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Cook Inletkeeper’s Local Solution program aims to address pollution and warming temperatures in the Cook Inlet watershed. The program is now finding ways to protect Alaska's salmon habitat.

Community members participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District budget forum in Kenai. Plus, two peninsula artists blend music and poetry.

A Homer man leads Kenai police on a car chase through Old Town. Rep. Nick Begich holds a virtual town hall meeting. And, the Kenai Performers put on "Little Shop of Horrors."

Troopers arrest a Soldotna man after a high speed pursuit through Soldotna and Kenai. Scientists continue to monitor Mount Spurr for seismic activity. Plus, early snowmelt could mean a big wildfire season for certain parts of the state.

The Alaska State House passed a bill this week that ups the amount of money developers have to work with. Stakeholders say the project will revitalize aging infrastructure and expand regional economic opportunities.

Alaska's projected budget deficit stymies legislative work on education funding in Juneau. A bill allowing employees to get paid with a reloadable pay card clears the Alaska Senate with unanimous support. Plus, Homer's Pratt Museum will expand access to it's archive with a digitization project.

The University of Alaska Board of Regents will scrub diversity, equity and inclusion verbiage from it's programs to comply with federal executive orders. And, Alaska leads the world in glacial melting.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District school board talks budget scenarios in light of a $17 million deficit. Plus, the Kenai Art Center hosts its biennial juried show.

Deena Bishop is the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.

A high-speed chase ends with the arrest of a Kenai man. Gov. Mike Dunleavy requests fishery disaster declarations. Plus, President Donald Trump plugs the Alaska LNG Project in the first congressional address of his new term.