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Hilcorp is expanding a drilling pad on the southern Kenai Peninsula. Remembering a local champion of Kenai River king salmon, who died this week. And the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska sues the state's Department of Corrections on behalf of a man serving prison time in Seward.

Siam Noodles & Food prepares to open in a new space. A federal council takes no action on a management plan for the Upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishery. And a Seward man is facing a new trial for an alleged double murder in 2019 after a hung jury results in a mistrial.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough says it plans to update its harassment reporting policies, and makes inroads on a plan to make the peninsula’s highways safer. Plus, after a long wait, a man in North Pole finally gets a new heart.

A house fire kills a man and levels a home in Kasilof. The state is looking for input on how to improve trail access along its roads. And the studded tire removal deadline is extended due to long-lasting winter conditions.

Parents and students weigh in on the governor's new education bill. And the Kenai Chamber of Commerce hires a new director.

A Kenai Peninsula program that turns recycled plastic into lumber is on pause due to what organizers say is a surplus of donated plastic. And the creators of an app for commercial fishermen say their program could help with a representation gap on Alaska fishing councils.

Two related bills in the Alaska Legislature would allow school districts to opt into the state’s health care plan. And police respond to what they say was a rare attack in Homer.

The borough settles with an employee who sued former mayor Charlie Pierce for sexual harassment. And a look behind the scenes of one of Alaska’s most popular cannabis products, made in Kenai.

Journalists Riley Board and Larry Persily join us from Juneau to talk about local journalism, how the legislative session has been going so far and what they'll both be watching as it comes to a close.

Local commercial fishermen, in regulatory limbo, will have to decide whether it's worth gearing up for the fishing season this year. And a bill in the Alaska Legislature would pull marijuana convictions from public record and some state background checks.