Ashlyn O'Hara

Michael Hicks resigns from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. Alaska State Troopers identify the victim in last Friday's fatal Sterling Highway collision as a former Anchorage Assembly member and teacher. Plus, ENSTAR asks state regulators to reconsider its Kenai gas storage project.

Hicks has represented the assembly’s District 7 since October 2025. In a resignation letter, he said he is moving out of state next week and will not attend any future assembly meetings.

Troopers say Karen Bronga, 64, was the passenger in a motorhome traveling north when a southbound pickup truck veered into the opposite lane and struck the motorhome.

State transportation officials expect the road to be closed until around 7 p.m. The unpaved Skilak Lake Road can be used as a detour.

State fishery officials say they're not sure why Kenai River sockeye runs are so low this season. The Alaska Division of Elections has moved thousands of registered voters to its “inactive” list due to suspicion that they are not citizens. Plus, Alaska’s main Native healthcare organization is set to receive a $400 million settlement from the federal government.

Inside the machine are opioid overdose reversal kits, Alka-Seltzer cold and flu medicine and personal hygiene products – all available for free, 24/7, 365 days a year.

State lawmakers order an audit of the Alaska Board of Fisheries. The state opens a resident-only muskox hunt on an island where at least five are stranded. Plus, Seward unveils a community wellness vending machine.

Petitioners cited private property rights and safety issues from lack of infrastructure. But others say privatizing the road would shutter a longstanding community fishing spot and limit already-sparse river access.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission votes to keep a Kenai River access point in Sterling open to the public. Plus, researchers study why the number of women setnetters in Bristol Bay is declining.