When the ordinance came up for a vote at last week’s meeting, debate over most of the 52-page code rewrite was minimal. But assembly members clashed over a proposed exemption cap for seniors.

The Alaska LNG Project nets another nonbinding agreement with a Japanese utility company. Alaskans will not receive SNAP, or food stamp, benefits for November, according to the state division of public assistance. Plus, Alaskans share subsistence foods with the evacuees from Western Alaska.

A Ninilchik group works to prevent opioid overdose deaths. Plus, the final part of a series from the Alaska Desk about food security.

Kenai Peninsula school board members consider three charter school-related proposals. President Donald Trump signs a disaster declaration for Western Alaska. Plus, the third in a four-part series about food security in Alaska.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly overhauls the borough's property tax code. A walrus rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center will feature in a public television show. Plus, the next installment in a four-part series from the Alaska Desk about food security.

The first in a four-part Alaska Desk series about food security focuses on how communities in the Aleutians keep shelves stocked. Plus, as relief efforts remain underway after a destructive storm in Western Alaska, one Bethel nonprofit focuses on rescuing the region’s canine companions.

Previously, chickens could only be kept on property larger than one-and-a-half acres. Now, the same amount of chickens can be kept on all residential property with compliant enclosures and setbacks.

Soldotna City Council members will let more residents own chicken hens. Alaska's mental health leaders hope a gubernatorial executive order will reduce red tape around mental health care. Plus, Gov. Mike Dunleavy visits Western Alaska in the wake of a damaging storm.

The former democratic state senator says residents in Kenai, Homer and Soldotna are concerned about a lack of affordable housing in the borough.

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Tom Begich kicks off a statewide listening tour on the Kenai Peninsula. Plus, a workshop at the annual Elders and Youth Conference focuses on coming of age ceremonies for Alaska Native women.