Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Walker Continues To Fill Out Cabinet With Administration, Education Commissioners; Regional Subsistence Advisory Councils Having Trouble Filling Seats; Second Boy Reaches Deal in Illegal Brevig Mission Muskox Killings; Lance Mackey Enters 2015 Yukon Quest Field; UAF Shooting Death Ruled Suicide; North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program Sees Changes in 2015; DEC Commissioner to Rule in 2015 on Groundwater Sulfolane-Cleanup Level; Troopers Seek Public's Help In Locating Missing Wisconsin Man; Alaska Marine Highway Prices To Rise Next Summer; Alaska Prepares to Offer Grizzly License Plates; Humpback History: Soviet Whaling Download Audio

$41,000 Raised for Victims of Christmas Day Crash; One Dead, One Injured in Koyuk House Fire; Woman Killed in Anchorage Pedestrian Crash; Court Overturns State Regulation Deeming Kodiak's Bison Feral; Pat Pitney Prepares To Address State's Budget Issues; Avalanche Survivor Returns to Rainbow Ridge, Recovers Bodies of Companions; As Federal Case Proceeds, State Drops Charges Against Dutch Harbor Asia Owners; Spay and Neuter Clinics Improve Village Safety Download Audio

Legislators Urge Governor Walker To Rein In Budget; $1 Million Loan to Buy Sitka Hospital ‘Breathing Room’; Fire Marshals say PATC Fire Cause ‘Undetermined’; Incoming DNR Commissioner Prepares For New Position; AK: Exploding History Download Audio

Gov. Walker Signs MOU With Resources Energy, Inc.; Origins Of The Endangered Species Act; Minimum Wage Measure Could Boost Bus Driver Pay; ‘Arctic Fiber’ Project Delayed into 2016; Juneau Assembly Committee: Scale Back Senior Sales Tax Exemption; Shop with a Cop highlights family homelessness in Anchorage; Juneau Assembly Honors JPD’s “Rock Star”; Alice's Champagne Palace to Open Solstice Weekend Download Audio

Grand Jury Indicts Man in Alaska Prosecutor's Shooting Death; Walker Considers Delay in Legal Marijuana Sales; University President: Budget Cuts Will Require Downsizing to ‘Core’ Missions; Omnibus Spending Bill Increases Money for Wildfire Management; Coastline Search Leads To First Residents’ Camps; How the Alaska Native Brotherhood Changed Alaska History; Lonnie Dupre Makes Fourth Winter Solo Attempt on Denali; AK: Hockey Homecoming; 300 Villages: Kipnuk Download Audio

This week we're heading to the Bering Sea community of Kipnuk. Jimmy Paul is the tribal administrator in Kipnuk. Download Audio

Unknown Oily Sheen off Shishmaref Coast Returns; Governor Walker Shares Upbeat Message With Fairbanks; Scientists ID Two Bat Species Never Before Seen In Alaska; Court Decision Allows Tribes To Apply For Lands To Be Placed In Trust; Tulsequah Mine Study Outlines Taku River Barging; DEC Reaches Diesel Spill Site Along Dalton Highway; Fall Brown Bear Hunts Proposed Near Petersburg; Sealaska Heritage Institute Begins Move into Walter Soboleff Center; Charities Help Fill Void From Santa's Clearing House During Holiday Season Download Audio

What's on Gov. Walker's Federal Wish-List?; Federal Spending Bill Appropriates $100 Million for Missile Defense in Alaska; Governor Cuts Funding for Mining Road Project That is Subject of 2-Day Meeting in Fairbanks; Togiak Clinic Remains Closed After Monday Night Burglary; Broker Enrolls About 1K Alaskans In Latest Signup; Proposed Anchorage Ban on Commercial Pot Fails in Assembly; Meeting Teaches Immigrants How Proposed Reforms Affect The Immigration Process; Melting Permafrost Threatens Infrastructure, Homes; Sitka Sound Slayers: A Women’s Movement on Wheels Download Audio

President Obama Makes Bristol Bay Off-Limits For Oil, Gas Development; State Hires Project Lead for Medicaid Expansion; North Slope-Bound Tanker Wrecks, Spills 1,200 Gallons of Diesel, Catches Fire; Anchorage School Board Puts Money into Savings, Rilke Schule Facility; Juneau School Board to Decide if Montessori Borealis Should be its Own School; Troopers Release Names of Missing Kuskokwim Travelers; Alaska Power Company Customers Will See 11 Percent Rate Hike; Are Agencies Prepared for Effects of Climate Change? Download Audio

Gov. Walker Submits Capital Budget; Sullivan Delighted with U.S. Senate Committee Assignments; Ballot Measure to Combat Corruption Has A Year To Gather 30,000 Signatures; UA President Announces Retirement Date; EPA To Use North Pole Air Data; Bethel Winter House Reopens with New Rules; Akeela House Celebrates 40 Years of Successful Sobriety Treatments; Friends, Family Mourn Avalanche Victim; Expert Advises Recovery Operation Delay; Climate Change And Alaska Natives: Health Download Audio

This week we're heading to the Native Villages of Kluti Kaah in Cooper Center Alaska. Mark Johns lives in Kluti Kaah. Download Audio

U.S. Senate Considers $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill; Sealaska Lands Bill Passes Congress; SAGA to Cease AmeriCorps Program, Hopes Another Org Will Save It; University of Alaska Regents Approve Tobacco Ban; Butler to Return as Alaska's Top Doctor; Study: Climate Change Hurting Salmon Habitat; 10 Years On, Selendang Ayu Spill's Legacy Still Evolving; AK: Maps; 300 Villages: Kluti Kaah Download Audio

With Lower Oil Prices, State Expecting Major Deficits; Port Funding Tops Anchorage Mayor's Budget Wish List; Outgoing Senator Mark Begich Bids Farewell On Senate Floor; Anchorage School Board Discusses Charter Schools’ Facility Issues; Senior Care Center Key to Development Plan; Arctic Expedition Uncovers Previously Undiscovered, Ancient Mollusk Specimens; Former NBA Coach Leads Haines Girls’ Basketball Download Audio

Police: Felon Killed Prosecutor in Jealous Rage; Senate Gives Fishermen 3-Year Reprieve from EPA Regs; New Report Questions Susitna-Watana Economics; AEA Responds; Walker To Begin Reviewing Candidates For National Guard Post; Medicaid Expansion, Child Welfare Top Priorities For New DHSS Commissioner; Avalanche Survivor Says He’s Shaken, Humbled After Ordeal Near Rainbow Ridge; Eek Fisherman Catches Silver Salmon in December; After Lobbying Effort, Haines Distillery Opens Newly Legal Tasting Room Download Audio

Assistant District Attorney Killed In Barrow; How Murkowski Played Dealmaker to Get Controversial Lands Package; Bill to Remove Alaska Exception to VAWA Passes in U.S. Senate; Sullivan Announces New Hires for DC Office; St. Vincent de Paul to Build 41 Affordable Housing Units for Seniors; New Hoonah Dock Could Boost Tourism Numbers; Climate Change and Alaska Natives: Food; 'Sandbar Mitchell' Restoration Takes New Approach Download Audio

Noble Drilling Fined $12.2 Million For 2012 Incidents; Review Focuses On Socioeconomic Aspects Of Proposed Knik Arm Crossing; Alaskans March In Anchorage To Support Justice For All; Skier Dies In Alaska Range Avalanche; Fishermen Debate Merits of Possible Southeast Mine; Nine Months In, Orthodox Bishop Takes Stock; Operation Santa Claus Draws Attention To Rural Alaska’s Environmental Challenges Download Audio

This week, we're heading to Noorvik, a town of about 650 people, located near Kotzebue in Northwest Alaska. Bobby Wells is a lifelong resident and acting administrator of Noorvik. Download Audio

Gov to Release Parnell Budget Without Endorsements; Walker Administration Preparing Energy Disaster Declaration; Anchorage DJ Arraigned On Child Porn Charges; Fire Destroys Kivalina's Only Store; Anchorage NAACP Hosting Peaceful Rally; Juneau Schools To Replace Controversial Texts With Local History; Land Conservation Project Preserves Over 1,000 Acres Of Eklutna Land; Santa Steers Blackhawk Sleigh to Newtok; AK: Drumline; 300 Villages: Noorvik Download Audio

Alaska Communications Sells Wireless Customer Base To GCI; Community Showing Support For Vandalized Anchorage Church; DEC Gets Feedback on Fairbanks Air Quality Plan; UAF Student Found Dead; State's New Attorney General To Review Gay Marriage Case, Guard Issues; Alaska's Top Military Commander Checks In After A Year On The Job; Hoonah Sound's Herring Spawn-on-Kelp Fishery Will Remain Closed in 2015; Alexandria House Project Hits Permitting Snags; Bryan Bearss Named as Substitute for Injured Musher Karin Hendrickson Download Audio