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Adak sifts through aftermath of disastrous storm; Audubon feature: Offshore regulators biased by their charge; BlueCrest still keeps Cook Inlet drilling on track; Ballot initiative seeks to register voters during PFD season; Haines museum gets huge donation, more storage; Fewer fish, fewer kids: St. Paul struggles to keep students; Leaving a legacy: Family, friends remember Greg Fisk Download Audio

Walker proposes Permanent Fund overhaul to cover budget; Lawmakers grapple with whether to buy-out TransCanada; US House passes budget deal; Rep. Young votes no; Witness claims Fairbanks 4 defendant had blood-stained shoes; Alaskans lobby to keep ferry system strong; DOT picks less expensive Gravina ferry option, Ketchikan laments; Tlingit clan conference convenes in Juneau; St. Paul Island revives Aleut language, culture Download Audio

Deep-draft Arctic port study in Nome gets shelved; To buyout, or not to buyout? A Legislature debates; Park Service bans controversial methods of hunting bear, wolves; Walker appoints attorney general to Permanent Fund board; Wasilla lawmaker: Keep education spending in check, cut rural schools; Marvin Roberts testifies at Fairbanks 4 hearing; Former Dutch Harbor fisheries observer missing at sea off Peru; Writer Nick Jans captivates audience with tales of Romeo the wolf Download Audio

Walker: I'll pull reserves tax if AKLNG partners cement withdrawal agreement; Palmer prison hearing outlines ankle-monitoring plan; Fear, confusion prompted false confessions, say Fairbanks 4; NTSB: Unbalanced weight caused 2013 crash that killed 10; Women’s legal rights handbook gets update, publishes online; Leaked memo shows Morris misled Juneau, Kenai newspaper readers; Survey finds billions of Arctic cod under sea ice; Volcano Observatory repairs seismic monitors in Southwest Alaska; French sailor makes desperate Pacific Ocean leap onto Shell vessel Download Audio

Shell oil rigs leave the Arctic, skip Seattle; Why did Shell walk away from Alaska?; FBX 4 investigators testify, point to languishing evidence; Kachemak sea otter deaths under investigation, authorities seek public's help; Juneau trapper, hiker take stand at first day of trial; Study: Alaska's wild berry harvests becoming more variable; IndiGenius: Connecting conference attendees with craft, heritage; ‘Assimilation’ playwright flips the script on Native history Download Audio

$2K PFD announced; Senators want to repeal "Cadillac" health plan tax; Hearings start on fighter jets; Feds open criminal investigation into walrus deaths; Starfish losing arms; Newtok nervous about relocation timeline; HUD grants to fight mold granted; UAS to offer marine transportation degree; ANSEP attracting more students.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday challenged National Park and Forest Service officials about the fees they collect from visitors. At a Senate hearing, Murkowski said she “generally” supports the law allowing the agencies to collect fees. But then Murkowski homed in on the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center, in Juneau. Download Audio

Murkowski's oil export ban gains traction, yet fate uncertain; Reality TV host faces on federal poaching charges; 6 groups file for emergency ESA listing for POW wolves; Equal rights law expected to sail through Anchorage Assembly; Ombudsman faults correctional procedures; Like Sitka, parts of Juneau are susceptible to landslides; Air China to service Fairbanks for Aurora viewers; In Dutch Harbor, a new orange barge is a beacon of oil-spill preparedness; Religion and climate change - can you talk about both? Download Audio

Obama shares smiles, salmon and dance moves in Dillingham; In Kotzebue, excitement is high as the president ventures north; 5 Chinese warships spotted off the Aleutians; Shell drill rig is back on the grind after a brief storm-induced hiatus; Even with another icebreaker, US fleet pales against its Arctic neighbors; President gives a small fiscal boost to village relocation efforts; Praying to see POTUS, even just a glimpse!; With a potential buyer in the Philippines, Mat-Su floats a ferry deal; Dust settles on state's new Douglas offices, but employee concerns haven't gone quiet Download Audio

Shell Gets Final Approval To Drill Into Oil-Bearing Rock in the Chukchi; 24 Apache Choppers To Nest At Ft. Wainwright; Legislators Plot Their Next Move As Medicaid Rollout Looms; Bethel Preschool Trashed by Vandals; VA Sec. Visits Point Hope, Kotzebue; Bush Vets Share The Woes of Accessing Remote Care; Staffing the Grill & State: Walker's First Governor's Picnic; 2015 Dungeness Season: Lackluster Against 2014's Harvest, But Still Average; Roasting Twinkies And Other Wisdom From Kid Camp In the Togiak; Dispatch From the Couch: Google Trekker Lets You 'Hike' the Chilkoot Trail Download Audio

Mat-Su Vets Rail Against VA During Secretary's Visit; Climate Change, Not Arctic Drilling, Brings Obama to Alaska; Doyon Announces New Oil & Gas Prospect Near Nenana; LGBT Discrimination Claims Still Not Valid in Alaska Despite Federal Ruling; Governor Nominates Elizabeth Peratrovich As The Face of the $10 Bill; Earthquake Swarm Hits Yakutat; AK: Sitka Cirque Lassos Sitkans Into The Show; 49 Voices: Zach Carothers of Portugal. The Man Download Audio

Former YKHC Network Manager Indicted for Child Porn Distribution; Berkowitz Moves to Unravel The 'Gordian Knot' of City's Homelessness Problem; Shell Ready To Drill For Arctic Oil As Delayed Icebreaker Arrives; Looking (And Listening) For Alaska's Rarest Whale; As The Final Dock Pilings are Drilled, a Hoonah Controversy is Put to Rest; Marijuana Regulators Run Low on Time And Money; A Two-Wheeled Crusade Against Transphobia Hits the Road Download Audio

Shell Begins Exploratory Drilling in the Chukchi Sea; Attorney General Says Tribal Protection Orders Deserve Equal Recognition; At Least 7 Vehicles Involved In Fatal Seward Highway Wreck; 15-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor Honored By Coast Guard; Yukon King Run Stronger Than Expected; Strange Orange Robots Sail Into Dutch Harbor... Just What Are They Up To?; AK: At A Lonely Lighthouse, Cruise Tourists Bring A Welcome Dose of Noise, And Cash; 49 Voices: Albert Gamboa of Anchorage Download Audio

Fed Judge Slaps Greenpeace Protesters With $2,500/Hr. Fine; 'Shell No' Protesters Turn Back the Fennica; A Tale of 2 Murkowski Bills - One Partisan, One Not; Instrument Data ‘Another Piece of the Puzzle’ in Fatal Plane Crash; Under Alaska Management, the Mosquito River is Open for Business; Bethel Advances The Possibility of A City-Run Liquor Store; Ketchikan Borough To Vote on Tobacco Tax; BC tribal protest stops mine exploration, for now; Wrangell Opens A New Cultural Center, Carving Shed Download Audio

Elections Director Resigns Abruptly at Lt. Gov's Request; Berkowitz Transition Report Draws on Community, Corporate Solutions Alike; Erosion Along the Matanuska Continues to Imperil Homes; Dead Fish, Wildlife In Aleutians May Be Victims Of Toxic Algae Outbreak; Forgiving Without Forgetting: A Tlingit Village Up in Smoke; Denali Wolf Hunt Nears Opening, Despite Low Population Numbers; Groups Seek Halt to POW Wolf Hunting, Logging Download Audio

NTSB Investigates 'Man, Machine, Environment' in Friday's Plane Crash Near Juneau; Trapper Creek Man Dies When Plane Strikes Tree; Shell Ship 'Fennica' Heads to Oregon for Repairs; Rain Helps Slow A Vigorous Fire Season In the Interior; Legislative Committee Won't Take Up Medicaid Expansion Wednesday; Fire Destroys Oyster Company Boat, Dock, Equipment in Little Jakolof Bay; Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Against 'Save Our Salmon' Initiative; Senate Ed Bill Bolsters the Role of Alaska Tribes; State Lifts Spending Freeze on Susitna-Watana Hydro Project; Need for Food Assistance Rises as Alaskans Struggle To Make Ends Meet; Ketchikan Pastor Goes Barefoot to Raise Money For Those Who Need Shoes Download Audio