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Kwethluk Residents Say Barge May Be Tainting Waterhole; Interior Department Finalizes NPR-A Plan, Creates Pipeline Corridor; Constitutional Delegate Wary Of Education Funding Amendment; Kookesh’s Family Says He’s Doing Better; Selle-Rea Responds To Settlement; WMC Board On Privacy; Children’s Author Jean Rogers Dies; AK: Judge Jamming; 300 Villages: Port Alexander

Coast Guard Clears Kulluk To Depart For Unalaska; Task Force Report Reveals Ways To Help Victims Of Sex Trafficking; Senator Murkowski Outlines Off Shore Revenue Sharing Plan; Lawmaker Pushes Photo ID For Voters; Labor Slams Ordinance At Work Session, Public Testimony Next; AVCP Wants Tribes To Be Able To Prosecute Non-Members; Alaska Permanent Fund Hits All-Time High; Power Back On In Tuluksak; Alaska House Passes Resolution Opposing Genetically Engineered Salmon; Legislation Proposed To Clean Up Derelict Vessels

Power Out In Tuluksak; Bypass Mail Likely Target Of Postal Reform Bill; School Voucher Resolution Will Be Heard In Judiciary, Finance Committees; Fish & Wildlife To Survey WWII Debris, Contamination On Attu; Alaska Innovators Share Success Stories; Tanana Chiefs Conference Discusses Yukon Chinook Stocks; Domesticated Salmon Research Topic Of Discussion At Boston Meeting

APD Officers Shoot, Kill Suspect; Cruise Ship Waste Water Bill Goes To Gov. Parnell; Sitka Mayor: ‘Don’t Assume, Always Hope’ For Funding; Suspect In Shooting Deaths Pleads Not Guilty; New Sealaska Land Bills Introduced In Congress; Wrangell Café Combating Hunger; Volunteers Get Food Ready For Iditarod Checkpoints; Top Chef Expected To Lure ‘Foodies’ To Last Frontier, Try Alaska Seafood

Kookesh hospitalized after heart attack; physical evidence led to Kake suspect; Kodiak suspect to appear in court this week; board must redo maps; gas line update; Yukon Quest Red Lantern Award handed out; Feature: Ilisagvik College; Celebrating Peratrovich Day

Some Legislators Attempting To Start School Voucher Program In Alaska; Micciche Says He Does Not Support Parnell Oil Tax Plan; Campylobacter Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk on the Kenai Peninsula; Agency Declines to Continue Research Investigation; State Sets Contamination Threshold For Sulfolane; NPS Considers Increasing Winter Vehicle Access Into Denali National Park; Rick Swenson Withdraws From Iditarod; AK: The Tiniest Catch; 300 Villages: St. Paul

Officials Concerned About Sequester Effects On Indian Health Services; Cruise Ship Waste Bill Opened For Amendments; Homer Police Actions During 2006 Airport Shooting Go On Trial; Expert: Southeast Cluster Initiative Working; Anchorage Assembly OKs Landing Of Big Jet; ‘Into Great Silence’ Investigates Secret Life Of Whales; Pickle Ball Makes Way To Homer

Keyes Mistakenly Issued A Razor; Chief Justice Dana Fabe Stresses Preventative Approaches; Vote On Cruise Ship Waste Bill Delayed; Assembly Allows Union Proposal To Move Ahead, Huge Turnout; Pressure Increases On US House To Pass VAWA Reauthorization; NOAA Rejects Endangered Species Petition For Alaska Corals; Exxon, Rosneft Sign Agreement To Work In Russian Arctic; Parnell Says Fairbanks LNG Trucking Project Is Must-Pass Legislation; FDA Considers Approving Genetically Engineered Salmon; ACLU Supports Yup’ik Fishermen In Trial; Officials Explain Proposal To Mine In White Mountain National Recreation Area

Senate Committee Taking On LNG Exporting Issue; Both Shell Drill Rigs Heading For Dry Docks In Asia; Legislation Defines Medically Necessary Abortions; Redistricting Board Considering Options; Seeking Comprehensive Energy Solutions In Rural Southeast; Guess Resigns From Anchorage School Board; Chugiak Football Hopes New Helmets Cut Down On Concussions; Top 4 Yukon Quest Mushers Planning For Long Term

Bill Defines 'Medically Necessary' Abortions; Alaska Democrats Introduce Oil Tax Proposal; Mayor, Assembly To Propose Ordinance Limiting Unions; Expelled GOP Leader Files Appeal; Judge Denies Bid To Block Port MacKenzie Rail Spur; Researchers Successfully Launch Rocket From Poker Flat; Alaska Cultural Connections: Going Outside; Allen Moore Claims Yukon Quest Crown; Despite Setbacks, Dupre Believes Solo Winter Summit Of Denali Can Be Done

President Obama Proposes Plan To Delay Sequester; Bethel Police Officer Named In October Shooting; Assessor Says State Taxes Don’t Apply To Kulluk Drill Rig; Bethel Finalizes Tobacco Tax Ordinance; Alyeska Tram To Reopen Saturday; Expedition To Mark 100th Anniversary Of Conquest Of Denali; AK: Repair; 300 Villages: Akutan

Troopers Investigating Kake Teenager’s Death As A Homicide; Public Turns Out For Eielson Meetings; Court Hears Arguments In Port MacKenzie Rail Spur Case; Arctic Council To Finalize Oil Spill Preparedness Agreement; Cruise Ship Discharge Bill Awaits Public Comment; ‘Stand Your Ground’ Bill Resurfaces In Legislature; Lance Mackey Scratches From Yukon Quest; Five Teams Vying For Top Spot in Yukon Quest; Cleveland’s New Lava Dome Increases Eruption Risk

Obama Nominates REI Chief Exec To Lead The Department of the Interior; State Cracking Down On Cruise Industry’s Third-Party Contractors; Plane Crash Near Kalskag Injures Three; EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Goes Back To The Drawing Board; Anchorage Residents Push For Water Protections In Title 21; Skull Found Along Beach Near Umkumiute; Paul Johnson Memorial Norton Sound 450 Sled Dog Race Begins; Yukon Quest Officials Extend Mandatory Dawson Layover By 4 Hours

King Cove Residents Still Hopeful For Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Road; EPA Plans Final Bristol Bay Assessment This Year; Report Predicts Windfall For Alaska If Federal Lands, Water Opened To Drilling; Knik Arm Bridge Costs Uncertain; Neff Reaches Yukon Quest Halfway Point First; School Board Passes Preliminary Budget 6-1; Series Of Southeast Quakes Interests Scientists

Begich Introduces Bill Granting State A Share Of Offshore Drilling Revenue; Air Force Seeking Feedback On F-16 Relocation Proposal; Explosion Rocks Fairbanks Neighborhood; Hugh Neff Leads Yukon Quest; Arguments To Be Heard For Port MacKenzie Rail Spur Wetlands Permits; New Study Challenges Scientists’ Assumptions Of What Marine Animals Need From Environment; Program Researching Chukchi Sea’s Biological Productivity; Counselors Address Suicide Prevention In Schools