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Group Targeting Superior Court Judge Up For Retention; Legislator Concerned About Outside Funds In Campaign Advertising; Lawyers Argue Over Where The Money Went; Bell Challenges French For Senate Seat; CEAAC To Acknowledge Settlement Of Education Lawsuits; Downtown Talkeetna Fire Destroys 1 Building, Damages 2 Others; Officials Approve New Route To Tulsequah Chief Mine

Shell Wraps Up Exploratory Arctic Drilling; Environmental Groups Say Drilling Season Was A Failure; Media Scrutiny Of Port Project Puts Officials On The Spot; Mega Storms Likely Tied To Warming Arctic; A Week Before Election, State House Candidates Sharpen Rhetoric; Wood Energy Conference Takes Place In Fairbanks; Katmai Ash Whipped Up By Strong Winds; Group Wants Input To Improve Sitka’s Downtown; Beware…The Haunted Ship Awaits!; Halloween Story: Chilkoot Zombie Fish

First 3 Subsistence Fishermen Found Guilty. Ancient Marine Reptiles are Topic of Recent Norwegian Journal and Fairbanks Scientist’s Research. Task Force to Gather Testimony on Sex Trafficking in Alaska. Homer Residents Express Growing Frustration with Endeavor Oil Rig. Fairclough Challenging Davis in Redrawn District. Senate E Challenge.

Municipality Has Port Study, Holding Until After Bond Vote; Drug, Alcohol Abuse Costs Alaska’s Economy $1.2 Billion; Oil Taxes Key Issue In Fairbanks-Area Elections; Whales & World Problems – Combining Culture & Academics; Interview: New Book Highlights Life Of Statesman Vic Fischer

Army Corps of Engineers Issues Wetlands Permit For Point Thomson; Proposal Would Require Legislative Mine Approval; Congress Waving Wind Energy Tax Credit Goodbye?; Testimony Continues In Hoonah Murder Trial; Wrangell Borough Settles With Selle-Rea And Former Board Members; AK: Ghosts; 300 Villages: Alakanuk

Opening Arguments Begin In Hoonah Murder Trial; Fairbanks Area Air Quality Degrades Due To Winter Weather; Pet Rat Aboard Deadliest Catch Boat Draws State Scrutiny; District 6 Candidates Battle For Mat-Su Valley Seat; Alaskans To Decide On Constitutional Convention; Bartlett Hospital Board Votes To Terminate Consulting Contract; Division of Forestry Group Handling Proposals For Wood Heat, Power Generation; Local Eats For A High School In Sitka

Pirate Fishing Impacting Alaska King Crab Industry; Gov. Parnell Says Trucking Gas To Fairbanks Is Step In Right Direction; APOC Fines Bob Bell $390; Stedman Fund-Raising Twice Kookesh Total; Childhood Trauma Subject Of Anchorage Conference; NPS, Hoonah Indian Association Planning New Tribal House; Arctic Sculpture Exhibit Comes To Smithsonian Museum; Commentary: Dealing With Small Town Controversy

FBI, APD Search Keyes’ Residence Again; Email Absentee Voting Begins In Alaska; Group Protests National Super PAC; Crews Search For Fisherman Missing Near Skagway; Search Suspended For Palmer Pilot; Scientists Focusing On King Salmon Activity In The Ocean; Natives Lobby Obama Administration On Subsistence Rights; Young, Cissna Participate In Fairbanks Forum; Sealaska Testing Wood-Powered Generators

Scientists Investigate Poor King Salmon Returns; Trade Group Launches LNG Export Campaign; Group Asks That Attorney Suspensions Be Reversed; APOC Staff Recommend Waiving Fine Against Bell, Decision Expected Tuesday; Voters To Decide On Transportation Bond Proposition; Making Education Relevant in Saint Mary's, Alaska; From Barrow To The Big Cities: The Story Behind Two Orphan Walruses

Boy Scouts Release ‘Perversion Files’; Report Compiles Spending Numbers On ‘Issue Ads’; AFN Continues In Anchorage; Arctic Winter Games Officials Considering Fairbanks As 2014 Venue; AK: Puppy Love; 300 Villages: Nome

AFN Kicks Off In Anchorage; Subsistence Fishermen To Be Represented Pro Bono; DNR Preparing To Lease Land For Coal Exploration Near Skwentna; Fairbanks Left With Few Options To Reduce Air Pollution; ‘Wood Energy Fair’ Reintroducing Sitka Residents To Wood Heat; New Weather Station Installed Along Elliot Highway; Don Young Eyeing Record 21st Term; Community Art Project Captures Spirit of Native Gatherings

Obama Raises More Alaska Money Than Romney; Report: State Should Take Over Tongass Timber Land; Troopers ID Pilot Killed Near Skwentna; Sanford Calls For Juneau To Lead In Southeast Alaska; USDA Grants For Water And Wastewater Projects In Rural Alaska; Funding For Tribal-Run School Running Out; Stedman, Kookesh Discuss Senate District Q Race; ‘Paris’ Exhibit Celebrates Sitka’s Past And Present

Senator Blasts Federal Spending In Alaska; Cissna Challenging Young For U.S. House Seat; Pilot Dies In Plane Crash Near Skwentna; Crew Search For Missing Palmer Pilot; Authorities Kill Bear Cub Believed To Be Involved In Fatal Mauling; Award Winning Carver Cited For Violating Federal Law; Elders and Youth Conference Kicks Off in Anchorage; Dropout, Death Rates Remain High Among Alaska Children, Teens; Alaska Receives Drugs From Company In Fungus Case; New Senior Housing Units Open In Anchorage; Two Paths To The Political Future Offered In Chamber Forum

Man Dead After Bear Mauling Near Sitka; Tugboat Gets Stuck Near St. Michael; Troopers Make Third Arrest In Homer Sexual Assault Case; Second Anchorage Body Identified, No Apparent Connection; Research Vessel ‘Sikuliaq’ Launches In Wisconsin; The Need For Alaska Native Teachers; Engineers Gather At AFN To Work On Rural Challenges; Fairbanks Restaurant Goes Smoke Free

State Supreme Court Says Business Emails On Private Accounts Are Public Records; Attuans Remember Japanese Occupation During WWII; Mail Dispute Keeps Akutan Airport Idle; Fairbanks Ordinance Creates Interior Alaska Natural Gas Distribution Utility; Alaskan Contingent To Attend Launching Of Arctic Research Vessel; AK: Plant Rehab; 300 Villages: Hope