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After two hours of testimony and debate on Tuesday night, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly approved a five-year contract for a large timber harvest in the Trapper Creek area. Listen now

The policy change, which starts May 1, includes requiring a signed affidavit that the animal is trained to behave in public and that the owner accepts liability for its actions. Passengers with emotional support animals will also now have to provide all documentation to Alaska Airlines at least 48 hours before their flight. Listen now

Trump administration kicks off process for oil development in ANWR; USACE takes public comment in Dillingham on Pebble Project, format generates frustration; U.S. military brings free "Arctic Care" to Northwest Arctic communities; Alaska Senate joins House, calling for feds to respect state marijuana laws; Haines marijuana business inches closer to operating, brings together grandmother, millenials; Wrangell gets first pot dispensary; Pogo Mine officials "very excited" about two promising gold prospects under exploration; Renewable energy competition wants Alaskans to ‘fail fast’ to eventually find ‘gold’; Sealaska dividends boosted by other corporations’ oil and zinc earnings Listen now

The trade mission is part of Walker’s goal to deepen commercial ties with China.

The Department of Interior released a notice saying it will hold “no fewer than two” oil lease sales in a 1.6-million acre portion of the refuge, known as the 1002 area or the Coastal Plain. Listen now

Kodiak processors and fishermen are seeing the effects of the 80 percent cut to cod quota in the Gulf of Alaska. Listen now

The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program or “HAARP” facility is gearing up for its busiest season since the University of Alaska Fairbanks acquired the Gakona-area atmospheric experimentation station from the Air Force. Listen now

Clare Baldwin and two of her colleagues with the Reuters news agency won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their series on a brutal, ongoing drug war in the Philippines. Listen now

The Chijuk Creek timber sale has a complicated history. At its next meeting, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly will decide whether to award a five-year contract for logging in the area to Charles Nash. Listen now

At crucial moment, Denali Commission faces leadership gap; Denali climb season underway with rescue, successful summit; National park fees to go up, but at a smaller rate than originally proposed; Sitka Tribe to co-manage interpretation at Sitka National Historical Park; Chijuk Creek timber sale could prove contentious at Mat-Su Borough Assembly; Former ferry Taku headed to the scrapyard; Alaska Native leaders imagine divergent "Arctic futures"; Fairbanks Assembly delays Mary Siah Rec Center demolition to conduct more tests on building; Petersburg High School to use alcohol sensor on students for prom Listen now