Winter kicked off with a snowstorm early in the season in parts of the Kenai Peninsula and greater Anchorage, and last resort, federal flood insurance for more than $46 million worth of property around the Kenai Peninsula Borough could be in jeopardy.

Kodiak has joined the list of Alaska communities that have lost a school in recent years after its school board voted to close North Star Elementary School at a special meeting Wednesday. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s manager is retiring.

The cookies and coffee were plentiful at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Thursday, and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s manager is retiring.

Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna has placed a hold on the recycling of plastic and other waste after a recycling baler broke last month. The process for distributing fishery disaster relief will get some needed relief of its own. Just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, three protesters gathered near a conservative Soldotna social club that doubles as a coffee shop to show their disapproval.

More than 50 people gathered in Homer Saturday for the annual “Women’s March on Homer", and Donald Trump was sworn in as president of the United States on Monday in Washington D.C.

The Alaska Board of Education and Early Development released a draft statewide cell phone policy during their meeting today. Kodiak is joining a growing list of school districts across Alaska considering closing a school. Within hours of returning to the country’s highest office Monday, President Donald Trump formalized his support for the $44 billion Alaska LNG Project. More than 50 people gathered in Homer Saturday for the annual “Women’s March on Homer.”

A new series of events is giving Homer residents a supportive space to explore sobriety during Dry January, and just hours after President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, three protesters gathered near a conservative Soldotna social club that doubles as a coffee shop to show their disapproval.

A new series of events is giving Homer residents a supportive space to explore sobriety during Dry January; and Kenai City Council and Kenaitze Indian Tribal Council convened for their third annual joint work session to review initiatives impacting their shared constituencies.

Last week, the Alaska Department of Health confirmed a measles case in an adult on the southern Kenai Peninsula, and the largest juried photography show in Alaska has made its way to Kenai Peninsula College.

Kenai Performers are putting together a style of theater where actors do dramatic readings with few costumes or rehearsals; and an electrical fire occured last week at an elementary school in Soldotna.