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Earlier this year, the telecom giant GCI moved into a new line of business, buying three television stations in Sitka, Juneau and Anchorage. It turns out those purchases were just the beginning. This month, GCI announced plans to buy three more TV stations in Southeast Alaska. If approved, the deal could mark a new era in Alaska media.Download Audio

Alaska Ship Supply had an unwelcome customer for about three hours Wednesday night -- a bald eagle, which flew in a loading door around 6 p.m. and refused to leave. The juvenile bird flapped around the store for about three hours before state troopers and employees were able to get it out.Download Audio

GCI is in the process of transitioning to 3G data service for smart phones in the Bethel area. But as many users know, the internet isn’t always the fastest or in some cases, available at all.

Just like hanging lights, wrapping gifts and baking cookies, holiday programming on KSKA is a time honored tradition and it starts on Saturday Dec. 21, Winter Solstice. Look forward to all of your holiday favorites, including Winter Solstice Celebration, Tinsel Tales 1 and 2 with David Sedaris and Christmas with Spelman and Morehouse Glee Clubs.Here's the full holiday line-up:

Oiled Birds Wash Ashore On St. Lawrence Island. Legislation Would Reject Pay Raise For Governor. Without Medicaid Expansion, Alaska’s Poorest Get Nothing From Health Law. Susitna Dam Funding Cut In Proposed Budget. Legislators Consider State Takeover Of School Health Plans To Lower Costs. Bethel Man Remembers Growing Up In Apartheid South Africa. AK: Ancient Shorelines. 300 Villages: Shaktoolik.Listen Now

For low income Alaskans who want to buy health insurance on the federal marketplace, there's a magic number to keep in mind: $14,350. That's the amount of yearly income they have to earn to qualify for a subsidy to purchase coverage. With the subsidy, they have to pay very little for health insurance. But below that mark, it's full price.Listen Now

Government figures show 398 Alaskans signed up for private health insurance during the first two months of the online marketplace.Download Audio

Big Outside Money Expected For US Senate Race; Study Investigates Two Decades Of APD Officer-Involved Shootings; Department of Administration Gets New Acting Commissioner; Report: 398 Alaskans Pick Marketplace Plans; Public Tells Commissioners HB77 Concerns; Recent Warm Up Affects Subsistence Gathering; Maritime Refuge Eyeing Invasive Cattle On Two Islands; Governor Continues 100-Year-Old Holiday TraditionDownload Audio

The state Department of Transportation is considering a highway project that would route the Parks Highway around Wasilla, instead of through it. The small Matanuska – Susitna Borough community has long been at the center of Parks Highway congestion, since vehicles have to pass through traffic signals at local intersections while traveling through the city.Download Audio

Preliminary Report Reveals Few Details In St. Mary’s Crash; Juneau Highway Gunfight Followed Friday’s Drug-Related Shooting; Funerary Polar Bear Skulls May Be Returned To St. Lawrence Island; Savoonga Harvests Second Whale; State Weighs Options For Highway To Bypass Wasilla; Hovercraft To Be Replaced With Helicopter At Akutan Airport; Putting The ‘State’ In Alaska State Museum; Fairbanks Green Energy Advocate Pushes For Alternative Funding Model; Crews Testing New Road Ice Breaker; XtraTuf Says Its Boots Are BetterDownload Audio