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.

Dr. Tess Caswell is a Soldotna High School graduate who works as a lead capsule communicator for NASA’s Artemis II mission. The four-member crew is scheduled to return to earth Friday evening.

Cooper Landing Emergency Services Chief Dan Osborn says no one was injured and confirmed Wednesday afternoon the fire had been extinguished.

The budget now heads to the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Assembly members still haven’t decided how much money the borough should give the district. Board members hope to get more money than they budgeted around, which would let them undo some of the cuts.

Early election results show Kenai voters favor moving the city's election day. State senators advance funding for projects around the state. Plus, researchers with the University of Alaska Fairbanks take to snowmachines to study how the changing arctic impacts Alaska's coastal communities.

Kenai voters take to the polls to determine the timing of future city elections. The Alaska House of Representatives passes its version of the state budget along caucus lines. Plus, Kenai considers moving its Police and Fire departments into the now-vacant Challenger Learning Center.

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