A rundown of the week's headlines with our region's leading journalists.

This week on the Fishing News, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about the lack of albies in local waters. September is usually prime time for anglers to pursue false albacore, but this year, many have found the fish have other ideas.

An interview with E. J. Dolan about his book Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates

What to do when you get too many figs at once.

Major changes are coming to the way traffic flows through downtown Hyannis. The Hyannis Great Streets project aims to slow traffic through the village while improving access to stores and restaurants for locals and visitors. It is also expected to make movement through the area much safer for pedestrians.CAI's John Basile spoke with Barnstable Director of the Department of Planning and Development James Kupfer about the project.

While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on.

The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it.

German Chancellor Freidrich Merz conceded that the night spells "disaster" for the political center, but assured the public he'd push ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms.