In one Alaskan fishing village, crime is a laughing matter. It's not the crimes that have residents chuckling so much as how they're written about. The Unalaska crime report is full of eagle aggression and intimate encounters gone awry in the Aleutian Islands.

When Sgt. Jennifer Shockley heads out on patrol each day, she's got the police blotter on her mind. Her goal is to paint a detailed picture of the town's often ridiculous crimes.

Tune in Monday night for this 1974 album from the Southern-flavored blues-rock band Little Feat, as we remember Lowell George on his birthday this Friday.  

The Motion Picture Association of America and The Weinstein Co. have finally come to an agreement: After editing some profanities, the MPAA walked back its R-rating and Bully, a documentary about school bullying, will be released on April 13 with a PG-13 rating.

Happy Birthday, Merle Haggard. 

Tune in beginning at 8pm Thursday as we feature Lovett's latest release of classic country and R&B.  It's his final release for the record label he's been with his entire 26-year, 11 album career (hence the title and cover photo.) 

Just back from a tour of the U.K., singer/songwriter/storyteller Kim Richey returns to WNCW for a set with Spencer Jones before her evening concert at The Altamont Theatre in Asheville. 

Spring means cherry, pear and apple blossoms. But in many metropolitan areas, urban foresters ensure those flowering fruit trees don't bear fruit to keep fallen fruit from being trampled into slippery sidewalk jelly.

But a group of fruit fans in the San Francisco Bay Area is secretly grafting fruit-bearing tree limbs onto those fruitless trees.

Often, an artist can be defined by his or her influences. Woody Guthrie's legacy demands instead that he be remembered for the legendary writers he influenced. Guthrie's music inspired musicians from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen, and his career as a Dust Bowl troubadour became representative of more than just American folk music.