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Soldotna City Council members fund a slew of repairs at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. A federal oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet gets no bids. Plus, Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials tour a coal plant in Fairbanks.

On this week's episode, the Kenai Local Food Connection join us to talk about how and why to eat local food, what their organization does and their favorite go-to local food recipes.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District's working budget draft would close four schools and eliminate library employee positions, among other things. State lawmakers are watching the impact of war in Iran on oil prices and the implications for state revenue. Plus, state prosecutors drop the criminal mischief charge against a University of Alaska Fairbanks student who ate a classmate's AI-generated art.

The Alaska House of Representatives unanimously passes a bill prohibiting child sex abuse material generated by artificial intelligence. Plus, the central Kenai Peninsula rallies around a mom and kids deported from Soldotna.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough moves to built a communication tower in Turnagain Pass. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he supports military action in Iran. Plus, lawmakers question the state elections division after its decision to give voter rolls to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club prepares to return after taking a summer off. Plus, Anchorage students follow their own Iditarod with books.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Dr. Kiefer Forsch and Sarah Aarons to hear more about their study of two glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park.

Soldotna has a new policy for naming facility parks and buildings. A new state study reports one in four Alaska workers lives out of state. Plus, tribal leaders speak out against proposed changes to a federal program that supports Native entities.

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.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces a spate of king salmon sport fishery closures for the Kenai and Kasilof rivers. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski visits Greenland with a congressional delegation. Plus, the latest installment in a series from Alaska Public Media probes dating in the 49th state.