About 42% of visitors used the elevated walking track, which department staff say is the facility’s most popular component.

City Manager Janette Bower penned the ordinance, which she said would help curb behavior that disrupts city services or threatens public safety. She now says those are rules the city can implement and enforce without council permission.

Results are still preliminary and unofficial. The results so far do not include all absentee and early votes. The Alaska Division of Elections plans to publish more results on Nov. 10 and to certify the election by Nov. 25.

Early General Election results show central Kenai Peninsula precincts went overwhelmingly to incumbents U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and U.S. Rep. Nick Begich, and gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson – all Republicans.

The unofficial results do not include absentee and questioned ballots and won't become official until certified.

A trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline, the war in Iran and personal connections are among the things central Kenai Peninsula voters said were important to them at the ballot box.

Soldotna's Parks and Recreation Department says more than 19,000 people have visited the Soldotna Field House since it opened last summer. Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Mary Peltola widens her lead over Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan after more ballots are counted. Plus, Alaskans reflect on a 48-star American flag and the legacy of WWII in Unalaska.

Soldotna City Council members kill a proposed trespassing policy for city facilities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces a program to give one-time payments to American farmers and fishermen. Plus, optimism spikes around the number of Indigenous voters who cast ballots in Alaska's General Election.

During the hour, we’ll hear from candidates for city office in Soldotna.