The Exchange

Incumbent Mayor Ted Gatsas and challenger Joyce Craig, a former Alderman, square off days before voters go to the polls. On the agenda: the opioid crisis, education, property taxes, and immigration. It's the second time the two have vied for the corner office of the state's largest city.

A recent anonymous $3 million donation to help pregnant women and their babies fight addiction highlights the challenges, and costs, of caring for this population. Mothers and their newborns face specific hurdles when it comes to addiction, and hospitals and care centers have struggled to adapt to meet those needs.

Manufacturing jobs require more training in technology, mathematics, and problem-solving, and schools and businesses seek ways to retrain workers and prepare the incoming workforce. GUESTS: Christine Carr - Executive Director for the N.H. Career and Technical Educators Association , which is part of the N.H. Career and Technical Centers. She worked for her family's manufacturing business for several years, and co-founded a technology accelerator in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sara Colson -

N.H. officials are among those at the White House for President Trump's announcement that he will declare the opioid cris is a public health emergenc y. New data show that New Hampshire's public colleges have the highest cost for in-state students anywhere in the country. A task force looking at the future of the Manchester VA loses a controversial co-chair. And Bernie Sanders rallies Granite State Democrats.

With explosive stories coming out of Hollywood and other industries, we look at this issue in New Hampshire: how workplace harassment is defined, in what settings it occurs, why it continues despite widespread awareness, and what role the legal system and human resource departments play.

While Western blazes are common, wildfires in California this year have been especially devastating. Meanwhile, New Hampshire has been battling a persistent forest fire this fall, on the Dilly Cliffs near the Lost River Gorge area of Woodstock. We examine how often we see forest fires in New Hampshire, and the effects of drought and future climate change. We also discuss how local, state and federal agencies approach fire-fighting and forest ecosystems. Will Abbott - Society for the Protection

Gravitational waves from two colliding neutron stars 130 million million light-years away were detected recently, and this cosmic event has sparked an astronomy revolution. The Sky Crew returns to explain what the cosmic tells us about how heavy elements like gold, platinum and uranium were formed, and what it means for the future of astronomy. We check in on how NASA is improving the odds of identifying habitable exoplanets, plus another discovery, a "quasi-satellite." And we look at a Planet

A new term at the U.S. Supreme Court opens with some long-standing debates. The high court began its legal season on October 1st. Major issues include the drawing of political boundaries, called gerrymandering. Other cases address issues of digital privacy and religious freedom. NPR has a comprehensive discussion of many of these cases, found here .

A recent nationwide survey of supervisors finds that many businesses are not taking full advantage of resources available to train and employ those with disabilities. We'll look at the results of this survey, employment trends for adults with disabilities both nationally and in New Hampshire, and how employers can (and why they should) take advantage of this workforce.

The Granite State makes a pitch for Amazon "H.Q. Two," and the governor reverses course on commuter rail. And why the no-show for Keno? Hearings on the electronic bingo game Keno are noticeably empty. We also talk about how the opioid crisis is affecting the Manchester mayoral race.