Large portions of the Kenai Peninsula and Turnagain Pass, with heavy snowfall, slick roads, and difficult travel expected.

While district officials called the $700 increase in per student funding authorized by the Alaska Legislature in 2025 critical, they noted that school funding statewide still lags far behind inflation.

The Alaska DOT&PF and construction contractor QAP will hold two public open houses in March to share details about early work on the Sterling Safety Corridor Improvements project between mileposts 82.5 and 94.

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

Without a viable solution, KPBSD plans to close district-operated pools effective June 30, 2026.

Kirby Calderwood entered a guilty plea Wednesday to Murder in the Second Degree, admitting he killed Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, a Homer resident who was reported missing on Oct. 17, 2019.

Representatives Nick Begich and Laura Gillen (D-NY) introduced the Aviation Weather Safety Improvement Act, legislation aimed at improving coordination between the FAA and the National Weather Service to support safe aircraft operations.

The avalanche occurred while the resort was closed.

The Kenai City Council enacted an ordinance on Wednesday, that dissolves the city’s Harbor Commission and shifts its responsibilities to other city bodies, while also restructuring how city-owned tidelands are leased and managed.

Three Department of Law attorneys have been selected to fill judicial vacancies, with two appointed at the state level by Governor Mike Dunleavy and one federally nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.