KDLL Evening Newscast

Dipnetting opens on the Kenai River. Plus, an immigration detainee held in Alaska is hospitalized with tuberculosis, according to his attorney.

Soldotna voters will soon decide the outcome of the city’s long-sought annexation plan. James Baisden resigns from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. Plus, seven people are rescued after a jet boat sinks near Homer.

Alaska lawmakers subpoena Gov. Mike Dunleavy to release data on oil taxes. Plus, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce hosts a talk with a longtime Kenai River fisherman.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing part of the Kasilof River to sport king salmon fishing. The federal government withholds millions of dollars in grants for Alaska schools. Plus, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has a new budget.

Firefighters respond to a fire north of Kasilof. Plus, Alaskans react to the special concessions secured by Sen. Lisa Murkowski in President Donald Trump's wide-ranging domestic policy bill.

The City of Kenai will keep an existing street name after concerns a proposed change would cause logistical headaches. Plus, Kenai Peninsula lawmakers say Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked them not to attend the first five days of a special legislative session he called.

Sen. Dan Sullivan says he's pitching the Alaska LNG Project to the Pentagon for potential investment. Plus, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe is launching a new language-learning app.

The Russian River Confluence opens to sockeye and coho salmon sport fishing. The Soldotna City Council kills a proposal that would have bumped their regular meeting time. Alaska residents can now harvest Dungeness crab in parts of Cook Inlet. Plus, a young moose calf is rescued from underneath a Homer boardwalk.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will keep its pools and Sterling Elementary School open for another year. Plus, Cook Inlet's commercial lingcod season opens this week.

Representative Bill Elam reflects on his freshman legislative session. Plus, a new report confirms the presence of “forever chemicals” in soil and groundwater near an old Nikiski fire station.