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McGuire Introduces Bill To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol; Anchorage Assembly Addresses Potential Army Downsizing; Walker Names Transportation Commissioner; Walker Outlines Plans For Budget Cuts; Murkowski, Sullivan Agree Climate is Changing but Split on Naming Cause; XS Platinum Agent Doesn’t Appear at Arraignment; ARCTREX Tests Arctic Oil Spill Tracking Techniques; AK: Rescue Training; 300 Villages: Lower Kalskag Download Audio

Walker Names National Guard Special Investigator; Sen. Sullivan Starts Committee Work; Bill Streur Hired As Medicaid Budget, Expansion Consultant; Healthcare.gov Navigators See Steady Enrollment As Deadline Approaches; Juneau Hiker Who Freed Trapped Eagle Due In Court Today; Faced With Marijuana Money Puzzle, Legislators Curious About A State-Run Bank; Mat-Su Borough Establishes Marijuana Advisory Committee; Experiment Looks for Slow Earthquakes Under Unalaska; Scientists, Fishermen Test Strategies To Reduce Trawl Bycatch Download Audio

Obama Issues Executive Order on Arctic Coordination; Gov. Walker To Deliver State of the State Tonight; Board of Fisheries Chairman Resigns; Bering Sea Pollock Fishery Casts Off; Tongass Advisory Council Meeting In Juneau; APU Set To Develop 65 Acres Of Endowment Lands; Rain Causes Flooding, Evacuations in Ketchikan; Park Service Considers Banning Some Pack Animals; New Play Explores Homelessness In Juneau Download Audio

Alaska's 29th Legislature Gavels In; Walker Adds More Commissioners To Cabinet; Senate Finance Considering Bringing On Former Commissioners As Consultants; Sen. Sullivan Weighs In On Potential State of the Union Topics; Murkowski Named Chairman Of Interior Subcommittee Of Appropriations Panel; Bill Would Set Up Compensation Program For Wrongfully Convicted; Alaska Center for Alternative Lifestyles Prepares To Open Its Doors; Walker Halts Demolition In Anchorage Neighborhood; Lack Of Snow Could Again Send Iditarod Start To Fairbanks; Eaglecrest Suspends Lift Operations Due To Lack Of Snow; People With Disabilities Find Independence Through Skiing Download Audio

Gov. Walker Outlines Priorities For Legislative Session; With Focus On Budget, Social Issues May Be Left Behind; How Will The Keystone XL Pipeline Affect The Future Of Alaska's Crude?; Environmental Groups Support EPA's Proposal on Chemical Dispersant Use; Lonnie Dupre Returns Safely From Historic Denali Climb; Bethel’s Pete Kaiser Wins Kuskokwim 300 Download Audio

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases; Alaska's Appeal On Hold; Legislators Prefile 23 More Bills; As Work Continues On Spending Plan, Walker To Revive State Of The Budget Address; Mat-Su Borough Ponders Legal Pot; A Year in the Life of the Bowhead Whale; Kuskokwim 300 Mushers Ready to Race on Ice; AK: Starring; 300 Villages: Sleetmute Download Audio

Board Reverses Suspensions Of Former-Sen. Stevens Prosecutors; Anchorage Democrats Push Bills Combating Sexual Assault, Retaliation in National Guard; Plunging Oil Prices Cast Doubt on Arctic Drilling; Anchorage Tourism Numbers Up, Expected To Continue; Small Businesses Struggle To Comply With Health Insurance Requirement; Landbank Lawsuit Aimed at USACE Regs; Governor Names New Deputy Labor Commissioners; UAS Closes Bookstore, Prepares For Tight Budget Times; Klawock Couple Plans Halftime Wedding Download Audio

In Underground Rooms, Sullivan's Senate Office Takes Shape; UAF Anticipates Cutting Over 200 Jobs; About 16,000 Alaskans Sign Up On Healthcare.gov; Over 40,000 Earthquakes Detected In 2014; How Safe Are Alaska’s Pedestrians?; Anchorage Measure Will Tax Alcohol to Pay For Treatment and Services; New Regulations Unlikely To Change Coal Ash Disposal In Alaska; Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race Postponed Download Audio

Gov to Release Parnell Budget Without Endorsements; Walker Administration Preparing Energy Disaster Declaration; Anchorage DJ Arraigned On Child Porn Charges; Fire Destroys Kivalina's Only Store; Anchorage NAACP Hosting Peaceful Rally; Juneau Schools To Replace Controversial Texts With Local History; Land Conservation Project Preserves Over 1,000 Acres Of Eklutna Land; Santa Steers Blackhawk Sleigh to Newtok; AK: Drumline; 300 Villages: Noorvik Download Audio

Alaska Communications Sells Wireless Customer Base To GCI; Community Showing Support For Vandalized Anchorage Church; DEC Gets Feedback on Fairbanks Air Quality Plan; UAF Student Found Dead; State's New Attorney General To Review Gay Marriage Case, Guard Issues; Alaska's Top Military Commander Checks In After A Year On The Job; Hoonah Sound's Herring Spawn-on-Kelp Fishery Will Remain Closed in 2015; Alexandria House Project Hits Permitting Snags; Bryan Bearss Named as Substitute for Injured Musher Karin Hendrickson Download Audio

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