LATEST LOCAL NEWS
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Courtesy Mitch MichaudThe state issued a call for input on a potential Kenai Peninsula state forest in November. -
Clarise Larson/KTOOAlaska’s junior senator says he was part of a top secret briefing with Trump officials, who outlined a three-phase plan for the United States’ “next steps” in the country: stabilization, economic recovery and transition to free and fair elections. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLAn Alaska judge on Friday delayed the troopers’ state criminal trial in response to the federal case. -
Ashlyn O'HaraAlthough sentenced to 77 years and one month, a majority of that sentence was suspended. Erfurth’s active jail time is 20 years and one month. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLIn a news release, the U.S. Attorney’s office says 50-year-old Miller had no legal justification for the violent arrest. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Woodruff illegally used his police dog to bite the man when he did not pose a threat. -
Riley Board/KDLLMaterials taken from the site will be used to widen the Sterling Highway between Sterling and Soldotna. That stretch of the road is recognized by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities as having higher-than-normal rates of serious vehicle accidents driven in part by busy summer traffic patterns.
KDLL EVENING NEWSCASTS
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Two Soldotna-based Alaska State Troopers plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges and get their state trial delayed. Plus, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan talks fishery bycatch, the Alaska LNG Project and Venezuela in an interview with KDLL. -
Homer rallies in remembrance of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The new year means a new Permanent Fund dividend filing window for Alaskans. Plus, a look back on the biggest Alaska news stories of 2025.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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AlexStar/Getty Images/iStockphotoMerry Christmas and happy holidays from Gherkin Radio Theater to you -
Jenny Neyman/KDLLLocal authors and illustrators collaborate on new children's books
KDLL FEATURE SHOWS
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Got a gardener on your shopping list? Larry's got ideas for getting a green thumbs up! -
For both the teachers’ union and the support staff union, the district is proposing a three year contract that includes a 2.5% pay raise the first year and a 1% pay raise for each of the next two years. That’s less than what the two unions asked for. -
The market is Soldotna’s prime gathering place for residents in summer. But city officials have long had bigger dreams for that part of town, envisioning a walkable tourism district parallel to the river. But some council members voiced concerns about the limits of the new zone type.
LATEST KENAI PENINSULA NEWS
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Alaska law says someone may vote in a state election if, among other things, they’re a U.S. citizen. Proponents say the word “may” leaves too much ambiguity. -
The move would keep city and Kenai Peninsula Borough elections aligned, saving some money. -
The Kenai Peninsula Borough wants to limit how much property assessments increase each year in response to recent, significant year-over-year surges. -
Kenai City Council members last Wednesday agreed to spend $200,000 on access to Wildwood Drive’s underlying right-of-way from the Kenai Native Association. The move comes after years of disagreements over who should be responsible for upkeep. -
The district attributes the anticipated shortfall to a decrease in state and local funding next year caused in part by a forecast net drop in student enrollment and a rise in the taxable value of borough property.
LATEST NPR NEWS
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Europe is increasingly alarmed by Trump's talk of annexing Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory in the EU and NATO, especially after the U.S. incursion in Venezuela last weekend.
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Martin Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on the push against ultra processed foods and added sugar, and what that could mean for school lunches and food labels, and says the administration's hierarchy of vaccines is meant to encourage childhood vaccine uptake.
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Eyder Peralta, NPR international correspondent, on racing to the Venezuela border after the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro, and the obstacles keeping journalists from getting into the country.
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