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

Without a viable solution, KPBSD plans to close district-operated pools effective June 30, 2026.

Kirby Calderwood entered a guilty plea Wednesday to Murder in the Second Degree, admitting he killed Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, a Homer resident who was reported missing on Oct. 17, 2019.

Representatives Nick Begich and Laura Gillen (D-NY) introduced the Aviation Weather Safety Improvement Act, legislation aimed at improving coordination between the FAA and the National Weather Service to support safe aircraft operations.

The avalanche occurred while the resort was closed.

The Kenai City Council enacted an ordinance on Wednesday, that dissolves the city’s Harbor Commission and shifts its responsibilities to other city bodies, while also restructuring how city-owned tidelands are leased and managed.

Three Department of Law attorneys have been selected to fill judicial vacancies, with two appointed at the state level by Governor Mike Dunleavy and one federally nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly unanimously enacted an ordinance Tuesday night, Feb. 3, amending the borough code governing formal public presentations to the assembly.

The 7–2 approval at Monday night’s KPBSD Board of Education meeting makes Aurora Borealis the district’s first charter school to operate a high school program.

The bills provide targeted support for rural and Tribal communities, workforce development, Arctic operations, and local infrastructure projects.