Alaska State Troopers responded to reports of a gunshot at 9:15 Friday evening at the Latitude 62 in Talkeetna.

Dirk Fast, age 53, of Talkeetna was shot and killed inside the restaurant bar. (more…)

Voters will decide on Tuesday if the state legislature should be increased by six new legislative districts. Ballot Measure 1 was introduced by the state legislature as a means to keep balanced representation in both urban and rural districts.

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Local writer Sarah Birdsall and host Gale Moses talk about ghosts, ghost stories, and the plan for a book on some local hauntings. Audio runs about a half hour.

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The Susitna Community Council is going to hold elections for its board of directors on Thursday, November 4. (more…)

Close friends are continuing to assist Michelle O’Neil Puryear to bring her husband back to the U.S.  Joe Puryear died tragically on Labuche Kang in Tibet on Tuesday. He was 37 years old.  Puryear’s climbing blog is posting information about the retrieval effort and how friends can contribute.  Readers can go to an article here in the Seattle Times for a tribute to Puryear and for more information on the climb.

Mountaineer Joe Puryear dies in Tibet

KTNA’s local news, weather, announcements and Denali Echoes for Friday, October 29, 2010, hosted by Diana Haecker. Local news headlines: Borough narrows list of candidates for borough manager position; Denali Brewing wins top award; Voters to decide on education bonds; Talkeetna Community Council seeks ideas for revenue share expenditure. (16 min.)

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Denali Brewing Company of Talkeetna has been chosen to brew the official beer for the 2011 Alaska State Fair in Palmer. (more…)

The Mat Su Borough Assembly has narrowed the Borough manager candidate list to three people. (more…)

(aired on APRN 10/20 and KTNA 10/28) If it passes, Proposition B would provide a lot of work for next years construction season.  $20 million for a pool at Mount Edgecumbe in Sitka,  $18 million for the state museum, library and archive in Juneau, $20 million for a Fish and Game for a research facility on Near Island, and a little more than three million dollars for a new vocational education facility in Klawock. (more…)

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