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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If it’s built, the Donlin Gold mine project on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta would be one of the largest open-pit gold mines in the world, powered by a gas pipeline that would stretch hundreds of miles across the state to Cook Inlet.
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Amid bills passed in the state legislature's final days were education funding that will be critical for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, and other priorities of peninsula legislators.
LATEST KENAI PENINSULA NEWS
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The Beluga Slough Wetlands has been flooded all spring, and the City of Homer is awaiting approval on a permit to dredge and drain the wetlands.
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Wolford was convicted on May 22 for 8 counts, including attempted sexual assault in the first degree, indecent exposure and attempted assault.
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Local church leaders worked with volunteers to hold a service blessing participating boats for the upcoming fishing season.
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If it’s built, the Donlin Gold mine project on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta would be one of the largest open-pit gold mines in the world, powered by a gas pipeline that would stretch hundreds of miles across the state to Cook Inlet.
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The contest gives Kenai Peninsula artists a change to design the city's "I Voted" stickers.
LATEST NPR NEWS
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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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Biden announced at the White House that Israel offered a “comprehensive new proposal” that offers a “roadmap to an enduring cease-fire and the release of all hostages.”
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Planet Money spends a day with a San Francisco junkman as he makes a living off of other people’s trash. We learn about the scrap metals commodities markets and the second lives of random objects.
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