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Fish and Game resources are important to nearly every Alaskan and the state's new acting commissioner of Fish and Game says he'll take that to heart as he makes decisions. Sam Cotten is a former Democratic state lawmaker. More recently, he's been a commercial fishermen and a member of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council.

The city of Anchorage can claim a new record. The city did not see a temperature drop below zero for the entire year of 2014. The last time Anchorage residents saw a below zero reading was December 26, 2013.

This time of year, many have been buying pasta or cans of soup to contribute to food drives. But food bank organizers say they could use foods with protein. A Bainbridge Island, Washington nonprofit is delivering such foods in a unique way.

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, says it’s still moving forward to prepare an environmental impact statement for the contentious Ambler Road, even after Governor Bill Walker has placed a hold on the project. The Ambler road would branch west off the Dalton Highway near Evansville and run into the copper deposit near Ambler. If the road eventually gets the go-ahead, it will be a mixed bag for the Northwest Arctic Caribou Herd which winters on and migrates through land that the road would bisect.

At a recent meeting with governor, participants concluded that is possible to meet the timeline established recently passed marijuana initiative. It's just not certain. Download Audio

Walker has named Sheldon Fisher head of Administration, and will keep Mike Hanley on as education commissioner. Download Audio

Subsistence harvests are managed by federal agencies with input from local residents through regional advisory councils. Local residents aren’t stepping up to be on the councils. Download Audio

Both boys charged with chasing down a herd of muskox before killing several of the animals just outside of Brevig Mission have now reached a deal with state prosecutors, bringing to a close a case that started back in 2012. Download Audio

One of the biggest names in long-distance dog mushing has signed up for the Yukon Quest, the 1,000-mile race between Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and Fairbanks. Download Audio

A shooting death at the University of Alaska Fairbanks earlier this month has been ruled a suicide. Download Audio

The National Marine Fisheries Service held outreach meetings in Kodiak and Homer in December. Fishermen and NMFS representatives discussed the North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer program. Download Audio

It appears the dispute over how much to clean up contaminated groundwater in the North Pole area will continue into the new year. Officials with the state’s environmental regulatory agency are still reviewing studies to help them decide on a safe cleanup level for the chemical that leaked from a North Pole refinery into the area’s groundwater. Download Audio

Alaska State Troopers are seeking the public's help in a search for a 72-year-old Wisconsin man who disappeared in August. Download Audio

It will cost passengers more to ride the state ferry starting in the summer. That’s when fares for most Alaska Marine Highway will increase by 4.5 percent. Download Audio

Alaska is bringing back the bear to license plates. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Alaskans next spring will be able to choose license plates of blue and gold that reflect state flag colors or a new version of plates last offered in 1976 that feature a grizzly bear. Download Audio

Like nearly all the great whales, humpbacks were heavily hunted. And one question researchers have grappled with is how many animals there were before the whaling fleets took their toll. To solve this mystery, it turns out, you have to take a trip back in time, and into the secret history of Soviet whaling. Download Audio

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