The forecasts come from NOAA’s 2026 Preliminary Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone SAFE Report, prepared by the National Marine Fisheries Service Cook Inlet Salmon SAFE Team.

Legislators last week focused on reviewing the governor’s fiscal proposal, including attending a seminar hosted by the Institute of Social and Economic Research, which examined the economic impacts of Dunleavy’s ideas.

Proceedings to extradite Jacob Lemaitre to Alaska are underway, and Indiana prosecutors have indicated they also intend to file criminal charges.

The young male seal was first spotted out of its natural habitat at an oilfield on Dec. 17, 2025.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has opened the first of six offshore oil and gas lease sales required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, targeting roughly 1.05 million acres off Alaska’s southcentral coast. 

Periods of freezing rain and rain are expected through the late morning, with ice accumulations around a light glaze possible.

A Kenai grand jury indicted Jacob Lemaitre on seven counts of enticement of a minor and three counts of distribution of indecent material to a minor.

During the response and subsequent investigation, authorities determined the sole victim was likely Michael Dirks, 64, of Anchor Point.

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

Kenai Peninsula College marked a major milestone Thursday with the Grand Reopening of its Kenai River Campus residence hall in Soldotna after a six-year closure.