Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Court Reaffirms Trans-Alaska Pipeline Value; Bush Pilots Hit Hard After New Interpretation Of Tax Law; Murkowski Continues To Push For King Cove Road; Ketchikan Assembly Nixes Draft Letter To Gov. Parnell; YK Delta Teen Smoking Rate Well Above National Average; Alaska Senate Opposes Creation Of Beringia International Park; Juneau Childcare Workers See Higher Wages Download Audio

Employers Struggle With Ballooning Cost Of Workers’ Comp Medical Bills; Delta Western, Employees Clash Over Unionizing; Fairbanks Assembly Votes To Participate In Education Suit; Democrats Use Driver’s License Bill As Vehicle For Gay Rights Fight; APOC Reviewing Tosi Complaint; Tok Residents Trying to Revive Biomass-Fueled Power Plant Project To Cut Energy Costs; Save Our Schools Rallying Cry Heard On Capitol Steps; Supporters Cheer Alaska Native Language Bill Download Audio

John Kerry Creating Arctic Ambassador Position; Fuel Spilled In Dalton Highway Tanker Truck Rollover; Former Alaska Territorial Governor Mike Stepovich Dies; Legislators Get Answers For Interior LNG Questions; APD Policies Now Online; Former Juneau Olympian Reflects On Experiences; AK: Cooking; 300 Villages: Little Tutka Bay Download Audio

This week we’re heading to Little Tutka Bay, a small community across the Kachemak Bay from Homer. Rick Harness owns a tourism business called Seaside Adventure; Rick is also a scuba diver. Download Audio

Who Should Pay For Public Education?; Shively Takes Aim At Recent Anti-Pebble Mine TV Spot; Senate Passes Farm Bill; Richardson Highway Reopens After Avalanche Debris Removed; Board Of Fish Contemplates Kenai River King Conservation; Cook Inlet Salmon Changes Could Benefit Mat-Su; Legislation Allows Pre-2008 Canadian Polar Bear Trophies Into U.S.; 2 Minors Charged In Illegal Musk Ox Killings; Yukon Quest Leaders Race Into Dawson City; U.S. Ski Team's Winning Formula Includes Plenty Of Fun Download Audio

North Pole Crude Refinery Shutting Down; Court Temporarily Suspends Restrictions On Medicaid-Funded Abortions; Governor Parnell Calls For Education Reform; Division of Elections Verifies Signatures On Marijuana Initiative; Richardson Highway To Reopen Wednesday; Board Of Fish Meetings Continue; Keith Hackett Settles In As UAA’s Athletic Director; APU Coach Finds His Own Recipe For International Success; Top Three Mushers Strategize As They Come And Go From Eagle Download Audio

Department of Corrections Says Some Calls Between Inmates, Attorneys; Planned Parenthood Tries To Block Abortion Regulation; Trooper’s Helo 1 Crash Still Under Investigation; Board of Fish Discussing Cook Inlet Salmon Issues; Army Seeks ‘Data Gaps’ Over Cleanups At Old Chem/Bio-warfare Site Near Greely; Tongass Democrats Nominate Kiehl, Kito, And Reardon For Kerttula’s Vacant Seat; Commission Rolls Out Arctic Strategy Plan; Stebbins Planning To Fix Long-Standing Problems Using Recovery Funds; Front Of The Pack Shapes Up On Yukon Quest Trail Download Audio

This week we’re heading to the tiny community of Lake Minchumina in Interior Alaska. Charles Draper maintains the local runway and he volunteers at the village’s library. Download Audio

Alaska Paratrooper Collapses, Dies After Jump; Desperate Renters Face Bugs, Damage; Alaskans Unhappy With Postal Service Changes; Begich Reports Bringing In About $850K In 4Q; Bill Rejecting Governor, Commissioner Pay Raises Likely To Get Senate Vote; With New Gasline Terms, TransCanada Role Evolves; Prosecutors Dismiss Case Against Former Dillingham High School Assistant Wrestling Coach; AK: Magic; 300 Villages: Lake Minchumina Download Audio

Shell Calls Off This Year’s Exploratory Drilling Plans For Alaska; Unalaska Copes With Shell’s Decision Not To Drill; Murkowski Pushes To Lift Crude Oil Exports Ban; DOT Works To Dig Out Richardson Highway; UAS Training Takes To Skies Above JBER; Department of Defense Prepares For More Arctic Activity; State Dems Introduce Legislation To Expand Medicare In Alaska; Taku River Tlingit Sue To Stop Tulsequah Mine Download Audio

Planned Parenthood Suing Over Abortion Funding Reg; Fire Destroys Fairbanks Apartment Building; Judiciary Committee Explores Omnibus Crime Bill; Bill Aims To Arm VPSOs As Danger Levels Rise; House Passes Bill Extending PILT, Alaska’s Village Safe Water Program; State of the Union Address Irks Alaska's Delegation; From Paying $1,000 A Month For Health Care To $100; Senate Panel Hears Bill On Elementary School Reading Programs; Richardson Highway Opens North Of Mile 19; Can You Guess When The Road To Valdez Will Reopen?; Baranof Goat Study Unlocks Clues To Island’s Paleo Past; Nauman May Be The Only Woman In This Year’s Yukon Quest, But She’s One Tough Rookie Download Audio

Begich Pushing To Restore Veteran Benefits; USDA Under Secretary Patrice Kunesh Visits Bethel Region; Drug Court Could Offer Jail Alternative; Temperature Records Fall Across Alaska; Warm Winter Brings Open Water To Y-K Delta; Biofuel Could Help Lessen Rural Energy Costs; NIOSH Tacking Fishing Industry Injuries; Board Of Fish Ponders Low Salmon Run Solutions Download Audio

State, Valdez Officials Assess Richardson Highway Avalanches; Hearings Begin For LNG Pipeline; Sullivan, Treadwell Address Variety of Topics At Anchorage Chamber of Commerce; Researchers Explore Polar Vortex; Admiral Ostebo Discusses Future of Port Clarence; PILT: Local Municipal Officials Hope Congress Will Fund Federal-Aid Program; Western Alaska Residents Await Disaster Relief Money; Program Could Loosen Water Pollution Regulations; Chythlook-Sifsof Left Off Olympic Roster Download Audio

This week we’re heading to Hollis, a small community on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Bill Sharpes is the fire chief in Hollis on Prince of Wales Island. Download Audio

ASD Budget Cutting Process Begins as Legislature Mulls Increasing Education Funding; Bill Could Eliminate High School Exit Exam; Legislation Introduced To Repeal State Funds For U-Med/Northern Access Road; Avalanches Close Richardson Highway; Alaska Salmon To Remain On Walmart’s Shelves; Cantwell Urges White House To Stop Alaska Pebble Mine Project, Protect Fishermen; AK: Spoken Word; 300 Villages: Hollis Download Audio

Parnell Offers ‘Choice’-Friendly School Reform Package; Legislators Not Sold On Governor’s Education Package; Court Says Chukchi Lease Sale Environmental Assessment Faulty; Residents Anxious as City Mulls Condemning Motel; Document Highlights Rural Housing Shortage; Final Fine Particulate Public Hearing Draws Large Crowd; New Science Released On How Human-Made Sounds Impact Marine Mammals Download Audio

YKHC President Retires Amid Controversy With The Board; GovTrack Completes 2013 Report Card On Congress; Admiral Ostebo Outlines USCG’s Plans For Western Alaska; Court Says Inadequate Studies Conducted Before 2008 Lease Sale; Gov. Parnell Addresses Budget, 'Choose Respect' and Education; What Is The Center For Ocean Solutions?; ‘Excluder’ Could Limit Salmon Bycatch; Proposed Setnet Initiative Heading To Court; Young And Old Turn Out To ‘Bonfire for Bristol Bay’ Rally In Dillingham Download Audio

Minority Leader Beth Kerttula To Leave Legislature; Tuck, French Address Kerttula's Departure, Legislative Priorities; Chenault, Huggins Discuss Education, Gas Line, And Fish Politics; Anchorage School District Set to Lay Off More Than 200; Is Alaska’s Economy Grounded? Download Audio

Legislature Prepares To Gavel In; Begich Takes Stand Against Pebble Mine; Thayer Named Administration Commissioner; Legislative Session Gives Juneau Businesses Temporary Boost; Alaskans Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Rohn Buser Crowned K300 Champion; With Drop Bags Delivered, Yukon Quest Mushers are One Step Closer to Race Day Download Audio

This week we’re headed to Western Alaska to the village of Hooper Bay near the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta. Fred Joseph Jr. is the tribal administrator there. Download Audio