Alaska’s Primary Election is Aug. 18. The top four vote-getters in each race advance to the General Election on Nov. 3.

Kenai City Manager Terry Eubank says the changes are rooted in complaints from city property owners.

Derek Berry, 39, was reported missing by family members in early May.

Stream Watch was started in the mid-1990s by a group of fishermen intent on protecting the Kenai Peninsula’s salmon habitats. The program is jointly run by the Kenai Watershed Forum and the U.S. Forest Service and has an overarching goal of promoting watershed stewardship.

More than 100 attendees gathered on May 31 to celebrate the life of Kenai Peninsula College’s longest serving director, Gary Turner, who died in April. Speakers celebrated Turner as a champion for the college and its students and staff.

Council members added roughly a quarter of a million dollars in one-time spending during their Wednesday meeting.

Alaska's participation in a federal food assistance program jumped last year. Seward is the new home of one of three U.S. Coast Guard cutters announced by Alaska's congressional delegation yesterday. Plus, the Alaska House of Representatives passes a tax break for the Alaska LNG Project.

The central Kenai Peninsula's representatives in the Alaska House of Representatives each face two challengers this election cycle. A University of Washington program that places medical students in five states, including Alaska, gets a $25 million scholarship endowment. Plus, the University of Alaska's newest and largest employee union files a fair an unfair labor practice complaint against the university.

On this week's episode of the Kenai Conversation, we're joined by Maggie Winston to talk about ongoing efforts to expand self-directed care in Alaska and Disability Pride.

On this week's episode of the Kenai Conversation, we're joined by Sara Hondel, the new executive director of the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce.