Residents of Kenai gathered on Thursday afternoon as part of a national protest event known as ‘Good Trouble Lives On,’ in honor of civil rights leader and late Congressman John Lewis.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years — including one that shook communities almost exactly two years earlier.

Testimony continued with the alleged victim recounting overseas interactions with the defendant and a former district human resources director testifying to early warning signs and policy violations

The move comes in response to stronger-than-expected sockeye salmon returns.

The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection lifted burn permit suspensions for the Kenai Peninsula on Wednesday due to improved weather conditions and the return of firefighting resources to local areas.

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced Tuesday that the state will receive approximately $1.8 million as part of a nationwide opioid settlement involving eight pharmaceutical companies.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough will host a hazardous waste collection day on Saturday, July 19, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna.

The day in court ended abruptly following Wednesday’s tsunami warning.

The program—developed in partnership with the University of Washington School of Medicine—is a unique training model designed to prepare physicians to care for medically complex adult patients in rural communities.

While the Kenai Peninsula is technically included in the warning zone, the NWS alert does not specify that there is currently a tsunami threat to the Kenai Peninsula.