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Murkowski keeps faith in Kavanaugh hearing; Man tied to Kotzebue girl's death appears in court; Opponents pack Anchorage hearing on salmon habitat ballot measure; After signs of concern, City of Wrangell says there’s no near threat to island’s dams; Nationwide emergency alerts postponed amid Hurricane Florence; CBD drinks are getting more popular. But are they legal?; In response to their high suicide rate, Mountain Village marches for hope Listen now

Juneau’s cruise passenger fee lawsuit heads toward trial; For methane researcher, golf course bubbles are a first; Courthouse attack won’t lead to more officers, but may increase vigilance; Local SAR reins in search for Stacey Hoagland while troopers gather more information; Calista denies wrongdoing in sexual harassment lawsuit; Former youth hockey treasurer sentenced for embezzlement; GVEA declares Healy 2 power plant operational; Alaska Native organizations receive federal grant for safe and healthy housing; Calls of bear sightings are up around Juneau. But why? Listen now

Charges filed against a Kotzebue man in the case of a missing girl who was found dead; Alaska's U.S. Senators call for more information about sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh; Alaska will see a cut to salmon allocations under proposed treaty with Canada; Three senior Department of Health and Social Services administrators have resigned; Teams of citizen scientists count endangered whales near Anchorage; Public meetings start in Juneau over proposal for news roads in Tongass; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to keep rats off St. Paul Island; High rates of suicide in southwest Alaska where healthcare services are overburdened

Sen. Sullivan defends support of Trump nominee Kavanaugh; As administration pursues ANWR drilling, Trump official accuses federal employees of creating ‘road bumps’; Dunleavy absent from candidate debates, speaking events; State and federal officials apologize to Alaska Natives for effects of bird regulations; Meet the married retirees pushing Anchorage to change homeless policy; AK: Petersburg’s Rainforest Festival teaches the public about salmon; 49 Voices: Bobbie Sue Wolk of Anchorage Listen now

Murkowski is urged by AFN to vote no on Kavanaugh confirmation; Candidates for Alaska governor differ over abortion; In case of missing Kotzebue girl, troopers shift from search and rescue to investigation; Here’s how a rag-tag group of scientists produced a paper on a 300-foot Alaska tsunami; Cruise ship air quality violations spike in Alaska; How this week's aurora activity is being driven by the sun; Ask a Climatologist: The state is having a strangely sunny September Listen now

Investigation confirms unsafe conditions at psychiatric hospital; A political consultant’s work was scrutinized amid Anchorage voter fraud allegations. Now he’s dead.; AFN announces its opposition to Brett Kavanuagh's Supreme Court nomination; International Whaling Commission votes to change subsistence quota renewal process; Permit holders, processing workers included in pink salmon disaster money draft plan; Fairbanks passes controversial ordinance affecting labor contracts; In villages, first responders frustrated by an overburdened health care system; How little organizations make a big difference through collaboration; Five Guam-based B-52s parked out in Eielson amidst typhoon Listen now

Southeast bids adieu to fast ferry Fairweather; FBI joins search for missing 10-year-old Kotzebue girl; State fines group opposing salmon habitat initiative for violating naming rule; Park Service extends perioid for public comment on hunting regulations; ACLU-Alaska announces settlement in immigration detention; Clear Air Force station missile defense project receives $14.8 million grant; UAF highlights profitability of Sikuliaq research vessel; Charging details remain confidential for Unalaska teens that allegedly threatened teen with handgun; Alleged assault of grandmother in Juneau courtroom raises concerns about security; Wrangell resident shares her story for World Suicide Prevention Day; Five decades on, a Sitkan takes lessons from the 1968 DNC Riots Listen now

Numerous agencies continue search for missing 10-year-old Kotzebue girl; Judge orders that some political signs can remain for now — but not all; State announces tentative deal with ExxonMobil to supply gas for Alaska LNG project; What happens if Roe v. Wade goes? In Alaska, 'nothing'; Alaska Airlines union workers picket for better wages; Highway re-routed to protect road from migrating debris lobe; Hunters unearth massive mammoth tusk in Northwest Alaska; When Sitka’s public assistance office closed, pantries shouldered need; VA wants more veterans to register for healthcare; How oil companies are confronted by climate change Listen now

Fuel for North Slope oil production arrives by barge for the first time; Trilogy Metals seeks permits for Ambler Mine project; Alaska companies release private data for global seabed mapping project; Former Sitka paralegal sentenced for 2017 murder of his girlfriend; Kenai Peninsula Borough opposes Soldotna's annexation plans; At remote Cape Peirce, Bristol Bay students experience the environment first-hand; AK: For Tlingit-Unangax artist Nicholas Galanin, first retrospective a lifetime in the making; 49 Voices: Mark Wittteveen of Kodiak Listen now

State says it would allow small, temporary political signs on private property; Candidates for governor differ on how to pay for government, PFDs; US and Canadian negotiators reach tentative deal over Pacific salmon; Alaska volcano restless again; Western Alaska still has state’s highest rate of reported felony sex crimes; Walker administration looks for panelists to discuss controversial Roadless Rule; Donlin receives permits to destroy two creeks to build mine; Southeast sport fishing lodge owner appointed to IPHC; Keeping bears and people separate at Haines’ Chilkoot River; Controversial Greens Creek Mine film now online Listen now