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Voting for HEA board candidates closes on May 1.

More than 300 demonstrators line the sidewalks of Soldotna as part of a nationwide day of protest. Plus, Kenai Peninsula school board members hear public testimony from those opposed to proposed budget cuts.

Representatives Bill Elam and Justin Ruffridge introduce their first bills of the legislative session. The Trump administration freezes funding for Planned Parenthood in Alaska. Plus, Southcentral businesses prepare for potential ashfall from a Mount Spurr eruption.

Alaska's transportation department issues an open call for contractors to provide “Eminent Domain Appraisal Review Services” for a section of the Seward Highway that runs through Moose Pass. Plus, a look at how the 1912 Novarupta-Katmai eruption still impacts Kodiak Island residents.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy's office releases a long-delayed study of state employee wages. A bill sponsored by Soldotna Rep. Justin Ruffridge aims to streamline a pesky insurance process. Plus, a new local exhibit highlights the history of education on the Kenai Peninsula.

HEA wants to help build what would be the largest solar farm in the state. An art show in Kenai celebrates Alaska through a new resident’s eyes. And the state Board of Game is set to restart a controversial predator control program to increase numbers of the Mulchatna caribou herd.

The Soldotna City Council set usage and rental rates for the new field house opening in August. Humans can learn more about the lives of Alaska’s famous fishing bears in a new board game. And the 50th annual Alaska Folk Festival is underway this week in Juneau.

News outlets report the White House is planning a liquefied natural gas summit in Alaska. A Catholic priest on the central Kenai Peninsula remembers the life and legacy of Pope Francis. Plus, the annual Caring for the Kenai competition has a new winner.

A Kenai Peninsula Borough tourism working group will get more time to put together a tax recommendation report. Federal funding cuts could impact programs that provide weather data to mariners and hunters. Plus, a newly published paper finds that microplastics are ubiquitous in spotted seals harvested in Alaska’s most remote waters.

Kenai Peninsula lawmakers and borough school board members discuss school funding. Plus, Triumvirate Theatre opens a new playhouse.