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The Biden administration approves the Willow project. Seven Kenai Peninsula Schools are looking for a new principal, and forecasters are expecting a slightly stronger year for sockeye salmon.

On this week’s Kenai Conversation, We talked to 911 Operational Manager Ryan Tunks and Shift Supervisor and Training Officer Suzanne Hall from the Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center.

Russian Orthodox believers in Kenai celebrate the holidays with a starring ceremony. And Soldotna starts a review of its park policies.

A former physician pleads guilty to overprescribing opioids in Soldotna. Four candidates throw their hats in the ring for the assembly’s vacant seat, representing Nikiski. And one Homer man is helping with the aid effort in Ukraine.

Incoming Kenai Peninsula legislators pick their chiefs of staff. And Soldotna brainstorms visions for a more walkable waterfront.

Alaska State Senate President Gary Stevens, representing the southern peninsula and Kodiak, talks about his priorities ahead of the start of the legislative session tomorrow. And the Alaska Department of Transportation looks down the road to a new year of peninsula projects.

The Soldotna City Council selects a new member to fill a vacancy, and state legislators have already prefilled 68 bills.

How fiber artists are bringing their craft to a new generation of Kenai Peninsula makers. A Halibut Cove woman faces federal charges in a standoff between a floatplane and boat last summer. And a design from another Juneau artist will be featured on a postal stamp this spring.

A state legislator has hired a former state budget director known for making big cuts. Plus, a new report predicts Cook Inlet natural gas will only be able to satisfy Alaska's demands for about four more years.

We spoke with fisheries economist Gunnar Knapp and set-netter Brent Johnson about trends in Upper Cook Inlet's commercial salmon fishery — from changes in catches and permit prices, to how those numbers track with those coming from Bristol Bay, to how fishermen are reacting to the changing landscape in the inlet.