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Salazar’s Third Visit to Alaska Focuses on Development Issues, States Offered Waivers From No Child Left Behind Bill, Rising Gold Price Good for Business In Alaska, Redistricting Challengers Will Present Case in January, and more...

ConocoPhillips Extends Natural Gas Plant Operations Until October, Jack-Up Rig in Kachemak Bay May Violate Federal Law, Legislators Expect Bill to Lower State Oil Taxes Next Session, Southcentral Moth Outbreak Devastates Berry Crops, and more...

20-Year-Old Case Solved, Jack-Up Oil Rig Cleared to Move to Cook Inlet, Report Shows Growing Demand for Health Care Workers, Katie John Subsistence Litigation Back in Front of the 9th Circuit, Park Service, Sitka Tribe Explore Cultural Center Partnership, New Tool Promotes Alaska-Specific Science Education, Potential Conversion to Natural Gas May Prove Expensive, Bill Would Allow Gull Egg Harvest in Glacier Bay, Tour Boat Passenger Injured by Calving Glacier

Fuglvog Pleads Guilty to Lacey Act Violations, Coast Guard Commandant Investigating Possible North Slope Installations, Study Shows Arctic Sea Ice May Stabilize, ADF&G Will Remove Invasive Sea Squirt From Sitka Harbor, Group Seeks Wolf Endangered Species Listing, St. Paul Island Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Northern Fur Seal Treaty, Point Baker Considers Post Office Loss, Inupiaq Filmmaker Having Trouble Getting Award-Winning Film to Audiences

Coast Guard Commandant Lays Out Arctic Plans, Coast Guard Housing ‘Woefully Behind’, Kott, Kohring Retrials Will Be Held in Fairbanks , Murkowski Unveils Early Education Legislation, Fairbanks Schools Receive Mixed AYP Results , State Gets Support in its Fight Against Roadless Rule, AK: Music Lessons, 300 Villages: Nuiqset and Atka

Officials Investigate Packages Containing White Powder Sent to Alaska Delegation Offices; Two Dead, Four Survive Western Alaska Plane Crash; State Senate Looks at Long Term Railbelt, Southcentral Energy Development Plans; Fish and Wildlife Releases New ANWR Management Plan; Delta Junction Man Building State’s Only Commercial Flour Mill; Kenai Lowe’s Among Those Closed; Wood Bison Release Delayed Until 2013; Sitka Mural Urges ‘Respect,’ Addresses Domestic Violence ; Plan Aims to Protect Denali Highway Cultural Resources

Shell Working to Contain North Sea Spill, TransCanada Says State Partially to Blame for Lack of Potential Shippers, Forum Highlights Need for Multi-National Oil, Gas Development Regulation, Packages Sent to Alaska Delegation Contained Concrete Material Sample, Supreme Court Grants Emergency Review of Pebble Partnership, Lake and Peninsula Borough Case, Yukon River Law Enforcement Conflict Dates Back to 1996, Wind Power Cuts State Subsidy, Not Residents’ Bills, Wet Weather Good News for Interior Berry Crops, Friend Remembers Plane Crash Victim

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Orange Goo Determined to Be Plant Fungus Spores, State Getting More Attention in Foreign Policy, BOEMRE Says it Has Corrected Flaws Made Prior to Chukchi Sea Lease, Walrus Start Hauling Out Along North Coast, Checks Sent Out to Hundreds of Clerical Abuse Victims, Blatchford Buys Seward Phoenix Log, Tundra Drums Newspapers, Supreme Court Rules SOS Initiative Can Go Before Voters, Southcentral Foundation Gets Grant to Find Those Who Need Denali Kid Care, Staff Members Tour New Crime Lab, Whale Calf Freed From Fishing Gear

Millions in Illegal Drugs, Alcohol Seized in Western Alaska, Village Carries Faith, Despite Past Priest Abuse, McGrath Area Crash Survivors Will Receive Financial Help, IPHC Offering Reward for Lost Equipment, AK: Riding the Whistle Stop Train, 300 Villages: False Pass and Anaktuvuk Pass

Legislators Attend Council of State Governments – West Conference, Request Yields No Independent Audit Proposals for Goose Creek Correctional Center, Agriculture Official Visits Sitka, Southeast , Land Slides Into Petersburg’s Hammer Slough, Nome Police Department Investigating Shooting, Attempted Suicide , Bristol Bay Times, Arctic Sounder and Dutch Harbor Fisherman to Stop Publishing During Transition to New Owners, Money Sent to Help Rural Alaska Farmers, Life Sciences Building Transforms Look of UAF’s West Ridge, Little Fish Keeping Big Fish on Consumers’ Tables, Alaska Salmon May Be Added to Astronauts Menu

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Officials Look to Dirigibles as Possible Transportation Solution, Begich, NOAA Chief Take Questions On Halibut Plan, TAPS Offers Support to Wartime Widows, USDA Under Secretary Promotes Tribal Conservation Districts, Groundbreaking Celebrates New Home for Disabled Elderly, Small Cruise Lines Send More Ships to Alaska, Workers Clearing Slide Debris in Petersburg

Mora-Lopez Sentenced to Three Months in Prison, $10,000 Fine, Yukon Skipper Dies After Fish Tender Capsizes, Alaska Issues Under Scrutiny in Wake of Fuglvog Incident, Polar Bear Scientist Allowed Back to Work, Officials Address Yupiit School District Problems, Pilots Awarded for Saving Damaged Jet, Residents Respond to Healy Clean Coal Plan Plan

Legislators’ Norway Trip Focusing on Economic, Natural Resource Issues, State Appealing Federal Protection for Polar Bears, Officials Search for Cost of Endangered Species Act Listings, Northern Waters Task Force Meets in Unalaska, Former Anchorage Teachers Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison, New Bethel Dog Law Authorizes Volunteer Animal Force, Ilisagvik College Offers Opportunity on the North Slope, SEACAD Receives Federal Honors, AK: Letters - The Old Fashioned Kind, 300 Villages: The Barrow Whalers

Journal Article Shows Grizzly Bears May Be Suffering Under Predator Control. Bethel Loses a Major Landmark. Petersburg Volunteers Free Whale from Fishing Gear. Delta Junction May Need a Hospital. FCC Chairman Visits Dillingham. Kodiak Honors Cannery Workers. The National Park Service Finalizes Plan for Off Road Vehicles in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Man in Jail After Biting Airplane Crew Member, One Pilot Dies in Midair Crash Near Nightmute, State Looks to Expand Information Gathering on Firearm Injuries, Lawmakers Hear About Halibut Allocation, Revered Alaska Artist Passes Away at 91, Judge Gives Prosecution Time to Make Decision on Key Figure in Corruption Case, Early Numbers Indicate Slight Rise in UAF Enrollment, Juneau Nonprofit Aims to Help Sitka Startups, Fairbanks Girl Treated for Gunshot Sound, Blessing Ceremony Held for Totem Poles on Chief Shakes Island, Art Exhibit Showcases Indigenous Experiences with Climate Change

Legislators Investigate North Slope Employment Report Discrepancy, Bokan Part 1: UCore Eyes Mine on Prince of Wales, Postal Service Might Lose $10 Billion This Fiscal Year, New Autism School Slated to Open Next Year, Fort Wainwright Soldier Dies in IED Attack, Military Revises Training Airspace Proposals, OCS Says No Plan to Cut Petersburg Social Worker

Congress Reconvenes After Five-Week Recess, Highways, Bridges and Ferries Top STIP Priority List, Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Withdrawing at Record Pace, Miner Dies in Kensington Gold Mine Accident, Home Owners Voice Concerns Over Usibelli Mining Project, Numbers Promising for Proposed Livengood Gold Mine, NOAA Releases 2010 Seafood Landing Port Rankings, Coast Guard Shows Off New Station Juneau Response Boat, Petersburg Landslide Repaired

Obama’s Job Speech Receives Mixed Reviews, SBA Encourages Small Businesses to Export Goods, Services, Cost to Build Donlin Mine Increases, Residents Urge Postal Service to Spare Douglas Post Office, Tannery Means Business, Culture for Sitka Tribe, NPS Ups Denali, Foraker Climbing Fees, Southeast Cruise Line Plans 2012 Expansion