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Soldotna Chef Joe Spady shares his best advice for hosting — and attending — parties.

A task force surveyed North Road residents, and determined most people support extending the Kenai Spurr Highway all the way to Point Possession. The current extension, to Otter Creek, was just completed in 2020.

A young moose gets trapped in a Soldotna basement, and a Kasilof home burns to the ground. Plus, a debate about where LGBT books should go in libraries is ongoing in Homer.

On the southern peninsula, where Hilcorp does lots of oil and gas exploration, not all private property owners are content to lease the company their mineral rights. Some of Hilcorp’s neighbors in Ninilchik are rejecting the company’s offers for the gas beneath their land.

The Sterling Highway is back open after a fatal collision near Anchor Point. Homer applies for a special designation. And one man is making winters in Moose Pass a lot more fun.

Kelly Lawson is appointed to the Kenai Superior Court, and Ryan Redington wins the 2023 Iditarod. Plus, events in Homer this week will raise awareness of Alzheimer's.

Alaska has nobody in prison for simple marijuana possession, and the Funny River and Sterling areas have a new school board representative. Plus, on indigenous peoples day, we have a story about upcoming local workshops for beginning Dena’ina language learners.

Alaskans have until Sunday to register to vote in time for the Nov. 8 election. And Fat Bear week celebrates Bristol Bay's epic salmon runs — while scientists still try to figure out what's causing others around Alaska to crash.

The remaining votes are tallied for last week's borough elections. In other election news, voters crown their Fat Bear Week champion.

The forum was the sixth in our series in partnership with The Peninsula Clarion. We spoke with incumbent Rep. Ron Gillham and candidate Justin Ruffridge (District 7) and Rep. Ben Carpenter (District 8) about where they stand on a constitutional convention, their thoughts on Alaska's fiscal and energy futures, and what singular bill they would sponsor this session — if they could pick just one.