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Anti-Begich Ad in Voter Guide Prompts Bill to Ban Parties From Booklet; Lobbyist: State budget shortfall will affect Juneau; Ketchikan Assembly Responds to Education Lawsuit Ruling; NMFS Expands Fishing Near Steller Sea Lion Habitat; Sitka herring forecast lowest in a decade; Calista Shareholders Reconsider Enrolling Descendants; ANSEP tripling enrollment in middle school program; Nome Churches, Nonprofits Keep Sales Tax Exemption; Orphaned Bear Cub Finds Temporary Home At Alaska Zoo; When missing person isn’t found, Juneau SEADOGS search for happy ending Download Audio

Judge Temporarily Halts EPA's 404(c) Process on Pebble Mine; Walker Transition Team Brings 250 Delegates to Shape Policy; Details Sketchy on Expanded Deferred Action for Illegal Immigrants; New Activity Seen At Mount Shishaldin; BBAHC Testing All Expectant Mothers For Opioid Use; For Better Storm Warnings, NWS Goes Local; Interior's Dry Weather To Continue; Report: Subsidized logging costs feds millions; "Frost" Brings Art Seekers into Anchorage Parks Download Audio

LNG Project Gets Export Approval; Regional Tribal Government Considered by Calista Regional Committee; Kennels Protected Under New Mat-Su Ordinance; Another Orphaned Alaska Bear Cub Needs A Home; NOAA Designates Kachemak Bay a Habitat Focus Area; Federal Court Rejects Alaska's Appeal; Listen: What Marriage Means For One Alaska Same-Sex Couple; AK: Eagles Up Close; 300 Villages: South Naknek Download Audio

Begich Bill Would Shush Political Calls; Hoffman, Halford Prepare for Walker Transition Weekend; Gov.-Elect Walker Wants To Expand Medicaid. Can It Happen?; Anchorage School District Could Have Up To $22 Million Surplus Next Summer; Report: ‘Rural Governance Remains Unfinished in Alaska’; North Pole City Council Considering Sales Tax Hike; Community gives input on Anchorage plan to end homelessness; President Obama Highlights Sitka Schools on Technology Download Audio

Senate Committee Holds Hearing On High Violence Levels In American Indian, Alaska Native Communities; Platinum Creek Mine Operator Indicted For Alleged Illegal Mine Waste Water Discharges; Charlo Greene Facing Subpoena Over Campaign Finance Questions; What’s Next For Sen. Mark Begich?; Japan Eyes Port MacKenzie LNG Facility; Tongass Advisory Committee meets in Sitka; Weatherization Program Brings Energy Savings and Safety; Alaska Ocean Observing System Celebrates 10th Anniversary Download Audio

American Indian, Alaska Native Children Suffering High Rates Of PTSD; BOEM Drafting Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Cook Inlet Oil, Gas Lease Sale; Heavy Lift Ship Prepares To Tow Drilling Rig Endeavour To South Africa; State Releases Plan To Improve Fairbanks Air Quality; Employee Complaints, Tests Flag Air Quality In State-Leased Office Building; Mine Critics Target Investors, Government Officials; Kuskokwim 300 to Run as 12-Dog Race; Anchorage Museum Trying New Ways To Recruit New Museum Buffs Download Audio

Walker Increases Lead, Begich Closes Gap Slightly; Murkowski Questions Differing National Guard Investigation Results; Healthcare.gov Miscalculates Subsidies in Alaska; With No Power, Tuluksak Residents Scramble to Save Meat; Students Call For Action, Public Comment On U-Med Access Road; Candlelight Vigil Raises Awareness About Homeless Students; State Celebrates First Dr. Walter Soboleff Day; AK: Tlingit Dance; 300 Villages: The Stampede Download Audio

What Was Alaska’s Senate Race Money Spent On?; U.S., Russian Focus On Bering Sea Issues; Tremors and Ash Seen at Pavlof Volcano; Horizon Lines to Sell Alaska Operations; LNG Trucking Plan May Not Hit Targeted Consumer Price Point; Girdwood Animal Cruelty Investigation; Warm Weather Breaks Up Kuskokwim River; YWCA Presents 25th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Download Audio

Walkers Starts Forming Transition Team; With Persistent Lead, Sullivan Heads to Washington; Health Insurers Look Ahead To Open Enrollment Period; New Hearing Held On Fairbanks Four Case; Alaska Study Predicts Stronger Storms, Flooding for Y-K Delta; After nearly 30 years, Juneau service agency SAGA on verge of folding; Bethel Winter House Faces Difficulties As Board Members Prepare For the Second Season; When War Images Are Replaced With Something New Download Audio

Seismic Storm Continues in Noatak with Fifth 5.7 Quake; Rebuilding Continues In Galena; Public Comment Open on ‘Land Into Trust’ Until June 30; Tentative Deal Reached On Ferry Union Contract; Crews Making Progress On 100-Mile Creek Fire; Invasive Species Could Increase As Climate Warms; Weaving A Journey Of Change; British Kayakers Arrive in Unalaska Download Audio

Begich Painted As Soft On VA Scandal; Air Force Considering Transfer Of HAARP Facility To UAF; Health Care Broker Enroll Alaska Scales Back; As Pollock Season Begins, Bycatch Debate Looms; Kuskokwim Fishermen Push for an Opportunity to Fish; Emergency Order Limits Kasilof King Fishing Hours; AK: Gold Miner; 300 Villages: Girdwood Download Audio

Newly Forming Permafrost May Not Survive Century’s End; Air Quality Permit Raises Ire; Subsistence Users Criticize Miners And Regulators At Nome Meeting; Research Opportunities Abound In Funny River Fire Aftermath; 2,000 Dancers Make Grand Entrance To Celebration; Before The Pipeline: Ritchie Musick; Urban Yeti Improv Group Enters Second Season Download Audio

Former Haines Police Officer Hired As Security Officer For The Alaska Marine Highway; Missile Defense Budget Shows Continued Alaska Role; Air Force Confirms Delay In HAARP Demolition; State Defends Decision To Certify Citizens Initiative Slowing Pebble Mine; Alaska Judicial Council Recommends All But 1 Judge For Retention; Report Says 12,000 Alaskans Without Reliable Access To Health Care; Source of Shishmaref Sheen Remains Unknown, Locals Work to Absorb Substance; Before The Pipeline: John Davies; All Nations Children’s Dance Group Fosters Cultural Identity Download Audio

Sullivan Calls On Begich To Sign Pledge Discouraging Outside Influence; Mallott, Walker Criticize Gov. Parnell For Skipping Debates; HAARP Demolition Reportedly ‘Put On Hold’; FAA Approves BP’s North Slope Drone Use; Land Trust For Alaska Tribes Is A Popular Concept; National Archives Departure Impacts Broad Community; AIDEA Briefs Federal Commission On Ambler Road; Utah Official Advocates For Land Transfer In Alaska; Wells Fargo Donates Land To Eklutna; Sitka Wood Carver Tommy Joseph Comes To The Anchorage Museum Download Audio

State To Fight Challenge To Same-Sex Marriage Ban; As Festival Season Kicks Off, So Does Campaign Season; New Effort To Repeal SB21 Kicks Off Around State; Justice Department To Work With Tribes To Enhance Voting Access; State Challenged On Native Translations Of Election Materials; First Sport Fishing Restriction For Any Targeted King Salmon Fishing in The Kuskokwim; Graduation Marks 10th Anniversary Of Dental Health Aide Therapist Program; Anchorage Museum Becomes Smithsonian Affiliate Download Audio