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Skateboarders in Anchorage are taking over parking garages with impromptu sessions and home-made ramps. Listen now

How do you keep your home computer and router and your mobile device safe from hackers? How do you scale that up for a small business. We asked the FBI, and they are sending experts in cyber security to share best practices and take your questions. LISTEN HERE

Unique payment plan for companies who owe TAPS settlement money; Clock approaches midnight for Congress to renew this oil industry tax; Fairbanks Four file wrongful imprisonment suit against city; First Alaska Native Superior Court Judge passes away; Murkowski bill targets ocean acidification in rural communities; Shellfish first, finfish second at Sitka meeting of Board of Fish; Old gold slows borough land selection; Kake hydro gets boost in governor’s budget; City will not donate funds to St. Michael’s Cathedral for renovation project; On New Year's Day, America's State Parks says take a hike! Listen now

Locals attempt to rebuild after powerful winds tear through Kuskokwim communities; Port Heiden loses road access to safe harbor and old village; Work starts on oil exploration project in Arctic federal waters; As kings suffer across Southeast, Chilkat Chinook candidate for “stock of concern”; Unalaska mayor will face recall election in 2018; Come 2018, the state plans to dispose of F/V Akutan; Juneau revisits scrapping eagle nest protections; Sheldon Chalet offers luxury at elevation in the Alaska Range; Memoir details emigration from Ireland to New York to Alaska Listen now

State approves ExxonMobil’s expansion plan for Point Thomson, ending months-long fight; Fairbanks police, state troopers fatally shoot man; Police: Trooper shoots armed man in back of patrol car; Tax appeal challenges Alaska’s fish landing tax; Unalaska's fire chief says he was forced to resign; BSAR asks surrounding villages, own members for help responding to nightly alcohol emergencies; 'Let them talk!’ Iconic political figure Jack Coghill urges collegiality among legislators; Rural Alaska losing access to fisheries, report says Listen now

Here’s the Sunday, December 24th, 2017 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave, send email to algonuevo@alaskapublic.org or post your comment at the bottom of this post.

2017 is nearly gone. There were lots of big news stories in the past year. What was important, and what was just plain interesting. What were your local top stories of the past year? Listen Here

New oil estimate for NPR-A: It's 'HUGE'; State looks to settle TAPS tariff cases; North Slope borough storm gets disaster declaration; Refuge drilling opponents prepare for next phase of struggle; Bethel Search and Rescue seeks stronger partnership with local police; Alaska Christmas trees: backyard charm or out-of-state beauty?; AK: Anchorage celebrates winter solstice with tour of trees; 49 Voices: Anita Laulainen of Palmer Listen now

This week we're hearing from Anita Laulainen from Palmer. Laulainen is a UAA graphic design student and just gave the whole state a present: a new license plate design. Listen now

The event raises money for the local ski association and brings thousands of people together to tour the festive ski trails. Listen now

KSKA: Thursday, Dec. 28, at 2p.m. What’s more Alaskan than skiing? Shooting things, of course. So biathlon must be the most Alaskan sport of all--it's skiing fast and shooting accurately, combined. We’ll spend time at the range as young people and newcomers learn about the sport. And we’ll talk to an Olympian and a former World Cup competitor about the top of level of biathlon, where our community shines. LISTEN HERE

"New Arrivals" is Alaska Public Media's profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage. Every Tuesday, we meet a New Arrival from another country, another state, or another part of Alaska. This week we meet Charlie Collins, from New York. LISTEN HERE

Man killed in fourth Anchorage officer-involved shooting of the year; Two arrested in Juneau for murder in Anchorage cold case from 1995; Pebble announces federal permit application; State’s latest water quality report has bad news for popular Kenai River; $200m for Fort Greely interceptors in spending bill; Chugach announces proposal to by ML&P; Homer fishermen grapple with cod decline; For some Native corp shareholders, cultural role outweighs the economic; Ask a Climatologist: A remarkably warm December Listen now

Trump lauds ANWR passage; Young: 'We finally got it done'; Oil companies aren’t promising to drill in ANWR…so how interested are they?; ACLU won't challenge Assembly's modified anti-camping measure; Anchorage firefighter wins nearly $780,000 in lawsuit against city; Walker budget proposes fix for spring ferry funding foul-up; Alaska’s only tribal college will waive tuition for Alaska Native students; T-rexes, minions and more at the ninth annual Polar Plunge; The real cost of child care in Juneau Listen now

While conducting research in Seattle, Diane Rodill came across a 1915 photograph of her father, Denis, participating in a 4th of July celebration at a salmon cannery in Larsen Bay, Alaska. She had no idea what he was doing there, how he got there, how and when he left and why he was wearing a dress! Listen as Dr. Rodill shres her remarkable story of her "rascal" father and his experience as a Filipino cannery worker, and "Alaskero". LISTEN HERE

Long ANWR battle ending quietly; Climate task force begins work – and push-back begins, too; New trial ordered for man convicted in Coast Guard killings; State mandated review of Juneau’s untested sexual assault kits is underway; Mat-Su teacher contract negotiations hit impasse over pay, health insurance; Local athletes hope to represent Juneau at Native Youth Olympics; Preventing problems with exercise for elders Listen now

This event centered on the history, and future, of freight, flight and shipping in Alaska and it's relationship to Asia and the whole Pacific region. What has it taken to get us this far? What can Anchorage, and Alaska, do to expand our influence in the region.

Pebble names First Quantum Minerals as new partner; Landslide south of Anchorage creates 'unusual' highway blockage; Sarah Palin's son charged with hitting father; Walker wants to borrow money to pay $900 million in oil tax credits; Permanent Fund Corporation to study ethical and sustainable investing; Why prison drug treatment programs in Alaska ramped down at ‘exactly the wrong time’; Wolves and logging both cut into Prince of Wales deer; Mt. Edgecumbe girls smash records at state wrestling tournament Listen now