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Mixed Feelings On A New Company's Plans To Drill in Cook Inlet; Maritime Group Approves Aleutian Shipping 'Buffer Zones'; NOAA Investigates Steller Sea Lion Deaths Near Cordova; Advocacy Group Puts Setnet Restriction Measure on the Ballot; Cameras May Remedy Gripes With Alaska's Fisheries Observer Program; Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Visits Fairbanks; 49 Voices: Matt Williams of Anchorage; AK: Ice Dance Download Audio:

Legislature Verges on Gaveling Out; 'Erin's Law' Unanimously Passes In the Senate; Murkowski Votes 'Nay' on Icebreaker Provision in Defense Bill; Rep. Young Lobbies To Offer Land Allotments For Alaska Native Vietnam Vets; ACA Subsidies For Alaskans May Be In Jeopardy; Orthodox Cathedral Desecrated During Vandalism Spree in Kodiak; Low Oil Prices Haven't Reached Dillingham; Flight Service from Alaska to Russia's Far East To Resume; Feds to Investigate Groundwater Contamination in North Pole; State Study Shows 60% Wolf Decline on POW; Race To Alaska Competitors Close In On Ketchikan Download Audio:

Budget Negotiators Agree on Per-Pupil School Funding; Coal Lawsuit Results In Little Change; Coastal Communities Protest Naval Activity in the Gulf of Alaska; Rep. Don Young Marries on 82nd Birthday; NOAA Survey Ships Depart for Arctic; Wood Bison Get Acquainted With Their New Habitat; Deciphering the Journey of Bristol Bay Smolt; Budget Woes Hurt Small Spuds; Kinetic Energy, A Ball and An Unlikely Path to Art; Odess: 'Sitka Opened Her Arms To Me' Download Audio:

North Pacific Council Cuts Bycatch Caps; Critics Say It’s Not Enough; Governor's Weekend Think Tank Hits on PFD, Tax Structure; Sen. Sullivan Moves D.C. Office to Hart Building; Army Combat Camp Focuses on New-School Techniques; Innovative Program Brings Dental Care to Underserved Alaskans; Homeless Teens Find Help at 'My House'; Juneau Symphony Names Troy Quinn its Newest Conductor Download Audio:

FEC Hits Sullivan Campaign With $3k Fine; Governor's Weekend Retreat To Look Beyond Budget Impasse; Bragaw Extension Stumbles Over Land-Use Regs; Court Allows Pebble v. EPA to Proceed; Rotating Propeller Kills Wasilla Man in Wrangell-St. Elias; Panel Advises Trimming Halibut Bycatch in the Bering Sea; Kuskokwim River Residents Face Early Season Restrictions; On International Donut Day, Kobuk Has You Covered; AK: Tundra Love; 49 Voices: Sheila Arkell of Eagle River Download Audio:

Talking about death is never easy. But it's especially difficult in a hospital when a loved one is incapacitated and family members are trying to guess their wishes. Two healthcare workers in Anchorage want to convince Alaskans to have that conversation before a crisis and record their choices in an advance directive. APRN: Tuesday, June 9 at 10:00am Download Audio

Senate Spokesperson Arrested For DUI After LIO Hit-And-Run; Criminal Justice Commission Gets an Earful in Nome; Tracking State Layoff Notices From the Mailroom to the Mailbox; Regents Nominate Ex-Exec. For UA System President; The Gray Eagle Has Landed... In Fairbanks; Crews Battle 14,000-Acre Fire Near Kalskag; Magnuson-Stevens: Concerns Abound Over Exempting Fisheries Decisions From NEPA; Mat-Su Borough Board Upholds Shooting Range; Ketchikan Welcomes A Canine to Search And Rescue Squad Download Audio:

Lawmakers Grapple With Budget Impasse; State Shutdown Could Mean ‘Conservative’ Fishing Season; Ketchikan Candidate Faces Up to $6,000 in Fines for Campaign Violations; On A Mission: Educating Alaskans About Advance Directives; Dalton To Re-Open, But Repairs Still Needed; Urban Gatherers Find Free Salads Outside Their Doors; Alaska Eagles Help Supply Lower 48 Tribes Download Audio:

Alaska Senators Vote to Reform Patriot Act; No Budget Deal, No Ferry Service; Court Employees Assigned 2 Days Unpaid Leave; The Blob expands from Gulf of Alaska to Baja California; Seniors Find Few Options Beyond Medicaid; Juneau to Be The Third City in Alaska to Shelter High-Risk Homeless; Fort Yukon Goes Solar; Strings on the Bus: Anchorage Has A Conflux Download Audio:

Walker Hires Mediator to Help Lawmakers Pass A Budget; Permanent Fund CEO Abruptly Retires; Premera Alaska Files For Another Large Rate Increase; Rep. Young's Fisheries Bill Passes the House; North Pacific Council to Vote on Halibut Bycatch Limits; U.S. House Votes to Sell Midtown Lot to Muni; City Holds Job Fair for Marijuana Industry; Medicaid Denials May Boot Some Seniors From Assisted Living Download Audio:

Spring is a time of new growth and renewal but it is also too often a time that an increase in suicide occurs. Why does Alaska continue to lead the nation in rates of self harm? What's being done to help Alaskans choose to live rather than end their lives? APRN: Tuesday, 6/2 at 10:00am Download Audio

Fed. Jugde Hears Oral Arguments from EPA, Pebble Over Alleged FACA Violations; Coast Guard Adds Response Vessels in Anticipation of Shell's Arrival; Nome Judge Accused of Misconduct; Alaska LNG Wins Conditional Export Approval; Federal Officials to Meet With Forty-Mile Gold Miners; Heroin Hits Home: Small Airlines Are A Major Inroad; #StickFigureAK Uses Art To Spark Community; Salmon Skin Wallets and Crab Shell Shirts for the Masses; Need to Get Away? Why Not Build An Airplane Download Audio:

House Republicans: Take It Or Leave It; Protests Continue Over Education Funding, Medicaid Expansion; Heroin Hits Home: City of Bethel Forms Heroin Task Force; Fairbanks Navigates Pot Legalization; Going Undercover With APD Vice's Kathy Lacey; Norwegian Monarch Visits Alaska, Urges Action on Climate Change; Yup'ik Singer, Drummer Performs in WDC; Chemical Tags in Ear Bones Reveal Chinooks' Life Histories Download Audio:

Budget Battle: Republicans Search for Workaround In Lieu of Courting Democratic Support; For $1B Radar, It's Clear; State Takes Control of Nursing Facility, Citing History of Violations; Dalton Flooding: DOT Digs Trenches to Keep Airport Open; Museum of the North Rolls Out A New Exhibit: DINOSAURS!; AK: A 12-Year-Old Cultural Ambassador; 49 Voices: Jean Aspen of Homer Download Audio:

Legislature Gavels Out, Sort Of; Utility to Revive Long-Idled Coal Plant In Healy; Hyder Border to Reopen for 24-Hour Access; Sen. Sullivan: Prepare for A Long War; Alaska National Guard Welcomes New Leadership; Wood Bison Bulls to Join Reintroduced Herd; Data: Positive Skill Building Improves Youth Behavior; 'Baby Raven Reads' Program Nurtures A New Generation of Tlingit Speakers Download Audio: