Student enrollment in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding somewhat steady while the borough’s population grows.

Student enrollment in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding steady while the borough’s population continues to grow; and New Year’s Eve is this weekend and many folks like to ring in the new year with a ringing in their ears.

This weekend, the Kenai River Brown Bears are heading to Eagle River Wisconsin to play the Wisconsin Windigo; and current Finance Director Terry Eubank inked a contract with the City of Kenai last week.

Forty-year-old Homer resident Tela O’Donnell Bacher has dedicated the majority of her life to advocating for the sport of women’s wrestling, and the Olympian and coach of the Homer High School girls wrestling team wants to talk about it. She is presenting a TED talk tonight at 6 p.m. at Grace Ridge Brewery; and current Finance Director Terry Eubank inked a contract with the City of Kenai last week.

Forty-year-old Homer resident Tela O’Donnell Bacher has dedicated the majority of her life to advocating for the sport of women’s wrestling, and the Olympian and coach of the Homer High School girls wrestling team wants to talk about it. She is presenting a TED talk tonight at Grace Ridge Brewery.

The sale of Alaska’s largest natural gas utility has cleared its final regulatory hurdle; certified nursing assistants are in short supply in Alaska, and the Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center is one of 17 hospitals in the state trying a new program to pay potential candidates as they train and hire new employees to fill the gap; and it’s been nearly three years since the deadly sinking of the F/V Scandies Rose near Sutwik Island, off the Alaska Peninsula. Now, pieces of the ship have started washing ashore, bringing closure to some family members of the crew members lost.

Three people were killed and three more were injured in two separate highway car accidents in Clam Gulch and Portage last Wednesday; and the sale of Alaska’s largest natural gas utility has cleared its final regulatory hurdle meaning Canadian company TriSummit can move forward with the purchase of ENSTAR Natural Gas and its share in Cook Inlet’s gas storage facility — an $800 million deal.

Three people were killed and three more were injured in separate Kenai peninsula crashes last week; clamming will be closed for a ninth year on Clam Gulch and Ninilchik beaches; scientists in Alaska will bounce a radio signal off an asteroid this week.

Beaches in Clam Gulch and Ninilchik, once known for their abundance of clams, will be closed to clammers for the ninth year in a row next summer; and environmental groups are suing the federal government over this week’s federal lease sale in Cook Inlet, alleging the environmental analysis on the sale was incomplete and did not consider less harmful alternatives.

The state says a backlog of Alaskans are waiting for food stamps; environmental groups are suing the federal government over the federal lease sale in Cook Inlet.