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

The statewide contest invites children and teens ages 3–18 to create an original bookmark illustrating what it means to be a “Health Hero.”

The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Ted Stevens, a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, during a ceremony in Whittier on October 3.

Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska (CINGSA) was ordered to recalculate how it divides financing costs from a recent expansion of its Kenai storage facility.

DEED noted a four-year upward trend among students in grades three through five, but also that fewer than four in 10 students met grade-level standards on most statewide measures.

The proposed rule does not approve any particular drilling or construction project, but would instead change how the agency processes future applications.

The Kenai City Council unanimously approved an ordinance on Wednesday, accepting a $3.16M Federal Aviation Administration grant and awarding a construction contract for improvements to the Kenai Municipal Airport’s perimeter and security fencing.

HEX said it is investing approximately $50 million in Cook Inlet development this year, bringing the company’s cumulative investment in local gas production to more than $90 million.

The Judicial Council evaluated 21 judges seeking another term, making 18 affirmative recommendations, two negative recommendations, and made no recommendation on one judge.

Troopers said air and ground search efforts were continuing Wednesday. The hunter’s identity was not released.