Jake Shimabukuro is on his first solo tour without a band or collaborators in over 15 years and opens FCA's season. Hear the magic and virtuosity in this Alaska Live with Jake Shimabukuro. You'll find out fascinating pieces of history about ukulele and Jake's connections.

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about unusually high late season water levels on the Chena and Upper Kuskokwim Rivers.

South Korea's national industry minister says the country has not agreed to invest $54 billion in the proposed trans-Alaska gas pipeline. // The Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions has decided not to prosecute a state Trooper who fatally shot a man in Fairbanks last July. // The Fairbanks City Council has postponed an ordinance that would define how the city handles e-bikes. // Local produce were in the spotlight last weekend at Soldotna's Harvest Moon Local Food Festival. // A financial adviser and an economist offer some expert advice on how you should spend your Permanent Fund dividend.

At the Equinox Marathon in Fairbanks, runners can count on official aid stations for water and fuel. But along the course, locals have created a few unofficial stops of their own.

President Trump announced Wednesday that South Korea would invest more than $50 billion for the Alaska LNG project. // Funding for the Alaska LNG Project is part of a trade deal between the United States and South Korea. // This year's $1,200 Permanent Fund dividend will be direct-deposited into Alaskans’ bank accounts starting today. // Hundreds of people gathered in the village of Teller last weekend for two nights of singing, drumming and celebration. // Wednesday was Orange Shirt Day, a day to commemorate the loss of Indigenous peoples' lives, language and culture caused by residential schools in the United States and Canada.

Heavy fall rains have rivers running unusually high across the Interior and Western Alaska. // The National Weather Service is forecasting the first serious snow of the season will come Thursday. // A monument honoring Alaska Native veterans was unveiled last weekend at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage. // Fat Bear Week has a new weighty winner – and it’s a bear who became famous as a cub for hitching rides on his mama's back. // Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin talks about last week’s New York Times story about U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s occasional angry outbursts. // Three of the four candidates for governor asked Alaskans in Southeast during a Tuesday forum in Ketchikan to support their campaign.

A UAF climatologist said they could cause problems heading into winter.

A Fairbanks real estate company is suing the Fairbanks Native Association for allegedly breaking its lease for office space. // The Army Corps of Engineers opened a 45-day public comment period earlier this month for the first proposed mine in the Ambler Mining District. // The State of Alaska is proposing changes to how it distributes nearly $40 million in federal disaster relief to communities still recovering from ex-Typhoon Merbok. // The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $315 million contract to build a new fuel pier and cutter mooring on Kodiak Island for four new ships to be based there.

The public is asked to comment on a draft environmental review of the proposed Donlin Gold Mine, and mama bears are the stars of this year's Fat Bear Week.

Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about this year's Arctic Sea minimum and how it compares to numbers logged since satellite ice imaging began in 1979.