Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Murkowski Says Obama Plans 3 Gut Punches to Alaska Economy This Week; Aleutian Sanctuary Proposal Stalls Out; Subsistence Community Allowed To Use Set Gillnets On Kenai, Kasilof Rivers; Fish Commissioner Names New Habitat Director; Bristol Bay Sockeye's Prey Quality Affected By Ocean Temperature; Foraker Says Bethel Residents Out-Give Urban Alaskans; Business Leaders Meet For Innovation Summit; Two Indicted After Break-In at Sand Point Post Office; Family Worried About Missing Ketchikan Man; Mushers Hand Off Their Drop Bags In Anticipation Of 2015 Yukon Quest Download Audio

This week, we're heading to Lower Kalskag – a community of about 250 people on the Kuskokwim River. Janet Evan is the city clerk in Lower Kalskag. Download Audio

McGuire Introduces Bill To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol; Anchorage Assembly Addresses Potential Army Downsizing; Walker Names Transportation Commissioner; Walker Outlines Plans For Budget Cuts; Murkowski, Sullivan Agree Climate is Changing but Split on Naming Cause; XS Platinum Agent Doesn’t Appear at Arraignment; ARCTREX Tests Arctic Oil Spill Tracking Techniques; AK: Rescue Training; 300 Villages: Lower Kalskag Download Audio

Walker Names National Guard Special Investigator; Sen. Sullivan Starts Committee Work; Bill Streur Hired As Medicaid Budget, Expansion Consultant; Healthcare.gov Navigators See Steady Enrollment As Deadline Approaches; Juneau Hiker Who Freed Trapped Eagle Due In Court Today; Faced With Marijuana Money Puzzle, Legislators Curious About A State-Run Bank; Mat-Su Borough Establishes Marijuana Advisory Committee; Experiment Looks for Slow Earthquakes Under Unalaska; Scientists, Fishermen Test Strategies To Reduce Trawl Bycatch Download Audio

Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Coordination; Gov. Walker To Deliver State of the State Tonight; Board of Fisheries Chairman Resigns; Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Casts Off; Tongass Advisory Council Meeting In Juneau; APU Set To Develop 65 Acres Of Endowment Lands; Rain Causes Flooding, Evacuations in Ketchikan; Park Service Considers Banning Some Pack Animals; New Play Explores Homelessness In Juneau Download Audio

Alaska's 29th Legislature Gavels In; Walker Adds More Commissioners To Cabinet; Senate Finance Considering Bringing On Former Commissioners As Consultants; Sen. Sullivan Weighs In On Potential State of the Union Topics; Murkowski Named Chairman Of Interior Subcommittee Of Appropriations Panel; Bill Would Set Up Compensation Program For Wrongfully Convicted; Alaska Center for Alternative Lifestyles Prepares To Open Its Doors; Walker Halts Demolition In Anchorage Neighborhood; Lack Of Snow Could Again Send Iditarod Start To Fairbanks; Eaglecrest Suspends Lift Operations Due To Lack Of Snow; People With Disabilities Find Independence Through Skiing Download Audio

Gov. Walker Outlines Priorities For Legislative Session; With Focus On Budget, Social Issues May Be Left Behind; How Will The Keystone XL Pipeline Affect The Future Of Alaska's Crude?; Environmental Groups Support EPA's Proposal on Chemical Dispersant Use; Lonnie Dupre Returns Safely From Historic Denali Climb; Bethel’s Pete Kaiser Wins Kuskokwim 300 Download Audio

This week, we're heading to Sleetmute, a small community east of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River. Gladys Fredericks is the Tribal Council President in Sleetmute. Download Audio

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases; Alaska's Appeal On Hold; Legislators Prefile 23 More Bills; As Work Continues On Spending Plan, Walker To Revive State Of The Budget Address; Mat-Su Borough Ponders Legal Pot; A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale; Kuskokwim 300 Mushers Ready to Race on Ice; AK: Starring; 300 Villages: Sleetmute Download Audio

Board Reverses Suspensions Of Former-Sen. Stevens Prosecutors; Anchorage Democrats Push Bills Combating Sexual Assault, Retaliation in National Guard; Plunging Oil Prices Cast Doubt on Arctic Drilling; Anchorage Tourism Numbers Up, Expected To Continue; Small Businesses Struggle To Comply With Health Insurance Requirement; Landbank Lawsuit Aimed at USACE Regs; Governor Names New Deputy Labor Commissioners; UAS Closes Bookstore, Prepares For Tight Budget Times; Klawock Couple Plans Halftime Wedding Download Audio

In Underground Rooms, Sullivan's Senate Office Takes Shape; UAF Anticipates Cutting Over 200 Jobs; About 16,000 Alaskans Sign Up On Healthcare.gov; Over 40,000 Earthquakes Detected In 2014; How Safe Are Alaska’s Pedestrians?; Anchorage Measure Will Tax Alcohol to Pay For Treatment and Services; New Regulations Unlikely To Change Coal Ash Disposal In Alaska; Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race Postponed Download Audio

Habitat Director Out, As Walker Administration Shifts Approach To Permitting; Meyer Decides Against Pierre Contract For Press Work; 'Hire More Heroes Act' Passes U.S. House Unanimously; State's New Attorney General Outlines Department's Challenges; Placer Mining Big Business in Alaska, Report Finds; Forest Service Proposes Mendenhall Glacier Fee Increase; Path Cleared Through Kuskokwim Ice Jam For K300; Elim Celebrates Elder’s 100th Birthday Download Audio

Transportation Commish Ousted Following Defense Of Project; Young, Credited With Effectiveness, Says Personality is Part of his M.O.; Lonnie Dupre Becomes First Ever January Denali Soloist; Juneau Assembly Considers Moratorium On Legal Pot Shops; Anchorage Legislators Consider Ways To Cut Capital Costs; Adak Fish Plant Seeks Additional Operators; News-Miner to Begin Requiring Electronic Subscriptions for Frequent Online Visitors; Ice Sculptures Take Shape In Downtown Anchorage Download Audio

Lawmakers Begin Releasing Prefiled Bills; Halcro Files Letter Of Intent In Anchorage Mayor's Race; Juneau Resident In Paris During Attack On Charlie Hebdo Magazine; Mat-Su Borough Seeks Railroad Funds; Blue Crest Plans New Onshore Wells, LNG Shipments; Alaska Skiers Placing Well In National Championships; AK: The Art of Medicine; Essay: The Experience Of An Art Model Download Audio

Is SB21 Working?; Chugiak Lawmaker Proposes Legislature Move; On Murkowski's First Day Chairing Energy Committee, Panel Passes Keystone Bill; UAF To Field Wildfire Crew; Petersburg’s New Superintendent Resigns; An LGBTQ Renaissance In Juneau; Early Study Shows Surprising Optimism Among Homeless Alaska Natives Download Audio

Walker Purges Gasline Board, Rejects Confidentiality Agreement; Gov. Walker Meets With DC Officials; Murkowski: Keystone XL Pipeline Worth Fighting For; Canadian Archipelago Likely To Become Important Polar Bear Conservation Region; Poor Air Quality Raising Health Concerns In Fairbanks; Despite Spending Freeze, Juneau Access Road Effort Continues; EPA, Alaska DEC Crews Cleaning Up Richardson Highway Diesel Spill; Pajinag Takes The Reins Of Front Street Community Health Center; Touring A Historic Anchorage Building Download Audio

Alaska's New U.S. Senator Takes the Oath; Ousted Military Affairs Official Returns As Senate Media Strategist; Muñoz To Reintroduce Bill Adding Sexual Orientation To Anti-Discrimination Law; Aleut Enterprise To Pay Over $1 Million In Adak Fuel Spill Settlement; Pick. Click. Give. Donations Up, Number Of Donors Taper; Draft Juneau Economic Plan Released; Illegal Dumping On State Land Draws Prosecution, Fines; Alaska Centenarians In National Photo Project Download Audio

Special Investigator Planned To Look Into National Guard Allegation; Sullivan Takes Oath Tomorrow, Rep. Young Misses First Week Due to Death of Brother; Legacy of Bar Break Violence Haunting Downtown Business Development; Blindingly Bright ‘Moose Lights' Worry Troopers – But They're Legal, Unregulated; State Closes Bethel DEC Office; Post-Holiday Lull Means Less Public Attention For Homeless Needs; Local Filmmaker to Document Cook Inlet Trek Download Audio

Traffic Deaths Jump To Highest Level Since 2007; Walker Plans To Stick To Marijuana Implementation Schedule, But Other Delays Still Possible; Over $63 Million Worth Of Marijuana Sold In Washington State In 2014; New Charges Filed In Homer Sexual Assault Case; Prince William Sound Black Cod Fishermen Likely Facing Lower Harvest Limits; Delta-area Birders Spot Species New to Interior During Christmas Bird Count; Ambler Road Would Have Mixed Impact on NW Arctic Caribou; AK: Puppet Town; 300 Villages: Kasaan Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to Kasaan, located in Southeast Alaska on Prince of Wales island. The coastal Native village is home to the oldest Haida building in the world. Frederick Otilius Olsen Junior is from Kasaan. Download Audio