The annual event recognizes the people, businesses, and industries that contribute to the Kenai Peninsula, including healthcare, commercial fishing, tourism, and oil and gas.

KPBSD announced August 21 that it had reached tentative agreements with the Kenai Peninsula Education Association and Kenai Peninsula Educational Support Association.

DEC investigators do not currently know where the material came from, what type of product is in the water, or how much may have been released.

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.