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Senators Weigh In On Government Shutdown; Arming VPSOs Discussed At Anchorage Meeting; Man Dies After Being Struck Many Times With Road Sign; Murkowski Secures $50 Million For Legacy Well Clean Up; DEC Proposes New Fine For Particulate Pollution; iPhone Map Leads Drivers Onto Fairbanks Runway; Candidates Compete For Mat-Su Assembly; ‘Strength in Youth’ Highlights Positive High School Statistics Download Audio

New Evidence Suggests ‘Fairbanks 4’ Are Innocent; A Week Later, Shelter Still Home For Mountain View Fire Victims; Two Dead, One Missing Near Alakanuk; Feds Release Affordable Care Act Insurance Rates; Margaret Stock Named MacArthur Genius Grant Winner; Haines Highway Progress Slows; Tourism Pioneer Stan Stephens Dies Download Audio

Lobbyists And Legislators Converge On Energy Council Meeting; Pew Trust Proposes Arctic Drilling Standards; BLM Confirms Strategy For Old Alaska Well Cleanup; Scientists Find Unexpected Response To Climate Change In Northern Moths; Owners Fight To Save Fairbanks’ Polaris Building; Healy Clean Coal Plant Shouldn’t See Impact From New Regulations; Mat-Su Voters Will Decide On Alcohol Tax Proposition; A Bear Walks Into A Bar…; 7 Things You May Not Know About Alaska Airlines Download Audio

State Reviews Fracking Regulations; Judge Dismisses Emissions Control Area Lawsuit; Fairbanks Draft Fine Particulate Pollution Regulations Released; Storm Drives F/V Chaos Aground In Unalaska Bay; Southeast Conference Wants To Change Tongass Management; School Board Questions Laws On New Student Physicals; Senate Committee Debates Alaska Subsistence Management Structure; London Doctor Attempting 6-Continent Bike Ride Download Audio

Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Hit’s Seasonal Low; Chevak Artifacts Land In Dump; Dozens Sheltered By Red Cross After Anchorage Apartment Fire; Anchorage Labor Law Headed For Alaska Supreme Court; Budget Woes Headline UAF Address; UAA Introduces New Athletic Director; Scotty Gomez Foundation Hockey Association Partners With ASD To Revive Girls’ High School Hockey; Troupe Prepares Gravity-Defying Show On Museum Facade; AK: Salvage; 300 Villages: Manokotak Download Audio

Thousands Of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along Yukon River; Alaska Personnel Board Makes Same-Sex Partners ‘Family’; Badly Beaten Anchorage Teen Identified; Juneau Airport Officials Practice On Fake Airplane Crash; Filmmakers Search For Long-Missing Russian Plane; Alaskan Hotel To Get TV Makeover; New Tourism Concept Highlights Unique Appeal Of Less Traveled Areas Download Audio

Suspected Serial Rapist in Custody; Anchorage Police Discover Badly Beaten Man In Downtown Building; Senators Not Expecting Movement In Gun Control Legislation; 2013 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend Checks Will Be $900; Walrus Move To Shore In Northwest Alaska; Bethel Group Wants Board Of Fish To Take A Closer Look At Kuskokwim Kings; Thalattosaur Fossil Discovered Near Kake May Be New Species; Court Denies Vic Kohring Appeal; JBER Pays EPA Fine For Hazardous Waste Management Violations; UAA Atwood Chair Encourages More Native People To Become Reporters Download Audio

Southeast Alaska Experiencing Strong Economic Growth; Search Continues For New Major Partner For Pebble Mine; Delegation Skeptical Of Pebble’s Future; ConocoPhillips Evaluating Request To Reopen Kenai Peninsula LNG Facility; No State Aid In Sight For St. Lawrence Island Communities After Disaster Declaration; Fairbanks Voters To Decide On 2 School Bond Propositions; Muni Rejects Union Dues Initiative; Alaska Supreme Court To Consider Healy-Area LNG License Appeal; Minnesota Man Completes 5,000 Canoe Trek Download Audio

Pebble Partnership Moves Forward After Anglo American Pulls Support; Northern Dynasty Minerals Stock Closes At All-Time Low; Declining Work-Ready High School Grad Numbers Sparks Education Reform Talk; Fairbanks Behavioral Health Center To Reorganize; Man Charged With Shooting, Killing 2-Year-Old Son; Kotzebue Child Killed By Loose Dog; Public Safety Commissioner Resigning; Washington Company To Study Hydro Idea At Thomas Bay; Initiative Repealing Labor Law Could Be Headed For Ballot Box; APU Program Grooming Future Alaska Native Corporation Executives; DEC Seeking Innovative Rural Water, Sewer System Ideas Download Audio

Cook Inlet Infrastructure Examined; Catholic Social Services Bracing for Winter; Rain Record Matched in Anchorage; Enviro Group Wants Clampdown; UAF developing app; Sailing thriving in Juneau.

Sea Ice Changes Begin Affecting Vegetation On Land; Magone Sells Renowned Marine Salvage Business; Pilot, Researchers Stranded Near Mt. Mageik; Rain Hammers Valdez, Cordova; Carnival Cruise Ships Installing Air Pollution ‘Scrubbers’; Juneau Clinic For Homeless, Low-Income Residents Open Through April; SAFV Tackles Domestic Violence Crisis With Community Training; AK: Preservation; 300 Villages: Nelson Lagoon Download Audio

Environmental Enforcement Doesn’t Sit Well With Miners, Politicians; Hundreds Of Aftershocks Rock Aleutian Chain; Oil Tax Referendum To Appear On Ballot; Union Files For Arbitration Over State Office Space; Geothermal Test Well Drilling Begins Near Nome; Weekend Winds Won’t Reach Last Year’s Levels; Coal Development Spurs Protest; Budding Local Market For Local Blooms Download Audio

Oil Tax Overhaul Supporters, Opponents Not Pleased With Regulatory Process; Veniaminof Volcano Producing Weak Ash Plume; Fisherman Picket Anchorage Walmart Before Big Meeting; As Stream Levels Drop, Salmon Die Before Spawning; Fairbanks Gets New Satellite Facility; Fairbanks Man Travels, Writes In Dangerous Places; Talkeetna ‘Mayor’ Begins Recovery After Dog Attack Download Audio

Jewell Considers Human Safety, Wildlife Trade-Off For Izembek Road; Low St. Lawrence Island Walrus Harvest Spurs Disaster Declaration; Byron Mallott Jumps Into Governor’s Race; Alaska Backs NRA In Lawsuit Against Feds; State Panel Debates Arctic Policy In Unalaska; Greens Creek Mine Looks For More Space; Bethel Hosts National Celebrities; John Kelsey Passes Away Download Audio

Strong winds expected for Anchorage; Humpback status gets review; Labor Day - a day for gathering signatures; plane crash near Rohn kills one; authorities worried about drugs in Dillingham; feds bust four for drugs in Anchorage; Wasilla hunting guide headed to jail; Republican to run for House District 35; Kodiak's Men of Steel premieres.