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Soldotna’s long-awaited field house opens. Plus, state and federal officials promote investments for aviation safety included in the Big Beautiful Bill.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Friday in Alaska. The city of Kenai will spend $160,000 studying and inventorying its streets and street lights. Plus, the Anti-Defamation League says white supremacist activity is on the rise in Alaska.

The candidate filing period for local elected offices closes in one week. A Virginia woman is charged in the stabbing death of her Soldotna landlord. And, a new law aims to reduce insurance costs for commercial fishermen.

Ninilchik voters will decide this fall whether to create a recreational service area to keep their community pool open. Homer voters mull a continuing tax for their own recreation building. And a new art show in Kenai highlights the impacts of climate change on Alaska.

The award, announced last month, comes roughly two years after the center lost that revenue source amid alleged financial mismanagement by executive staff.

Ninilchik's annual Salmonfest partners with several Alaska-based organizations to get the word out about environmental causes. A portion of the festival's proceeds also go directly to some of these groups.

A ballot proposition going before Kenai Peninsula Borough voters this fall could result in higher sales taxes on large purchases. A new U.S. Coast Guard in cutter is christened in Kodiak and could also have a base in Seward. Plus, a Tlingit petroglyph in Wrangell is vandalized, prompting calls for action by residents.

A ballot proposition will ask Kenai Peninsula voters whether the borough should hand-count local election results. Plus, a new book from a Homer author focus on glaciology terms.

Mt. Spurr returns to a regular activity level. The Trump Administration announces a new oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet. Plus, a cat cafe opens in Wasilla.

Morrison joined KDLL in 2023 and next month will start a new reporting job at KRBD in Ketchikan.