Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media

Group Files Petition To Prohibit Wolf Trapping, Hunting Along Denali Park’s Eastern Border; Alaskans Vote In Local Elections Across State; State Receives LNG Pipeline Proposal; Police ID Woman Found In Church Parking Lot; Bethel Police Shoot, Kill Man; Talkeetna Cleaning Up Flood Damage; Court Rules In Favor Of Washington Company For Brooks Range Gold Claims; Bethel Road Reopening Delayed At Least One Year; Anchorage Opera Putting On ‘Mrs. President’ Show

Homicide Victim Found In Church Parking Lot; More Tsunami Debris Heading Toward Alaska; FCC Revisiting Airwave Laws; Court Places Stay On Port MacKenzie Rail Spur Work; Great Bear Petroleum Determining Feasibility Of Recovering Shale Oil Deposits; Panels Discuss Studies for Pebble Mine in Anchorage; Naknek Opens New Fitness Trail; Pacific Islanders Find Home In Barrow

Five Accused of Embezzling $500,000 from Trident in Kodiak; Work Continues To Create ‘Transboundary Area of Shared Beringian Heritage’; Fairbanks Voters to Decide on Limits of Heating Device Regulation; Body of Missing Norton Sound Boater Discovered; Chickenpox Outbreak Hits Homer, Soldotna; 2013 World Championships Banned Substance List Spurns Disagreement; Recovered Seal Returned To Unalaska Waters; Adzers Hard at Work in Chief Shakes Tribal House; Count Basie Orchestra Mentors Anchorage Students

Watch Upstairs Downstairs Preview on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

The saga continues at 165 Eaton Place with new characters upstairs and down in a three-part sequel to the much-loved MASTERPIECE series from the 1970s. Jean Marsh returns as Rose with a stellar cast including Dame Eileen Atkins (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Cranford”), Keeley Hawes (MI-5), Ed Stoppard (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Any Human Heart”), Claire Foy (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “Little Dorrit”) and Ellie Kendrick (MASTERPIECE CLASSIC “The Diary of Anne Frank”). Set in 1936, the lives of masters and servants have never been so captivating. Laura Linney hosts. TV: Sunday, 9/30 starting at 8:00 p.m.

Watch Call the Midwife - Preview on PBS. See more from Call the Midwife.

Call the Midwife is a moving and intimate insight into the colorful world of midwifery and family life in 1950’s East London. We are introduced to the community through the eyes of young nurse Jenny Lee as she arrives at Nonnatus House to live and work as a midwife alongside an Order of Nuns. TV: Sunday, 9/30 at 7:00pm

This week, we’re going to Cold Bay, a small community at the end of the Alaska Peninsula. George Lopez is mayor of Cold Bay.

Troopers Arrest Fugitive Wanted In Sleetmute Kidnapping, Rape; Local Search Effort Continues For Missing Norton Sound Boaters; UA Regents Approve Tuition Hike; Assembly Passes Private Building Plan Review; Scientist Reprimanded For Improper Release Of Government Documents; Mat-Su Elections Will Proceed As Scheduled; Four of Five Largest Southeast Cities Holding Mayoral Elections; AK: Eating Right; 300 Villages: Cold Bay

Two Missing In Norton Sound; St. George Nearly Runs Out Of Fuel; Uncertainty Surrounds Affordable Health Care Act Implementation; Dive Surveys Help To Track D. Vex Distribution; Sitka’s Fake Coupons Par Of National Problem; CVRF Villages Launch Campaign To Increase Fishing Allocations; Pilot Shares Story With LKSD Students; Athabascan Elder Richard Frank Passes Away

Scientists have been monitoring an invasive species of sea squirt growing on the bottom of Whiting Harbor, in Sitka. It’s called D-vex. Reporter Ellen Chenoweth reports on the bizarre biology of this invasive species and how new research might help scientists get rid of it.

Police Release Identity of Body Found in Anchorage; Study Says Anchorage May Run Low On Gas In 2014; 900 EVOS Plaintiffs Still Owed $1 Million; Salvation Army Hosting Events Raising Awareness About Sex Trafficking; Major Quake Strikes Near Adak; Alaska Military Future Remains Uncertain; Scientists Look For Ways To Kill Sitka Tunicate; Alaska Health Care Leaders To Exchange Ideas on Industry Reform; Affordable Housing For Elderly Becoming Scarce; Song Written To Celebrate New Arctic Research Vessel

Watch The Animal House - Preview on PBS. See more from Nature.

Why do some animals build structures and others don’t? And how do animals decide where to build? Animal homes need to be safe and secure, protected from predators and the weather. An eagle’s nest can weigh up to one ton, a termite mound can stand eight feet tall, and some falcon nest sites have been around for centuries. Going above ground and under, NATURE investigates just what goes into making a home when you’re wild and cost is not a factor. TV: Wednesday, 9/26 at 7:00pm

Department of the Interior Announces NPR-A Lease Sale; Parnell Visits Asia, Touts Alaska’s Resource Potential; False Pass Experimenting With Hydro Power; Brotherhood Bridge For Sale; Medical Examiners Work To ID Body Found Near Coastal Trail; Alaska Railroad to Resume Freight Service; USGS Tests Early Earthquake Warning System In California; Cruise Ship Wastewater Handling Practices May Change; Historian Discovers Early Cartographer Technique

Watch Dropout Nation Preview on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

What does it take to save a student? Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States quit high school without diplomas — an epidemic so out of control that nobody knows the exact number. What is clear is that massive dropout rates cripple individual career prospects and cloud the country’s future. TV: Tuesday, 9/25 at 8:00pm

Coleman Barney Sentenced To 5 Years; Kenai River Flood Warning Extended Through Thursday; Seward, Mat-Su Flooding Slowly Receding; Crews Work To Restore Railroad Service; Legislators Focus On How Disabled, Elderly Residents Fared Southcentral Storms; Congress To Have Full Slate After November Election; Fire Island Powers Up; Tanana Adding New Biomass Systems; Day Trip Gives YK Delta Residents Peek At Fort Knox Gold Mine

Watch The Day Carl Sandburg Died on PBS. See more from American Masters.

For much of the 20th century, Carl Sandburg was synonymous with the American experience, a spokesman on behalf of “the people.” Using his unique life — from impoverished beginnings on the Illinois prairie to the halls of Congress to “The Ed Sullivan Show” — as the basis for free-verse poetry, Sandburg became one of the most successful writers in the English language: a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, biographer (most notably of Abraham Lincoln), children’s storyteller, novelist and captivating performer. TV: Monday, 9/24 at 9:00pm

This week, we’re visiting the tiny interior community of Alatna, north of Fairbanks. Clara Sam is a council member in Alatna.

Talkeetna Braces For Flooding; Flooding Strikes Kenai Peninsula; Settlement Reached In Lawsuit About The 2005 Bristol Bay Area Plan; 9th Circuit Court Rules Against Kivalina; Three Hikers Rescued From Deer Mountain; Fairbanks Residents Combat Invasive Plant; AK: Off Course; 300 Villages: Alatna

Watch Wallander III: The Dogs of Riga on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.

A raft adrift in Swedish waters holds a grisly cargo: two dead Latvians who have been horribly tortured. Arriving to investigate from Riga, Latvia’s capital, is an enigmatic police major. He reports back to headquarters and then disappears. After learning of the major’s death, Wallander goes to Riga and meets his widow, Kristina (Rebekah Staton, “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”). Together, they become embroiled in a desperate search for files that may document high-level corruption that threatens to make Wallander and Kristina the next torture victims — and corpses. TV: Friday, 9/21 at 9:30pm