A new daily summer route is coming to Soldotna, with Yute Commuter Service operating a Soldotna–Anchorage flight beginning June 1.

The Soldotna City Council unanimously approved a proposal on Wednesday to rezone a 5.13-acre property near Knight Drive from Single-Family/Two-Family Residential to Multi-Family Residential.

The investment marks one of the largest commitments toward ANWR Coastal Plain development since Congress approved oil and gas leasing in the refuge in 2017.

The move comes after a joint session of the Alaska Legislature voted 31-29 against confirming Cox as attorney general Thursday, with opposition from all Democratic lawmakers and several Republicans.

Alaska State Troopers are investigating an incident on Funny River Road in Soldotna involving leaving the scene of an accident and assault in the third degree.

An Anchorage man was arrested by Alaska State Troopers on Wednesday for driving under the influence in Soldotna with several open containers of alcohol in the vehicle.

NOAA Fisheries said its 12-month status review found that listing Gulf of Alaska Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered is “not warranted.”

Council members Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings, Chera Wackler, Dan Nelson, Jordan Chilson, Lisa Parker, and Mayor Paul Whitney all voted in favor of the increase. Council member Dave Carey cast the lone dissenting vote.

According to the charging document, investigators traced the fire’s origin to a series of large slash piles located at a property on June Marie Street in Soldotna owned by Keith R. Crowder.