Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Martin Buser is maintaining his lead, checking into Rohn at 9:53 a.m. Monday. Matt Failor, who is also running a team of Buser's dogs, is in second place, approaching the halfway point between Rainy Pass and Rohn.

This week we’re heading to a northern part of Alaska’s Pandhandle, Haines. The community of over 1800 people is a gateway between the U.S. and Canada. Daniel Lee Henry is a long time community member in Haines.

U.S. Court Of Appeals Upholds Polar Bear Listing; JBER Commander Anticipating Sequester Cuts; Anchorage Braces For Sequestration Impacts; Legislature Considers Shaving Money From Early Education Programs; North Slope Villagers File Suit Against Army Corps Of Engineers; Tribes Get Larger Voice At AFN With Bylaw Change; Superior Court Decision Could Impact Water Protection Statutes; AK: Rookie; 300 Villages: Haines

Parnell Says No To Federal Money For Medicaid Expansion For Now; King Cove Residents Push Salazar On Izembek Road; Governor’s Oil Tax Proposal Progressing Through Senate; Union Workers Testify Against Ordinance; Officials Discuss Lack Of Affordable Senior Housing; Huslia Program Gets Kids Mushing; Fundraiser Puts Juneau’s Empty Chair Project Near Goal

Shell Suspending 2013 Drilling Season; NOAA Tracking North Pacific Storms; Redistricting Board Awaiting U.S. Supreme Court Decision; Senate Committee Considering Bill Defining ‘Medically Necessary’ Abortions; Yakutat Seeking Wave Power; 15 To Be Inducted Into Alaska Women’s Hall Of Fame; Bikers Break Previous Iditarod Trail Invitational Record

A 727 Fed Ex plane landed at Merrill Field near downtown Anchorage at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. The cargo company donated the plane to the University of Alaska Anchorage’s aviation maintenance program. It will be housed at Merrill Field.

Sequester Would Cut NPS Budget By 5 Percent; JKT: Representing District Is ‘Deeply Personal’; Legislature Considering Chinook Research Fund; Rising Number Of Alaskans Predicted To Be Affected By Future Flooding; 727 Lands At Merrill Field In Anchorage; Nick Golodoff, Author Of “Attu Boy,” Dies At 77;

State House Passes Gun Bill; 5,000 Alaska Department of Defense Workers Could Be Furloughed In Sequester; New Crude Oil Agreement Signed Between State, Flint Hills; Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins Make History At World Championships; First 6 Cyclists Check Into Winterlake Lodge Checkpoint On Iditarod Trail Invitational; Chinese, NOAA Dismantle Pirate Fishing Vessels; Alaska Cultural Connections: Family

This week we’re heading to the tiny Southeast community of Port Alexander. The village of just 62 people is on the south end of Baranof Island. Robin Griggs teaches school there.

Kwethluk Residents Say Barge May Be Tainting Waterhole; Interior Department Finalizes NPR-A Plan, Creates Pipeline Corridor; Constitutional Delegate Wary Of Education Funding Amendment; Kookesh’s Family Says He’s Doing Better; Selle-Rea Responds To Settlement; WMC Board On Privacy; Children’s Author Jean Rogers Dies; AK: Judge Jamming; 300 Villages: Port Alexander

Coast Guard Clears Kulluk To Depart For Unalaska; Task Force Report Reveals Ways To Help Victims Of Sex Trafficking; Senator Murkowski Outlines Off Shore Revenue Sharing Plan; Lawmaker Pushes Photo ID For Voters; Labor Slams Ordinance At Work Session, Public Testimony Next; AVCP Wants Tribes To Be Able To Prosecute Non-Members; Alaska Permanent Fund Hits All-Time High; Power Back On In Tuluksak; Alaska House Passes Resolution Opposing Genetically Engineered Salmon; Legislation Proposed To Clean Up Derelict Vessels

Power has been out in the village of Tuluksak the past few days. The village is located 50 river miles upstream of Bethel.

Power Out In Tuluksak; Bypass Mail Likely Target Of Postal Reform Bill; School Voucher Resolution Will Be Heard In Judiciary, Finance Committees; Fish & Wildlife To Survey WWII Debris, Contamination On Attu; Alaska Innovators Share Success Stories; Tanana Chiefs Conference Discusses Yukon Chinook Stocks; Domesticated Salmon Research Topic Of Discussion At Boston Meeting

APD Officers Shoot, Kill Suspect; Cruise Ship Waste Water Bill Goes To Gov. Parnell; Sitka Mayor: ‘Don’t Assume, Always Hope’ For Funding; Suspect In Shooting Deaths Pleads Not Guilty; New Sealaska Land Bills Introduced In Congress; Wrangell Café Combating Hunger; Volunteers Get Food Ready For Iditarod Checkpoints; Top Chef Expected To Lure ‘Foodies’ To Last Frontier, Try Alaska Seafood

This week, we’re going to the Pribilof Island community of St. Paul, off the west coast of the state in the Bering Sea. Connie Newman is superintendent of the School District for the Pribilof Islands of St. Paul and St. George.