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Alaska fishery authorities will consider making an experimental beach seine a permanent option. The Native Youth Olympics returns to Soldotna. Plus, a look at this year's “Women’s March on Homer.”

Peninsula organizations figure out what a freeze on federal grant funds could mean for their operations. And, the Alaska House of Representatives votes to support keeping "Denali" as the name of North America's tallest mountain.

Alaska students score low on a national test. Scientists study myopathy in sled dogs. Plus, hundreds flock to the Challenger Learning Center to witness a planetary alignment event.

A team of volunteers recovers the remains of three members of a Texas family missing since their boat capsized in Kachemak Bay last summer. Seismic activity declines at Mt. Spurr, but geologists say it could still erupt. Plus, a Seward man walks away after being pinned by a 700-pound boulder while hiking.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly votes to postpone a decision that would set the borough’s budget and determine how much funding local schools receive. Plus, Alaska lawmakers override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a high-profile education bill.

The first round of rocks for the Kenai buff stabilization project arrived last week from the Aleutians. Two people face federal bank fraud charges in connection to a scheme that came to the Kenai Peninsula. Plus, Alaska Public Media's state government reporter sums up what state lawmakers did and did not get done during the legislative session that ended this week.

The Kenai Peninsula's gardening season started earlier than normal for many because of this year’s mild winter. Local plant nurseries and greenhouses say that's good for business.

Kenai considers ways to stop drivers from cutting through parking lots. Plus, federal funding cuts threaten Alaska library programs.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will cap activity fees for non-district families. A new mural made by high school students is now on display near Old Town Kenai. Plus, a rare mollusk finds its way to a Sitka aquarium.

The City of Soldotna will spend more than $150,000 upgrading the Soldotna Police Department's network of body-warn, vehicle and department cameras. Plus, an Anchorage man roller skates his way across the Kenai Peninsula.