The sun was shining Tuesday, when thousands of Kenai Peninsula residents took to the polls to decide the fate of various municipal seats, on top of a handful of propositions; and KBBI provides the preliminary election results from yesterday’s borough and municipal elections.

Bering Sea crabbers will see a boost in harvest caps this season. Top state lawmakers say they’re investigating why $50 million from the state’s primary savings account was invested in an outside private equity fund. State officials have made the first known detection of an ”economically significant” pest of honey bees in Alaska.

Bering Sea crabbers will see a boost in harvest caps this season. Top state lawmakers say they’re investigating why $50 million from the state’s primary savings account was invested in an outside private equity fund. State officials have made the first known detection of an ”economically significant” pest of honey bees in Alaska.

Hundreds of fairgoers turned out for “Ye Olde Harvest Festival,” a celebration of the European Renaissance era; a Homer Republican state representative is declaring victory after pressuring the local newspaper to revise a story about a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk. The Alaska LNG Project netted two more agreements earlier this month during an energy conference in Italy.

Fairgoers brought period-style costumes and crafts to Karen Hornaday Park in Homer last weekend for a Renaissance fair that’s now annual; and former Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is joining the race for governor. He announced his candidacy Thursday as he kicked off a two-day series of events in Fairbanks, Wasilla, Anchorage and Soldotna.

An Alaska Superior Court judge sentenced an Anchor Point man to 17 years in prison Wednesday for weapons misconduct, terroristic threatening and assault. A Seward man will spend five years in prison for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. The federal government shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to authorize spending. Until lawmakers hash out a compromise, departments and agencies around the country are closed. Nearly 100 large whales were reported entangled around the U.S. in 2024 – almost a 50 percent increase from 2023.

An Alaska Superior Court judge sentenced an Anchor Point man to 17 years in prison Wednesday for weapons misconduct, terroristic threatening and assault. A Seward man will spend five years in prison for possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. The federal government shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to authorize spending. Until lawmakers hash out a compromise, departments and agencies around the country are closed. Nearly 100 large whales were reported entangled around the U.S. in 2024 – almost a 50 percent increase from 2023.

Voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough will decide several local propositions in the October 7th election; the federal government shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to authorize spending, until lawmakers hash out a compromise, departments and agencies around the country are closed; and the City of Soldotna is asking the Alaska Municipal League to hold its summer 2027 conference at the Soldotna Field House.

There’s a lot that’s still unknown about the Alaska LNG Project, that’s the focus of a new group of state lawmakers that convened for the first time Tuesday in Anchorage.

An Alaskan researcher has been honored with an award from the national nonprofit Association of Zoos and Aquariums; and Seward residents are trying to determine a path forward for their aging electric utility – again.