Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Alaska Center for Conservation Science partnered with a team of geologists this August to collect sediment and other physical measurements from four salt marshes in Kachemak Bay.

Alaska will receive approximately $16 million as part of a $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc., according to the Alaska Department of Law.

Tom Begich and Julia Hnilicka have suspended their campaign for governor of Alaska and endorsed Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.

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

The Kenai Silver Salmon Derby will not be held in 2026, as organizers with the Kenai Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center cited uncertainty surrounding the Kenai River’s coho salmon return in deciding not to hold the annual event.

U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed the case without prejudice, allowing the groups to bring another challenge if leasing or exploration becomes more immediate.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will keep the Kenai River drainage sport fishing limit for coho salmon at two fish beginning Sept. 1, rather than allowing the limit to increase to three fish under existing regulations.

The agreement gives Alaska-owned HEX access to more than 5,000 acres of Tyonek surface estate.