KDLL Evening Newscast

An Alaska Airlines flight hits at least two deer on the runway in Kodiak. Plus, the next installment in KDLL's new reporting series, called "What a Relief," that looks at the legacy impact and distribution of federal COVID-19 relief funds on the Kenai Peninsula.

The Alaska Department of Health says it lacks accurate estimates of how many Alaskans would lose coverage under President Donald Trump's so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." Plus, the first installment in a new reporting series from KDLL examines the impact and legacy of federal COVID-19 relief funds distributed to the Kenai Peninsula.

A freeze on federal education grants will short Kenai Peninsula schools in previously approved funds. The National Transportation Safety Board releases its final report on the crash that killed former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola’s husband. Plus, two villages on the Kenai Peninsula are considering a project that would harness the energy of ocean waves.

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development is appealing a federal decision that could potentially undermine equitable school funding. Plus, the Kenai Potters Guild's annual Clay on Display show returns to the Kenai Art Center.

A minke whale beached near Seldovia returns to the water after six hours ashore. Plus, Alaska will get another $14 million in opioid settlement funds over the next 15 years.

Alaska has a new Republican candidate for governor. Plus, kelp farming is on the rise in Alaska, including at Kodiak’s only hatchery.

Burning is allowed again on the Kenai Peninsula. Kenai's personal use dipnet fishery will open 24 hours per day. Plus, biologists use chemicals to protect statewide salmon populations.

The Kenai Peninsula is given the all clear after an earthquake in the Aleutian Chain prompted tsunami warnings. Jurors hear opening arguments in the case for a former Soldotna High School teacher accused of sexually abusing a student when they were minor. Plus, the new superintendent of Chugach State Park plans to summit every one of the park's peaks.

Cook Inlet's east side setnet fishery gives beach seines a try for the second summer in a row. Plus, specially trained dogs protect firefighters from bears.

A former Soldotna High School teacher facing 55 charges goes to trial in. A former Kenai homesteader celebrates her 100th birthday. Plus, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks plan to run experiments to better understand three-spined sticklebacks.