The Kenai City Council is scheduled to consider an ordinance on Wednesday that would adopt the city’s FY 2027 budget, salary schedule, and employee classification plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2027.

The National committee calls the challenger as a “sham candidate” meant to siphon votes away from the incumbent Republican senator.

The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce are partnering to bring Lemonade Day to the community, providing local youth with hands-on lessons in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and business ownership.

While anglers 16 and older may not fish in the designated youth area, the remainder of the fishing lagoon will remain open to anglers of all ages.

This year’s Color Fun Run is kicking off summer in Soldotna this Wednesday with a 2.2mi route from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, followed by the first Levitt Amp Music Series. 

The man was identified as 39-year-old Skyler Wade Lee.

Preliminary results from razor clam abundance surveys at Ninilchik and Clam Gulch beaches during April and May showed adult clam numbers remained well below the thresholds required to reopen either fishery.

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

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank is kicking off its Great Kenai-Soldotna Food Fight in June, pitting Kenai and Soldotna against each other in a “two towns, one mission” competition.

The Soldotna City Council approved an ordinance on Wednesday that appropriates $38,485 from the city’s Utility Fund to replace the aging monitoring system used at its sewer lift stations.