Ruffridge said he supports the overall goal of advancing the project but questioned whether the working draft protects the state’s interests and ensured the project can be financed and built.

43-year-old Jeremy Hildebrand was arrested July 4 after troopers received a REDDI report on Independence Day.

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The driver and one passenger were transported to a Seward hospital with minor injuries

After a month of friendly competition to help feed local families, Soldotna has been crowned the winner of the 2026 Great Kenai-Soldotna Food Fight, a “two towns, one mission” competition.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has released the 2024–2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Amendment #6 for public review and comment through August 2, 2026.

The celebration recognized the addition of screening mammography, laboratory draw services, and DEXA bone density screening at the health center on Barnacle Way in Kenai.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is continuing a multi-year study tracking juvenile Kenai River king salmon as they migrate from the river into Cook Inlet.

Murnane disappeared from Homer in October 2019, prompting an extensive search involving law enforcement agencies, volunteers, and community members.

The Legislature had been scheduled to return July 1 to consider the conference committee’s work on HB 381, but that has been postponed until July 16, with the special session set to conclude July 19.