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Stakeholders brainstorm ways to keep the pool open at Soldotna High School. Alaska Airlines raises baggage fees amid spikes in fuel prices. Plus, state lawmakers as Congress to extend a ban on Russian seafood.

Kenai voters take to the polls to determine the timing of future city elections. The Alaska House of Representatives passes its version of the state budget along caucus lines. Plus, Kenai considers moving its Police and Fire departments into the now-vacant Challenger Learning Center.

The future of the Kenai Peninsula’s K-12 schools dominates discussion at a Soldotna town hall. Plus, recent controversy over the primary research institute for Alaska Native languages catches the ear of state lawmakers.

An electric vehicle charging station catches fire in Cooper Landing. Research facilities are left confused amid a federal restructuring of the U.S. Forest Service. Plus, Jessie Holmes wins the Kobuk 440 after securing consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race wins.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs a supplemental budget bill. Alaska set multiple weather records this winter. Plus, Ukrainians in Alaska face delays getting their immigration documents renewed.

Kenai Peninsula school board members pass a budget that closes four schools, shuts pools, eliminates library positions and makes a slew of other cuts. Plus, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that puts Native Americans in the spotlight leaves some tribal members uneasy about where this case might lead.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Tess Caswell and her dad, Steve Caswell. Tess is a Soldotna-grown capsule communicator with NASA, currently part of the team supporting the agency’s 10-day Artemis II lunar mission.

Early election results show Kenai voters favor moving the city's election day. State senators advance funding for projects around the state. Plus, researchers with the University of Alaska Fairbanks take to snowmachines to study how the changing arctic impacts Alaska's coastal communities.

Alaskans are seeing high gas prices at the pump and likely will be for a while to come. And an effort to eradicate invasive elodea in Crescent Lake needs an influx of funding to finish the job.

Former Kenai Peninsula Assembly President Brent Johnson is taking another run at the House District 6 seat in the Alaska Legislature, a new program could give Alaskans warning of earthquakes before they happen, and a gathering at the Alaska Capitol last week attempted to rally support for bills to address the impacts of climate change.