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Alaskans who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace will see a significant rate hike for next year. The state Division of Insurance says consumers can expect to pay an increase of more than 30 percent on average for coverage.Download Audio

Mallott, Walker Talk Ticket; Change Coming to Kuskokwim Schools, Freedom Summer Anniversary; Forecasters Watch for El Nino; APOC Complaints Filed; Heat Pumps Tap Ocean's Energy; New Citizens Ceremony

Weather forecasters have their eye out for an El Nino this fall and winter. The equatorial Pacific Ocean warming has been observed in its early stages this summer. National Weather Service Alaska region climate science and services manager Rick Thoman is tracking conditions that signal El Nino.

Begich emphasized his experience as someone who knows how Congress operates, while Sullivan presented himself as an "outsider" who wants to take Washington on. Download Audio:

A large soil clean-up project at a former Cold War mountaintop radio site near Petersburg is underway this summer. A contractor for the U.S. Air Force is removing soil contaminated by fuel and building debris left at the site after it’s decommissioning almost three decades ago.Download Audio

The Air Force is jamming Global Positioning System signals periodically around military airfields in Alaska during Red Flag training exercises now under way in and around Eielson Air Force Base. Officials say the GPS interference testing could affect other devices that rely on GPS.Download audio:

Sen. Begich Courts Votes in Rural Alaska; APRN Hosts Statewide Debate with GOP Candidates, Sullivan Declines to Participate; FAA Advises Pilots on GPS Problems as Air Force Training Jams Signals; Bethel Residents Press City Council on Police Brutality Allegations; New UAF Student Fee to Cover Facility Upgrade, Other Projects; Juneau School District Brings In Attorney to Investigate Hazing Allegations; Cordova Hiker Mauled By Brown Bear; A Big Comeback for Kotzebue's Commercial Fishery; Stream Restoration On Kuiu Island Nears CompletionDownload Audio:

The director of the largest refugee assistance program in Alaska is leaving after more than a decade, just as the program is being threatened by a federal budget crisis in Washington.Download Audio

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As commercial fishing fleets head out on the water in Southeast Alaska this summer, some could run into problems with an expanding whale population. Whales can destroy nets and even become entangled in them. But a device being used regionally aims to prevent that. Marine mammal specialists are trying to determine its effectiveness and troubleshoot problems.Download Audio