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State Supreme Court Hears Same-Sex Survivor Benefits Case; Rubenstein Reforming Face Of Carlyle Group; Shishaldin Volcano Rumbling To Life; Bethel City Council Fires City Manager Lee Foley; Fish and Game Expects Low Yukon Chinook Run; Old And Bold Pilots: Warren Polski; Kuskokwim Elders React To This Year’s Breakup; The Dauenhauers Teach Tour Guides How To Teach Tourists Download Audio

Group Challenging Alaska’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban; Pacific Walruses Removed From Unusual Mortality Event In North Pacific; Panel Discussion Addresses Effects Of British Columbia Mines; Concerns Raised Over Alaska’s Lack Of Standing To Address Canadian Mining; Study Finds No Discernable Impact From Tulsequah Chief Mine Discharge On Fish; Banking Error Delays State Payroll; Juneau Birders Photograph Rare Long-Billed Curlew; Mt. View Community Spruces Up For Spring; Motorcycle Collisions Claim 5 Lives This Year In Southcentral; Blind Climber To Attempt Denali Ascent Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to Pelican, in Southeast Alaska on Chichagof Island. Patricia Phillips is Mayor of Pelican. Download Audio

Gov. Parnell Signs Gasline Legislation; Former-Gov. Palin Defends ACES; Memo Underscores Confession In Fairbanks 4 Case; UAA, Willamette University Partner To Offer New Law School Opportunity; Education Bill Boosts Juneau Community Charter School; Skagway Ferry Service Will Resume Sunday; National Weather Service Issues El Niño Watch; Unusual Quakes Send Seismologists Into Rapid Response; UAA Student Breaks Ground With Yup’ik Spell Checker Download Audio

Arctic May Not Be That Busy, Report Says; Coast Guard Says Its Increased Arctic Presence Will Have ‘No Significant’ Environmental Impact; Emergency Personnel Battle Unalaska Warehouse Fire; Honor Flag Lands In Fairbanks; Troopers Maintaining Presence In Tanana; Agencies Emphasize Fire Prevention Awareness; NAACP Demands Apology Over Sullivan Comments; Borough School Honors Redington, Sr.; Minecraft In The Classroom: When Learning Looks Like Gaming; Anchorage Schools Celebrate Bike To School Day Download Audio

National Science Foundation To Deploy Seismic Sensors In Alaska; Alaska’s UAV Test Site Begins Operation; Mallott Leaving Sealaska To Focus On Campaign; Bethel City Council Confirms Code And Policy Violations; GCI Turns 3G On In Bethel, Faces Lawsuit; Juneau Woman Found Off Salmon Creek Trail Dies; Great Land Trust Planning To Buy Top Of Bodenburg Butte; Online Realtor Says Sitka Tops State In Livability Download Audio

Oil Producers Get Break On Alaska Property Taxes; Alaska GOP Aims To Block Party Coups; Alaska Villages Find Success With Wind-Diesel Energy Combination; ‘Second Shake’ Rattles Noatak, Northwest Brooks Range; Warm, Dry Weather Prompts Southeast Alaska Fire Warning; Breakup Underway Along Yukon River; State Hurrying To Update Rural Infrastructure Before Federal Dollars Diminish; Burst Water Pipe Likely Cause For Skagway Ferry Dock Sinking; Alaska Airlines Center Adds New Dining Option; Juneau Considers Solutions To Housing Shortage Download Audio

Carol Rushmore works for the city and Borough of Wrangell. Download Audio

Two Alaska State Troopers Slain In Tanana; Tanana Residents Devastated By Trooper Deaths; Tensions Bubble Up Between Alaska GOP, Tea Party; Firefighters Respond To Caribou Lake Wildfire; Rep. Lindsey Holmes Will Not Seek Reelection; Carl Moses Remembered For ‘Full Career’ Of Public Service; Fairbanks Schools Anticipating Teacher, Staff Reductions; AK: Smokejumpers; 300 Villages: Wrangell Download Audio

NTSB Recommends Safety Review Of Ravn Alaska; Major General Thomas Katkus Responds To National Guard Sexual Assault Allegations; Initiative-Packed November Ballot Expected To Influence Voter Turnout; Flint Hills Begins Shutting Down Fairbanks Refinery; Project To Restore Herring, Starting In Sitka; Peggy Wilson Ending Long Legislative Career; Historical Photo Collection Being Made Available Online Download Audio

Proposed Rule Change Could Allow Alaska Tribal Land Trusts; Sikuliaq Research Vessel Nears Completion; 13,000 Alaskans Enrolled With Healthcare.gov; Skagway Ferry Dock Is Floating Again; Sexual Abuse Prevention Bill Falls Through The Cracks; Gubernatorial Candidates Answer Student Questions; Crews Set Up Denali Base Camp; ‘Arctic Sun: Fulfilling The Dream’ Chronicles Family’s Wilderness Adventures; UAA Students Cope With Finals Week Download Audio

Gov. Parnell Says He Took Immediate Action On Sexual Assault Allegation; Chamber Comes Out Anti-Begich – That’s The U.S. Chamber; Prudhoe Bay Flowline Springs Leak, Sprays Oil; Breakup Creating Havoc For Ice Dredgers; How Can We Improve Our Food Security?; First Mega Cruise Ship Docks In Ketchikan Download Audio

Crews Work To Refloat Skagway Ferry Dock; Wildfire Threat Increases As Snow Melts; River Watch Teams Prepare For Breakup; Breaking Ice Pack Sets Kwigilngok Hunters' Snowmachines Adrift; Whale Earwax Offers Opportunity For Unique Insight; Bethel’s Megan Leary Takes First Runner-Up At Miss Indian World; Forestry Trainees Brush Up On Essential Fire Suppression Skills; Alaskan Brewing Co. Now Selling Beer In Cans Download Audio

This week, we’re heading to St. Michael, a primarily Yup’ik community of almost 450 people near Nome in Western Alaska. Bobbi Ann Andrews is the mayor of St. Michael. Download Audio

Jury Convicts Alaska Man In Coast Guard Killings; Court Rules In Favor Of Same-Sex Couples In Property Tax Case; Surprise Inspection Finds High Radiation Levels At Acuren Facility; Alaska Legislature Gavels Out; Three To Try Out For Juneau Symphony Conductor; AK: Cats; 300 Villages: St. Michael Download Audio

What was William Seward thinking when he pushed the purchase of Alaska from Russia? What would most surprise him if he could see Alaska now? Seward’s Day is a state holiday; a town and a highway are named after him; but who was he? Two historians will help us understand why we’re not part of Russia, on the next Talk of Alaska. APRN: Tuesday, 4/29 at 10:00am Download Audio

Ferry Dock In Skagway Sinks; Southcentral Foundation Reaches Historic With IHS; Lawmakers Make Tentative Deal On Education Bill; As Legislature Make Progress On Adjourning, KABATA Bill Falls Apart; Investigation Attributes USCG Death To Faulty Equipment, Work Practices; Customers Suing GCI For Poor Cell And Data Performance; Alaska Food Policy Council Hosts Bethel Town Hall Meeting; NOAA Investigating Rare Whale Beachings; More Tourists Expected In Petersburg This Year Download Audio