KDLL Evening Newscast

Gov. Mike Dunleavy's office releases a long-delayed study of state employee wages. A bill sponsored by Soldotna Rep. Justin Ruffridge aims to streamline a pesky insurance process. Plus, a new local exhibit highlights the history of education on the Kenai Peninsula.

Alaska's transportation department issues an open call for contractors to provide “Eminent Domain Appraisal Review Services” for a section of the Seward Highway that runs through Moose Pass. Plus, a look at how the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai eruption still impacts Kodiak Island residents.

The Soldotna City Council set usage and rental rates for the new field house opening in August. Humans can learn more about the lives of Alaska’s famous fishing bears in a new board game. And the 50th annual Alaska Folk Festival is underway this week in Juneau.

HEA wants to help build what would be the largest solar farm in the state. An art show in Kenai celebrates Alaska through a new resident’s eyes. And the state Board of Game is set to restart a controversial predator control program to increase numbers of the Mulchatna caribou herd.

An offline Anchorage power plant cuts power to thousands of peninsula residents. Borough assembly members tweak the makeup of an environmental group. Two state troopers facing assault charges won't go to trial until next year. Plus, oil and gas jobs are up in Alaska.

More than 300 demonstrators line the sidewalks of Soldotna as part of a nationwide day of protest. Plus, Kenai Peninsula school board members hear public testimony from those opposed to proposed budget cuts.

Representatives Bill Elam and Justin Ruffridge introduce their first bills of the legislative session. The Trump administration freezes funding for Planned Parenthood in Alaska. Plus, Southcentral businesses prepare for potential ashfall from a Mount Spurr eruption.

A new report says rent prices in Alaska have stabilized. Community members in Nikolaevsk petition the school district to keep their school open. And, Soldotna High School remembers a student who died in an avalanche last month.

Search and rescue teams recover the body of a man from the water near Seldovia Pier. Alaska's population increased last year. Plus, veterinarians offer tips on how to protect pets from ashfall.

A Soldotna man is arrested after police say he traded child sex abuse material online. Alaska's two Senators team up to oppose privatization of the U.S. Postal Service. And, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District holds another round of contract negotiations with its two largest employee unions.