Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Sealaska Selections in Tongass Added to Defense Bill; Lawmakers Prepare To Address Marijuana Issues; Fairbanks Municipal Leaders Hold Joint Meeting to Consider Pot-Legalization Law; Anti-Corruption Measure Cleared For Signatures; Search Goes On for Missing Crew of Sunk Pollock Boat; University of Alaska Delays Survey on Sexual Assault on Campus; Southeast Divers Finish Up Sea Cucumber Season; Juneau Homeless Shelter To Be Closed At Least A Month; Traditional gut sewing at the Anchorage Museum; Toksook Bay Teen’s Yup’ik Music Videos Gain Popularity Download Audio

NOAA Proposes Critical Habitat For Ringed Seals; BOEM Report Says Chukchi Sea Drilling Runs Heightened Risk Of Large Spill; ASD Seeking Solutions To Staff Morale, Hiring And Retention Problems; Iditarod Boosts Payout to $70k for 2015 Winner; Caribou, Reindeer Compete For Space On The Seward Peninsula; State Releases Design Study For Tustumena Ferry Replacement; Burst Water Pipe, Flood Temporarily Shut Down Juneau Homeless Shelter; Compliance Ordered for Ketchikan Water Supply; Artists Flock To Juneau's Public Market Download Audio

Walker, Mallott Sworn Into Office; Anchorage Assembly Member Pushes For Pot Ban In Municipality; Native Municipal Leaders: Pot-Legalization Law Could Harm Youths, Communities; Experimental Pollock Seine Fishery Opens in Cook Inlet; Wrangell Hospital Project Closes Contracts, Starts Fresh; New Palmer Landfill Proposal Up For Public Comment; Researchers Say Dementia Risk Increases With Age; Buying A Landmark Download Audio

Alaska Gov.-elect Walker names 4 to positions; Industry Blames Pirate Fishing as Red King Prices Drop; Iditarod Musher Hospitalized After Vehicle Strikes Dog Team; Palmer Man Sentenced To 50 Years On Child Sexual Exploitation Charges; Regional Committee Votes to Hold Governance Convention; Decision Due Soon on ‘Distorted’ School Texts Depicting Native Tragedies; APU Nordic Skier To Compete In World Cup; Design Challenge Encourages Innovative Solutions For Cabin Fever; Finding the Perfect Thanksgiving Wine Download Audio

Anti-Begich Ad in Voter Guide Prompts Bill to Ban Parties From Booklet; Lobbyist: State budget shortfall will affect Juneau; Ketchikan Assembly Responds to Education Lawsuit Ruling; NMFS Expands Fishing Near Steller Sea Lion Habitat; Sitka herring forecast lowest in a decade; Calista Shareholders Reconsider Enrolling Descendants; ANSEP tripling enrollment in middle school program; Nome Churches, Nonprofits Keep Sales Tax Exemption; Orphaned Bear Cub Finds Temporary Home At Alaska Zoo; When missing person isn’t found, Juneau SEADOGS search for happy ending Download Audio

Judge Temporarily Halts EPA's 404(c) Process on Pebble Mine; Walker Transition Team Brings 250 Delegates to Shape Policy; Details Sketchy on Expanded Deferred Action for Illegal Immigrants; New Activity Seen At Mount Shishaldin; BBAHC Testing All Expectant Mothers For Opioid Use; For Better Storm Warnings, NWS Goes Local; Interior's Dry Weather To Continue; Report: Subsidized logging costs feds millions; "Frost" Brings Art Seekers into Anchorage Parks Download Audio

LNG Project Gets Export Approval; Regional Tribal Government Considered by Calista Regional Committee; Kennels Protected Under New Mat-Su Ordinance; Another Orphaned Alaska Bear Cub Needs A Home; NOAA Designates Kachemak Bay a Habitat Focus Area; Federal Court Rejects Alaska's Appeal; Listen: What Marriage Means For One Alaska Same-Sex Couple; AK: Eagles Up Close; 300 Villages: South Naknek Download Audio

This week, we're heading to the community of South Naknek on Bristol Bay. Lorianne Rawson is the tribal administrator with the native village of South Naknek. Download Audio

Begich Bill Would Shush Political Calls; Hoffman, Halford Prepare for Walker Transition Weekend; Gov.-Elect Walker Wants To Expand Medicaid. Can It Happen?; Anchorage School District Could Have Up To $22 Million Surplus Next Summer; Report: ‘Rural Governance Remains Unfinished in Alaska’; North Pole City Council Considering Sales Tax Hike; Community gives input on Anchorage plan to end homelessness; President Obama Highlights Sitka Schools on Technology Download Audio

North Pole’s mayor says the City Council is considering hiking sales taxes to cover an estimated $180,000 drop in property-tax revenues caused by the shutdown of the Flint Hills Resources refinery. Download Audio

Senate Committee Holds Hearing On High Violence Levels In American Indian, Alaska Native Communities; Platinum Creek Mine Operator Indicted For Alleged Illegal Mine Waste Water Discharges; Charlo Greene Facing Subpoena Over Campaign Finance Questions; What’s Next For Sen. Mark Begich?; Japan Eyes Port MacKenzie LNG Facility; Tongass Advisory Committee meets in Sitka; Weatherization Program Brings Energy Savings and Safety; Alaska Ocean Observing System Celebrates 10th Anniversary Download Audio

American Indian, Alaska Native Children Suffering High Rates Of PTSD; BOEM Drafting Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Cook Inlet Oil, Gas Lease Sale; Heavy Lift Ship Prepares To Tow Drilling Rig Endeavour To South Africa; State Releases Plan To Improve Fairbanks Air Quality; Employee Complaints, Tests Flag Air Quality In State-Leased Office Building; Mine Critics Target Investors, Government Officials; Kuskokwim 300 to Run as 12-Dog Race; Anchorage Museum Trying New Ways To Recruit New Museum Buffs Download Audio

Walker Increases Lead, Begich Closes Gap Slightly; Murkowski Questions Differing National Guard Investigation Results; Healthcare.gov Miscalculates Subsidies in Alaska; With No Power, Tuluksak Residents Scramble to Save Meat; Students Call For Action, Public Comment On U-Med Access Road; Candlelight Vigil Raises Awareness About Homeless Students; State Celebrates First Dr. Walter Soboleff Day; AK: Tlingit Dance; 300 Villages: The Stampede Download Audio

This time we're heading to an unofficial community near Denali National Park boundary called The Stampede. Molly McKinley lives in The Stampede. Download Audio

What Was Alaska’s Senate Race Money Spent On?; U.S., Russian Focus On Bering Sea Issues; Tremors and Ash Seen at Pavlof Volcano; Horizon Lines to Sell Alaska Operations; LNG Trucking Plan May Not Hit Targeted Consumer Price Point; Girdwood Animal Cruelty Investigation; Warm Weather Breaks Up Kuskokwim River; YWCA Presents 25th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Download Audio

Walkers Starts Forming Transition Team; With Persistent Lead, Sullivan Heads to Washington; Health Insurers Look Ahead To Open Enrollment Period; New Hearing Held On Fairbanks Four Case; Alaska Study Predicts Stronger Storms, Flooding for Y-K Delta; After nearly 30 years, Juneau service agency SAGA on verge of folding; Bethel Winter House Faces Difficulties As Board Members Prepare For the Second Season; When War Images Are Replaced With Something New Download Audio

Alaska Division of Elections Begins Counting Absentee, Questioned Ballots; Claman increases lead in House District 21 race; Archaeological Findings Could Shed Light On Alaska's Early Residents; The Job Hunt Is On As Military Members Transition Back To Civilian Life; BC Official Says Mine Concerns Heard, Critics Disagree; Filmmaker Documents Emotional Toll Of Caring For Alzheimer's Patients; Tlingit Code Talkers Honored At Veterans Day Ceremony In Juneau; After 70 Years, WWII Dog Tag Discovered on Bering Sea Coast is Returning Home Download Audio

Division of Elections To Start Counting Absentee, Questioned Ballots Tomorrow; Lawsuit Claims Chukchi Rules Fail to Protect Walrus; Appeals Court Revives Alaska Suit On Roadless Rule; 7 Escape Kenai Juvenile Detention Facility, 5 Apprehended Over Weekend; Some Communities Investigating Local Option To Ban Marijuana; Team Documents Elders’ Memories of Colder Winters; Settlement Signed In Sitka Gender Equity Dispute; One Option To Avoid High Housing Costs In Juneau: Live On a Boat Download Audio

Trial Begins For Man Charged With Killing VPSO Thomas Madole; Bering Sea Storm Hits Aleutian Islands; How Will Legal Marijuana Work In Rural Alaska?; Alaska Miners Association Convention Held In Anchorage; Rep. Mike Chenault Tapped For 4th Term As House Speaker; UA President Warns Regents About Budget; Crews Troubleshoot Bethel's Pool Sprinkler System; Ferry System Limits Solo Travel By Kids, Teenagers; AK: High Tech Surgery; 300 Villages: Kivalina Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to Kivalina on the Chukchi Sea. Stanley Hawley is the Tribal Administrator for the City of Kivalina. Download Audio