LATEST LOCAL NEWS
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The United Cook Inlet Drift Association and the Cook Inlet Fishermen's Fund filed suit Wednesday.
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The Soldotna Police Department is hosting its second annual youth boot camp, an opportunity for high school-aged students to learn the ins and outs of law enforcement. While not every student in the program is interested in becoming a police officer, the five-day camp provides valuable self-defense training and experiences.
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KB Laser Wash is the only car wash located on K-Beach Road. The new business has five enclosed car wash spaces and a self-serve dog wash.
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough's Finance Department estimates the tax could bring in about $4.2 million annually if enacted.
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The candidate filing deadline is June 1.
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61-year-old Paul Raymond Warner is charged with four counts of assault and one count of misconduct involving weapons.
KDLL EVENING NEWSCASTS
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A brewery in Cooper Landing donates proceeds from a popular beer to the community’s volunteer emergency services agency. Two commercial fishing advocacy groups based on the Kenai Peninsula are again taking the federal government to court over its proposed management strategy for fishing in Cook Inlet’s federal waters. A Homer man was convicted on eight charges last week, including attempted first-degree sexual assault.
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A fishing boat capsizes near Ninilchik. And, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider a pair of ordinances to pay for a child care facility grant program. Plus, the Soldotna Police Department hosts its second annual youth boot camp.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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Our guest this week is Michael Engelhard, longtime wilderness guide and author of two new books about Alaska's landscape.
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Our guest this week is KDLL's outgoing senior reporter Riley Board, who is wrapping up her two year stint at the station. We're also chatting with former reporter of The Peninsula Clarion and KDLL's newest reporter Ashlyn O'Hara.
KDLL FEATURE SHOWS
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Economist Sam Tappen presented at this week's Industry Outlook Forum in Soldotna, where he said the Kenai Peninsula has fared better than the rest of the state in rebounding from the post-pandemic recession.
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Pearls of wisdom from master gardener Bobbie Jackson
LATEST KENAI PENINSULA NEWS
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The young child was returned home after a trooper-led search and rescue mission.
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When Cooper Landing students learned the school year ended on a Thursday, they initiated a letter-writing campaign, asking their principal and the district for an extra day of school at the end of the year.
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River Aspelund was arrested in 2022 in connection with his mother's murder. The court found Aspelund unfit to stand trial, and the state requested he be given antipsychotic medication involuntarily. Today, the appeals court affirmed that decision.
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Assembly members established the program in 2022 to pay out money the borough receives from signing on to national opioid settlements.
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Cook Inletkeeper's annual Mouth 2 Mouth Wild Run and Ride will be held this Monday. The ten mile race is open to runners and fat tire cyclists.
LATEST NPR NEWS
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Marian Robinson, mother to Michelle Obama and grandmother to Sasha and Malia, has died. She was 86 years old.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with musical artist Shaboozey about his new album and his musical journey that started in Virginia with a Nigerian immigrant father who loved country music.
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More than 20 women in Texas sued their state saying they were harmed by its abortion ban. The Texas Supreme Court ruled against them, keeping the abortion ban with its narrow medical exception.
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