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The latest Upper Cook Inlet commercial fishing report shows the impact of closing the east side set-net fishery — a 40% decline in fish caught this year. Set-netters are worried about the future of their fishery, and the possible long-term impacts of over escapement.

Central Peninsula Landfill hosts a Hazardous Waste Collection Day, a man is sentenced to prison for the shooting of a state trooper in Anchor Point, and a composer makes music from the sounds of Alaska’s wilderness.

Forecasters predict the Kenai area to see higher temperatures and less precipitation this winter. Homer Electric Association shares updates on renewable energy projects and concerns about a natural gas shortage. Plus, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Gingerbread House Contest.

An Anchorage man is arrested after a police chase in Soldotna. Plus, a local look this National Disability Employment Awareness Month. And Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus has a new building.

A petition signed by Kenai Peninsula residents is calling on the Alaska Department of Transportation to stop its use of salt brine on roads, and the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center hosts its first-ever Haunted Chamber.

A body is found on the beach near Old Town Kenai, the City of Soldotna brakes ground on an indoor athletic facility, and Alaska farmers only grow a fraction of the food needed to feed the state. Plus, emergency services respond to a fire at the Homer Landfill.

Our guests on this episode are researchers with the Mayo Clinic and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium studying smoking cessation among Alaska Native communities.

Results from yesterday’s election show some close races, school board update and another rejection of the Seward utility sale, though absentee votes have yet to be counted. Plus, interest in remote control cars is picking up steam in Kenai, and hobbyists are getting together to enjoy the sport.

A hunter died of natural causes in Kodiak over the weekend, a group of moms from the Russian Old Believer community of Nikolaevsk are pushing for a charter school, and results for the Kenai Peninsula’s Oct. 3 municipal election are in.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passes a revision of its code regulating gravel pits, and Katmai National Park and Preserve crowns this year's Fat Bear Week champion.