On today's newscast: An annual Art Base exhibit celebrating newly arrived immigrant students is taking a different shape this year amid as fear of ICE operations; the nation’s largest wildlife overpass is ready for use by elk, pronghorn and other critters near the Palmer Divide; and a lack of snow and rise in consumers worried about money are creating the slowest start for winter resorts in years. Tune in for these stories and more.

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