/14/five-things-to-know-as-the-alaska-legislature-nears-a-special-session-on-the-future-of-the-permanent-fund-dividend/

Woodcarver Mike in Mat-Su is disgusted with the U.S. departure from Afghanistan and reminds his son was deployed there and 

Downtown Anchorage upgrades and construction phases continue / https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2021/08/15/construction-on-4th-ave-an-early-step-in-bigger-long-term-effort-to-make-improvements-to-downtown-anchorage/

Dalton in Mat-Su worries that Anchorage will never recover - and on Afghanistan, it’s a lost cause and he worries we’ll all be labeled “terrorists” by Biden’s administration 

Three injured in a plane near Beluga River crash / https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/08/15/3-hurt-following-plane-crash-near-beluga-river/

Three killed on the Parks Highway / https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/08/15/parks-highway-mile-87-closed-both-directions-following-crash/