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Traveling Music Shonti Elder 2-15-15   Dedicated  to Doc South, (Dr. Harold South) legendary Alaskan fiddler and dance caller who passed away in January.   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD...

Facing First Cuts In Years, Alaska Lawmakers Tackle The Budget; Alaska Writer David Holthouse Shows Support For Erin's Law; Sullivan Stands With House on DHS Funding; BOEM Assessment Suggests Shell's Chukchi Leases Remain Intact; Alaska Delegation Seeks New Limits On National Monuments; As The Iditarod Start Shifts North, So Does The Economic Boon; Learning to Sew With Seal Guts; Story49: Love Series - Coffee and Rolls Download Audio

Senate Takes Up Controversial Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan; Three Weeks, No Flights: Diomede Residents Stranded without Mail, Food Deliveries; Gov. Walker Dropping Pt. Thomson Lawsuit; Alaska Aerospace Corporation CEO Pitches Privatization; Chief Justice Fabe Argues For Judicial Branch Funding; Iditarod Restart Moving To Fairbanks; For Musher Lance Mackey, 'Retirement' Is A 4-Letter Word; Stampede State Rec Area Advocates Say They’ll Persist, Despite Budget Woes; NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Contest Not So Tiny Download Audio

Tax Credits, Subsidies Could Be Things Of The Past As Alaska Faces Multi-Billion Dollar Deficit; Lawmakers Weigh Exempting Alaska From Daylight Saving Time; Ethan Berkowitz Enters Anchorage Mayoral Race; Alaska Seeks Delay In Tribal Sovereignty Case; Gov. Walker Pulls Alaska Commission Of Judicial Conduct Nomination; Mat-Su Pursues Waste Solution; Honey Buckets Here For The Long Haul; Brent Sass First Yukon Quest Musher To Reach Dawson; Seabird Decline Could Signal Drop In Ocean Productivity Download Audio

Climate Change Rarely Major Discussion Topic In Alaska Capital; Alaska Lawmaker Introduces Right-To-Die Legislation; North Pacific Halibut Bycatch Limit Could See 50 Percent Cut; Middle School Teachers Think Planning Time Cuts Are Hurting Students; Economic Group Sees Affordable Housing Shortage As Barrier To Growth For Anchorage; New EPA Standards Slash Wood-Fired Heater Emissions; Little Green Apple Ends Haines Junction's Long Grocery Commute; Yukon Quest Trail Puts Dog Sled Designs To The Test Download Audio

Here’s the Sunday, February 8, 2015 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...

Health Department Says Medicaid Expansion Can Save State Money; Report: Mat-Su Behavioral Health Services Inadequate; Supreme Court Denies Rachelle Waterman Appeal; State Seeks Delay In Indian Country Expansion; Kuskokwim Fishermen Set Sights on Co-Management; Cook Inlet LNG Will Require Lead Time; High Winds, Low Temperatures Cut Through Southeast Alaska; AK: Climate Change and the Quest; 300 Villages: Levelock Download Audio

Governor's New Budget Cuts 300 State Employees; Training Nears For First Wave Of Armed Alaska VPSOs; U.S. Senators Try Again to Kill Vessel Discharge Regs; Glory Hole Homeless Shelter Reopens After Repairs; Yukon Quest Rookies Tout Knowledge, Experience Of Champions; SeaLife Center Blind Seal Warms Trainers' Hearts; Why Some Alaskans Are Learning The Tlingit Language Download Audio

The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race starts Saturday. For more than 30 years, the race course has followed an old Gold Rush era trail that took advantage of the frozen Yukon River. But recently, there have been places where the river hasn’t frozen up. That’s starting to raise question about the impacts of climate change on Alaska’s state sport. Download Audio

EPA Administrator Insists Water Rule isn't a Power Grab; UAA Prioritization Report Lays Out Next Steps, Many Questions Remain; Priceless Yupik Art Stolen From YKHC; Tax On Alcohol to Treat Anchorage's Worsening Substance Abuse Issues Fails; How Much Debris Litters Alaska's Beaches?; Interior Tourism Expecting Boost In 2015; Another Congress, Another Bill to Rename it Mount Denali Download Audio

Point Thomson Settlement Challengers Request More Time; Walker Files Supplemental Budget; Homeless Assistance Program Scrambling For Funding; Vet Suicide Prevention Bill Passes Congress; Pipeline Coordinator Still Shuttering Shop While Obama Calls for Funding; Alaska Railroad Seeks Approval To Move LNG; Fishermen Test Experimental Cook Inlet Pollock Fishery; After Regrouping In Anchorage, Kikkan Randall Looks Towards World Championships; Joyce Kerttula Dies At 91 Download Audio

Sex Workers Want Lobbyist; GOP Forecasts Special Session; Arctic Standards Not Ready; Earthquakes Shake Pribilof Islands; Child Center Leaving UAA; Regional to Open Mountain View Clinic; Erin's Law Gets Second Look; Poor Design Led to Pond Failure; Vets Check Yukon Quest Dogs Download Audio