Alaska State Troopers are seeking information from people who witnessed a multi-vehicle collision north of Kenai on Monday. University of Alaska President Pat Pitney will retire next year. Plus, the state considers creating an agriculture cooperative for Alaska farmers and ranchers.

Kenai Peninsula school board members greenlight a new K-12 charter school in Nikolaevsk. Plus, scientists ask for Alaskans' help studying whale sounds.

Soldotna moves its election day to November after a majority of Kenai Peninsula voters favored aligning state and local election days. Anchorage deals with an uptick in wolves on local trails and in residential areas. Plus, longtime aurora borealis scientist say this week's solar storm was something special.

Kenai Peninsula school board members raise lunch prices for elementary students. Kenai Central High School's theater department will stage "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Plus, relief efforts are still underway in Bethel for survivors of Typhoon Halong.

Grant Aviation adjusts to federal orders and a larger share of Kenai's passenger market. Plus, Soldotna sixth graders hold a mock assembly meeting.

After federal guidance changes again, Alaska says it's limiting payments to SNAP recipients. A federal agency seeking to streamline permitting backs a proposed gold mine in Western Alaska. Plus, a legislative education task force visits Kenai Peninsula schools.

Fishing jobs were down in Alaska last year, again. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers demolishes a former nuclear power plan near Fort Greely. Plus, tuition is going up at University of Alaska schools next year.

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is one of 40 airports around the country that will slash air traffic by 10% starting Friday. Plus, a Kenai charter school won't get a high school program, for now.

The City of Kenai unveils a bronze bear sculpture garden at the Kenai Municipal Airport. Alaska Public Media talks to furloughed federal workers amid what is now the longest-ever federal government shutdown. Plus, a new show from the Kenai Performers tackler faith, identity and community.

The National Weather Service forecasts between eight and 12 inches of snow for Thursday, likely disrupting travel between the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage. The ongoing federal government shutdown hits programs for Alaska Native communities. Plus, a bill before Congress would protect Alaska Native access to walrus ivory.