Dunleavy spoke with KDLL one-on-one the day the legislation was introduced.

The more-than-50-year-old road branches off from the Kenai Spur Highway and ends at Wildwood Correctional Complex in North Kenai. Its pothole-addled pavement has long plagued the city.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy talks KDLL through his new bill to alleviate the property tax burden on the proposed Alaska LNG Project. Plus, after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act left tens of thousands of Alaska without healthcare, an Alaska Public Media reporter looks for affordable healthcare for those without insurance.

The State of Alaska will help fix the so-called worst road in Kenai. Plus, school districts around Alaska struggle to make ends meet despite a per-student funding bump from state lawmakers last year.

In practice, Tammy Goggia-Cockrell says that would not change much operationally. She coordinates the center and would become the new department’s director if the proposal passes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers creating a new department. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is the lone Republican to oppose opening debate on an elections bill favored by President Donald Trump. Plus, a bill that aims to protect Alaskans from so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water gets its first committee hearing in Juneau.

One major change for borough recycling has to do with plastic – the landfill previously had multiple large containers for different types of plastic. But Borough Mayor Peter Micciche says that’s a service that will not be returning.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Eileen Bryson with American Field Service’s Alaska chapter and three students who participated in a cultural exchange program.

Cardboard recycling resumes at the Central Peninsula Landfill. Jessie Holmes is on track to join an exclusive club of repeat Iditarod champions. Plus, a new bill aims to tweak state oil and gas property tax laws amid Alaska LNG Project momentum.

A time-sensitive supplementary budget bill stalls in the State House. Plus, the federal SAVE America Act could have an outsized impact in Alaska.