Crews have already resumed work on the Cooper Landing Bypass Project. Other ongoing projects include the second phase of improvements to the Kenai Spur Highway between Swires and Sports Lake roads.

A new disaster relief assistance program helps Alaska peony farmers purchase new rootstock to replant.

A project to remove an invasive weed from Crescent Lake is running long on expenses, short on money.

The first proposition voters considered amends the city charter to bump Kenai’s regular election day back a month, from the first Tuesday in October to the first Tuesday in November.

An architect with K + A designstudios says the newer building already meets some of the departments’ needs.

Representatives of the Soldotna Silver Salmon Swim Team have ideas for making the pool profitable, and say Soldotna has a vibrant enough base of swimmers to keep the schedule busy.

The state plans more than a dozen transportation projects around the Kenai Peninsula this summer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a new Office of Seafood. Plus, more than 100 Alaskans take to Washington D.C. to lobby for a variety of state issues.

Two soldiers in Anchorage were injured in a bear attack, peony farmers get help boosting growth after a winter die-off, and a new study looks at ways to reduce recidivism among Alaska’s native population.

On 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.

Voting for the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors is open April 3 through May 7