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The risk of a major rock slide is causing cruise ships to skip Skagway. Also, biologists plan to study how kelp farms could boost the economy and impact fish. And two rescued harbor seal pups get ready to go back into the ocean.

More than a year after voters approved them, Anchorage police still don't have body cameras. Also, Gov. Mike Dunleavy says Alaska is the best place to mine for critical minerals. And the end of a federal free lunch program is leaving some parents confused.

The last remaining private company with a lease to drill in ANWR has pulled out. Also, local opposition builds against Donlin Gold's proposed mine. And the unusual bet that motivated a Bristol Bay high school student to graduate.

As homeless campers in Anchorage try to stay out of the rain, advocates say the city needs to plan for winter. Scientists say tundra fires in Alaska could become more frequent. And a new app helps people in Sitka track landslide warnings.

Alaska State Troopers arrest a man connected to an AMBER alert sent last night. Also, firefighters tackle late-season wildfires in the Interior. And it's the first day of school on a military base in Anchorage.

Alaskans went to the polls yesterday, and early results are in. Environmentalists say king salmon fishing in Southeast Alaska hurts killer whales in Puget Sound, but fishermen disagree. And a small village in Bristol Bay gets statewide recognition for its library.

Today is Alaska's first-ever ranked choice election, but not all voters like the new system. Three people were stabbed in Ketchikan, and police are searching for a motive. And Anchorage parents scramble to arrange carpools during a district-wide bus driver shortage.

The federal government could take over management of silver salmon at the lower Kuskokwim River. Also, a former Mat-Su Borough Assembly member says Representative David Eastman shouldn't hold office. And electric vehicle drivers head to the northernmost point on the road system.

Three people died and two were injured in a fire at a Bethel housing complex. Conservative gubernatorial candidates go after Gov. Mike Dunleavy's record. And health officials address misconceptions about monkeypox.

The Anchorage Assembly wants to know how the city's former health director was hired with a fraudulent resume. Republican candidates in the special election are competing for the same pool of voters. Dipnetting brings crowds and their trash to Kenai Peninsula beaches, and volunteers are cleaning up.