The National Weather Service says the watch will be in effect from 9 a.m. Thursday through Friday afternoon.

A Special Avalanche Bulletin has been issued for large portions of Southcentral Alaska, including the Interior Kenai Peninsula and southern Kenai Mountains, as forecasters warn of extremely dangerous backcountry conditions.

Three general board positions on each of the Citizen Advisory Boards (Seward, Kachemak Bay, and the Kenai River Special Management Area) are vacant, totaling nine positions. 

The bill would prohibit U.S. Department of Defense or State funds from being used to blockade, occupy, annex, or otherwise assert control over a NATO ally’s territory without that ally’s consent or authorization from the North Atlantic Council.

Applications must be submitted between the January 15 and midnight on February 15.

The campaign also reported recruiting more than 500 volunteers statewide.

Impairment was not believed to be a factor in the crash; the investigation remains ongoing.

Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches are possible across affected areas, with ice accumulations around two-tenths of an inch on the Kenai Peninsula

Shake off those winter blues at the Sterling Community Center’s first Kenai Peninsula SnowDown, an event full of dancing and live music performances featuring the Peninsula’s own Tune Weavers and ‘Alaska’s Ambassador of Country Music,’ Earl Hughes.

The 2026 Youth Rally Leadership Camp will take place from July 6 -10 in Nampa, Idaho.