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Top stories from Alaska's News Source news at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024

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A federal judge has granted an Anchorage man convicted of cyberstalking this year a new trial over a Ninth Circuit Court’s findings that former Alaska federal Judge Joshua Kindred had a sexual relationship with one of the case’s prosecutors. Plus, the Anchorage Assembly voted against a $250,000 settlement between former city manager Amy Demboski and the municipality stemming from allegations of wrongful termination and gender discrimination. Those stories and more top news and weather on this Friday.

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A state investigation into the deaths of Hooper Bay's Novely Rivers and Abigail Olson, a Kotzebue couple guilty of child abuse and another look at Juneau's controversial cruise ship ballot measure.

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State investigators are working to find how two teenagers died in what is believed to be a homicide this week in Hooper Bay. Plus, Juneau officials say a public park and library were vandalized with swastikas this week in the capital city, prompting an investigation. Those stories and more news and weather on this Thursday.

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Alaskan Georgia Barkwood is in Scotland to compete in the Golden Spurtle World Porridge Making Championship. John Thompson sat down with her to learn more.

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We sit down with Chris Jung, Anatomy and Physiology Professor at UAA, to talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder and what we can do to decrease the impacts.

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The Afuvai family in Anchorage is seeking answers after 24-year-old James Afuvia was shot and killed last weekend by an APD officer, who said James came at him with a knife.

The Afuvais said Wednesday that James was not a violent person: "I feel like the news has already put out his name and identified him as a man holding a knife, but he is more than that. He comes from a family that loves him."

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Two races in Anchorage could impact the makeup of the Alaska State House. Political reporter Steve Kirch talks about what the House looked like last session and what we might be seeing for this upcoming legislature.

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Anchorage's police chief sits down with Alaska's News Source after state prosecutors cleared one of his officers in this summer's fatal shooting of a teenage girl. 

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