Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Two Anchorage lawmakers stood outside Barnes & Noble in Midtown Anchorage today, gathering signatures for the referendum to repeal Gov. Sean Parnell’s oil tax overhaul. The bill narrowly passed at the end of this year’s legislative session. It’s expected to lower taxes on oil companies by hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Download Audio

White House Releases Arctic Strategy; APICDA Searches For Ferry To Serve Pribilof Islands; Copper River School District Shutting Down; Some Legislators Assisting Effort To Repeal New Oil Tax Bill; BBNC, Millrock Agree To Mineral Exploration On BBNC Land; Final Piece Of Steel In Place At The Alaska Airlines Center; UAF Cancels Popular Recycling Program; AK: Going Bald; 300 Villages: Arctic Village Download Audio

How Much Are Hospitals Charging? How Much Is Medicare Paying?; Arctic Scientists Take On ‘Emerging Research Questions’; City, Borough Officials Of Juneau Keeping Track Of Marketplace Fairness Act; Alaska Native Fisheries Group Wants Fair Share; Land Exchange Between Fairbanks Borough, Local Resort Hits Snag; Biologists Release Numbers For Spring Wolf Count In Denali National Park; Police Break Up Eagle Party At Unalaska Safeway; King Island Community Members Hope To Return To Bering Sea Island Download Audio

Bethel Cop Charged With DUI At Police Shooting Scene; State Leases Nearly 150,000 Acres To Oil, Gas Developers; Federal Government Targets 50 Legacy Wells For Clean-Up; How Much School Can A Student Miss; Public Speaks Out On Public Testimony Ordinance; Frank Murkowski Lays Blame On Environmentalists; Southeast Village Native Corporation Looks To Export Cultural Tourism Expertise; Hundreds Gather For Shakes Island Clan House Rededication Download Audio

Eagle Residents Prepare As Breakup Draws Near; Energy Providers Gather To Discuss Costs; Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Welcomes U.S. Energy Bounty; Anchorage Denies AO37 Referendum, Next Stop, Court; New Film Covers Former Governor Wally Hickel; Fairbanks Utility Applies To State For Service Area; Alaska Cultural Connections: Whaling

Signature Collection Starts For Oil Tax Referendum; Court Clarifies Order To Redistricting Board; Weak Chinook Returns Expected For Yukon River; Crowley, UIC Form Joint Venture In Arctic; Canister Containing Toxic Compound Washes Ashore Near Kodiak; Delta-Area Farmer Determined To Rebuild After Fire Wipes Out Poultry Barn; Sealaska Canoe Lost En Route To Wrangell; Southeast Inter-Island Ferry Authority To Run Short On Cash; Alaska Cultural Connections: Los Anchorage Download Audio

This week, we’re going to Thorne Bay, a community on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast. Dana Allison is a receptionist at Thorne Bay City Hall. Download Audio

Congress Looking At Sealaska Lands Bill; Bill Walker To Run For Governor; Ruling Favors One Of ‘Fairbanks 4’; Students At Alaska Pacific University Research Big Fisheries Questions; Spring Whaling Begins In Arctic; Native Youth Olympics Kick Off In Anchorage; Juneau Reaches Out To Nearby Communities, Neighbor To Neighbor; Sitka Library Receives Heartfelt Donation Download Audio

Work To Move Forward On Susitna-Watana Dam; Anchorage School District Dissolving Girls Hockey Program; Senators Dine With President, Enjoy Alaska’s Finest; Greenpeace Searching For Arctic Whistleblowers; Alaska Villages Cope With Treated-Water Shortages; Coastal Caucus Gives Rural Senators More Clout; Autopsy Leaves Unanswered Questions In Fairbanks Man’s Death; Students ‘Resilient’ In The Fight Against Meth; First Cruisers Of Season Find Kodiak ‘Courteous’; Audio Postcard: Ninja Captures Mooing Rhinos Download Audio

Shell’s Arctic ‘Beer Can’ Passes Federal Test In Puget Sound; After Quiet Change To State Rules, An Unintended Parking Holiday In Many Cities; First Cast Of Rabies Reported In Interior Alaska; Senate Mulls Renaming Mount McKinley, Again; Ferry System Phases Out Nature Interpreters; ANSEP Program Partners With Mat-Su School District; Alaska Cultural Connections: Growing Up Download Audio

Air Traffic Controller Furloughs Begin; Alaska Film Subsidy Draws Legislative Scrutiny; Two Deaths In Kodiak Harbors Under Investigation; Pitkas Point Man Dies In Snowmachine Crash; Bethel Residents Hold Rally For Subsistence Rights; Alaska Cultural Connections: Dying In Rural Alaska; Decision Day For Sitka’s School District Budget; Family Makes Progress On 800-Mile Trek Around Cook Inlet Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to the community of Diomede, in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia. Michele Kulukhon is from Diomede. Download Audio

Begich’s Gun Law Vote Draws Group’s Criticism; Joe Miller May Pursue Senate Seat In 2014; Bethel Farm Grows Crops Despite Cold; Silver Bay Seafoods To Enter Bristol Bay In 2014; King Salmon Fishing Restricted On Many Cook Inlet-Area Rivers; Draft Southeast Sea Otter Population Assessment Out; NOVA Producer Brings ‘Art of Science Television to Fairbanks; AK: Talent Scouting; 300 Villages: Diomede Download Audio

Vaccinations To Stifle Rise In Whooping Cough; Bethel Court Hears Closing Arguments Of Subsistence Fishermen; Not All Legislators Agree On Session Length; Researcher Looks At Climate Change Effects On Alaska’s Snow Regime; Sitka Man Gives Medal To Fellow Boston Marathoner; ‘Beyond the Bear’ Recounts Horrific Mauling Download Audio

U.S. Senate Votes Down New Gun Control Regulations; Treadwell Uneasy On Arctic-Wide Oil Policy; Oxycodone Pills Seized at Anchorage Airport; Hilcorp, Aurora Outline Cook Inlet Drilling Plans; Seward, CDQ Working On Plan For New Harbor; OB Services Reborn At Sitka Hospital; Tlingit-Haida Central Council Holding 78th Annual Tribal Assembly; Metlakatla Woman Gears Up For Miss Indian World Competition; Antique Ski Donated To Fairbanks North Star Borough Download Audio

Review Clears 2 APD Officers In Fatal Shooting; Hall Wins West Anchorage District By 500 Votes, Labor Referendum Denied; Politicians Split On How To Judge New Oil Tax System; Legislature Adjourns Before Acting On Voter ID Bill; JBER Soldier Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Espionage; Former Juneau Mayor Remembered For Work In Capital Move Fight; Author Stabenow Plans To Build Writers’ Retreat; Eclectic Groups Take Stage At Alaska Folk Festival Download Audio