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Young on both sides of debate as House health bill vote is delayed; Walker: Up to 45K Alaskans could lose coverage with GOP bill; Palmer man faces federal charges in 2016 double homicide; Police on lookout for Fairbanks library shooter; Military officials discuss REAL ID urgency, other issues; Huge fine issued for dangerous incident at Anchorage power plant; Emperor goose hunt will bring temporary jobs to 6 YK Delta villages; Fish and Game says crab counts were low this season, fishermen disagree; Inter-Island Ferry attracts more passengers; Fox Spring could remain under state ownership; Ask a Climatologist: Clear and cold on repeat Listen now

White House budget proposal cuts legal services for low-income Alaskans; Wildlife managers urge conservative hunting of emperor geese; Thousands of state employees temporarily locked out of computers; Hilcorp fined again by state for unauthorized use of nitrogen in wells; Two outside companies look to find world-class shale oil; Federal air quality officials visit Fairbanks; Longtime leader Rosita Worl to leave Sealaska board; Heating system fire caused last year's Ice Alaska fire; Mat-Su Borough bans trapping on some public land; Arctic winter sees record low sea-ice cover Listen now

Senate lifts ban on predator killing in Alaska refuges; Differences over future divide Alaska Legislature; Murkowski at odds with Trump's call to end NEA funding; Bill signed allowing for opioid overdose drug distribution; Consultant recommends Sitka’s hospitals merge; Final fuel spill cleanup near Paxson may be delayed; To the displeasure of some locals, Tailgate Alaska grabs land use permit from DNR Listen now

State health commissioner, Rep. Young concerned about health care bill; Citizen scientists monitor North Pole air; Feed Me Hope culinary school teaches skills for life beyond the kitchen; Anchorage Teamsters building break-in results in personal information theft; Never Quit: Being a pararescueman; House reintroduces bill designed to increase rural voting turnout; The Open North American Championship sled dog race comes to a close; Nome Finishers’ Banquet marks end of Iditarod 45 Listen now

What lies ahead for the Arctic and the people who live there? Researchers will gather in Anchorage, to present studies on changes in arctic plants and animals, food security and how remote population will need to adapt to increasing development, vessel traffic and tourism. Listen Now

Here’s the Sunday, March 19th, 2017 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave, send email to algonuevo@alaskapublic.org or post your comment at the bottom of this post.

Italian company Eni submits plan to drill for oil in Beaufort Sea; House passes deep cut to per diem allowances; Feds worry oil pipeline near leaking Cook Inlet gas line also at risk; Fairbanks cyclist wins Iditarod Trail Invitational; Forecasting Sitka’s herring biomass is a thorough but imperfect science; Open North American Sled Dog Championship kicks off; Yukon Quest dog's heart stopped; Victor Joseph reelected as President of Tanana Chiefs Conference; Pen Air works to integrate Saab 2000s; AK: How genetics changed mush dogs of the past; 49 Voices: Tsolmon Damba of Anchorage Listen now

The huskies running today’s Iditarod bear little resemblance to the bulky sled-dogs Alaskans used to rely on year-round. As breeding programs have refined genetic lines to create dogs designed to excel at the thousand-mile winter-time race, the cost of specialization has been a lack of versatility. Listen now

KSKA: Thursday, March 23, at 2:00 p.m. In the whole world, there are just a few places where a confluence of environmental factors creates incredible abundance. One of those is Bristol Bay. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’ll talk about the bay’s fisheries, the richest for commercial salmon and the regions' angling for enormous trout. LISTEN NOW

This week we're hearing from Tsolmon Damba in Anchorage. Demba is a nursing student from Mongolia who arrived in Alaska nearly seven years ago to attend UAA. She says the city is not what she expected. Listen now

KSKA: Wednesday, March 22 @ 2 pm and 8 pm. Transportation helps make the city. On the next Hometown Alaska, we'll dream about how we could make our transportation system better to make a better Anchorage. Our guests will include a visiting transportation guru bringing new ideas, and a local transportation leader who knows our own situation. LISTEN NOW

KSKA Tuesday, March 21 2017, at 2:00 p.m. This week we’re featuring a World Matters storytelling event titled “Intercultural Alaska: Celebrating Diversity & Connecting Through Stories.” Five storytellers share with us their stories of immigration, culture, heritage and integration. All of which help make Alaska such a diverse place to live. LISTEN NOW

"New Arrivals" is Alaska Public Media's profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media. LISTEN NOW

Monday, March 20, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. The Human heart beats about 2.5 billion times over the average lifetime, pushing millions of gallons of blood to every part of the body. Given this never-ending workload, it's a wonder it performs so well, for so long, for so many people. But the heart can also fail, brought down by a poor diet and lack of exercise, smoking, infection, unlucky genes, and more. LISTEN NOW

Don't panic over Trump's budget, Murkowski says; Alaska House votes to shut down budget debate; 9th Circuit judges to Congress: Leave us alone; Alaska's chief medical officer on opioid battle; Fairbanks bus driver shortage making kids late to class; Alaska State Parks switches to new booking system; Alaska gets millions of dollars from Volkswagen settlement; Railway demolition unearths new discoveries from World War II; Sea-to-table movement takes root with Alaska’s growing kelp industry Listen now

KSKA: Friday, March 17 at 2:30pm Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita) are recognized as two of the most popular musical theatre composer/lyricists today and The Alaska Fine Arts Academy of Eagle River is producing one of their most enduring, and earliest works based on the story of Joseph from the Old Testament, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. On this week's Stage Talk, AFAA's Executive Director Lailani Cook brings two of the actors, Arthur Braendel and Emma Wasko to talk about how this show is as entertaining for the entire family today as it was when it premiered in 1968. Joseph runs March 24-April 1st. LISTEN NOW 

What's it like to live with a mental illness and to go through recovery? How do people react to you? What assumptions do they make? Learn more about mental health and how it shapes our communities during the next Community in Unity.

In Episode 16, we talk about the Iditarod's top-20, and take a deep dive into the strategy behind Mitch Seavey's record-breaking run.

Senate passes bill drawing from Permanent Fund; State hopes environmental monitoring will clear up unknowns about Cook Inlet gas leak; Soldier charged in fatal shooting at Fairbanks bar; Prosecutors: death decision months away in airport shooting; Warm air, sea-surface temperatures in February limited Arctic sea-ice growth; Assembly member challenges borough's invocation policy; Ask a Climatologist: The sun is back and so is winter melt; Steller Watch lets anyone with internet access play wildlife biologist; ADF&G warns long winter is making moose irritable; Sled dogs help pull tourists' car from snow in Fairbanks; Top ten mushers finish in Nome; Mitch Seavey leads Iditarod to Nome – and says he’s not done yet Listen now