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The 2011 Alaska Marketplace Competition brought 21 finalists from around the state to compete for $200,000 in funding their ideas for economic development. Hosted at the BP Exploration Alaska Building on October 19th, the public exhibition featured a Peoples' Choice Award in addition to the Judged competition.

Alaskans live in many different kinds of creative structures. Reporter Diana Saverin recently traveled across the state taking shelter in everything from a converted garbage shed to a wall tent. She also found yurts – lots of yurts.

Air Force Cutting Back Civilian Jobs, Report Calls for More After School Programs, Aleutian Region Listen as State’s Top Fisheries Earner, Providence Hospital Ceasing to Hire Tobacco Users, FCC Ruling Extends Broadband to Rural Areas, Multi-Talented Jeff Brown Wins Statewide Recognition, Yurts Provide Unique Living Situation

Most of us spend a lot of time rolling over pavement each day, but very little time thinking about it. For a team of workers at the state Department of Transportation though, it’s their job to consider the intricacies of asphalt.

An industrial solvent that contaminated ground water in an area of North Pole may be the subject of a federal study. Sulfolane, has been nominated by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for study under the National Toxicology Program.

Bethel will soon be the home to a new aircraft mechanic school. It will be run by the Association of Village Council Presidents and is scheduled to open in September of 2012.

When a building catches fire, the situation is scary enough. The stakes are even higher on a boat, where there’s nowhere to go and no one to fight the fire but the people on board.

State Looks for Coastal Management Alternative, Fairbanks May Opt to Pursue Redistricting Suit, Thousands Without Power on Kenai Peninsula, Airports Prove Vital to State Economy, New Technology May Help Roads Resist Wear and Tear, November is ‘Highway Safety Month’, Industrial Solvent May Be Subject of Federal Study, Bethel to Host New Aircraft Mechanic School, Catcher-Processor Endures Fire at Sea

One of the biggest seafood expos in the world got underway today in Qingdao China. The China Fisheries and Seafood expo includes 800 companies from 38 countries.

The University of Alaska’s operating and capital budgets will be on the agenda on Wednesday for a UA Board of Regents meeting in Fairbanks.

Alaska Soldier Arrested on Suspicion of Espionage, ‘Mini-Bus’ Bill Passes Senate, Young Pushes for Loosening of Sea Otter Pelt Sale Restrictions, Great Bear Petroleum Won’t Make Decision on Continuing Work Until Next Year, Large Seafood Expo Kicks Off in China, Kenai Predator Control Proves to be Contentious Issue, Agreement Reached for Protection of Knik, Matanuska River-Area Wetlands, UA Aims to Start New Program to Help Students Graduate on Time, Tenakee Students Wade into Science

Alaska’s “Dance Diva” Maryann Sundown was laid to rest this Saturday in her home village of Scammon Bay. The 93-year-old inspired countless Yup’ik dancers before she died in her house last week from pneumonia.

State Troopers have released the name of the pilot killed in a helicopter crash Saturday night near Lake Illiamna. The pilot killed was William Zeman from Douglas, Alaska.

After a quiet summer and early fall for Anchorage homicides, October has proven particularly deadly in the state’s largest city.

Today’s the day to be on the lookout for ghosts but for members of a Fairbanks group, seeking out apparitions is a year round hobby. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports the local ghost hunters are serious about tracking the paranormal.

Dion Sentenced to 124 Years in Craig Case, Court Rules in Favor of Tribes in Child Support Case, Parnell Administration Explains Jump in Real Estate Licensing Fees, Judge to Decide on Fairbanks Redistricting Petition, Dance Diva’s Legacy Lives On, Pilot Dies in Helicopter Crash Near Lake Illiamna, Three Dead in Separate Anchorage Homicides, Palmer Votes to End Water Fluoridation, Fairbanks Ghost Hunters Tracking the Paranormal

The Bering Sea pollock B season is limping to a close. As of Saturday, 77,000 metric tons of fish remain unharvested with just a few weeks to go.

Alaska is number one in the country for traumatic brain injury. And in rural Alaska, where snow-machine travel is part of everyday life, the rates are highest.

Now it’s time for 300 villages, AK’s regular weekly trip around the state. Today we’re visiting Naknek, on the Alaska Peninsula, and Ruby, on the Yukon River.