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Alaska Senate leader eyes session extension if work remains; Alaska Federation of Natives keeping close eye on White House; F-35s fly first training missions in Alaska skies; $10 million allocated to North Pole flood control project; Anchorage Petroleum Wives Club welcomes new era with new name; City moves to make emergency shelter space permanent; New respite program helps homeless people heal; Snakewatch ends peacefully: 100-pound python, Sam, back at home in Meadow Lakes; Alutiiq community seeks city-owned property for Memorial Park; Ask a Climatologist: Tracking “green up” in Fairbanks Listen now

Rep. Eastman stands by controversial abortion statements, attacks media; Strong earthquake shakes near Adak, registering magnitude 6.4; New constitutional amendment would permanently set PFD to $1,250; Sitka man with Juneau ties charged with murder; Fairbanks sees third unsolved killing since April; Only 3 gallons spilled from Hilcorp platform in April, and it wasn't crude; Week of the Arctic: 'Very important' event showcases concerns, interests in region; Alaska students rally, walk out of class to support schools; Decades of trawl surveys help Bering Sea climate change research; Runaway melt: Alaska permafrost is thawing even in winter; After years of vacancy, Nome has an Animal Control Officer; Artist gives visual voice to domestic violence Listen now

Rural House members demand apology from Rep. Eastman over abortion remarks; Alaska Marine Highway System overseer resigns; As fire season approaches, trees and grasses have yet to green up; 25-acre fire hits Delta Junction; Juneau arson investigators' conference coincided with playground fire; After losing managing editor, Alaska Commons to close; Cultural landscape conference focuses on Native education; Alaska's first Hall of Fame teacher talks about mixing dancing and math; After large haul, Togiak herring fleet closes in on quota; AK: Close combat trooper training in Sitka; 49 Voices: Nina Lee of Anchorage Listen now

Rep. Young votes for health care bill, says he won pledges for more; Murkowski: Senate had duty to approve spending bill, avoid government shutdown; With two weeks remaining, legislators still slow on budget process; Hilcorp announces project to bypass oil terminal by Redoubt volcano; Attorneys indicate agreement close in Pebble mine lawsuit; Years of budget cuts hamper monitoring of Alaska earthquakes, including Monday’s; Fifth Russian aircraft interception in a month, but experts not alarmed; Fairbanks Borough taking comment on budget as budget teeters near cap; Mat-Su Borough approves budget; Off-duty Bethel police sergeant was driving vehicle that left one pedestrian dead, injured another; State Tustumena ferry delayed to July; Debate continues over role of Suboxone in primary care; Federal budget deal maintains Alaska arts funding, state lawmakers OK arts restructuring Listen now

Rep. Eastman: Some women ‘glad’ to be pregnant for Medicaid-funded travel for abortions; Young mum on health care bill; Murkowski knocks it; Conoco gives up stake in North Slope project seen as precursor to gas line; ADN reporter allegedly slapped by legislator in a stairwell; Enviros challenge legality of Trump's Arctic order; Alaska Sea Grant’s funding secure for now; Effort to ban Valdez pot sales fails in Municipal Election; Mat-Su 'snake watch' enters Day 2 with no sign of 100-pound python; NTSB says carbon monoxide impaired pilot before fatal crash; Study asks why species bounced back – or didn’t – after Exxon Valdez; Nowhere to turn, Wrangell e-waste event dumps electronics properly; Ask a Climatologist: April flips the warm switch in Alaska Listen now

State troopers leading efforts to recover pilot from crash site south of Chigniks; National omnibus bill contains Mental Health Trust-Tongass land trade; Alaska Native representatives offer support for income tax; Senate and House leaders provide different plans on addressing oil and gas tax credits; 17-foot python loose in Meadow Lakes, Mat-Su animal control warns; Northern Edge military exercise takes to Alaska's sea, air and land; Fairbanks North Star Borough looks to address F-35 deployments on community; How do retreating glaciers hit marine populations?; Haines master carver unveils carving honoring veterans; Alyssa London to showcase Tlingit design at Miss USA pageant Listen now

Earthquakes shake Southeast Alaska, Yukon communities; Supreme Court leaves polar bear habitat intact; Trump order baffles Bering Sea Elders; Computer finds income tax could help budget if oil price is low; Central Council working to put Juneau parcels into trust; Court rules civil commitment statutes don't apply to foster children, North Star Hospital; Anchorage firefighter's discrimination lawsuit set for trial; Gov. Walker signs bill recognizing the Black Americans who helped build the Alaska Highway; Ice-out guessing game in Nenana searches for winner as ice moves; Rhymes and Rhythms: Angoon poet Frank Sharp to be published Listen now

Trump lifts ban on Arctic offshore drilling; Secretary Tillerson to attend Arctic Council meeting in Fairbanks; Oil prices shrink budget gap, but lawmakers remain far apart; Mat-Su Borough Assembly asked for more school funding; Salmon fishing predictions look bleak for Alaska inlet; Southeast Alaska tribal government moves into defense contracts; Century old mystery unlocked from Antarctic glacier; AK: From tree to cream; how birch syrup makes its way to dessert bowls; 49 Voices: Taylor Holman of Unalaska Listen now

Senate defies Walker’s call to weigh nominees; Trump to rescind Obama's 'permanent' Arctic leasing ban; Trump may have plans for Alaska, but not for its national monuments; US Postal Service blocks pot farm from shipping tax money; Labor issues loom for Alaska Airlines-Virgin America merger; Construction at area's Air Force installations to inject $1.5 billion into Interior economy; Coast Guard cleans up graffiti on World War II bunker as tagging investigation continues; Lake and Peninsula School District to have shorter calendar next year; Internet improvements bode well for location-neutral workers in Haines; Pollen and mold season upon Alaskans; Native Youth Olympics kicks off for 47th year Listen now

Anchorage police determine one man responsible for 5 killings last summer; Alaska governor tries to force lawmakers to weigh nominees; In public testimony, most support state income tax bill; State's biggest military training exercise takes off next week; Southeast Alaska hatchery to reopen with new owner; With loss of leader, Alaska Commons faces uncertain future; Wrangell’s Happy Cannabis given go-ahead, but its doors will remain closed; Government shutdown would close Skagway’s national park at the start of cruise ship season; Alaska city to get giant egg-shaped aircraft by 2019; Mariculture poised to come of age in Alaska; Two dead squid in two weeks: Coincidence?; Remote controlled kayaks ready for research at LeConte Glacier Listen now