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A fire at Kenai's Uptown Motel leaves on man dead. State education officials give the final OK to a proposed charter school in Nikolaevsk. Plus, Gov. Mike Dunleavy gives his final State of the State address.

On today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Jason Moan and Diane Campbell, with the Alaska Division of Forestry to talk about all things spruce bark beetles.

An annual Soldotna event connects resources with people experiencing homelessness. Alaska's state board of education greenlights a school psychology master's program. Plus, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls on the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security to resign over immigration operations in Minnesota.

A company wanting to develop a polymetallic mine on the west side of Cook Inlet briefs Kenai business owners on the project. Plus, warning air caused by climate change is also warming Alaska wetlands.

Democrat Mary Peltola is running for U.S. Senate. Plus, two artists with roots on the central Kenai Peninsula receive artist awards from the Rasmuson Foundation.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District braces for another tough budget season as it faces an $8.5 million deficit. Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a case challenging federal protections for subsistence fishing and hunting.

Two Soldotna-based Alaska State Troopers plead not guilty to federal civil rights charges and get their state trial delayed. Plus, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan talks fishery bycatch, the Alaska LNG Project and Venezuela in an interview with KDLL.

Local authors and illustrators collaborate on new children's books

A Kenai charter school is trying to add a high school program — again. Homer High School's theater closes after an equipment failure. Plus, a train enthusiast restores the Alaska Railroad's last steam engine.

The Alaska LNG Project's latest tentative customer is a company doing business in Alaska. Enstar says its drawn more gas from reserves during the recent cold snap, but has enough to meet customer demands. Plus, scientists strap cameras to arcitc grizzly bears to try and learn how they find food in the tundra.