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On the northeast side of Anchorage, at the base of the Chugach, is a heavily restricted area that requires a pass to enter. The residents of Scenic Foothills have long considered this area to be their playground, with access to trails and peaks and an abundance of charismatic wildlife.

Efforts to ease conflicts over Southeast Alaska's growing sea otter population are underway. Plus: Alaskans celebrate Veterans day around the state.

Here’s the Sunday, November 10th, 2019 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.

An ad campaign targets Senator Murkowski to persuade her to vote no on one of President Trump's judicial nominees. Also: Fort Wainwright works to address the high number of soldier suicides.

Water and sewer infrastructure, something most Americans take for granted as a basic utility service, is lacking in many communities in rural Alaska. Why, more than 60 years after statehood, are there still villages without piped systems?

Imagine living in a town where only some of the residents have running water. Everyone else has to fetch...

Oral Maxillofacial surgery, or OMFS, is a specialty that combines dentistry and facial surgery to provide services from wisdom teeth removal to complex jaw surgery to fix cleft lips and palates, overbites, underbites, and even sleep apnea.

Fishermen are expressing alarm that the Coast Guard hasn't been able to restore a VHF signal across much of coastal Alaska. Plus: As part of a new federal rule, Fort Wainwright officials are evicting the union that represents federal employees from the on-base office it's held since the 1970s.

This week on State of Art we're hearing from Gayla Ranf, owner of Spenard Art Studio. She talks about the new space and creating using encaustics. We also look at "Summerland" from Anchorage playwright Arlitia Jones and Cyrano's Theater Company. The play wraps up its Anchorage run Sunday, Nov. 10.

As winter approaches, farmers and gardeners make plans for spring crops. Climate change effects on the growing season in Alaska means new opportunities and challenges for the future. Will residents, even in the arctic, be able to grow enough food for their winter use?

Traveling Music Date: 11-10-19 Shonti Elder Format:  Tune Title               Performer / Composer               Album Title               Recording Company               Length Hurting Sure Mark Simos / Mark Simos Crazy Faith Devachan Music 3:40 Anna Jane Rachel Baiman / Rachel Baiman, Christian Sedelmyer Speakeasy Man www.rachelbaiman.com 2:53 Times Two Vance Gilbert...

The legal peculiarities of Alaska law on recall elections, as the effort to unseat the governor lands in court. Also: Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox has been re-sentenced after a successful appeal.

A new report finds that over the next 20 years, the road maintenance related to studded tire use will cost the state way more than what it takes in from fees drivers pay to use them.

With criticism for the attorney general, the fight to recall Governor Dunleavy heads to court. Also: The Alaska State Troopers graduate a new class of drug dogs, and one already has a big bust. And a tribute to Richard Nelson, the anthropologist, writer and host of “Encounters," who passed away Monday.

How does he even get those amazing natural wildlife sounds, as if he were standing right next to that grunting grizzly bear! As the host of Encounters, Richard Nelson is our guide to the fascinating sights,sounds and behaviors of Alaska’s resilient animals. For an opportunity to talk with Alaska anthropologist and naturalist Richard Nelson, join host Kathleen McCoy on a special edition of Hometown, Alaska on Friday. KSKA: Friday 11/11 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm

The group seeking to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy says it will take its case to court after its application was denied by a state elections official. Also: Mark Begich says he has a solution to the exorbitant grocery prices that plague rural Alaska.

Here’s the Sunday, November 3rd, 2019 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.

Here is the Night Music Playlist for November, 2nd 2019 with Kirk Waldhaus.

Wildlife and Alaska are like apple pie and ice cream, it’s hard to imagine one without the other. Every year over a million people...

It's looking like an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will not happen before the end of the year. Also: Southeast residents are trying to cope with ferry service cuts, reduced further now with a vessel under repair. And private developers want to build a new ferry dock near Ketchikan.