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

Central Peninsula Hospital will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, July 1, to celebrate the expansion of services at the Central Peninsula Kenai Health Center.

Sen. Dan Sullivan has introduced the Bycatch Reduction Act, legislation aimed at reducing bycatch, limiting impacts on seafloor habitat, and increasing transparency in federal fisheries management.

The U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District coordinated the response from its command center.

The Soldotna City Council unanimously approved the city’s Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget on Wednesday.

The endorsement is Sullivan’s second from an Alaska labor union during the campaign, following support earlier this year from Alaska Teamsters Local 959.

Eligible Alaskans will receive a $1,000 Permanent Fund Dividend under the budget, along with a one-time $200 energy relief rebate to help offset higher fuel and utility costs.

The increased limits apply throughout all portions of the Kasilof River that are open to salmon fishing.

ADF&G is expanding the area open to personal use dipnetting on the Kasilof River in an effort to provide Alaska residents with greater opportunities to harvest sockeye salmon and reach their household limits.

AST Officials said the incident occurred Tuesday and is not connected to the commercial structure fire that occurred Wednesday morning near Kasilof.