The storm watch is in effect through late Sunday night and is expected to make travel difficult. The agency is predicting two and ten inches of snow on the western Kenai Peninsula, with up to a foot possible in higher elevations.

After polls closed on Election Day, Chuck Winters led incumbent Paul Whitney by 36 votes. But Whitney pulled ahead after Soldotna’s election officials counted hundreds more absentee and question ballots.

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 National Weather Service issues a winter storm watch for the Kenai Peninsula through Sunday evening. A Washington state-based nonprofit plans to sue Alaska's Department of Fish and Game over its management of king salmon fisheries in western Alaska. Plus, an Anchorage publisher launches a magazine geared toward Alaska Native children.

Alaska's U.S. Senate races tightens after the latest batch of votes are counted. Anchorage teens launch an initiative to raise money for local nonprofits. Plus, a new research papers illuminates an ancient dwelling near Nenana.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Soldotna Republican Rep. Justin Ruffridge to talk about his work on Alaska’s Joint Legislative Task Force on Education Funding, and a group of draft recommendations that task force published this week.