AOGA President and CEO Steve Wackowski spoke Wednesday at a joint chamber luncheon at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce, where he provided a general update on Alaska’s oil and gas industry and its outlook for the coming decade.

Alaska State Troopers pursued a wanted Kenai man Friday afternoon after he allegedly failed to stop for a traffic stop and led troopers on a dangerous, high-speed chase along the Sterling Highway.

BlueCrest has continued negotiating for outside financing but has yet to secure the funding necessary to move development at the Cosmopolitan Unit in Cook Inlet forward.

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

The State of Alaska is now accepting applications from nonprofit organizations seeking approval to become K-12 Scholarship Granting Organizations under a new federal education tax-credit program, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Thursday.

Steppers Construction Inc. is expected to begin work immediately after the 2026 fair concludes, with completion planned before the 2027 fair opens Aug. 20.

46-year-old Clint Healy was arrested August 17 and remanded to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on multiple assault charges, DUI, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, and criminal mischief.

The Kenai City Council approved a $46,400 grant to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District to help keep the Kenai Central High School swimming pool open to the community through Fiscal Year 2027.

A letter from the Sterling Community Center Board submitted prior to Tuesday’s assembly meeting asked the assembly to take the proposal off the table.

The appointment brings Hibbert back to a seat he held from 2017 through 2024 before leaving the assembly after reaching the borough’s term limit.