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Residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough can soon text 911 in an emergency. An act with local implications was one of the last pieces of legislation passed by U.S. Congress last year. And the City of Kenai is part of a statewide effort to curb overdose deaths and drug trafficking in Alaska.

An Anchorage Daily News reporter talks about the Alaskans competing in this summer's Olympic Games. Plus, a Kenai Peninsula couple ties the knot at Salmonfest.

Two airlines bid to offer service between Seward and Anchorage. A Willy Wonka musical comes to Nikiski. Plus, a stray animal that looked like a wolf and roamed Anchorage was actually a wolf hybrid.

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.

Kenai Peninsula school board members vote to close the K-12 school in Nikolaevsk. And, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe observes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.

Conscience or incompetence? Two competing narratives — along partisan lines — have emerged to explain the sudden departure of the head of the Federal Student Aid Office.

Companies at the center of the deadly prescription opioid epidemic are close to deals that would cap their liability while funding drug treatment and recovery programs.

Tough weather doesn’t stop runners at the Mount Marathon Race this week. And emergency responders say the Fritz Creek General Store, just outside of Homer, could be a total loss after a fire destroys the decades-old building.

Troopers arrest four people for a Kenai-area gambling scheme, and Ravn Alaska will no longer fly to Kenai. Plus, homeschool parents tell the borough and school district about their motivations, and a fishy film fest is back next week.

Alaska Wildlife Troopers help local groups remove 17,000 pounds of trash from illicit shooting ranges in Nikiski. Plus, Kenai City Council members consider changing a popular street name.