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House Passes Bill To Increase Offshore Oil, Gas Drilling; Polar Star Headed For Arctic Ice Trials; Village Consortium Discusses Regional Impacts Of Development; Sea Lion Pup Born At SeaLife Center; New Policies Change Yukon Commercial, Subsistence Fishing; Family Of Man Shot By Officer Holds Vigil, Calls For Change; AK: A Remote Cruise; 300 Villages: Teller Download Audio

State Keeps Medicaid Expansion Study Secret; Wildfire Forces Closure Of Section Of Parks Highway Overnight; Fire Danger Prompts Indefinite Ban On Fireworks, Wood Cutting In Fairbanks; KABATA Gets ‘Golden Fleece’ Award From Watchdog Group; Senate Passes Immigration Reform Legislation; White House Establishes Native Affairs Council; What Does The Ruling On DOMA, Prop 8 Mean For Alaska?; Flood Victims Having Trouble Applying For FEMA Assistance; With Commercial King Fishing Closed, Quinhagak Asks Sport Fishermen To Stand Down; Backyard Boat Building In Sitka Download Audio

Opinions Vary On President’s Plan To Combat Climate Change; Galena Residents Gradually Return To Rebuild; State Closing Disaster Assistance Shelter As Federal Aid Arrives; DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional; Fairbanks-Area Officials See Problems With Contamination Response Proposals; Cook Inlet Tribal Council Enters Video Game Realm; Lawmakers Calculating Costs Of State-Run Health Insurance For Public School Employees; Assembly Nixes Further Sitka Street Closures; Mr. Spock Beams (OK, Cruises) Into Ketchikan Download Audio

Supreme Court Strikes Down Portion Of Voting Rights Act; Alaska Likely To Experience Effects Of Voting Rights Act Changes Immediately; Court Issues Decision On Indian Child Welfare Act; Former Bethel Foster Parent, Daycare Provider Arrested On Sex Abuse Charges; Third Fatal APD Shooting This Year; Pavlof Eruption Picks Up Again; President Declares Disaster For Spring Flooding; More Hot Weather, Thunderstorms Expected To Spark More Wildfire Activity; Search Continues For Man Who Allegedly Fired On Troopers Near Big Lake; Access Alaska Gets New Accessible Building Download Audio

Immigration Amendment Would Send Billions To Boost US, Mexico Border Security; Minimum Wage Initiative One Step Closer To Ballot; Fire Danger Remains High Across State; Anchorage Homeowners Prepare For Wildfires; Galena Businesses, Schools Evaluate Losses; Some Residents Fighting AHFC’s Decision To Go Smoke Free; New Bike Share Program Comes To Fairbanks; ANSEP Program Garners Awards, Recognition; On 70th Anniversary Of Battle, Memorial Planed On Attu Download Audio

Paid Protesters Attempt To Convince Alaskans To Not Sign Oil Tax Cut Repeal; Redistricting Board To Begin Reviewing District Lines; Senate Work On Immigration ‘Dead On Arrival’ In House; Lightning Strikes Ignite More Wildfires; Tularemia Cases Reported In Delta Junction; Where Are Anchorage’s Homeless Coming From?; AK: Canoe Paddles; 300 Villages: Napakiak Download Audio

Parnell Signs Bills, Resolutions Supporting Gun Rights; Anchorage Pediatricians Quietly Protest High Hospital Charge; Traditional Foods Program Hosts Gathering In Wrangell; Artist Making Masks Representing Top-10 Diseases In Alaska; Hilcorp Handed $115,000 Penalty; Electric Cars Slow To Catch On In Sitka; Alaskans Dealing With Apparently Large Mosquito Crop Download Audio

Murkowski Endorses Gay Marriage; Alaska Couples Await Supreme Court Decision On DOMA, Prop 8; Sullivan Says He Will Run For Lieutenant Governor; State To Receive Brief Relief From Heat Wave; Steller Sea Lion To Give Birth To New Pup; Glacier Bay Lodge May Shut Down; New Deal Proposed For Possible Chena Hot Springs Expansion Download Audio

Treadwell To Run For Senate; Sealaska Lands Bill Passes Senate Committee; Legislation Would Keep Petition Signatures Off Public Record; Wildfire Near Chena Hot Springs Road Prompts Massive Response; Fairbanks Natural Gas Releases Trucking Project Details; Federal Regulators Crack Down On Fish Fraud; McKinley To Denali Name Change Legislation Passes Out Of Senate Committee; Chignik Lagoon Hopes To Break Ground On Hydro Project; Youth Camp Teaches Rural Teens Public Safety Skills Download Audio

Reid Promises Senate Will Pass Background Check Bill; Historic Cutter Storis On The Auction Block; State Emergency Management Team To Leave Galena This Week; Heat Wave Sets Records Across State; Hot, Dry Weather Amping Up Wildfire Conditions; Adak Fish Processing Equipment Up For Auction; Arctic Officials Receive Comments On Policy From Alaskans; State, Federal Governments Investigate Deepwater Port Possibilities Download Audio

Man Charged With Double Homicide, Sexually Assaulting 2-Year-Old; Yukon River Causing Flooding In Galena; Yukon River Causing Flooding In Galena; Kulluk Hearing Resumes Tuesday; New Book Explores Lost Legacy Of Harry Karstens, Stuck Expedition; UAF Says Tuition, Research Funding Unlikely To Offset Rising Costs; KHAR Format Change Irks Listeners; Haines Celebrates Alaska’s Craft Beer Culture Download Audio

Troopers Shoot, Kill Sutton Man; How Safe Are Alaska’s Bridges?; Two Remote Volcano Sensors Resume Sending Seismic Data; Sitka Father, Son Plan Lower 48 Run Against GMOs; Singer-Songwriter Hears Call Of Alaska; AK: Girls On The Run; 300 Villages: Anchor Point Download Audio

Oil And Gas Group Sues Over Bearded Seal Listing; Pritzker Avoids Controversy At Nomination Hearing; Ostebo Explains New Arctic Strategy; Aiviq Engineer Suspects Contaminated Fuel Contributed To Engine Failure; Former Judge Facing Trial For Stealing Cocaine; Fort Yukon Flooding Danger Mostly Over; More Bacterial Infections Associated With Raw Milk Consumption; Homer Officials Discuss Potential Move For Pier One Theatre; Marine Debris Awareness Gets Second Symbol Download Audio

Fish And Game Institutes New Razor Clam Harvesting Regulations; Man In Charge Of Kulluk During Tow Testifies At Hearing; Alaskan Officials Rip On NPR-A; Ice Jam Above Fort Yukon Loosens; Fairbanks Green Up Likely Latest On Record; Assembly Postpones Public Testimony Decision; JBER Soldier Competes In Best Warrior Competition; Cloud Covers Making Pavlof Observation Difficult; KABATA Wants Independent Source To Review State Audit; State To Appeal Dismissal Of Roadless Rule Lawsuit Download Audio

Parnell Approves State Operating Budget; Governor Signs SB21, HB4 Into Law; Crowd Protests Oil Tax Cuts; Executives Push Feds For Export Approval; Ice Jam Above Fort Yukon Could Mean Disaster; Yukon River-Area Villages Voice For Flooding; Kulluk Hearing Continues In Anchorage; Emotions Run High As Fishermen Testify On Religion; Bail Denied For Defendant In Coast Guard Killings Download Audio