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Murkowski's oil export ban gains traction, yet fate uncertain; Reality TV host faces on federal poaching charges; 6 groups file for emergency ESA listing for POW wolves; Equal rights law expected to sail through Anchorage Assembly; Ombudsman faults correctional procedures; Like Sitka, parts of Juneau are susceptible to landslides; Air China to service Fairbanks for Aurora viewers; In Dutch Harbor, a new orange barge is a beacon of oil-spill preparedness; Religion and climate change - can you talk about both? Download Audio

Walker tenaciously courts LNG buyers in Japan; Alaska's US senators assail Iran deal; New UA head sees opportunity despite bleak fiscal landscape; New road from Tanana to Yukon River nears completion; In unnerving trend, thousands of walrus haul out at Point Lay; New routes to housing open doors for Anchorage's low-income families; AK: Alaska ice hockey player Zoe Hickel turns pro; 49 Voices: Mike McCormick of Anchorage Download Audio

In bid to restore Voting Rights Act, Murkowski strays from party lines; State to provide language assistance to Yup'ik, Gwich'in voters; Emperor goose harvest: More than a memory for Kodiak subsistence hunter; Denali Commission ekes back into the spotlight; Donation illuminates Alaska Native civil rights history; Delivery service speeds produce to table; After amputation, the mobility of a sea kayak beckons Download Audio

Judge rules against road between King Cove, Cold Bay; More downsizing on the horizon for UA; UAA's College of Engineering moves into its new digs; Shots fired in chase, stand-off with Troopers near Fairbanks; State won't back voter-backed school bonds in Bristol Bay, Anchorage; 'What the pink!?' Has breast cancer activism veered off course?; In Hydaburg, sea otter pelt craft is a budding cottage industry; Valdez ski advocate dies in ATV crash; Run, zipline, signal fires mark J'eet's Challenge Download Audio

At GLACIER, nations urge caution in opening the Arctic to fishing; President Obama's Alaska visit yields little regarding Arctic Ocean drilling; Seward to try tidal heat; Getting to know a volcano, starting with its plume; Farragut Farm goes gaga for garlic; After a hard path to sobriety, Nanwalek couple helps others find the way Download Audio

UA president eligible for bonus; Yukon coho harvest sets record; Chignik Lagoon adjusts; Tanana man gets sentence for evidence tampering; lively bids highlights 4H auction; new pipeline film released; AK ballerinas get a special visitor; festival teaches traditional values

Walker may call gas-line special session in October; In historic Alaska visit, president sidesteps the press; Medicaid looks to cut back on new disability program users; With rising heroin use, Peninsula doctor lobbies for an antidote; Juneau hiker who freed eagle and spring traps being sued by trapper; AK: Fishing, cooking and a Yup'ik upbringing made Alaska's health commissioner; 49 Voices: Anthony Gurule Download Audio

Rep. Young avoids POTUS hoopla; Obama wraps up his tour on the front lines of climate change: the Arctic; Denali Commission to spearhead relocation efforts; Sunken seiner leaks oil near Sitka; Uber agrees to pay state $78k for misclassifying employees; Alaska National Guard family program seeks Mat-Su support; National arts endowment leader explains why art is worth it; Restoring the 'Tall One' to its Athabascan roots; Juneau Library to launch Alaska Native stories project Download Audio

Obama shares smiles, salmon and dance moves in Dillingham; In Kotzebue, excitement is high as the president ventures north; 5 Chinese warships spotted off the Aleutians; Shell drill rig is back on the grind after a brief storm-induced hiatus; Even with another icebreaker, US fleet pales against its Arctic neighbors; President gives a small fiscal boost to village relocation efforts; Praying to see POTUS, even just a glimpse!; With a potential buyer in the Philippines, Mat-Su floats a ferry deal; Dust settles on state's new Douglas offices, but employee concerns haven't gone quiet Download Audio

Obama on Exit Glacier: 'We want to make sure our grandkids see this'; Reactions to GLACIER trickle in; Medicaid expansion begins in Alaska; Kotzebue prepares for a presidential visit; Fed judge subpoenas ex-EPA official in Pebble case; Governor declares disaster in Sitka, opening new lines of relief funds; Bird flu monitoring underway as waterfowl season opens; Presidential enthusiasm touches down in Seward Download Audio

Judge denies injunction; Medicaid to roll out Sept. 1; Policy promises and more on the presidential docket ; USARC presentation hints at a relocation initiative in the president's policy plans; 3 homes, community library lost in the Chiniak fire near Kodiak; Town Square gardeners pick up the burden of city homelessness; Belugas sightings persist in the middle Yukon; AK: Setting sail with a tot in tow; 49 Voices: Leah Zumwalt of Anchorage Download Audio

Judge strikes down law restricting Medicaid-funded abortions; Judge hears arguments in anti-Medicaid lawsuit; Plaintiff's attorney joins by Skype; BC official says they're open to more mine treaty talks; Anchorage prepares for a stately crew of visitors; Science takes center stage at USARC meeting in Nome; For hungry bears, it's open season on garbage; Farmer in Homer tries to cultivate a north-hardy strain of garlic; Cleaning Up to Be with His Kid — Stories from Brother Francis Download Audio

With VA problems clear, Sullivan summons officials for solutions; GOP candidate Rand Paul drums up support in Alaska; YWCA races to close the gender pay gap in Alaska; Final Sitka landslide victim recovered; Speaking at Assembly, officials say: 'Thank you, Sitka'; Bethel preschool re-opens after a monumental cleanup effort; Juneau protest looks to give BC mines a classic Alaska 'boot'; Hoonah hyrdo project cuts energy bills for local businesses; Voices From Nome's Dream Theater Download Audio

Walker hopes to reframe the president's perspective; Gov. Walker continues to fight land into trust for Alaska tribes; Anchorage law firm intervenes on behalf of state in anti-Medicaid lawsuit; Vets vent about poor VA care during listening sessions in Fairbanks, Kenai; Comrades fondly remember Iraq War veteran 'Eskimo Joe'; El Nino, 'The Blob' prime Alaska for another warm winter; Quitting meth: two teens tell their story Download Audio

Walker plans to recommend TransCanada buy-out in gas project; As national media hone in on Alaska, ICC plots its course; The devil's in the details: How to keep a presidential visit secure; Calling from Alaska jails? It's complicated; Parents feel sticker shock at rising price of high school activity fees; New science shows Sitka geologically separate from rest of Alaska; 'It's Good to Be Here' -- Working at the Brother Francis Shelter Download Audio

359 years for man convicted of double-homicide, sexual assault of a 2-year-old; Potentially exonerating info leaked in Fairbanks Four case; A year after Roxanne Smart was killed, Chevak still waits for justice; Search teams race to find 3rd victim before storm sets in; Murkowski hears testimony on the state's growing prison population; DNR vets competing water applications in Chuitna coal proposal; AK: Saving a life by leaving it behind; 49 Voices: Gary Hanchett of Bettles Download Audio