LATEST LOCAL NEWS
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Federal Emergency Management AgencyThe Kenai City Council last week agreed to spend $97,641.61 on the initiative, which includes decontaminating the city fire trucks. -
Ashlyn O’Hara/KDLLThe Fox Air lease is contingent on additional research on the company by the city, which received a letter raising concerns about Fox Air’s service. -
Sabine Poux/KDLLOn the central Kenai Peninsula, incumbents triumphed after almost 4,000 ballots were counted at the cooperative’s annual membership meeting Thursday. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLSchools will get at least as much local money for operations as they did last year after borough assembly members on Tuesday pledged to give the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District around $62.5 million. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLThe most recent quarterly report from the state Department of Public Safety identifies nine people missing from the Kenai Peninsula who are Alaska Native, American Indian or of unknown race. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLIt’s been over a year since the district and its two largest employee unions swapped contract proposals. Union members say they’re frustrated with the sluggish process.
KDLL EVENING NEWSCASTS
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A Bethel-based airline hopes to start flying between Kenai and Anchorage. The City of Kenai is switching one of its firefighting materials to one free of so-called "forever chemicals." Plus, more U.S. Marines are coming to Alaska. -
A bill allowing members of the Alaska Board of Fisheries to participate in debate on issues where they may have a conflict of interest clears the Alaska Legislature. Plus, Alaska farmers help hone the next generation.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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Clark Fair gives a presentation on Kenai's Agricultural Experiment Station at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center on April 16. -
Dr. Tess Caswell/Courtesy photoOn today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Tess Caswell and her dad, Steve Caswell. Tess is a Soldotna-grown capsule communicator with NASA, currently part of the team supporting the agency’s 10-day Artemis II lunar mission.
KDLL FEATURE SHOWS
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The start of season 5 with a look back at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show held in Seattle from Feb 18-22, 2026 -
KDLL's general manager, Jenny Neyman, spent five months along the Continental Divide Trail over the summer of 2025. She shared photos and stories from her trip during KDLL's annual meeting Jan. 30, 2026, at Triumvirate Theater in Kenai. -
KDLL's general manager, Jenny Neyman, spent five months along the Continental Divide Trail over the summer of 2025. She shared photos and stories from her trip during KDLL's annual meeting Jan. 30, 2026, at Triumvirate Theater in Kenai.
LATEST KENAI PENINSULA NEWS
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The changes do not impact the basic management plan for Cook Inlet’s east side setnet fishery and came over the objections of local fishermen. -
Nikiski Middle/High School’s Bulldog Theater opens ‘Anything Goes’ on May 1. The show features romance and humor on a cruise ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and marks the final performance for some of the school’s seniors. -
City Manager Terry Eubank says he’s met with other city managers and the borough mayor to talk through possible solutions, and that Kenai’s all-age nonprofit swim team has been proactive. Starting July 1, the school district will stop funding the pool. -
The school board budget closes four schools and cuts millions of dollars in programs and employees. But board members said they’d reverse certain cuts if the assembly funded the school district at the same level as last year. -
Department data show that, of the 20,981 fish caught through experimental beach seines in 2024, 98% were sockeye. All 16 king salmon caught were released into Cook Inlet.
LATEST NPR NEWS
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After a tumultuous 13 months at the helm of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary has resigned.
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President Trump arrives in China Wednesday, Pete Hegseth faces questions on the Hill about the rising cost of the Iran war, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks New York Times tech correspondent Mike Isaac about Sam Altman's testimony in the lawsuit brought by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk against OpenAI.
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