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Lawmakers to meet in Juneau this week to vote on capital budget; Washington man pleads not guilty to murder, theft in Ketchikan doctor’s death; Strong winds sweep through Interior; Two separate deaths on road system over the weekend; Trump nominates Alaska US attorney; Marine debris won’t stop, but neither will those cleaning it up; 2 Haines food entrepreneurs are finalists in Southeast business contest; Personal use king crab fishery in Juneau area to open for 5 days; 'Mayor' Stubbs the Cat passes away at 20; Behind the scenes of Wild Alaska Live Listen now

Bill rider holds GE salmon at bay; Bans on game harvest techniques currently under review; As tourism stays up, cruise ship monitoring budgets are safe from the chopping block; Wildfire season living longer than usual due to hot dry weather; New cameras allowing scientists to make sure there are enough Atka mackerel; Interest in kelp farming drives state tideland applications; Anchorage park receives $750,000 DOI grant; AK: Juneau fundraiser brings homeless and police together with bowling; 49 Voices: Jim Thiele of Anchorage Listen now

King Cove Road bill passes U.S. House; Trump picks Alaskan for Interior Department post; State, municipalities face higher borrowing costs from falling credit ratings; Initiative to regulate bathrooms likely to appear on Anchorage ballot; Senator David Wilson says he's not running for Lt. Governor, he filed by accident; How Alaska decided to give its oil wealth to everyone in the state; State reverses decision, disallows Yukon king commercial sales; F/V Destination wreckage discovered; Oprah’s short visit to Sitka and lasting impact on fans Listen now

Alaska's U.S. senators diverge on repeal, replace; Senator David Wilson files for lieutenant governor race; Safeway to pay feds $3M after Wasilla pharmacy lost thousands of pain pills; Stephen Wallace appointed as Bethel District Attorney; Fishermen on Yukon lose economic opportunity when buyer becomes overloaded, cancels opening; After eruption, scientists trying to figure out how Bogoslof area mammals' lives have changed; NTSB to conduct hearing in Alaska of fatal airplane crash; Alaska Airlines might reduce flights to Bethel this winter; North Pole Council urges water-system expansion to help Moose Creek deal with tainted groundwater; Why wildlife cops spent over a year investigating a hunting spree across Southeast; Middle school students prepare for lift off at UAA's Summer Rocketry Academy Listen now

Repeal without replace? Murkowski tweets ‘no’; With budget, US House inches toward ANWR; Motor fuel tax stalls in a year of few bills; On-site consumption back on the table for Alaska pot businesses; Judge orders Anchorage to pay ex-cops $2.7M after verdict against city; Despite uncertainty, Sitka Hospital maps out a future; Big harvest and a buck a pound, Bristol Bay's 2017 should be huge; Pink salmon season forecast looks positive; Yukon kings arriving in early blast; Kuskokwim kings arriving in late trickle Listen now

Walker seeks compromise from Legislature on capital budget; Special session ends with compromise on oil and gas tax credits; Dunleavy announces plans to run for governor in Alaska; BP leak investigation led to shutdown of 5 more wells; Levelock stabbing under investigation as a homicide; North Star Borough to close North Pole transfer site for cleanup, reopen with monitor; Kotzebue commercial fishers have two buyers in town this season; Ecosystem study unlocks the mystery of black cod survival; Hold your nets! Chilkat Inlet subsistence fishery delayed another week; Troopers shoot bear after it kills, eats a dog in a Sitka neighborhood; Anchorage pilot dies in plane crash near Yentna River; Healthy housing market shows Ketchikan’s resilience; ‘Nones’ in Juneau changing religious landscape Listen now

With hedging statements, Alaska lawmakers say they’re close on oil and gas compromise; Moody's downgrades state's credit rating; Legislature’s capital budget impasse could delay Haines Highway project; Newly found disease could threaten Southeast Alaska spruce; Klukwan’s Hotch will attend National Medal awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.; Wrangell Borough, union reach amended contract agreement; Where are Koliganek's king salmon?; As low Nushagak River restricts barge travel, New Stuyahok limits heating fuel; AK: Mod Carousel brings boylesque world premiere to Juneau; 49 Voices: Doreen Cooper of Skagway Listen now

New health care bill has ‘caribou kickback’ for Alaska; No progress made on oil and gas tax credits as special session end looms; Fast times and fat wallets – how Alaska got its pipeline; Washington man admits he scammed millions out of Dillingham victims; Anchorage officials look into connections between drug addiction and property crime; Recalled Anchorage teacher relieved to be back in the classroom Listen now

Senators seethe at IHS bungling; Far apart politically and geographically, lawmakers talk oil and gas taxes; ConocoPhillips prepares to shut down Kenai LNG plant; ADN reports large salaries, small workload for state fisheries commission; Lawsuit against ADN owner goes before judge; Assembly covers Sullivan Arena deficit, supports on-site consumption; Cleanup under way at sites along old pipeline that fueled Interior bases; Coming back to Fairbanks for the lucrative job of pressure flushing the pipeline; Bethel native works to program a "Yup'ik Siri" Listen now

Feds agree to shore up Alaska's insurance market; White House's election fraud commission suspends request for Alaska voter information; Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex participates in missile defense test; EPA takes step toward ending 'pre-emptive veto' of Pebble Mine; Former head of Alaska railroad workers union sentenced for felony embezzlement; Someone may want to buy the ferry Taku, but they need more time; Deep-release puts the pressure on rockfish survival; Sport fishermen frustrated by king salmon management amidst banner sockeye run; Wrangell, workers reach new contract agreement; Some Alaska firefighters head to Lower 48 to assist combating blazes; Ask a Climatologist: Remembering the record breaking July snow; Peratrovich dollar coin will either have her likeness or a symbolic Tlingit raven Listen now