Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

This week we're headed 77 miles southwest of Bethel to the village of Kwigillingok. Andrew Beaver is the tribal administrator for the Native Village of Kwigillingok. Download Audio

FAA approves UAS Above JBER, New Runway Installed; Legislators Draft Drone Policy; 4 Charged With Illegally Shooting 2 Moose In Denali National Park; Ahtna Plans LNG Wells Near Glennallen; Newtok’s Relocation Effort Slowed By An Ongoing Tribal Dispute; State Tells Medevac Payment Program To Drop Alaska Members; Cause Of Late-Season Interior Rain Remains A Mystery; Juneau’s Filipino Community Raises $21,000 For Typhoon Relief Download Audio

Canadian Company Explores Possibility Of Graphite Mine; Sikuliaq Departure Delayed; Group Investigating Biomass Energy Potential; Premera Alaska Allows 5,200 Customers To Keep Insurance Plans; Breaking Up With Healthcare.gov; SEARHC Front Street Clinic Soon To Be Under New Management; Subsistence Fishermen File Brief in Appeals Court; Juneau Panel Aims To Deconstruct Racism In Alaska And Beyond Download Audio

Ice Coats Southcentral; Snow, Ice Expected Overnight; Team Rubicon To Help Kotlik Clean Up After Storm; Alaska SeaLife Center Using Resurrection Bay For Heat; Department of Defense Releases Arctic Strategy Document; Richardson Highway Speed Limit Changed To 65 Between Delta Junction, Valdez; How Fairbanks Covered JFK's Assassination; JBER Soldier Receives Soldier's Medal; AK: City Under One Roof; 300 Villages: Portage Creek Download Audio

This week we travel to southwest Alaska where Chris Carr and his wife, Leona, are the entire year-round population of Portage Creek, a speck on the map about 30 air miles southeast of Dillingham. The Carrs run a general store and a bush guiding service. Download Audio

Legislator Office Money Policy Changes; Redistricting Saga May Be Close To Ending; McGrath Skeletons Found To Be 1,000 Years Old; Family of Man Shot By Anchorage Police Sues; Amendment Would Let Military Prosecutors Handle Sexual Assault Reports; ASD Surveys Community On Budget Cuts; Organization Becoming Difficult For Fishermen, Scientists Partnerships; New Book Celebrates 25 Years of Collaborative Science; Two Bucks For A Turkey Huck Download Audio

Stebbins Resident Weather Western Alaska Storms; Tlingit Code Talkers Receive Recognition; ConocoPhillips Adding New Drill Rig To Kuparak Oil Field; Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Revises Hydro Fracking Regs; Alaska's Insurance Director Resigns; Tennis Decision Postponed, Assembly Questions Funding; Snow, Freezing Rain Headed To Anchorage; Feds Finailze Otter Use Guidelines; State Gets More Time For Fairbanks Air Quality Improvement Plan; UAF Celebrates Ted Stevens’ Birthday With New Mapping Exhibit Download Audio

Department, EPA Settle Over Outdated Wells; Anti-Pebble Group Gets Enough Signatures For Initiative; Officials Discuss Tribal Authority In Law Enforcement; Storm Weakened Tree Knocks Out Power In Fairbanks; Begich Proposing More Insurance Options For ACA; Feds Pay Alaska $19 Million For Oil, Gas Development; Without KTUU, GCI Deal, Subscribers Deal With Alternate Programming; Report Says Inhalant Abuse Declining Across Alaska; Dinner Raises $20,000 For Typhoon Relief; Worl Says Shamanism Still Influential in Tlingit Culture Download Audio

LNG Pipeline Suggests State Ownership Stake; Gov. Parnell Issues Disaster Declaration For Fairbanks Area; Kotlik Residents Move Back To Damaged Homes As Water Supplies Run Low; Judge OKs New Political Boundaries; Fairbanks Man Frustrated With Obama’s ACA ‘Fix’; Residents Tell Bethel’s Tribe King Restrictions Are Warranted; Bethel Residents Make Case For Keeping Rural Status; Fallen Tower In Willow Brings Attention To Tall Tower Regulations; Longtime Dillingham Educator Named Alaska’s 2014 Teacher of the Year Download Audio

Parnell Says Medicaid Won't Expand In Alaska; Storms Appear To Subside In Western Alaska; Thousands Of Interior Residents Still Without Power; Alaska Leaders Attend White House Tribal Nations Conference; DNR Cancels Public Meetings For Controversial Land Management Bill; AK: Tlingit Ventriloquism; 300 Villages: Kiana Download Audio

This week we head to Kiana, a village of about 350 people on the Kobuk River about 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Bertha Barr works for the village’s food distribution program. Download Audio

Obama's ACA 'Fix' Will Be Tricky To Implement In Alaska; Storms Continue Dealing Damage In Western Alaska; Bad Weather Closes Fairbanks Schools; Large Projects Aim To Reduce Railbelt Energy Costs; Livestock Owners Cope With Hay Shortage; New Report Investigates Alaska's Suicide Rates; JBER Paratroopers Prep For Wide Variety Of Missions; Solders To Begin UAV Training; Washington DC Gets Lesson In Tlingit History Download Audio

Alaska Has Few Healthcare.gov Enrollees; Murkowski Says Sequestration Jeopardizing National Defense; Bethel Filipinos Reach Their Families After Storm; Fire Damages Classroom At Bethel School; Estimated 6,000 Gallons Of Diesel Spilled From Arctic Hunter; Sitka Urges Governor To Accept Obama’s Medicaid Plan; Joe Balash Named DNR Commission; Tribal Entities Ask Feds For Overdue Contract Payments; Olympic Flame Travels By Dogsled; Fairview Residents Work To Re-Image Neighborhood Download Audio

Group Says State Taking Wrong Approach For Lowering Crime Rates; Commercial Fishermen Push Back On Proposed Setnet Ban; Groups Seek Decision On Southeast Alaska Wolves; Hultberg Resigning As Administration Commissioner; Bartlett’s Interim CEO Wants To Build Culture Of Trust, Communication; Sea Otter Hunts Increase In Southeast Alaska; Test Results In For Charcoal Tree; Life In Antarctica’s Icy Waters Download Audio

Western Alaska Communities Weather Storm; Alaska’s Filipino Community Plans Relief Efforts For Typhoon Haiyan Victims; GCI, KTUU Broadcast Agreement Expires; State Offers Free Flu Vaccinations; ‘Big Blue’ Fire Truck Departs Unalaska For St. George; Alaska Athletes Prepare For Olympic Journey; Fairbanks Speed Skater Vies For Olympic Spot; Honoring Alaska’s Unique Veterans; Commentary: Remembering America’s Veterans Download Audio

This week, we're heading to Larsen Bay, a small community on Kodiak Island. Kara Darling works for the tribal office in Larsen Bay. Download Audio

Juneau Union Members Learn How To Talk About Right-To-Work; Court Says Former Distracted Driving Law Was Unclear; Public Housing Rent Reform Set For 2014; Warmer Temperatures Delay Bear Hibernation; Gourds Fly In Bethel With Pumpkin Trebuchet; AK: Live TV; 300 Villages: Larsen Bay Download Audio

Senate Passes Anti-Discrimination Bill; Shell Oil Works To Revive Arctic Drilling Program; Groups Hail Court Ruling On Lease Sale Reviews; Rodell Named Revenue Commissioner; Salvage Efforts On Hold For F/V Arctic Hunter; Fukushima Contamination Could Reach Alaska Waters Next Year; Top 10 Things Alaskans Want To Know About Healthcare; Officials Say Dirt, Birds Doubled ML&P Project Cost; UAA Engagement Week Highlights Community; Sitka Named Alaska’s First ‘Walk-Friendly’ Community Download Audio

Measure To Combat Sexual Assault Would Limit Military Commanders’ Power; Initiative To Ban Cook Inlet Set Netting Could Be On 2016 Ballot; Fairbanksan Carries Olympic Torch At The North Pole; Education Funding Lawsuit: What If Ketchikan Wins?; Tlingit Clan Conference Focuses On Language; Sitka’s New Bear Cub Settles In; Shrine Celebrates 75 Years Of Retreats And Reflection Download Audio

Kawerak recently sent out letters to Alaska’s senators and congressmen urging them to provide aid to the two communities on St. Lawrence Island. As the letter details, residents of Savoonga and Gambell are struggling with the worst subsistence harvest on record. Download Audio