LATEST LOCAL NEWS
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59-year-old Todd Nicholas Tix was charged with one count of harassment in the first degree. He is currently serving time for a prior murder conviction.
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Kenai Local Food Connection, a grassroots organization aimed at increasing access to healthy locally grown food, recently acquired a physical space to operate. The expansion is the group’s first brick-and-mortar location, which committee members believe will help them to better serve the community.
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If you’re in need of taxi services, there are few options on the Kenai Peninsula to choose from. E.T.'s Taxi has serviced the area since January, providing rides for about 100 people so far.
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The Kenai Watershed Forum, a Soldotna-based nonprofit that works to promote healthy watersheds, recently gave a presentation about a restoration project the organization has undertaken. The project aims to stabilize a local streambank, which can decrease erosion and protect native fish habitat.
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37-year-old Shane Ludvick was arrested on one count of domestic violence arson in the second degree. No one was inside the residence at the time of the fire.
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Two Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees were recently nominated for National Life Group’s LifeChanger of the Year award, which recognizes and awards outstanding K-12 educators and employees. One of this year's nominees is Ryan Kocher, head custodian at Seward High School.
KDLL EVENING NEWSCASTS
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An Wildwood Correctional Complex inmate is charged with harassment after he intentionally spit in a correctional officer’s eye. Plus, the Alaska Legislature votes to sustain the governor’s veto of a bipartisan education bill.
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Kenai Local Food Connection acquires its first brick-and-mortar location. Plus, this year’s Arctic Winter Games comes to a close.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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Our guest is Christine DeWeese, a researcher whose Applied Anthropology work focused on the federal nonrural determination status in Moose Pass.
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Our guest this week is Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Superintendent Clayton Holland.
KDLL FEATURE SHOWS
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Kachemak Selo has been waiting on a new school for more than a decade, and in 2016 the school district received millions in DEED grant money to do that. On Tuesday, the Borough Assembly voted to transfer that grant to the state's Department of Commerce to remove match and design requirements.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Alaska Craft Brew and Barley Wine Festival
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Rah, rah, raspberries! Hardy, early fruiting, easy to store, who wouldn't want more raspberries?
LATEST KENAI PENINSULA NEWS
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80 skiers took to the trails in Homer last Saturday in an exciting marathon ski race hosted by the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club.
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The city terminated its contract with City Manager Rob Dumouchel during a meeting last Thursday.
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Homer Airport will have multiple closures from April to October to repave its runway.
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A dog tested positive for canine parvovirus, leading Homer’s only animal shelter to close to the public.
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Matanuska Electric Association will manage the city of Seward’s electric utility after a monthslong search for employees.
LATEST NPR NEWS
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An estimated quarter-million people in Gaza are starving. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Arif Husain, chief economist at the World Food Programme.
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Two new government studies found no medical explanation for the cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome.
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A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification says everyone in Gaza faces high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than a million struggle with catastrophic levels of hunger.
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