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A Kenai high school junior is selected to help advise state education officials. Soldiers from Alaska have been told to stand down after receiving orders last month to prepare to deploy to Minnesota. Plus, Alaskans weigh in on a controversial proposal to reform the Federal Subsistence Board.

A former Soldotna High School teacher is appealing his criminal conviction after being found guilty of sexually abusing a former student while she was a minor. State lawmakers consider sending inmates out of state to save money. Plus, a Fairbanks student accused of eating a classmate's AI artwork makes his first court appearance.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re airing a talk by Robin West, a retired biologist and 14-year manager of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge about a solo canoe trip he took on the Yukon River.

Soldotna will hold a library card design contest. Gubernatorial vetoes leave Alaska's construction industry on edge. Plus, the youngest member of a Bethel mushing family starts up the sport this season.

A Utah man pleads guilty to second degree murder in the case of a Homer woman who went missing in 2019. The City of Kenai is sunsetting it's Harbor Commission. Alaska has a new federal judge. And, Homer's Porcupine Theater celebrates an anniversary.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Eileen Bryson with American Field Service’s Alaska chapter and three students who participated in a cultural exchange program.

A time-sensitive supplementary budget bill stalls in the State House. Plus, the federal SAVE America Act could have an outsized impact in Alaska.

Cardboard recycling resumes at the Central Peninsula Landfill. Jessie Holmes is on track to join an exclusive club of repeat Iditarod champions. Plus, a new bill aims to tweak state oil and gas property tax laws amid Alaska LNG Project momentum.

The State of Alaska will help fix the so-called worst road in Kenai. Plus, school districts around Alaska struggle to make ends meet despite a per-student funding bump from state lawmakers last year.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy talks KDLL through his new bill to alleviate the property tax burden on the proposed Alaska LNG Project. Plus, after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act left tens of thousands of Alaska without healthcare, an Alaska Public Media reporter looks for affordable healthcare for those without insurance.