The Soldotna City Council unanimously voted to provide $50 thousand to Soldotna Little League so the organization can fix damage and outdated structures in its complex of fields.

The bill would provide free lifetime state parks passes to disabled veterans. Nikiski Sen. Jesse Bjorkman prefiled the bill in January, and it had three hearings in March and April.

Borough Mayor Peter Micciche said he has been in talks with state officials about solutions and funding for a long-sought school building project in the South Peninsula community of Kachemak-Selo.

Much of the United States experienced a solar eclipse Monday, an astronomical phenomenon where the moon passes between the earth and the sun and causes temporary darkness. Although the spectacle couldn’t be seen from Alaska, folks in Kenai had the opportunity to experience the eclipse in a different way.

The AFS Central Kenai Peninsula youth exchange program will host an international gourmet fundraising dinner Sunday. Funds raised will help pay for students’ sports-related expenses, scholarship funding and other activities.

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.

A conversation with Jessica Schultz, the new executive director of CARTS, the Central Area Rural Transit System.

This month, two Kenai galleries will showcase a combined total of nearly 200 pieces of art, from Kenai Peninsula students and a local photographer. The exhibits provide creators of all ages an opportunity to express themselves through art.

Residents of Cooper Landing protested the lease of a one-acre parcel to a company that will batch concrete for the Cooper Landing Bypass project. After the Borough Assembly approved the lease, residents called on the mayor to veto it, but he declined to do so on Tuesday, saying he'd meet with residents to discuss safety.

A Homer-based nonprofit that works with landowners and state agencies to protect land on the Kenai Peninsula recently completed mitigation efforts on the Cooper Landing Bypass project. The multi-step mitigation plan identified, assessed and protected areas of the Kenai River watershed that would otherwise be impacted by highway construction.