KTNA’s Lorien Nettleton has a conversation with Sharon Cissna, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. The hour on-air is in 20 minute segments.

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by Melis Coady

On Wednesday night 30 people gathered at the Sheldon Community Arts Hangar to watch the 2012 presidential candidates debate about domestic issues. The debate, streamed in high definition, elicited laughs and mixed reactions from the crowd as they heard Governor Mitt Romney battle President Obama over America’s sluggish economy, the merits of Obamacare, education reform and the nations energy policy. After the event, viewers overall were pleased that the candidates were civil, issue focused, and more clear about explaining differences in their policies. Many people in this area live without television or have data rate plans too slow to watch video footage of the candidates on the Internet. It was a great opportunity to see the candidates face to face on the big screen. (more…)

KTNAs morning news, weather forecast, Denali echos, announcements for February 22nd. Host is Sue Deyoe. Headlines – Local Red Cross needs assistance; 3.4 earthquake hits Talkeetna; CPB funding cut in House bill.  16 min.

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KTNA news, weather, announcements and Denali Echoes, for Monday February 14, hosted by Trisha Costello. Local news headlines:  Bills before Congress threaten funding for public radio. (16 min)

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With a new Congress seated and a still ailing economy, a political movement is underway to severely cut federal spending. Congress  has several bills before them that could impact the future of public radio. And this goes for every public radio station in the country as well as community radio right here in Talkeetna.

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Larry DeVilbiss officially became the new mayor for the Mat-Su Borough when he took the oath of office last Friday at the Assembly chambers in Palmer. In a special election held in early January, DeVilbiss managed to receive 3,964 votes. The runner-up candidate Brian Sullivan received 2,616 votes. (more…)

The military held an open house on Tuesday night at the Swiss Alaska Inn in Talkeetna to present information about planned expansions of Air Force, Army and Navy training areas. Trisha Costello was there and gathered local reactions to the proposals that would mostly affect the airspace east and north of Talkeetna.

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Friday, the public had one last chance to hear from Borough mayoral candidates.  A full hour was taken to ask questions and get information from 4 of the 8 candidates for mayor.  The election is Tuesday, January 11th.  Polls open at 7 .m. and close at 8 pm.  Below is the candidate forum in 4 sections, approximately 15 minutes each.

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My name is Kenneth Clark.
I have been an Alaska resident since 1974 (36-years).

3. How long have I lived in Mat-Su borough?
I purchased a home in the valley (Mat-Su borough) in 1985 (25-years). (more…)