Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Nome Remains Concerned About Fuel Oil Status, State Takes Wait And See Approach On Wilde’s Appeal, Kip Knudson Takes Over As Director Of Alaska’s DC Offices, Senate Opens Hearing On Governor’s Scholarship Program, Sea Party Spent At Least $100K On Petition Drive, Many Alaska Salmon Packers Pull Out of MSC Certification Program, Unusually Large Crack Develops In Haines Road, Mt. Edgecumbe Students Present Bowhead Whale Findings, Bear Collar Cameras Yield Interesting Findings

Legislature Gets Underway In Juneau , Coastal Management Petition Submits Nearly 34,000 Signatures, Board of Game Delays Bear Control Expansion Decision, Alaska Exports Top $5 Billion In 2011, Employers Enacting ‘Workplace Wellness Programs’, Most Bethel Schools Remain Closed, New Owners Come With New Vision For Former Pulp Mill, Fairbanks Artist Goes Big At Anchorage Airport

Petition For Coastal Management Program Receives More Than Enough Signatures, Begich Returns From Afghanistan Trip, Board of Game Approves Kenai Peninsula Aerial Wolf Hunting, Renda Begins Pumping Fuel, Copper Basin 300 Cancelled Due To Cold Temps, Impassable Trail, Anchorage Animal Control Deals With Influx Of Rescues, Alutiiq Language On The Mend, Second Superintendent Candidate Visits City , Holly Brooks Takes Three-Week World Cup Break

Wildlife Official Charged With Hunting Violations, Board of Game Meeting Carries On Amid Rossi Charges, 28 New Bills Introduced For Upcoming Session, Alaska Gas Line Passes Hurdle With Filed Reports While Federal Coordinator Office Has Layoffs, President Obama Proposes Moving NOAA to Department Of Interior, Nome Residents Waiting On Fuel Delivery, Crabbers Eye Advancing Ice, AK: A Tropical Oasis, 300 Villages: Valdez

And now its time for 300 villages. In honor of winter, we’re heading to one of the snowiest locations in the state- Valdez. The city has had a record amount of snow this year and talk with John Hozey, city manager for Valdez.

The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play changes direction when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and her health. The play draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. KSKA: Friday, 1/13 at 2:45pm

Board Of Game Will Consider Aerial Predator Control Of Bears, Michael Geraghty Named Attorney General, Renda, Healy Expect To Be Close To Nome Late Tonight , Too Much Snow To Ski, Valdez Holds Off On Declaring Emergency, Fairbanks Artist Goes Big At Anchorage Airport, Governor Announces Terra Project Completion, Taylor Brelsford Talks About Haiti Earthquake Aftermath

In the Yukon, an annual harbinger of spring may be turning into a sign of global warming. Yukon’s year round swan population is growing.

Embedded Journalists Talk About Experience With Stryker Brigade, Missile Defense Will Have Long Presence In Alaska, Clive Thomas Explains Art Of Lobbying, Price On Fuel To Be Delivered To Nome Still Unknown, Coldest Villages Paying Highest Prices For Fuel, Up To 16 Inches Of Snow Expected In Anchorage, Plows Brace For Another Big Snowstorm, Yukon’s Year Round Swan Population Growing

Judge Rules Justice Department Can’t Withhold Young Investigation Files, Legislators Prepare To Tackle Oil Taxes, Seward Highway Closed Between Bird Point, Girdwood, Winter Storm Sinks Boats In Kodiak Harbor, Weather Closes Valdez, Cordova Schools, Ft. Wainwright Soldier Killed In Afghanistan, Bethel Judge Announces Retirement, Unalaska Storm Coats Birds In Ice, Group Sends Letter Of Intent To Sue Over Wishbone Hill, MIT Sharing Unique Program

Investigating Officer Recommends Dropping Charges Against Leone, Accused Hoonah Shooter Declared Incompetent To Stand Trial, Cook Inlet Beluga Population Estimate Lower Than Previous Year , Cordova Braces For Another Storm, Renda Continues Slow Trip To Nome, Crab Tender Runs Aground In Unalaska, Chieftain Says No Road, No Mine , First of Two Superintendent Candidates Visits Anchorage, Dupre Abandons Solo Denali Ascent

New Bills Given To Legislature, Australian Company Wins Mat-Su Coal Lease Bid, Western Alaska Residents Receive State Assistance For Storm Repairs, Ft. Wainwright Training Center Named After Fallen Fairbanks Soldier, Renda, Healy Begin Moving Through Ice, AK: Sprouts, 300 Villages: Delta Junction

Still running off-Broadway and performed by special permission from the producers. A hilarious and stirring play of monologues and ensemble pieces about women, clothes, and memories covering all the important subjects. KSKA: Friday, 1/6 at 2:45pm

Top Oil CEOs Meet With Gov. Parnell In Anchorage, Hawke Says Oil Meeting A Good Beginning, Obama Outlines Military Future, Alaska: High On Toxic Releases, Redistricting Battle Goes To Trial In Fairbanks, Right Whale Sighting Unusual For Kodiak Island Waters, Renda Completes Repairs, Heads Towards Nome, Jones Act Contains Provision On Passenger Transportation

If you’re considering how to peel off some extra pounds after all those Christmas cookies and festive dinners, a young Alaskan has a simple suggestion.

Governor’s Office Gets More Time To Release Palin Emails, ‘Occupy’ Protestors Maintaining Fairbanks Presence, Kivalina Votes To Building School At New Location, Renda Departs For Nome, Nome Fuel Delivery Costly For Government Agencies, Boeing Will Continue To Operate Fort Greely Missile Defense System, Kikkan Randall Takes World Cup Silver Medal, Rehabilitated Sea Otter Released In Homer, Group Runs Across US To Raise Naturopathic Awareness

ACMP Initiative Backers Scramble To Get Signature, Russian Tanker Renda Set To Depart For Nome, Man Dies In Anchorage’s Karluk Manor, Some States, Federal Government Ponder Ocean Zoning, Legislation To Give Employers Tax Credit If They Hire A Veteran, Marge Baker Obituary, Boston-Based Firm To Help Design State Health Insurance Exchange, Sutton Residents File Complaint Against Coal Mine Development To DNR, Discovery Channel Debuts Show Set Near Homer

Russian Tanker Renda Arriving In Dutch Harbor, Kivalina Residents To Vote On New School Location, Body Found On Beach West Of Nome, Southeast Charter Halibut Size Limit May Be Eased, Groups Push For Reconsideration Of Trident Seafoods Settlement Terms, Ocean Beauty To Keep Petersburg Plant Open, State Releases 2012 Forecast For Taku River Chinook, Denali National Park Lowering Entry Fee, New Online Tool Throws ‘Career Ladder’ Idea Out The Window

This week we’re visiting the town of Houston, a small community about 50 miles north of Anchorage on the Parks Highway and talking with Houston mayor Virgie Thompson. It’s a hot spot for buying fireworks for New Year’s Eve celebrations!