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• Regents approve Haines timber sale

  Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted 9-1 to approve the plan.

• Strawn to be sentenced today

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) Christopher Strawn will hear his sentence for charges of first degree murder and third degree assault today.

• Sport fishing closure ordered

  Kenai, Alaska (KINY) The Alaska Department of Fish and Game ordered a shut down of sport fishing for King Salmon in the Kenai River.

• Feds seek death penalty against Alaska man in 2016 deaths

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a 32-year-old Alaska man charged with crimes that resulted in the deaths of two people.

• Alaska governor to focus on gas, trade during DC trip

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker plans to attend a gas conference in Washington, D.C., next week and meet with U.S. and Chinese leaders on trade.