Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Rio Tinto Gives Up On Pebble Mine; Izembek Road Issue May Be Headed To Court; Bill Increases Education Funding By $225 Million; Researchers Seek Glimpse Into Lives Of Earliest Unangan Population; Sealaska Dividends Include No Corporate Earnings; Study Investigates Potential Impacts Of Road Development On Western Arctic Caribou Herd; Kuskokwim Working Group Outlines 2014 King Salmon Restrictions; Fairbanks Sport Fish Hatchery Prepares For Second Season Download Audio

Parents Rally For Education Funding; Minimum Wage Bill Introduced Amid Sponsor Outcry; Lawmakers Shelve Controversial Permitting Bill; Deal Reached For Susitna-Watana Dam Land Access; Alaska Shield Exercise Testing Military’s Emergency Readiness; Senate Ratifies Treaties to Stop Fish Piracy; State, Feds Wrestle Over Navigable Water Control; Food Tastes Better When It’s Shared; AK: Book Club; 300 Villages: Moose Creek Download Audio

USCG Releases Kulluk Report; Rep. Young Presses Interior Secretary On Izembek Road; NMFS Clears Commercial Fishing In Sea Lion Habitat; Legislature Scraps Deal To Buy Anchorage LIO; Gov. Parnell Calls Proposal To Deal With Teacher Retirement System ‘Immoral’; KABATA Legislation Passes Senate Finance Committee; Fish & Game Cancelling Staffed Program At Bristol Bay Walrus Islands Sanctuary; Homer Man Shoots, Kills Self With Trooper’s Pistol; Wife Of Missing Mt. Marathon Racer Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit; Aleutians East Scrambles For Cheaper Link To Akutan Airport Download Audio

Tribal Judge: Bill to Improve Village Public Safety Doesn't Go Far Enough; Most Citizen Measures Could Make November Ballot; Sitka Shops For Teachers At Seattle Fair; Helicopter Improves Access To Akutan Airport, For Now; Petersen Trumps Trombley; Alaska Native Village CEOs Association Conference Addresses Land Contamination Download Audio

Alaska's Health Insurers Call Marketplace Enrollment Figures Disappointing; Feds Ask King Cove to Weigh In on Road Alternatives; Panel Proposes More Education Money, Pension Fix; Alaska Native Languages Bill Clears Final House Committee; FDA Adds Alaska Salmon Testing To Radiation Monitoring Program; Study: Forecasts For Summer Arctic Sea Ice Lack Reliability; Study Says Melting Permafrost Emitting More Carbon Than Tundra Can Offset; ‘Fairbikes’ To Open In Fairbanks; Board to Review Proposal Limiting King Salmon Fishing to Federally Qualified Subsistence Users; April Fools: Balloons Are Future Of Brown Bear Relocation Download Audio

Landmark Subsistence Decision Stands; Judge Overturns Dillingham’s Annexation Of Nushagak Bay; Fish And Wildlife To Review Southeast Alaska Wolves; Mat-Su Considers Ordinance Allowing Borough To Pay For Ballot Proposition Ads; Herring Seiners Hit Target – And Then Some – In Quick Saturday Opener; Feeling Left Out: The Health Insurance Gap In Alaska; Fairbanks Approves Credit Line For Interior Gas Utility; Bills Addressing Alaska Native Issues Get Mixed Reception Download Audio

Base Student Allocation Numbers Still Up For Debate; Senate Passes Bill To Limit Access To Certain Court Records; Boost in B.C. Mining has Alaska Fishermen Nervous; Final Days To Enroll In Health Insurance; Alaskan Author Reflects On ‘64 Quake; AK: Disaster Response; 300 Villages: Shishmaref Download Audio

Seismologists, Lawmakers Call For Earthquake Early Warning System; Gov. Parnell Asking For Investigation National Guard Sexual Assaults; Choose Respect Campaign Marches Across State; Governor Leads Valdez Choose Respect Rally; With Talk Of Minimum Wage Bill, Initiative Sponsors On Guard; Moose Derbies May Be Allowed; Mat-Su Borough Rejects Ordinance Restricting Cell Tower Construction; Unalaska Gears Up For Statewide Disaster Drill; Jim Stone Recalls 1964 Earthquake Experiences Download Audio

Court: Reinstate Tongass Roadless Rule Exemption; Murkowski Presses Demand for King Cove Road; Two Alaskans, Two Very Different Affordable Care Act Experiences; When Disaster Struck, Allen Took Care Of What He Could; The Great Alaska Earthquake: 50 Years Later; Graphite One Resources Purchases Promising Seward Peninsula Claim; Bethel’s Winter House Aims To Reduce Exposure Deaths Download Audio

House Passes Bill To End High School Exit Exam; Gasline Bill Could Include Rural Provisions; Legislature Weighs ‘Erin’s Law’; Murkowski: Clean Water Act Rule a Threat to Development; Though Earthquake Detection Has Improved, Gaps Remain; Valdez Earthquake Survivors Recall 1964 Experiences; Galena Residents Prep For Season Of Rebuilding; Archivists Rally To Keep National Archives In Anchorage Download Audio

Legislature Weighs 'Erin's Law'; Congress Subpoenas EPA For Documents About The Pebble Mine; Ex-Secretary of State Endorses Sullivan in Tight U.S. Senate Race; Exxon Valdez Memories From Alaska’s Capitol Still Fresh 25 Years Later; Survivors Reflect On 1964 Earthquake; Rural Communities Get Help With Tax Prep; Cama-i Festival Wraps Up In Bethel Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to the southeastern village of Tenakee Springs, a snowbird community, stretched along the beach of Tenakee Inlet. Don Pegues is mayor of Tenakee Springs. Download Audio

HB77 Stalls In Legislature; Canada Asks U.S. To Pay For Alaska Highway Reconstruction; Treadwell Announces Campaign Changes; Board of Fish Approves Kuskokwim Dipnetting; Alaska Railroad Celebrating 100th Birthday; Valdez Museum Prepares Commemorates 1964 Quake; AK: Didgeridoo; 300 Villages: Tenakee Springs Download Audio

Lessons From The Exxon Valdez; Judge Nixes ‘Save Our Salmon’ Initiative; ADF&G Opens Herring Fishing In Starrigavan, Katlian Bays; Alaska House Passes Izembek Road Resolution; UA President Opposed To Bill Allowing Concealed Handguns On Campus; Manokotak Honors Fallen VPSO; Nome To Make Decision On Geothermal Energy; Why Mental Illness Is The ‘No-Casserole’ Illness; Paddle Making Workshop Illuminates State’s High Suicide Rate Download Audio

The Koch Effect: Two Rich Guys Democrats Love to Hate; State Senate Passes Bill Advancing Gasline Project; Tsunami Debris Clean Up Is Slowed By Huge Volume, Rugged Terrain; What Alaska Natives Need To Know About The Affordable Care Act; Sitka Herring Fishery Could Open As Soon As Thursday; Bill Prioritizes Personal-Use Dipnet Fishing Download Audio

Legislature Debates Gasline Project; KABATA Bill Up For Consideration; With Deadline Approaching, More Alaskans Signing Up For Health Insurance; Lawmakers Urge Gov. Parnell To Keep Flint Hills Refinery In Operation; Lawmakers Mulling Anchorage Office Purchase; Red King Crab Harvest Abysmal In Bering Straits; University, State Timber Offerings Planned Near Petersburg; Heliskiing Guide Caught In Haines Avalanche Dies; DNR’s Parks Move Wood Tikchik Under Chugach Supervision; Oosik Classic Ski Race Draws Hundreds To Talkeetna Download Audio

Legislature Rejects Measure Extending Benefits To Military Same-Sex Partners; Austerman: Talks Under Way On Pension Issue; State House Condemns Statement By EPA Chief; IRS Gives a Little on Air Taxi Tax; State Files Suit Against Feds Over ANWR; Guide Critically Injured In Avalanche Near Haines; UAA Students Illuminating Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault Issues; 2014 Iditarod Trail Awards Banquet Takes Place In Nome; Nome Health Groups Hold Vaccination Drive Amid Iditarod Festivities; ‘Let The Games Begin!’ Gala Opening Ceremony Celebrates Diverse Cultures Download Audio

Ahtna Proposes New Game Management Plan; VPSOs Prepare For Possibility Of Being Armed; Senate Education Moves Governor's Education Bill; Legislature Rejects Pay Raises For Top Officials; Geoduck Dive Fishery Opens; Market Found; Juneau School Board Unmoved By Travel Ban Task Force, Public Testimony; AK: Machine Shop; 300 Villages: Hoonah Download Audio

This week we're heading to Hoonah, a small community on Chichagof Island in Southeast. Chris Erikson runs a guiding business in Hoonah. Download Audio

State Assessment Review Board Candidate Withdraws; Despite Revisions, Opposition To Permitting Bill Still Vocal; FDA Reviewing Application To Produce Genetically Modified Salmon; Feds Seeking Local Advice On Environmental Protocols; Report Finds Mixed Blame In Raid On 40 Mile Miners; Tanana Chiefs Conference President Steps Down; Anchorage Set To Host 2014 National Nordic Skiing National Championships; Health Food, Water Offered Through Petersburg School District Grant; J. Torres Encourages Young Comic Creators Download Audio