Western Prince of Wales and Sitka are under a high wind warning through tonight; plus, early voting is off to a hot start across the state; the closure of a preschool in Haines leaves families in a childcare crisis; and, a lab in Kodiak is researching ways to support oyster farming. 

The City of Saxman fills vacancies for both a Village Public Safety Officer and City Clerk; also, the Alaska Marine Highway System releases new details for their long term plan; and a look at Sitka’s Indigenous People’s Day celebration.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The final numbers on central Southeast Alaska’s moose hunting season. A Village Public Safety Officer talks a Texan out of a bad idea. And how to stay on top of your mental health in the winter months. 

A long awaited vote by a regional advisory council means Ketchikan will remain an urban community, in terms of subsistence use; also, an update from the borough on the outlook for the popular Rainbird Trail damaged by the landslide; and despite setbacks, Kayhi’s Drama Kings get ready to perform their version of a Broadway Harry Potter production.

A regional subsistence advisory council recommends closing all harvest of hooligan in the waters around southern Southeast; also, Petersburg approves a proposal to extend a local port dock; and, a look at the challenge of hiring Alaska teachers amid ongoing budget cuts.

Early voting in the general election has started across Alaska; also, we take a look at Ketchikan’s Mobile-Integrated Healthcare program; and a new cruise ship dock is planned in Juneau. 

Ketchikan’s School Board welcomed new members and elected a president. Juneau officials are blindsided by plans to build another cruise dock in the Capital City. Trident Seafood finally sells the last of the plants from their surprise sell-off last year. Part four of our five-part series on Alaska herring in Japan. 

Alaskans voting by mail this fall should put two stamps on their absentee ballots, but the postal service says they'll still accept them if you forget; and we hear part three of KCAW's series about Japan's herring market and its ties to Southeast Alaska.

The Borough Assembly welcomes new members and bids an old one farewell. Alaska Native communities growing food to fight climate change. Part two of our Phantom Fish series following Alaska herring through Japan.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough agrees to exempt agricultural businesses from property taxes; a look at Juneau’s short term rental registration program; and the first of a five-part series examining Southeast Alaska’s herring fisheries and their ties to Japanese markets.