Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Sass and Zirkle lead Iditarod down Yukon River; Native leaders urge Senators to give fair hearing to Obama’s Supreme Court nominee; Walker requires state agencies to improve efficiency; PFD voter initiative gets on ballot; protection of bodies of water to be delegated by legislature; Aging Southeast: Older residents impact region’s economy; AK: Transitioning from addictions of youth to sober adulthood; 49 Voices: Bulou Croker of Anchorage Download Audio

Senators pan Arctic agreement as Canadian leader visits U.S.; both chambers of Alaska Congress prepare to vote on budget; a King’s march to the mighty Yukon River; Alaska Republicans holding conventions this month; Aging Southeast: Seniors find purpose, friendship at The Bridge; Bethel school finds new home in vacated grocery store Download Audio

Cuts to PFD could ripple across the economy; budget proposal sent to House floor; proposed criminal justice reform bill under scrutiny; Sullivan says JBER troop cut not reversed yet; Dallas Seavey leads Iditarod pack into Cripple; Arctic Science Summit gets underway at UAF; Aging Southeast: Bunking with the family in Petersburg Download Audio

Ivy Spohnholz named to fill vacant Gruenberg seat; USFW chief says no to delay of Tongass timber transition; Foster care and services for Native children now handled by largest tribal government; Brent Sass, Noah Burmeister, and Dallas Seavey race on to McGrath; Dallas Seavey: Iditarod reaches a turning point in Nikolai; Aging Southeast: Assisted living comes up short; Alaska musicians get creative for Tiny Desk Contest Download Audio

Low oil prices lead BP to lower number of drills at Prudhoe Bay; what’s so critical about polar bear habitat?; shooting outside Dimond Courthouse leaves one woman dead; House passes bill protecting those who use antidote overdoses; to survive a brutal trail, Iditarod mushers tweak sleds; Southeast Alaska growing faster than rest of state; Kodiak Ancestral Remains to Return Home

Alaska Senate weighing a bill to overhaul Medicaid; Angoon mayor unsatisfied with state response to tainted subsistence seal; 4-H Western Region Leaders Forum in danger of being shutdown in Alaska; Coast Guard rescues two British explorers near Seward Peninsula; Iditarod trail coverage to begin this weekend; AK: Community fights back against Seldovia land buyouts; 49 Voices: Dennis Ricker of the Mat-Su Download Audio

VA says it’s improving in Alaska; Murkowski calls it ‘chaos’; legislators moving funds from all over to cover budget issues; ban on Planned Parenthood teaching materials deemed ‘problematic’; Rep. Gruenberg’s widow seeks control of husband’s records, is blocked; Apache to pull out of Alaska, citing low oil prices; village awarded money to improve hydropower replacement for diesel; winter is here, it’s just lurking up high; Nuuk, Greenland prepares for Arctic Winter Games; effort in place to revive Nome National Forest Download Audio

Murkowski seeks funding for deep-water port in Alaska; why Alaska Republicans chose Cruz (and Trump, too); Legislature proposes new state bank; Alaska's credit downgraded from AAA to AA1; Lack of snow shortens Iditarod start from 11 to 3 miles; Warm winter changes nature of seal hunting; In Anchorage education lottery, lots of winners; A new generation walks for sobriety in Kwethluk Download Audio

Sullivan rips failure to disavow KKK plug as ‘idiotic’; Energy lobbyist denounces Walker’s oil and gas tax changes; New bill on sex education passes in Alaska Senate; Habitat for threatened polar bears found to be legal in federal court; Alaska Airlines flight struck by lightning, none harmed; Climate, costs, convenience drive mushing onto the road; Color of Justice strives to involve youth, rural voices with the justice system; Fur Rondy carnival celebrates 50 years with a Golden Carousel Download Audio

Alaska Democrats announce finalists to fill Gruenberg seat; Hundreds of millions more in budget cuts recommended; Rep. Young wins lightning round on bears, feds, ANWR; AVCP Allanivik Hotel and Mud Hut shutting down; In rural Alaska, people power is as important as wind power; Iron Dog approaches its final stage: Johnson, Aklestad in lead; AK: Escape the room and save Talkeetna; 49 Voices: Robert Johnson of Anchorage Download Audio

Fairbanks strides closer to F-35 answer; at the mouth of the Kusko, a pioneering wind system; AFHC to stop accepting Home Energy Rebate applications; lawmakers recommend more cuts to University budget; on day one, state gets 68 marijuana applications; sobering center considered as an alternative to prison in Fairbanks; Yarducopia: a means to spread space for gardening; ANSEP proposal to re-purpose Mt. Edgecumbe High comes under criticism; mysterious Sumerian tablet puzzles UAF librarians Download Audio

Alaska Air National Guard members deploying to Middle East; Democrats want to embrace candidates who won’t wear label; Cannabis deadline means beginning of applications, but not sales; Legislature to hear bill for Alaskan income tax; $7 million of next years budget to be cut from liquid natural gas; UA president touts plan to save state money; 2016 Iron Dog snowmachine racers start to arrive in Nome; Nanwalek school bursting at the seams; Lack of snow, winds fuel Alaska’s first wildfire of 2016; IFA releases report on effects of Southeast Alaska ferries Download Audio

Japanese community recalls internment camp; ANC sets record for no snow; Kenai gets major snow dump; AK weather warmest in more than a century; Obama: prepare for a cleaner future; new charter school focuses on nature; AK novelist tell the story of 4 teens; Fairbanks skier wins XC ski race; Nome rookie has high hopes for Iron Dog; fans, mushers celebrate '16 Quest. Download Audio

Did Murkowski flip-flop on filling SCOTUS vacancy?; House Speaker questions administration's analysis of oil and gas tax changes; Anchorage School Board passes preliminary $768M budget; Alaska House renames committee room after late Gruenberg; how to salvage a huge tugboat without spilling 9,500 gallons of fuel and oil; elder rescues two young lost relatives on snowmachine; Anchorage to tie record winter with 36 straight days of no snow; AK: High levels of mercury spell hazards for subsistence in Southeast village; 49 Voices: Ryan Kennedy of Anchorage Download Audio