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President Obama Issues Disaster Declaration For Parts Of Alaska; Health Care Providers Push Governor Parnell To Expand Medicaid; Parnell Proposes Chinook Salmon Research Initiative; Thomas Will Ask For Recount In Loss To Kreiss-Tomkins; Over Half Of Women In Y-K Delta Experience Partner, Sexual Violence; Report Warns Of Potential Thawing Permafrost Hazards; Students Dissect Octopus At Sitka’s WhaleFest; Journey To Attu

Researchers Describe "Jaw-Dropping" Whale Survey Near Point Hope; ‘Fairbanks Four’ Supporters Looking Beyond Recent Court Ruling; Man Arrested In Dillingham On Outstanding Warrant; Search For Man Missing In Brooks Range Called Off; Responders Remove Fuel From Grounded Tug; Quitting Tobacco For Good Health, Cleaner Communities; Unalaska Residents Find Good Black Friday Deals; Pamyua Double Album: A Soundscape Of Identity

Parnell Wants Student Performance to be Part of Teacher Evals; Polar Winds Slow Diesel Removal; Scientists Testing for Acidity; UAF Scientist Looking for Wood Alternatives; Hiland Mountain Orchestra Gets Ready for Annual Concert.

Final HD 34 Ballots In: JKT 4,123; Thomas 4,091; French Keeps Senate Seat In Close Race; Oil Tax Reform May Play Big Role In National Debt Discussions; Company Pushes For Rail Link To Export Oil Sands; State Labor Department Official David Stone Dies Unexpectedly; Thanksgiving Wednesday Is Busiest At Fairbanks Foodbank; Leone Part 3: ‘Come Back Right Now’

Groups Submit Reviews Of Susitna-Watana Dam Studies; Report Says Lower Kenai River Violates Water Standards; Alaska Officials Report Increase Of Flu, Pertussis; State Mulling Medicaid Expansion; Anchorage Assembly Faces Accusations Of Open Meeting Law Violations; Leone, Part Two: ‘A Rapid, Liquid Stop’

BBNC Board Member Charged With Sexual Assault; Leone: CG 6017 ‘Hit Something We Never Saw’; Kreiss-Tomkins Has A 28-Vote Lead; Light Sheen Spotted Near Grounded Tug; Lend Lease Program Has Long-Lasting Impact; Anchorage Snow Totals Well Below Average; Solving The Childcare Crisis In Rural Alaska

BP To Pay $4.5 Billion In Deepwater Horizon Settlement; House District 34 Race All Tied Up; Fire Crews Respond To Engine Explosion On Shell Drill Rig; US Mint Issues Denali Quarter; Man Convicted In Hoonah Murder Wants New Trial; Fuglvog Fishing Associate To Pay $100,000 For Illegal Fishing; Bethel Search And Rescue Leader Resigns; Wildlife Agency Prepares For Alaska Employee Loss; AK: Parrots; 300 Villages: Craig

Senate Republicans To Continue Earmark Ban; Scientists Work To Track Ice Islands; Unattended Candle Cited As Probable Cause Of Gastineau Apartment Blaze; State Supreme Court Mulls Appeal In Same Sex Tax Case; New Hospital Opens In Nome; OSHA Hands Out $55,000 In Fines For Ammonia Spill; One-Third Of Local Students Overweight Or Obese, Study Finds

GCI Buys 3 Alaska Television Stations; Commission Says Alaskans Would Benefit From More Cooperation Between States, Tribes; Print Shops: The Unsung Victors Of Alaska’s Elections; Symposium Addresses Poor Salmon Returns; Alaska Innovates First Program To Subsidize Housing For Victims Of Violence; Hybrid High Schools Help Kids Imagine Their Futures

Port Study Shows Design, Construction Flaws; Rare Human Remains May Hold Secret To Alaska’s Ancient Past; Responders Investigate Oiled Wildlife Reports On St. Lawrence Island; Sergeant Found Guilty On 1 Count In Soldier Death; Chenault To Return As Alaska House Speaker; Report Peer Reviews EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment; FTC Investigation Into Hilcorp, Marathon Deal Closed; AK: Bees; 300 Villages: Savoonga

Freezing Rain, Snow Quell Dillinham-Area Blaze; Former Whaling Commission Director Sentencing Continues; Acoustic Sensors Give Scientists A New Perspective In The Arctic; Stevens Joins New Senate Majority; Republican Majority Ousts Stedman From Leadership; Democratic Groups Urge Congress To Protect Entitlement Programs; Scientists Study Earthquake Intricacies; Copper Basin Is On After Organizers Overturn Cancellation; US Mint To Unveil Quarter Honoring Denali Park

State Senate Announces New Organization; Bell, French Race Remains Close, Awaits Absentee Ballots; House District 34 Race Too Close To Call; Bond Proposition Passes, Constitutional Convention Fails; Interior Senate Democrats Fall In General Election; Republicans Win Four Interior House Races; State Announces Winners In Oil, Gas Rights Lease Sales; 14 Bids Accepted In NPR-A Lease Sale; Hilcorp Gets Consent Decree From State To Buy Marathon Assets; New Player May Enter Field For North Slope LNG; Juneau Assembly Praises City’s Emergency Responders; The Scam ‘Toner Phoners’ Reach The Y-K Delta

Cause Of Downtown Juneau Fire Remains Unknown; Taskforce Addresses Sex Trafficking In Alaska; North Slope Drilling Lease Winners To Be Announced Tomorrow; Voter Turnout Varies Around State; Effort Could Close Down Togiak Fishery For 3 Years; Candlelight Vigil To Mark National Homelessness Awareness Month; Anthropologist Says Salmon Are State’s Long-Term Investment; HooDoo Brewing Company Opens In Fairbanks

Fire Burns Over 10 Miles Of Tundra Near Dillingham; John N. Marvin, Jr. Found Guilty In Hoonah Double Homicide; Third Parties Seek Popular Votes In Alaska; Public Support For Big Projects In Bond Prop A Is Limited; It Takes A Village To Prevent Youth Suicide; Wrangell’s Garnet Grit Betties Are Recruiting

Anthropologists Studying Subsistence-Based Economies; Application Period Begins For Big Game Permits; AISES Convention Draws 2,000 To Anchorage; Police Seek Identities Of Costumed Revelers; Hoonah Murder Trial Goes To The Jury; Questions Remain As Campaign Season Comes To A Close; AK: Breathe; 300 Villages: St. George