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The latest in local and statewide elections. Plus, another inmate dies in Alaska Department of Corrections custody.

After Planned Parenthood's Soldotna branch closed in May, the central peninsula is getting a new local option for affordable sexual and reproductive healthcare. And Homer Electric Association is applying for funds to look into two potential renewable energy projects.

As high food and fuel prices persist, we spoke with some of the people who feed the Kenai Peninsula during the holiday season.

A resolution passes in the assembly asking the state legislature to investigate grand jury concerns. Plus, Alaska's working-age population has now been in decline for 10 years.

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.