The earthquake was 138.5 miles deep, and was 9 miles SW of Tyonek.

Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their sustainability in a region being reshaped by frequent flooding, thawing permafrost and landscape-devouring erosion.

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

Permits are required and will be available at a self-serve station outside Refuge Headquarters on Ski Hill Road in Soldotna.

The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for the south side of the Homer Spit through 6 p.m. Friday.

The Kenai City Council enacted an ordinance on Wednesday that will increase estimated revenues and appropriations in the General Fund – Buildings Department to replace the cooling system for the City’s data center.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the SW Kenai Peninsula and Southern Kachemak Bay through Saturday morning.

Ruffridge received the honor alongside Senator Löki Tobin for their bipartisan work to strengthen Alaska’s public education system.

Alaska State Troopers arrested a Soldotna man on Wednesday after he stole a vehicle and led them on a high-speed pursuit, reaching up to 80mph.

The Alaska SeaLife Center recently admitted two orphaned northern sea otter pups rescued from the Homer area within a two-week span