Kent Tompkins, the owner of J & B Construction in Sterling, was arrested last week by the FBI. According to an indictment, Tompkins lied on his applications for more than $300,000 in pandemic relief loans for small business.

A superior court judge has overturned the state's allotment program that provides reimbursements to homeschool families for courses and activities. The decision could impact the thousands of Kenai Peninsula students who are homeschooled, but lawmakers say they're looking into a solution.

The Soldotna City Council will consider trashing a loophole in its disposable plastic bag ban.

No injuries were reported in the Friday-morning blaze.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson is the fourth person joining the race for the District 6 Alaska House seat.

A Clam Gulch man was convicted Tuesday of 60 felony counts related to sexual abuse of minors at the end of a three-week trial in Kenai.

A Sterling man is indicted by a federal grand jury for a pandemic relief loan scam. And comic book collecting has become a small but lucrative side hustle for some in rural Alaska communities.

A morning fire caused significant damage to a home in Funny River, another candidate throws their hat in the ring for the House District 6 seat and the Soldotna City Council considers tightening the city's disposable plastic bag ban.

Our guest is Robert Ruffner, a Kenai Peninsula resident who recently completed a three-week raft adventure in Bolivia.

Our guests this week are five international exchange students currently attending Kenai Central High School. Our conversation also included Chris Bergholtz, a local coordinator of the AFS program.