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Interceptor Missiles To Increase At Fort Greely; Parnell Administration, Unions Reach Tentative Agreement; Mayor Sullivan Rejects Union Offer; Sled Dog Death In Unalakleet Will Be Investigated; Buccaneer Energy Files Countersuit Against Archer Drilling; Trial Delayed For Kodiak Man Accused In Coast Guard Shootings; AK: The Aurora; 300 Villages: Galena.

Interior Report Faults Shell for Mismanagement of Contractors; Browder Steps Down, Replacement Named; House Passes Version Of State Operating Budget; Hoonah Hydro Project Will Cut Diesel Fuel; Competition Fierce Among Iditarod’s Top-20; Alaska Author Releases New Book ‘Heat’

Latest Oil Tax Bill Expected To Cost State Over $1 Billion; Magnuson Stevens Act Up For Reauthorization; Treadwell Announces Arctic Marine Shipping Study; Mitch Seavey Wins The 2013 Iditarod; Tanana Chiefs Conference Convention In Fairbanks; State Senate Passes Bill Financing LNG Trucking Between North Slope, LNG; Anchorage Bars To Stay Open Until 4am; Dillingham Couple Builds World’s Most Air-Tight Home; Alaskans Mourn Passing Of Ginny Wood

Race Leaders Leave White Mountain For Safety, Nome; Senate Committee Introduces New Version Of Oil Tax Bill; Commercial Fishermen Lobby For Stricter Salmon Habitat; Alaska Broadcasters Line Up To Oppose GCI Purchase Of TV Stations; Anchorage Assembly Shuts Down Union Testimony, Extends AO37 Vote; Alaskans Impress At Junior Nordic Ski Nationals

Mitch Seavey Takes Back Iditarod Lead; Lawmakers Push For More Local Food Production; Bill Increases Time Required For Teacher Tenure; Students ‘Dream Big’ At Airport Heights Elementary; City Officials Express Relief Following Dietzmann Verdict; State Proposes Land Sale In Central Area; Alaska Cultural Connections: Idita-Culture

Plane Crashes Near Dillingham; Lawmakers Dash To DC, Dine With Lobbyists; Otter-Bounty Bill Faces Opposition; Most Iditarod Teams Remaining Large So Far; Fairbanks School District Proposes $262 Million Operating Budget; Sheffield Stumps For Instate Gasline; AK: A Fashion Show; 300 Villages: Unalakleet

Senate Committee Considers Interior Nominee; Agencies Can Soon Use Herbicides, Pesticides On State Lands Without Permit; Alaska Railroad Cutting Over 50 Jobs; Jury Rules In Favor Of City In Homer Airport Shooting Case; Lead Dogs Begin To Prove Themselves; Dillingham Couple Attempts To Set World Record; Fairbanks’ ‘College Hill’ Area To Go By Athabascan Name; State Legislators Coming Together To Make Music

Begich Bill Would Define Mental Incompetence For Guns; Opposition Testify Against Behavior Health Funding Cuts; Mushers Debate Where To Take 24-Hour Layover; Iditarod Airplane Flips; 2 On Board Unhurt; International Delegates To Decide On Polar Bear Protections; Public Urges Officials To Maintain White Mountain Recreation Area Mining Ban; Service Allows Fairbanks Residents To Share More Info With Emergency Responders; Alaska’s Capital City Changes With The Times

Three Dead in Rainy Pass Crash; Former Sitka Principal Charged With Sexual Assaults; Senate Democratic Budget Expected To Take Aim At Oil Tax Privileges; Kulluk Arrives In Unalaska; House Tightens Operating Budget; 13 Mushers Making Iditarod Debut This Year; State Workers Rally As Union Leaders Negotiate New Cotnracts; St. George Harbor Project Progresses; Long-Running Lawsuit Over Fast Ferries’ Engines Is Settled; Lawmakers Celebrate First Territorial Legislature Centennial

Begich Requests State Put $2 Billion Toward Ports Infrastructure; Resignation Looms For ASD Superintendent; Fairbanks Neighborhood Air Quality Improves After Wood Boilers Shut Down; 1 Dead After Backcountry Accident Near Haines; Sequester Expected To Impact 8a Contracts; Speakers Make Case For Accepting Federal Money For Medicaid Expansion; Four Women Ranking Among 2013 Iditarod’s Top-20 Mushers; Icicle’s Adak Plant To Take Summer Hiatus; Alaska Cultural Connections: Staying In The Bush

U.S. Court Of Appeals Upholds Polar Bear Listing; JBER Commander Anticipating Sequester Cuts; Anchorage Braces For Sequestration Impacts; Legislature Considers Shaving Money From Early Education Programs; North Slope Villagers File Suit Against Army Corps Of Engineers; Tribes Get Larger Voice At AFN With Bylaw Change; Superior Court Decision Could Impact Water Protection Statutes; AK: Rookie; 300 Villages: Haines

Parnell Says No To Federal Money For Medicaid Expansion For Now; King Cove Residents Push Salazar On Izembek Road; Governor’s Oil Tax Proposal Progressing Through Senate; Union Workers Testify Against Ordinance; Officials Discuss Lack Of Affordable Senior Housing; Huslia Program Gets Kids Mushing; Fundraiser Puts Juneau’s Empty Chair Project Near Goal

Shell Suspending 2013 Drilling Season; NOAA Tracking North Pacific Storms; Redistricting Board Awaiting U.S. Supreme Court Decision; Senate Committee Considering Bill Defining ‘Medically Necessary’ Abortions; Yakutat Seeking Wave Power; 15 To Be Inducted Into Alaska Women’s Hall Of Fame; Bikers Break Previous Iditarod Trail Invitational Record

Sequester Would Cut NPS Budget By 5 Percent; JKT: Representing District Is ‘Deeply Personal’; Legislature Considering Chinook Research Fund; Rising Number Of Alaskans Predicted To Be Affected By Future Flooding; 727 Lands At Merrill Field In Anchorage; Nick Golodoff, Author Of “Attu Boy,” Dies At 77;

State House Passes Gun Bill; 5,000 Alaska Department of Defense Workers Could Be Furloughed In Sequester; New Crude Oil Agreement Signed Between State, Flint Hills; Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins Make History At World Championships; First 6 Cyclists Check Into Winterlake Lodge Checkpoint On Iditarod Trail Invitational; Chinese, NOAA Dismantle Pirate Fishing Vessels; Alaska Cultural Connections: Family