LATEST LOCAL NEWS
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No injuries were reported in the Friday-morning blaze.
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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.
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Hundreds of students protested outside the high school Wednesday morning, chanting for a raise in the Base Student Allocation.
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Borough Mayor Peter Micciche says the ordinances are a response to the actions of an individual who harassed employees at multiple borough offices and made unreasonable records requests.
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Peninsula Center Mall will hold a community health fair this Friday and Saturday. The educational event will inform attendees about local health care services and offer low-cost blood testing.
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Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer is currently hosting a Canadian sound artist and radio producer through its residency program. During his stay, the artist will create and broadcast audio collages about the city’s landscapes and the ways people connect with them.
KDLL EVENING NEWSCASTS
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A Clam Gulch man was convicted of 60 felony counts related to sexual abuse of minors. A community’s landscapes are translated into soundscapes in a new art installation, and jet skis are back in the hot seat in Kachemak Bay.
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The Borough Assembly passes two ordinances that target civil trespassing and public records requests. Plus, students walk out of Soldotna High School in protest of stagnant state education funding, and a community health fair is coming to Soldotna this weekend.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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Our guest is Robert Ruffner, a Kenai Peninsula resident who recently completed a three-week raft adventure in Bolivia.
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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.
KDLL FEATURE SHOWS
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Legislators bristle at court order striking down homeschool allotments
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Alaska’s four-year statewide transportation plan has received partial approval from federal agencies, with some exclusions. Most major Kenai Peninsula highway projects, including the Cooper Landing Bypass, haven’t been affected, but the state is still waiting to hear about outside funding that will affect the timeline of that project.
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Grace Ridge Brewing in Homer joins other brewers to challenge new rules for events in brewery tap rooms
LATEST KENAI PENINSULA NEWS
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Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson is the fourth person joining the race for the District 6 Alaska House seat.
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is appealing the Alaska Superior Court judge’s decision to reinstate the personal watercraft ban in Kachemak Bay and Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Areas.
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The budget — which uses 100% of the district's unrestricted fund balance and still includes $7.8 million in cuts to staff and programs — was approved in an 8-1 vote Monday.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded a grant to a multi-phase solar investment project in Soldotna. The project, which is now nearing completion, will generate enough energy to power four small businesses.
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The City of Seldovia's library will open a new collection and reading room to the public in May.
LATEST NPR NEWS
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Under the glare of the lights in New York's Time Square, a Nigerian chess master makes his bid to break the world record for the longest continuous chess game to raise money for children back home.
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China's feared state security ministry has been more public and more powerful in its quest to suppress internal dissent and monitor foreign activity.
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Juleus Ghunta is a published children's author and award-winning poet. But growing up in rural Jamaica, he could barely read. When he was about 12, a young teacher-in-training arrived at his school.
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