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This week we’re heading to Hollis, a small community on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Bill Sharpes is the fire chief in Hollis on Prince of Wales Island. Download Audio

ASD Budget Cutting Process Begins as Legislature Mulls Increasing Education Funding; Bill Could Eliminate High School Exit Exam; Legislation Introduced To Repeal State Funds For U-Med/Northern Access Road; Avalanches Close Richardson Highway; Alaska Salmon To Remain On Walmart’s Shelves; Cantwell Urges White House To Stop Alaska Pebble Mine Project, Protect Fishermen; AK: Spoken Word; 300 Villages: Hollis Download Audio

They’re having trouble sealing up the leaking nuclear power plants in Japan and they’re also having trouble disclosing what is going on there. Is this a reason to distrust Alaska seafood? APRN: Tuesday, 1/28 at 10:00am Download Audio

Parnell Offers ‘Choice’-Friendly School Reform Package; Legislators Not Sold On Governor’s Education Package; Court Says Chukchi Lease Sale Environmental Assessment Faulty; Residents Anxious as City Mulls Condemning Motel; Document Highlights Rural Housing Shortage; Final Fine Particulate Public Hearing Draws Large Crowd; New Science Released On How Human-Made Sounds Impact Marine Mammals Download Audio

YKHC President Retires Amid Controversy With The Board; GovTrack Completes 2013 Report Card On Congress; Admiral Ostebo Outlines USCG’s Plans For Western Alaska; Court Says Inadequate Studies Conducted Before 2008 Lease Sale; Gov. Parnell Addresses Budget, 'Choose Respect' and Education; What Is The Center For Ocean Solutions?; ‘Excluder’ Could Limit Salmon Bycatch; Proposed Setnet Initiative Heading To Court; Young And Old Turn Out To ‘Bonfire for Bristol Bay’ Rally In Dillingham Download Audio

Legislature Prepares To Gavel In; Begich Takes Stand Against Pebble Mine; Thayer Named Administration Commissioner; Legislative Session Gives Juneau Businesses Temporary Boost; Alaskans Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day; Rohn Buser Crowned K300 Champion; With Drop Bags Delivered, Yukon Quest Mushers are One Step Closer to Race Day Download Audio

This week we’re headed to Western Alaska to the village of Hooper Bay near the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta. Fred Joseph Jr. is the tribal administrator there. Download Audio

Spending Bill Includes $75 Million For Fisheries Disaster Assistance; US, Russia Drafting Voluntary Bering Strait Passage Regulations; Early Bills Tackle Lawsuits, Medical Care; Signatures Submitted for Minimum Wage Initiative; Alaska Ranks 5th In Millionaires Per Capita; Alaska’s Population Grows By 3.7 Percent In Three Years; Health Campus Proposed To Handle Anchorage’s Homeless; 2014 Kuskokwim 300 Brings Past Champions And New Trail; AK: Girls Wrestling; 300 Villages: Hooper Bay Download Audio

EPA Releases Watershed Assessment For Bristol Bay. Mixed Reaction To EPA Assessment. Begich Introduces Izembek Road Bill. State Releases Terms Of Pipeline Deal. State Selects North Slope Gas Partner. “Irregularities” Found In State Crime Lab Drug Samples. $500 Tickets To Be Issued For Spice, Bath Salts. New Study Shows Alaska Natives Are More Vulnerable To Flu. Listen Now

Former DNR Commissioner Dan Sullivan Raises $1.2 Million For Senate Race; Shishmaref Delegation Meets With Climate Change Task Force; Lawsuit Could Bring Federal Oversight Into Salmon Harvests; Juneau Businesses Take The Bitcoin Lead; Fairbanks Militia Leader Holding Anti-Gun-Control Rally; World Wildlife Fund Releasing Walrus Ivory Report; Grant Advances Kasaan Longhouse Repairs; Dena’ina Athabascan Exhibit Wraps Up At Anchorage Museum Download Audio

Federal Spending Package Secures Funds For Tribal Health Care Facilities; Alaska's Affordable Care Act Enrollment Remains Low; Refinery Owner Seeks Lower Cleanup Level For Tainted Groundwater; Akutan Volcano’s Geothermal Power Potential Increases; Bering Sea Ice Sees 7-Year Expansion; Interior Alaska’s River, Lake Ice Thinner Than Normal; Allen Moore Wins Copper Basin 300; Trailbreakers Prepare Yukon Quest Route; UAA Planetarium Offers Unique Look Into McNeil Bear Sanctuary Download Audio

Parnell Announces New Pipeline Plan, Changes AGIA Agreement; Supreme Court Okay’s Referendum Repealing Controversial Labor Law; Treadwell Campaign Attacks Begich On ANWR; Ravn Investigating Cause Of St. Mary's Crash; Lawmakers File Dozens Of Bills In Advance Of Session; Air Quality Regulations Worry Fairbanks, State Officials; Winter Grizzly Sightings Raise Concerns Near Denali Park; AK: Shipwreck; 300 Villages: Chickaloon Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to Chickaloon, a small community located along the Glenn Highway, surrounded by mountains and glaciers. Patricia Wade is a member of the Chickaloon tribe. Download Audio

Wal-Mart, State Officials Discuss Alaska Salmon; Army Corp Of Engineers Finalizes Deep-Water Port Recommendations; Senate Debates Emergency Unemployment Policy Extension; Parnell Names Folger Public Safety Commissioner; Meeting On Wood Stove, Boiler Pollution Draws Big Crowd; Alaska Supreme Court Weighs Labor Law Referendum; Copper Basin 300 Field Shapes Up; Joining Antarctica's Exclusive 300 Club Download Audio

Army Cuts Will Be Small For Alaska Military; Marijuana Initiative Sponsors Submit Petition To Division Of Elections; Researchers Say Ocean Acidification Could Make Fish Anxious, Impact Fisheries; Mat-Su Mayor, Fish & Wildlife Commission Divided Over Legislation; Bethel Artists To Learn About Fish Skins; Holly Brooks Hopes To Ski Past Her (Younger) Competitors; Pacific High: A (New) Century Of Education In Downtown Sitka; Bernice Joseph Dies At Age 49 Download Audio

Small Plane Makes Emergency Landing On Anchorage Road; Polar Star Called Off After Ice-Bound Ships Get Free; Murkowski Calls For End To Crude Export Ban; New Rules Adopted For Abortion Payment Conditions; Judge Sen Tan To Step Down; Susitna-Watana Dam Timeline Pushed Back; Buccaneer Seeks New Revenues In New Year; Technology Gives Exhibit Statewide Presence; Era Alaska Changes Name To Ravn Alaska; Why The Capital City Isn’t As Likeable As It Should Be Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to the community of Tununak, on Nelson Island. James James is the tribal administrator for the Native Villages of Tununak. Download Audio

Arctic Port Feasibility Study Expected In March; Election Year Ramps Up; Slow to Moderate Job Growth Forecasted This Year In Alaska; State Urges Residents To Get Flu Vaccine; Nome Completes Annual Bird Count; Mild Weather Helps Unalaska’s Christmas Bird Count Expand; AK: History; 300 Villages: Tununak Download Audio