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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

EPA Regs Hit Fishing Industry; Parnell Interview; Walker to Be Sworn In Monday; Juneau Housing for Homeless; North Pole Looks at Increasing Sales Tax; Warm Temps Mean More Salt for Roads; Alaskan Writers Project; AK: eCommerce in the Bush; 300 Villages

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

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

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

Begich Concedes; Walker Transition Formally Begins; Marijuana Businesses Face Special Burdens; Lights Return to Tuluksak; Deep Decline in Polar Bears Reported; Virus Could Be Killing Pacific Starfish; Military Training In Alaska; Feds Uphold Wishbone Hill Permits

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

Aleutian Communities Brace For High-Powered Storm; U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial Races Remain Undecided; Former ASD Teacher Charged With Sexual Abuse Of A Minor; UAF Athletics Penalized For Eligibility Violations; What Happens To Political Signs After Election Day?; ‘All Alaska Juried Exhibition’ Showcases New, Evolving Art; ‘The Fortunate Child’ Focuses On Education, Equality Download Audio

Gubernatorial Race Still Too Close To Call; Sullivan Maintains Lead Over Begich In Race For U.S. Senate; Certain Races Awaiting Absentee Ballots; State Sen. Kevin Meyer Named New Majority President; Alaskan Voters Opt To Legalize Marijuana; Faced With Min. Wage Hike, Seafood Plants See Room to Cut; Anchorage Voters Overturn AO-37, Support Most Incumbents; House 36 Race Remains Too Close To Call; NTSB: Pilot Decisions Caused Alaska Copter Crash; Massive Typhoon Bears Down on Aleutian Islands; Hunter Injured In Bear Mauling On Sally Island; Fairbanks Ski Area Still Seeking Buyer Download Audio