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It's National Fire Prevention and Safety Week, so on this week's Talk of the Rock, Host Brian Venua speaks with Bayside Fire Chief Scott Ellis about best practices for fire safety for homes, offices, and while outside.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Opponents and supporters of the proposed Donlin gold mine meet local residents. The Anchorage Assembly has again balked at paying a settlement to the former municipal manager. And The Alaska Marine Highway is about to release its long range plan.

This week we hear about the Alex Haley's return to Kodiak, the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska's revenue generating projects outside of rocket launches, the local municipal election results are set, a report about the $1.8 billion loss Alaska's seafood industry experienced recently, and a recap of this week's Fisheries Debate.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Qayak builder Lou Logan is building a qayak based on designs that may go back thousands of years. And a play showing in Anchorage looks at the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people through one family's eyes.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines:KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on the sudden closure of the Central Gulf pollock fishery, a story about Nikolski's salmon derby from KUCB's Sofia Stuart-Rasi, and from KNBA, Rhonda McBride tells of a lawsuit that seeks to change how the National Marine Fisheries Service manages Bering Sea pollock.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska had a record number of opioid overdose deaths last year. An Alaska man convicted of cyberstalking will get a new trial after revelations that the judge handling his case received nude photos from a government attorney involved in his prosecution. And here comes Fat Bear Week.

This week we hear early voting open for municipal elections, the PFD amount, a fire on Mill Bay Road, a construction update for the arterial, a request to Kodiak City Council for land for a "sweat equity" program, and events for National Suicide Prevention Month.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines:Alaska’s winter ferry schedule starts October 1st and looks a lot like last year. Research is underway in Alaska that could expand the story of how the first humans arrived and traveled in the Americas. And rural Alaska schools are using grant funds to improve student lunches.

October is National Co-op Month, so on this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Rob Stauffer, Project Director, and Myra Scholze, Board President, with the Kodiak Harvest Food Cooperative. Their Customer Appreciation Day will be Saturday, October 26 at their store: 1420 Selig St. (behind Kodiak Furniture).

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: It is election day. State prosecutors will not be bringing charges against an Anchorage police officer who shot and killed a teenager in August. And leaders from Anchorage and the state are exploring ways to make the city safer for pedestrians.