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Signature Collection Starts For Oil Tax Referendum; Court Clarifies Order To Redistricting Board; Weak Chinook Returns Expected For Yukon River; Crowley, UIC Form Joint Venture In Arctic; Canister Containing Toxic Compound Washes Ashore Near Kodiak; Delta-Area Farmer Determined To Rebuild After Fire Wipes Out Poultry Barn; Sealaska Canoe Lost En Route To Wrangell; Southeast Inter-Island Ferry Authority To Run Short On Cash; Alaska Cultural Connections: Los Anchorage Download Audio

Congress Looking At Sealaska Lands Bill; Bill Walker To Run For Governor; Ruling Favors One Of ‘Fairbanks 4’; Students At Alaska Pacific University Research Big Fisheries Questions; Spring Whaling Begins In Arctic; Native Youth Olympics Kick Off In Anchorage; Juneau Reaches Out To Nearby Communities, Neighbor To Neighbor; Sitka Library Receives Heartfelt Donation Download Audio

Work To Move Forward On Susitna-Watana Dam; Anchorage School District Dissolving Girls Hockey Program; Senators Dine With President, Enjoy Alaska’s Finest; Greenpeace Searching For Arctic Whistleblowers; Alaska Villages Cope With Treated-Water Shortages; Coastal Caucus Gives Rural Senators More Clout; Autopsy Leaves Unanswered Questions In Fairbanks Man’s Death; Students ‘Resilient’ In The Fight Against Meth; First Cruisers Of Season Find Kodiak ‘Courteous’; Audio Postcard: Ninja Captures Mooing Rhinos Download Audio

Shell’s Arctic ‘Beer Can’ Passes Federal Test In Puget Sound; After Quiet Change To State Rules, An Unintended Parking Holiday In Many Cities; First Cast Of Rabies Reported In Interior Alaska; Senate Mulls Renaming Mount McKinley, Again; Ferry System Phases Out Nature Interpreters; ANSEP Program Partners With Mat-Su School District; Alaska Cultural Connections: Growing Up Download Audio

Air Traffic Controller Furloughs Begin; Alaska Film Subsidy Draws Legislative Scrutiny; Two Deaths In Kodiak Harbors Under Investigation; Pitkas Point Man Dies In Snowmachine Crash; Bethel Residents Hold Rally For Subsistence Rights; Alaska Cultural Connections: Dying In Rural Alaska; Decision Day For Sitka’s School District Budget; Family Makes Progress On 800-Mile Trek Around Cook Inlet Download Audio

Begich’s Gun Law Vote Draws Group’s Criticism; Joe Miller May Pursue Senate Seat In 2014; Bethel Farm Grows Crops Despite Cold; Silver Bay Seafoods To Enter Bristol Bay In 2014; King Salmon Fishing Restricted On Many Cook Inlet-Area Rivers; Draft Southeast Sea Otter Population Assessment Out; NOVA Producer Brings ‘Art of Science Television to Fairbanks; AK: Talent Scouting; 300 Villages: Diomede Download Audio

Vaccinations To Stifle Rise In Whooping Cough; Bethel Court Hears Closing Arguments Of Subsistence Fishermen; Not All Legislators Agree On Session Length; Researcher Looks At Climate Change Effects On Alaska’s Snow Regime; Sitka Man Gives Medal To Fellow Boston Marathoner; ‘Beyond the Bear’ Recounts Horrific Mauling Download Audio

U.S. Senate Votes Down New Gun Control Regulations; Treadwell Uneasy On Arctic-Wide Oil Policy; Oxycodone Pills Seized at Anchorage Airport; Hilcorp, Aurora Outline Cook Inlet Drilling Plans; Seward, CDQ Working On Plan For New Harbor; OB Services Reborn At Sitka Hospital; Tlingit-Haida Central Council Holding 78th Annual Tribal Assembly; Metlakatla Woman Gears Up For Miss Indian World Competition; Antique Ski Donated To Fairbanks North Star Borough Download Audio

Review Clears 2 APD Officers In Fatal Shooting; Hall Wins West Anchorage District By 500 Votes, Labor Referendum Denied; Politicians Split On How To Judge New Oil Tax System; Legislature Adjourns Before Acting On Voter ID Bill; JBER Soldier Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Espionage; Former Juneau Mayor Remembered For Work In Capital Move Fight; Author Stabenow Plans To Build Writers’ Retreat; Eclectic Groups Take Stage At Alaska Folk Festival Download Audio

Several Alaskans Describe Scene At Boston Marathon Finish; No Special Session For Legislature; Opponents Of New Oil Taxes Likely To Petition To Reverse Bill; Joe Miller Eyes Begich’s Senate Seat; Hall Takes Lead Over Write-In In West Anchorage Assembly Race; Bethel Kids Qualify For National Archers In School Program; Alaska Cultural Connections: Urban Elders Download Audio

Legislators Enter Final Stretch Of Session; Alleged Bootlegger Banned From Akiak; JBER Soldier To Be Sentenced Monday On Espionage Charges; Petersburg Seafood Company Makes Big Move; Alice Rogoff Pushes For Changes In Arctic; AK: Raising Funds; 300 Villages: Platinum

Scientists Study Peculiar Arctic Sea Ice Cracking Pattern; Measure Changing School District Health Plans Speeding Through Legislature; Alaska’s Senators Fail To Block Gun Debate; Finance Committee Releases Version Of Oil Tax Overhaul; Kobuk 440 Kicks Off In Kotzebue; State, Feds Continue Sparring Over Wildlife Policies; Yukon-Charley Wolf Population Drops By 50 Percent Since Last Fall; Palmer Farmhouse Added To National Register Of Historic Places; Particulate Pollution Plan Will Likely Include Burn Bans; Senate Approves Creation Of A ‘Silver Alert’ System; Galena Lays Groundwork For Biomass Project Download Audio

Senate Confirms Sally Jewell Appointment; Senate To Vote On First Steps In Gun Control Debate; ConocoPhillips Suspends Chukchi Sea Drilling; More Questions Than Answers On Federal Health Insurance Exchange In Alaska; Legislators Prioritize Capital Projects; Alaska Senate To Vote On HB77; Unalaska Prepares For Bird Blitz; Gwichin’ Athabascan Version Of Shakespeare Play Goes On Tour Download Audio

Senate Passes Controversial Abortion Bill. House Considers Scrapping Knik Arm Bridge And Toll Authority. Air Force Grounds F-16s At Eielson. Investigators Looking At Alleged Assault By Juneau Football Coach. Nominee To Lead Energy Department Noncommittal On LNG Exports.State Attorney General Weighs In On Tribal Lands Case. Alaska Republican Party Ousts Chairwoman. Legislation Would Arm VPSOs. Alaskan Couple Completes Mega Traverse.

APD Alleges Man Pointed Gun Before Second Deadly Shooting Of 2013. State Vehicles Block Abortion Protesters In Juneau. Judge Tosses Stevens’ Prosecutors’ Suspensions. Legislature Votes Vince Webster Off The Board Of Fisheries. Legislature Considers Bill On Derelict Vessels. Court Decision Has Big Implications For Tribal Lands. Snow Totals Downgraded For Latest Storm. From ‘Bring It On’ To ‘I Can’t Take It Anymore,’ Anchorage Residents React To Snow. Technology Is Changing How Food Is Gathered In Rural Alaska.