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Alaska voters may consider a ballot proposition next year aimed at tightening the state’s citizenship voting requirements. Plus, Alaska's two senators cross the aisle to back a bill that would have extended health insurance subsidies.

Alaska is experiencing record snow and cold. Alaska's congressional delegation respond to Saturday's military operation in Venezuela. Plus, KNOM's Ben Townsend helps a group of scientists explore whether beavers are contributing to climate change.

If Venezuela's oil industry sees a resurgence pushed by President Donald Trump, there may be impacts for Alaska industries. Alaska Airlines is reversing an issue with its Club 49 program that resulted in surprising bills for some fliers. Plus, the state was ordered to pay more than a half-million dollars in a lawsuit over a controversial predator control program in Southwest Alaska.

The Alaska LNG Project's latest tentative customer is a company doing business in Alaska. Enstar says its drawn more gas from reserves during the recent cold snap, but has enough to meet customer demands. Plus, scientists strap cameras to arcitc grizzly bears to try and learn how they find food in the tundra.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District braces for another tough budget season as it faces an $8.5 million deficit. Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a case challenging federal protections for subsistence fishing and hunting.

Slippery conditions bring much of the Kenai Peninsula to a halt. The state's forestry division seeks to open all of the Haines State Forest to logging. Plus, health care workers descend on Anchorage this week for the kickoff of a five year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska.

Democrat Mary Peltola is running for U.S. Senate. Plus, two artists with roots on the central Kenai Peninsula receive artist awards from the Rasmuson Foundation.

Nikiski Republican Sen. Jesse Bjorkman prefiles bills ahead of the state legislative session that starts Tuesday. A foster youth advocacy group sues the state over what it says are insufficient resources for older kids. Plus, Democrats say Mary Peltola's Senate run could tip that chamber in their favor.

The initiative aims to raise awareness about declining king salmon runs within the Kenai watershed.

Retired Kenai attorney looks back at victory, defeat in Exxon Valdez Oil Spill litigation