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Former AEWC Executive Charged With Embezzlement, Subsistence Bowhead Whale Quota Under Review, Public Comment Period for ANWR Plan Extended to November, Army Reports Second Stryker Death This Week, Six Groups Under Consideration for Designing, Managing of Knik Arm Bridge, Freshwater Seals Subject of Study Outlined at Fisheries Symposium, Petersburg and Wrangell Considered for New Mill Site, Memorial Service, Potlach Held to Honor Athabascan Elder

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Since 2005, Alaska’s state government has collected as much in oil revenues as it did during the huge oil-revenue boom of the early 1980s: a combination of high oil prices and changes in the way the state calculates production taxes has created a second huge oil-revenue boom. But the oil creating this wealth is dwindling. That oil is from huge, low-cost oil fields on state-owned land, including the Prudhoe Bay field, and it has supported much of the economy and paid for most state government operations for decades. Check out the full report.

Governor Announces PFD Amount. Probe of Arctic Slope Native Corporation 8a Contract Requested by McCaskill. ACLU Wins Property Tax Case. Fairbanks Voters Consider Air Quality Ballot Proposition. State Wants Court to Force Ferry Builder to Replace Engines. Alaska Ship and Drydock Wins Ferry Contract. Cleveland Volcano Lava Dome Growing. NOAA Seeks Fisheries Histories from Alaska. Homer Looks for Homer Look Alike.

Alaskans can search for their favorite causes beginning today. The Department of Revenue has released the list of Alaska organizations that will participate in the 2012 Pick. Click. Give. charitable contributions program. Beginning today, donors can plan for the organizations or causes they want to support during next year’s permanent fund dividend cycle by going to www.PickClickGive.org and clicking on Search 2012 Organizations. Read more.

The EPA issues Shell Oil Air Quality Permits for Arctic Ocean Drilling. Anchorage Man is Injured in Reno Air Show Crash. Australian Company to Explore "Deep Coal" in Alaska. Naknek Electric, Deep in Debt, Outlines Geothermal Plan. APOC Dismisses SOS Initiative Complaint. South Central Mayors Encourage Energy Thriftiness. Interior School District Fires up Alternative Energy Boiler. Larsen Bay Cannery Celebrates 100 years. A New Life for an Old Roadhouse

Here’s the music playlist from Traveling Music with Shonti Elder. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Time...

Here’s the music playlist for Night Music with Kirk Waldhaus. All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist Name Album Title Label Duration Caravan Milt Jackson...

Changing climate is prompting responses from many different species. Among the first to adapt are predators and insects. Tracking our eco-system is the subject of the next Talk of Alaska. The spruce bark beetle and the great white shark are feasting in Alaska. APRN & KSKA: Tuesday 9/20 at 10:00 am

The Mushrooms we love to eat are usually found in the produce section of the grocery store. But that approach is too easy for a group of mushroom lovers who gathered in Cordova earlier this month.

Virginia Court Rules Against Kivalina in Favor of Insurance Company, UAF Receives Large Gift From Mining Company for Endowment, Fort Wainwright Soldier Killed in Afghanistan, Nelchina Subsistence Caribou Hunt Closing to Taking of Cows, Two Arrested in Beating of Homeless Man, Volunteers Survey Anchorage’s Homeless , ‘Forgone Harvest’ Addressed During Fisheries Symposium, MSHA Updates Kensington Accident Report, AK: Cordova Fungus Festival, 300 Villages: Chatanika and Glennallen

The stories up for discussion this week are: the lawsuit against the Knik Arm bridge on hold; a big Pebble Mine story in the Press; civil suit against Anthony Rollins; the road to Juneau; Mayor Dan Sullivan; Homer News sued for libel; Schaeffer Cox; food stamps; Talkeetna Bluegrass Festival; and Senator Bert Stedman.

On Wednesday, September 14, townsquare49.org was the featured topic on KSKA's community focused call-in program Hometown, Alaska. Host Kathleen McCoy spoke to Travis Gilmour, TS49 Project Manager and Candace Winkler, CEO of the Alaska Community Foundation. It was a lot of fun, and we think the show turned out great. Here's the complete audio:

Alaska Has Fastest Growing Senior Population in US, Senate Receives Update on State Employee Retirement System, Arctic Ice Melts to Second Lowest Recorded Level, Klukwan, Inc. Closes Haines Office, Murkowski, Parnell Among Those to Discuss Plan for State’s Minerals, Proposed Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Causing Rift Between Commercial, Charter Industries, Text Giving Program Comes to Anchorage, Over $118 Million Will Be Given to American Indian, Alaska Native Tribes, Organizations