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UAF comes clean about disciplinary failures in sex abuse, rape cases; City unveils plan to combat escalating Spice emergencies; Unalaska museum closes after ancient Bible found in director's house; Murkowski's irate over canceled leases, Interior nominee heard all about it; Under US chairmanship, Arctic Council convenes in Anchorage; Fairbanks Police Department under fire at city council meeting; Alaskan stuck in Russia after visiting relatives there Download Audio

Obama administration cancels offshore lease sales, citing lack of interest; Murkowski spotlights civic heroes at AFN; At AFN, protesters slam Murkowski's support for Arctic drilling; New joint tribal-state court established; Pease testifies, says confession was coerced; Juneau judge sides with trapper, but no damages awarded; Bethel puzzles over how to unclog a seriously frozen well; AK: Tlingit carver featured in small-town, large-scale Smithsonian project; 49 Voices: Martin Lee Woods of Kotzebue Download Audio

Hearing ends 26 years of litigation over Exxon Valdez oil spill; For Sen. Sullivan, Rep. Young - An easier AFN; FBX 4 witnesses recall aggressive police questioning; 'Fairbanks 4' suppers stage protest during Gov's AFN speech; AFN keynote, Haida master weaver talks on family, heritage; Utah housing expert who cut chronic homelessness 90% pitches Alaska solutions; Juneau campground closes for winter, displacing homeless; Hunting season opens for musk ox stranded on sea ice Download Audio

Shell oil rigs leave the Arctic, skip Seattle; Why did Shell walk away from Alaska?; FBX 4 investigators testify, point to languishing evidence; Kachemak sea otter deaths under investigation, authorities seek public's help; Juneau trapper, hiker take stand at first day of trial; Study: Alaska's wild berry harvests becoming more variable; IndiGenius: Connecting conference attendees with craft, heritage; ‘Assimilation’ playwright flips the script on Native history Download Audio

Alaska first state to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day; 'Not in our smokehouse!' Conference melds modern sass with tradition; After pause, city's software boondoggle comes back to life; About 285 same-sex couples wed in Alaska in past year; Hooper Bay endures 4th suicide in 2 weeks; What Medicaid expansion means for this Juneau family; Homelessness survey finds at least 70 in Juneau sleeping outside; Begich says he's no moper, urges AFN youth to persist; Cookbook project aims to get Alaska foods on school menus; 'Bear, stop it! Stop breaking my kayak!' Download Audio

Ex-Parnell revenue official chosen to head Permanent Fund; US House passes Native energy bill, White House threatens veto; FBX 4 testimony: Classmate says Wallace confessed to him; Plane crash in Houston claims 23-year-old pilot; Mudslide blocks Haines Highway; Snow scientist helps archaeologists know where to look; Arctic tourism hot topic at industry convention; Keeping produce on the menu: Church picks up state's slack; AK: Palmer taxidermist devotes a lifetime to still life; 49 Voices: Mike Humphrey of Anchorage Download Audio

Defense bill passes with measure Sullivan hopes will halt JBER cuts; Legislators spar with Gov over LNG session agenda; Court sees video deposition in Fairbanks Four case; 17-year-old Alaska poet earns White House accolades; Hurricane Oho barrels in on Southeast; CHOICES program takes new approach to housing people with severe mental illness; Drilling for gold: Inside the KSM’s exploration project; At the Anchorage Museum, Van Gogh gets a digital makeover Download Audio

Arctic no rival to Suez, not this century, says shipping expert; City's proposal to purchase Conoco gas leases moves ahead; Water permit decision angers salmon activists; New faces dot Alaska's mayoral line-up; In Bethel, voters back liquor store, sin taxes; State budget cuts sideline 4 ferries; Southeast red, blue king crab fishery closed, again; Warming ocean temps may bode poorly for pollock Download Audio

State tallies $50k in consultant fees prepping for Obama visit; Chief justice Dana Fabe to retire; Court subpoenas emails of Pebble opponents; 3 suicides in a week leave Hooper Bay distraught; Muni planning commission approves controversial Elmore extension; Looking for love: Newspaper diversifies revenue stream with dating website; For middle schoolers to love Shakespeare, they must know Shakespeare Download Audio

Holmes implicates new assailant during day 1 of FBX Four hearing; Obama announced global fishing enforcement, new sanctuaries; Theology school calls off Native Art sale amid investigation; Candlelight vigil honors those who died on streets of Anchorage; ‘I thought he was safe,’ brother says of man found dead in wetlands; Denali Commission-funded diesel plants planned in Togiak, Koliganek; Volcano farts: Scientists look to gas for beta on atmosphere, geothermal resource Download Audio

Supreme Court to hear appeal challenging NPS authority on Alaska land; Court to hear new evidence in Fairbanks Four case; APOC fines Slope mayor Charlotte Brower $35k for failure to disclose; More cops, fewer consultants in Anchorage's opening budget volley; Scientists stumble over active underwater volcano in Southeast; Chopper-cowboys herd hundreds of remote cattle in Aleutians; AK: Southeast dairy goat business presents unique challenges; 49 Voices: Chelan Schreifels of Japan Download Audio

What's the value of an LNG line? Numbers trickle in; Alaska's fiscal crisis: Apocalyptic or overblown?; Muni memo sends Elmore extension project back to drawing board; With Medicaid expansion, the chance for a fresh start; Ancient human remains found in dirt pile in Haines; AVCP elects first female traditional chief; Red and blue king crab fishery closed again in Southeast Download Audio

City budget allots added $5M to police, fire; Anchorage LBGT anti-discrimination measure 9 to 2; Sullivan calls in Corps to bash EPA over water rule; Heavy snowfall cuts power to thousands around Fairbanks; Floodwater recedes in Willow; Houston officials eye Little Su; Survey scans for elodea spread in Interior, finds naught; Report: Southeast's economy is shrinking; Broken partnership puts Juneau senior housing project in limbo; Salvation Army buys building to house Bethel headquarters Download Audio

Aleutians monument fought as threat, derided as 'straw man'; Protesters flood Capitol steps in support of Planned Parenthood; Arctic Energy Summit focuses on both fossil fuels and renewables; Bipartisan effort to enact justice reform taps Outside help; Public asked to help find 23-year-old moose hunter; Flurries fly and winter arrives to the Last Frontier; Tourists spent more in Southeast this season; Flooding at Baird Glacier spreads green water Download Audio

25 walrus found decapitated off Cape Lisburne; Murkowski frets fees on public lands, especially Mendenhall; UA Board of Regents formulates Legislative budget requests; From Spanish flu to the '64 quake, Alaska Child & Family celebrates 125 yearss; Equinox Marathon runners slog for Usher syndrome; Juneau roller derby team starts junior league; AK: Running the Klondike; 49 Voices: Sean Neilson of Gustavus Download Audio

Feds settle class-action lawsuit with tribes for $940M; Bethel attorneys add Outside muscle to class-action suit against GCI; In the arms race of internet speed, GCI pulls ahead; Anchorage anti-discrimination ordinance up for revision; Money in hand, Denali Commission looks where to spend; More than ink: Traditional tattoos roar back in Alaska; Too close for comfort? Chilkoot bears lure tourists; Study: Fast-growing skeeters threaten caribou herds Download Audio

Arguments open in landmark Ketchikan schools case; Public testimony extended on city discrimination ordinance; Anchorage Assemblywoman savors White House embrace; Legislative council prepares for next phase of Medicaid expansion lawsuit; Reducing food waste to feed hungry Alaskans; AIDEA inches closer to choosing an Interior fuel supplier; Smooth sailing so far for MV Susitna sale; Cruise ship nearly doubles the population of Unalaska (for a day) Download Audio