Hope Community Resources, a statewide organization that provides services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, recently held a fundraiser walk in Soldotna. While the event helps raise money, it’s also designed to increase awareness about the organization and the people who rely on it on the Kenai Peninsula.

There’s also transportation money and Maintenance of Equity funding allotted to the district. Gov. Mike Dunleavy could still veto either of those items, or the $175 million one-time boost.

The City of Soldotna recently adopted a master plan for its riverfront redevelopment project, a multi-year plan to create a walkable and business-friendly area along the Kenai River. The plan is several years in the making.

The Alaska SeaLife Center recently admitted a premature harbor seal pup for treatment after it was found abandoned in Kenai. The pup is the center's second harbor seal patient this season.

Police Chief David Ross said the statutes were vaguely defined or no longer enforceable, and "don’t meet a good legal standard."

The bear was shot and taken last Tuesday from the Skilak Recreation Area in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

Soldotna Police Chief Gene Meek resigns. Plus, Kenai Peninsula police warn of scam calls, Alaska Medicaid is dealing with a backlog of applications and a climber dies after a fall in Denali National Park.

A Homer man dies after being attacked by a moose. And, recent bills in the Alaska Legislature could prevent education cuts in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Plus, a statewide organization that provides services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities holds a fundraiser walk in Soldotna.

Our guests this week are some of the organizers behind the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, an annual birding event in Homer. We’re also joined Ted Floyd, editor of Birding Magazine.

Our guest this week is Mary McCubbins, who organizes the lineup for the Levitt AMP Soldotna summer music series.