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Anchorage has a shortage of all kinds of housing. Planners and residents grapple with strategies to encourage housing, including zoning changes and property tax incentives for builders creating homes downtown. Catch up on all the proposals. Thanks for listening!

Host Prentiss Pemberton speaks with parenting coordinator and mediator Bettsie Wild about co-parenting on this Line One.

"New Arrivals" is Alaska Public Media's profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media. LISTEN NOW

Anchorage Community Theatre's Executive Director Matt Fernandez drops by Stage Talk this week to give us an overview of what they have planned for their 2018-2019 season. a farce, an historical musical, a drama, an adaption of a Newberry Medal winning novel and a work from an "honorary local" are in the works. Thanks for listening!

Ever wonder how we know what we know, and if we really know it at all? What about the question of certainty and the significance of perception? How do fear and anxiety get stuck in our brains and how do we break free of them? Line One host Prentiss Pemberton and Anchorage neuropsychologist, Dr. Paul Craig, tackle these questions and more as they dive into a discussion about the amazing organs we call our brains. KSKA: Monday, Dec. 15, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m. Listen now:

Check out the full article for a link back to blogger Luc Mehl's site, as well as a companion blog post. To submit your video, just send a link to townsquare49@alaskapublic.org.

Two special elections will decide who serves the remainder of Rep. Don Young's term. Also, the City of Nome settles a lawsuit after a police mishandled a woman's sexual assault case.

When it comes to concern about the coronavirus, the Iditarod is no exception. In Nome, the city council is considering calling off Iditarod festivities, and we’re also hearing about a big announcement coming from the Iditarod itself, though we’ve been told by someone close to the race that they are not going to be canceling the rest of Iditarod altogether. Meantime, we have a more positive update about Jeff King's health status, a race update, a story about a volunteer passing time tinkering on an old chainsaw, a listener question about who's the best dog whisperer and another dog profile, this one about Juke, in Karin Hendrickson's team.

Investigation confirms unsafe conditions at psychiatric hospital; A political consultant’s work was scrutinized amid Anchorage voter fraud allegations. Now he’s dead.; AFN announces its opposition to Brett Kavanuagh's Supreme Court nomination; International Whaling Commission votes to change subsistence quota renewal process; Permit holders, processing workers included in pink salmon disaster money draft plan; Fairbanks passes controversial ordinance affecting labor contracts; In villages, first responders frustrated by an overburdened health care system; How little organizations make a big difference through collaboration; Five Guam-based B-52s parked out in Eielson amidst typhoon Listen now

FIRST LEGO League is a robotics competition developed for upper elementary and middle school age students. During the 2012-2013 season, there were 154 FIRST LEGO League teams across the state of Alaska, from small villages to our urban centers. Learn more.

All 11 passengers survive Tuesday morning floatplane crash on Prince of Wales Island; Will Murkowski block Kavanaugh nomination? Here's how she says she'll decide; AFL-CIO president says Walker has earned re-election; State's wildfire season 'largely uneventful,' according to officials; Coast Guard, partners search ferries for illegal activity, drugs; Fewer summer chum and kings in Yukon than predicted; How 'pickers' and 'lickers' help Bristol Bay's fleet; Lemon Creek inmates study Latin etymology and epic poems behind bars; Larsen Bay manages summer recycling needs Listen now

Here is the Night Music Playlist for July 13th with Kirk Waldhaus.