Riley Board
Senior Reporter
Riley Board is a Report For America reporter covering rural communities on the central Kenai Peninsula for KDLL. She enjoys reporting on local government and education. Her work has appeared on Science Friday, National Native News and Alaska Public Media.
Board is a graduate of Middlebury College, where she studied linguistics, English literature and German, and was editor-in-chief of The Middlebury Campus, the student newspaper. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont, and at Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington D.C. Board hails from Sarasota, Florida.
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A two-and-a-half-year-old bull moose was killed and had its radio collar removed in September. Wildlife Troopers say a man pleaded guilty last week to three misdemeanors in the case. -
Congresswoman Mary Peltola hosts a town hall about the proposed Albertsons-Kroger merger, and a man pleads guilty for an illegally hunted moose. Plus, more than 100 students, from elementary age to high school, are putting on the classic musical The Wizard of Oz starting tomorrow at Soldotna High School.
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In a finance committee meeting intended to inform the school board and public about different expenditures, members discussed the costs of extracurriculars, pools and theater techs. The school district is facing a large deficit for the second year in a row, and has warned of possible cuts.
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State Troopers say a man who died in an October residential fire is 73-year-old Dan Vernon Dacus.
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The Southern Special Emergency Reaction Team responded to a Soldotna home Sunday morning, after a man assaulted and threatened to shoot a family member then barricaded himself in the home.
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Incumbent Jesse Bjorkman, current District 8 Representative Ben Carpenter and 2022 candidate Andy Cizek have all filed for Senate District D.
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Three people have filed for the state senate district that covers much of the Kenai Peninsula. Plus, Kenai Aviation will discontinue flights to Homer.
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All pull-tabs permits are associated with a charitable organization. On the Kenai Peninsula, there are two dozen permits, and while the shops raise money for non-profits, they're also worlds of their own.
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All pull-tabs permits are associated with a charitable organization. On the Kenai Peninsula, there are two dozen permits, and while the shops raise money for non-profits, they're also worlds of their own.
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Wildlife Troopers say the hiker accidentally got between a brown bear sow and her cub. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
