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The Kenai Peninsula Borough will buy 80 acres of land near Seward to try an unlock more land for residential development. Plus, Homer residents protest proposed federal cuts to Medicaid.

The next Kenai Peninsula Borough land sale will be the first to offer parcels through its new Land Affordability Program. Plus, Homer's Pier One Theatre tackles "Treasure Island."

After a lengthy debate, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passes a budget that lowers the property tax rate and fully funds the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

Kenai outlaws "rat running." Plus, a popular program is restored for Alaska's rural libraries.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will keep its pools and Sterling Elementary School open for another year. Plus, Cook Inlet's commercial lingcod season opens this week.

The two new wells are the culmination of years of work and more than $65 million.

The Russian River Confluence opens to sockeye and coho salmon sport fishing. The Soldotna City Council kills a proposal that would have bumped their regular meeting time. Alaska residents can now harvest Dungeness crab in parts of Cook Inlet. Plus, a young moose calf is rescued from underneath a Homer boardwalk.

The Alaska SeaLife Center admits five harbor seal pups rescued across the state. Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes funding to expand a program that serves infants and toddlers with developmental delays. Plus, a mural in Homer gets a new addition.

On this episode of the Kenai Conversation, we're joined by Leah Eskelin, a park ranger with the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

Representative Bill Elam reflects on his freshman legislative session. Plus, a new report confirms the presence of “forever chemicals” in soil and groundwater near an old Nikiski fire station.