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What Needs To Be Done To Respond To An Arctic Oil Spill?; Report Not Anticipating Near-Term Arctic Increase In Commercial Shipping; No End In Sight For Alaska Lawmakers; Legislature Passes Bill With Aid For State Refineries; YK Delta VPSOs Prepare For Firearms; Survey Finds Mat-Su Residents Want To Maintain Rural Profile; Fairbanks Hatchery Opening Doors To Public; Moviegoers Get Glimpse Of Katmai Grizzlies In Disney’s ‘Bears’ Download Audio

BP Sells Some North Slope Assets To Hilcorp; Legislature Remains Embroiled Over Education Bill; Miller Kicks Off Campaign in Wasilla; APD Implements New Crime-Tracking Systems; Expert Anticipates Low Prices For Togiak Herring Fishery; Comment Period Opens For Cruise Waste Permits; Tlingit Elder, Master Storyteller Cyril George Dies; Brace Yourselves, Bird Season Is Coming Download Audio

Lawmakers Search For Education Bill Solution; Missed Deadline Pushes Initiatives To General Election; Alaska Becomes The Second State To Officially Recognize Indigenous Languages; ‘Demo Dose’ Lab Tests Find Bacteria; Gasline Official Says In-State Project Is No Pipedream; Delta vs. Alaska: Dueling Airlines Benefit Juneau; Earth Day Celebration Helps Mark Wilderness Act’s 50th Anniversary Download Audio

School Advocates Unhappy With Education Bill’s Latest Rendering; Legislators Enter Session’s Home Stretch; Series Of Quakes Rattle Northwest Alaska; 'Recall Lindsey Holmes' Group Takes Petition Dismissal To Court; NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Fatal Hageland Crash; Talkeetna Guides With Everest Experience Speak About Deadly Incident; AK: Hazing Birds; 300 Villages: Akiachak Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to Akiachak, in Southwest Alaska. The village is the first in the state to formally decide to dissolve its local government in favor of traditional tribal representation. Jonathan Lomack is the executive director for Akiachak Native Community Tribal Government. Download Audio

Ferry Workers Considering Strike If Contract Negotiations Don’t Move Forward; Texan Confirmed To Gasline Board; Gov. Parnell Signs Bill Restricting Medicaid Payments For Abortions; State House OKs Refinery Subsidy Plan; High Mercury Levels Found In Lake Trout From Lake Clark; Alaska Inuit Circumpolar Conference Searches For Food Security Definition; National Weather Service Forecasts Kuskokwim Breakup; Birthday Cupcakes Exempt From Ketchikan Schools’ Nutrition Guidelines; NOMAR Names ‘Alaska Manufacturer Of The Year’ Download Audio

House Speaker Adds Agrium to Refinery Assistance Bill; House Finance Committee Considers UAF Power Plant Project; USDA Files Complaint Against UAF; Bill Arming VPSOs Goes To Governor’s Desk; State House Approves Alaska Native Language Bill; Leary Vies For Miss Indian World Crown; Origami Peace Peacock Finds Home In The State Capitol; Wrangell Hospital Renovations Don’t Preclude New Facility; Alaska Trails Conference Kicks Off Next Week Download Audio

Inmate Found Dead At Eagle River Women's Jail; Legislature Passes Bill Limiting Medicaid Payments For Abortion; House Passes Minimum Wage Bill, As Initiative Sponsors Cry Foul; NTSB Advances Investigation Into Fatal Training Flight Crash; John Luther Adams Wins Pulitzer For ‘Become Ocean’; How Many People Have Signed Up Insurance Under Obamacare?; Museum Experts Sift Through The Arctic’s Largest Butterfly Collection; HB23 Would Allow Public Financing Of KABATA; YK Delta Residents Speak On Possible King Salmon Fishery Closure; Jeff King Wins Kobuk 440 Download Audio

Sullivan Maintains Fundraising Momentum; Little Progress Made In Dealing With Looming Retirement Problem; Inuit Circumpolar Council Discussing Food Security; Delta Western Workers Approve Union Membership; The Alaska Innocence Project Challenging 1987 Murder Conviction; Fire Season Likely To Start Early In Southcentral Alaska; HAARP Research Facility To Shut Down; AK: Puppet Town; 300 Villages: Kasaan Download Audio

House Debates Limiting Medicaid Funding For Abortions; Sponsor Wants Vote On Judicial Council Issue; Geraghty Testifies On Tribal Law And Order Commission Report Findings; Army Sets New Protocols During Fire Season; Exit Exam Bill Could Bring Diplomas To More Students; Assembly Passes Anti-Smoking Law; Fairbanks Will Help Fund New Mental Health Drop In Center; Retired Detective Discusses ‘Finding Bethany’ Download Audio

Troopers Name Two Pilots Killed In Crash Near Bethel; Murkowski Signs Onto ‘Regulatory Fairness Act’; Legislature Suspends Anchorage’s Tennis Court Grant; UAF Med Students Inject Wrong Substance; Statewide Smoking Ban Gains Traction In Senate; Howard Weaver Speaks On Anchorage Daily News Sale; Where No Shop Class Has Gone Before Download Audio

Alaska Dispatch To Buy Anchorage Daily News; Can an Aggressive Russia Remain Our Nice Arctic Neighbor?; Executive Orders Aim To Tighten Pay Gap; Amendment To Restructure Judicial Council Stalls Before Vote; House Strikes Retirement Plan, Funding Formula Change From Education Bill; State Reviewing Sulfolane Cleanup Standards; Students Compete For Spot In National Geography Bee Download Audio

Rio Tinto Gives Up On Pebble Mine; Izembek Road Issue May Be Headed To Court; Bill Increases Education Funding By $225 Million; Researchers Seek Glimpse Into Lives Of Earliest Unangan Population; Sealaska Dividends Include No Corporate Earnings; Study Investigates Potential Impacts Of Road Development On Western Arctic Caribou Herd; Kuskokwim Working Group Outlines 2014 King Salmon Restrictions; Fairbanks Sport Fish Hatchery Prepares For Second Season Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to Moose Creek, a village of about 600 people in central Alaska. Jeff Jacobson is the chief of staff for the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Download Audio

Alaska is becoming known as a testing ground for renewable energy. As more and more clean energy technology comes on the market, Alaska’s high fuel costs can make investments in things that reduce those costs pay off quickly - in fact it’s already happening. APRN: Tuesday, 4/8 at 10:00am Download Audio

USCG Releases Kulluk Report; Rep. Young Presses Interior Secretary On Izembek Road; NMFS Clears Commercial Fishing In Sea Lion Habitat; Legislature Scraps Deal To Buy Anchorage LIO; Gov. Parnell Calls Proposal To Deal With Teacher Retirement System ‘Immoral’; KABATA Legislation Passes Senate Finance Committee; Fish & Game Cancelling Staffed Program At Bristol Bay Walrus Islands Sanctuary; Homer Man Shoots, Kills Self With Trooper’s Pistol; Wife Of Missing Mt. Marathon Racer Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit; Aleutians East Scrambles For Cheaper Link To Akutan Airport Download Audio

Tribal Judge: Bill to Improve Village Public Safety Doesn't Go Far Enough; Most Citizen Measures Could Make November Ballot; Sitka Shops For Teachers At Seattle Fair; Helicopter Improves Access To Akutan Airport, For Now; Petersen Trumps Trombley; Alaska Native Village CEOs Association Conference Addresses Land Contamination Download Audio

Alaska's Health Insurers Call Marketplace Enrollment Figures Disappointing; Feds Ask King Cove to Weigh In on Road Alternatives; Panel Proposes More Education Money, Pension Fix; Alaska Native Languages Bill Clears Final House Committee; FDA Adds Alaska Salmon Testing To Radiation Monitoring Program; Study: Forecasts For Summer Arctic Sea Ice Lack Reliability; Study Says Melting Permafrost Emitting More Carbon Than Tundra Can Offset; ‘Fairbikes’ To Open In Fairbanks; Board to Review Proposal Limiting King Salmon Fishing to Federally Qualified Subsistence Users; April Fools: Balloons Are Future Of Brown Bear Relocation Download Audio