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PFD lawsuit moves to Alaska Supreme Court; Aleutian volcano erupts; ASRC: Obama acts in our name, ignores our needs; Mike Kelly funeral held; Fairbanks TSA equipment failure solved; Fight continues in Tongass over how to keep logging industry alive; Federal coal mining rule angers operator; Timeline extended for state takeover of Alaska LNG project; Ilisagvik College to expand bachelor degree programs; Ask a Climatologist: Tallying daylight on the darkest day of the year; Waning membership spurs Anchorage ski organization to change tack Listen Now

Obama 'indefinitely' bars drilling in Arctic waters; Easier reporting could reduce violence against sex workers; Despite fire, the World Ice Art Championships will still go on; Alaska Airlines now nation's fifth largest airline; Alaska Pacific University to become tribal college; Man sentenced for drunken Iditarod snowmachine incident; The feds are finally paying to move a village, but it’s not in Alaska; Gov. Walker proposes stable Fish and Game budget; Kodiak kids make sandwiches for the needy Listen Now

Alaska’s three electors vote for Trump with little incident; State irked at feds’ new GPS survey method; State tax division responds to new oil price projections; Alaska saw record-high number of suicides in 2015; Man sentenced for attacks in Alaska's Iditarod race; Obama brought attention to threatened Arctic villages, but little funding so far; Alutiiq language immersion school to open in Kodiak; Puffin die-off on St. Paul Island may point to larger ecosystem problems Listen Now

Why Trump’s pick for Interior wants land to stay federal; Judge in Alaska tosses lawsuit against electors; Fire burns main structure at Alaska ice carving park; Alaska wildfires linked to climate change; Arctic’s warmest year on record harshly affects ecosystem; Ask a Climatologist: Is that ice fog or freezing fog?; AK: Praising La Señora de Guadalupe in Anchorage; 49 Voices: Sophie Leshan of Anchorage Listen Now

Governor Walker's proposed budget leaves gap of almost $900 million; Walker abandons Juneau Access Road; Former Anchorage man indicted in Iranian money laundering scheme; Alaska woman sues to block electors from voting for Trump; Assembly member flooded with threatening messages since controversy; Fracking in Alaska: Who should weigh in?; Seniors find companionship through Kenaitze program Listen Now

Oil and gas companies scoop up North Slope leases on state and federal lands; Environmentalists ready for ANWR fight, with vets in their camp; State to audit the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation; Restaurant chains to pay $835K in unpaid overtime, damages; Successes and shortcomings in Anchorage’s homelessness strategy; ACLU sues Kenai Peninsula Borough over religious invocation policy; University of Alaska Southeast to house all UA education colleges; Guitar maker opts for more sustainable Sitka spruce Listen Now

Five teenagers face adult charges for Palmer murder; Governor Walker recovering from prostate cancer surgery; Exxon’s Tillerson, Trump’s choice for State Dept., has history in Alaska; Trump against F-35 program; Alaskan delegates think he'll come around; Legislature to conduct special audit of Mental Health Trust Authority; Fairbanks recycling business falls on hard times; Winter has a different meaning for Juneau’s homeless; Juneau man falls through thin ice, saves himself and then a babushka Listen Now

Man indicted for January Point Woronzof murders; Lake Clark search-and-recovery for missing plane stalled by ice fog; New Fairbanks program looks to speed up international travel; Anchorage pushing for port, more flexible finances from Legislature ; UAA volleyball claims second in NCAA Division II national tournament; Where does the soot come from that peppers Juneau Icefield?; Beth Kerttula returns to Juneau with message: Time to plan for ocean’s future; Funding for new Craig harbor will have to wait; Few changes made in final Tongass forest plan decision Listen Now

Obama draws fury and joy with Bering Sea protection; Washington congresswoman is likely pick to lead Trump's Interior Department; Feds say plane presumably crashed in Alaska lake; Exito sinking victim search called off; Interior Energy Project close to having new gas supplier; Ask a Climatologist: With snow and cold, ‘it’s Alaska again’; Mt. Edgecumbe High School wrestlers learn about healthy relationships; AK: Hundreds of Douglas kids band together in music class; 49 Voices: Ives Viray in Anchorage Listen Now

Former Fairbanks state Rep. Mike Kelly dies in plane crash; Search continues for missing Port Alsworth plane; Official who created state’s pot rules to leave just as industry gets on its feet; Congress adds soldiers, removes pressure for JBER cut; Newtok to ask Obama for federal disaster declaration; Energy bill fails; Murkowski blames House; Problems with Mat-Su code could lead to pot shop in Talkeetna; Census Bureau adds areas, languages to be translated for Alaska elections; Pribilof scientists work to bring back decimated blue king crab population Listen Now