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Seismic work in ANWR: Can they do that?; Watchdog group scrutinizes rough-weather training for new tanker escorts in Prince William Sound; PFD announcement fanfare is gone, as dividends are cut in half; Wildfires pop up near Chisana and Tanana; Critical drugs in short supply for AFD and hospitals; Alaska Eskimo group seeks hike in whaling harvest quotas; Dog training provides prisoners lessons that people can't; Family returns to Kodiak after 10 years sailing around the world Listen now

Walker to add crime bill to October special session; How more communities can follow Kodiak's renewable energy model; Former Alaska first lady passes, remembered as "frank and friendly"; Trump administration moves to lift ban on oil assessment in ANWR; PFD amount announced: $1,100; UAV industry reps discuss the vehicles' future in Fairbanks; Two killed in highway accident near North Pole; Alaska regulators to revisit onsite marijuana use proposal; On-site pot consumption resolution voted down in Fairbanks Assembly; AK: At Katmai’s Brooks Camp, tourists and bears mingle mostly carefree; 49 Voices: Jody Dillon of Anchorage Listen now

How Kodiak got to almost 100 percent renewable power; Strategic Pathways on the docket of UA Board of Regents meeting; UA president calls for action on DACA ahead of regents meeting in Juneau; Fire marshal: Butte fire that claimed the lives of five girls was "cooking related"; HUD sends money to Alaska communities, including 'Middle Spenard'; Two new contracts could ship Sitka water to potential buyers soon; Freeride ski and snowboard competition not returning to Haines in 2018; Crew abandons F/V Akutan in Unalaska’s Captains Bay; GCI looks into bringing fiber to Unalaska; Kodiak College nursing program adapts to hospital policy change Listen now

Beneath political firestorm on Arctic Ocean drilling, two projects make steady progress; For third year in a row, Alaska seabirds wash up dead; Stampede suspected in dozens of walrus deaths; National labs to field test microgrid tech in Cordova; State denies ballot initiative on salmon habitat; Arctic climate change researchers still conflicted over UAF’s coal-fired powerplant; Ahtna rejects continued public use of Klutina Lake Road; Terror Lake hydroelectric project expansion gets the go-ahead; Igiugig is set to embark on its Native Foods Challenge; Unalaska-bound cruise ship changes destination to Sitka Listen now

Lawmaker seeks audit of village public safety officers; Seeking investment, Alaska goes open source with oil & gas data; GOP shakeup marks Alaska governor's race; 3 die in shooting at Alaska precious metals shop; Can an Anchorage start-up lure renewable energy investors to rural Alaska?; NTSB releases preliminary report of investigation into Juneau-area commuter flight accident; Proposed public intoxication ban fails in Nome; Ask a Climatologist: Summer sea ice minimum near record low again; Can a Southeast mine battle lead to a trade war? Listen now

Judge approves sale of Alaska Dispatch News to Binkley family; As demand for opioid remedy skyrockets, police train for overdose treatment with Naloxone; Ft. Yukon and Ninilchik tribes submit applications for trust status; Anchorage medic mobilizes to help residents of Houston; Most UA campuses see lower enrollment; Building a future after prison through vocational education; Alaska teens ask state to stop delaying action on climate change Listen now

Alaska airborne/infantry unit begins Afghanistan deployment; New EPA vetting adds uncertainty for Alaska grants worth millions; 24 arrested in Bethel bootlegging ring; Uncle names girls killed in Butte fire, says trailer needed repairs; Rep. Young apologizes for his 'offending words' on House floor; Walker ‘doubtful’ he will ask legislature for more funding for gas line; That Atlantic salmon farm was on its last legs — and Washington state knew it; NOAA Fisheries hosts first citizen beluga count this weekend; AK: Archaeologists shed light on Tlingit culture near Petersburg, before Europeans; 49 Voices: Carlos Godfrey of Anchorage Listen now

Five kids dead in Butte trailer home fire; Alaskan says he'll build consensus in Interior post; Sheldon Fisher selected as state Department of Revenue Commissioner; Alaska hatches plan for vast road network across the Arctic; Alaskan firefighters dispatched to battle blazes in Montana; Community members and archaeologists race against time at Nunalleq; Building community fish harvest monitors to create "change on the Kusko"; Ask a Climatologist: Fairbanks records early first freeze Listen now

Senators aim for ACA fixes, Murkowski-style; Walker joins other governors in seeking federal health insurance outreach; Illegal pot, heroin and opium among drugs seized most by Anchorage police; How Alaska seismologists detected North Korea's nuke test; Repairs on stretch of Dalton Highway damaged by flooding nearly done; next project: paving; Historic Alaska newspapers are being posted online; One man’s quest to find Glacier Bay’s ecological Holy Grail; The melancholy Juneau summer of blue ice Listen now

Alaska attorney general joins others arguing that redistricting can be too partisan; Trump's decision to end DACA prompts Anchorage protest; Anchorage DA announces departure from position, move to private sector; Skagway rocked by second landslide in under 2 weeks; No injuries in Sitka Labor Day landslide; First large wind storm moving through Southcentral; Russian River flooding is affecting Kodiak residents; Drivers can expect night closures along Denali Highway; 18 animals left to waste during Forty Mile caribou hunt; New exhibit tells little-known story of a plan to settle Jewish refugees in Alaska during WWII; Groups conserve habitat on Afognak Island Listen now