The appointment drew attention because Pettey had previously sought election to the council and was not elected in the last two municipal elections.

Alaska State Troopers responded to reports of a dangerous driver on the Sterling Highway Saturday afternoon after receiving a REDDI complaint about a vehicle traveling erratically in the Ninilchik area.

The earthquake was 138.5 miles deep, and was 9 miles SW of Tyonek.

Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their sustainability in a region being reshaped by frequent flooding, thawing permafrost and landscape-devouring erosion.

The KSRM News Department has compiled some of the week’s top headlines.

Permits are required and will be available at a self-serve station outside Refuge Headquarters on Ski Hill Road in Soldotna.

The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for the south side of the Homer Spit through 6 p.m. Friday.

The Kenai City Council enacted an ordinance on Wednesday that will increase estimated revenues and appropriations in the General Fund – Buildings Department to replace the cooling system for the City’s data center.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the SW Kenai Peninsula and Southern Kachemak Bay through Saturday morning.

Ruffridge received the honor alongside Senator Löki Tobin for their bipartisan work to strengthen Alaska’s public education system.