KDLL Evening Newscast

The state transportation department used drones during the response to ex-Typhoon Halong. An energy consulting firm makes policy suggestions to state lawmakers. Plus, a Lingít and Dena'ina writer takes home her fourth Emmy award for "Molly of Denali."

A new federal offshore drilling proposal would offer nearly all of the oceans off Alaska to potential leasing. The State of Alaska wants to know what you think about designating a state forest on the Kenai Peninsula. Plus, Alaska’s auditor says state government is increasingly failing to keep up with state and federal legal requirements.

Students at Chapman Elementary School in Anchor Point evacuate after a gas leak. The company spearheading work on the Alaska LNG Project estimates it will need 7,000 workers at peak pipeline construction. Plus, a new series from Alaska Public Media offers tips for making the most of life in the Last Frontier.

Strong sockeye salmon runs almost doubled the value of Upper Cook Inlet's commercial fishery this year. Plus, do Alaskans really import 95% of the state's food supply?

The Kenai City Council has a new member. Congress nullifies the Biden administration’s resource plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Plus, funding issues keep a famous Alaska bus from public display in Fairbanks.

All three members of Alaska's Congressional delegation vote in favor of a bill releasing federal files on Jeffrey Epstein. Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks use artificial intelligence to model lightning strikes. Plus, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe prepares to launch public transportation buses.

Alaska State Troopers are seeking information from people who witnessed a multi-vehicle collision north of Kenai on Monday. University of Alaska President Pat Pitney will retire next year. Plus, the state considers creating an agriculture cooperative for Alaska farmers and ranchers.

Kenai Peninsula school board members greenlight a new K-12 charter school in Nikolaevsk. Plus, scientists ask for Alaskans' help studying whale sounds.

Soldotna moves its election day to November after a majority of Kenai Peninsula voters favored aligning state and local election days. Anchorage deals with an uptick in wolves on local trails and in residential areas. Plus, longtime aurora borealis scientist say this week's solar storm was something special.

Kenai Peninsula school board members raise lunch prices for elementary students. Kenai Central High School's theater department will stage "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Plus, relief efforts are still underway in Bethel for survivors of Typhoon Halong.