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Four candidates are running for the open Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor seat in the Feb. 14 special election. The winner will serve through the next municipal election, in October.

A former employee is suing the Kenai Peninsula Borough over her termination. The state prepares to release a long-awaited report on the gas supply forecast in Cook Inlet. And two Homer women plan to hike to Mt. Everest to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.

The library board in Homer makes a decision on a request to remove over 50 books from the library’s shelves. The U.S. Forest Service is burning slash in Cooper Landing and Hope. And Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s working on legislation to streamline the process for fishery disaster payments to Alaska fishermen.

A years-old decision to deny an Anchor Point gravel pit permit has been upheld in an appeal. Plus, the borough is considering no longer sending informative election brochures to every peninsula mailbox.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled the first proposed budget of his second term. After this week’s snowstorms, watch for winter-weary roofs. Plus, Alaska's most popular baby names — and other facts from the state's 2021 vital stats report.

Four candidates have filed to run for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor. Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen says she will not renew her contract with the city when it expires in February. And the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm Heritage Area wants to change the reauthorization process for the country's 55 National Heritage Areas.

Don't save beer just for holiday football games. A well-chosen pint complements any special holiday meal.

"Compass Lines" is out in March. It's local author John Messick's first book.

It’s special election day in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. We checked in with the candidates vying for the borough’s top office.And the U.S. Forest Service extends a mandate that protects the Russian River watershed from mining.

The chancellor for the University of Alaska Anchorage visits Kenai. Hilcorp plans to drill three new wells in Ninilchik. And a state-funded scholarship program to encourage students to stay in-state for college reported its lowest eligibility numbers last year.