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A fixed-route bus between Nikiski and Sterling is set to roll out in December. Plus, the city of Valdez sues Hilcorp over financial transparency about their acquisition of BP assets in Alaska.

The personal-use dipnet fishery on the Kenai opened Monday morning, and on Thursday, a modest group of anglers pulled in sockeye. Fish & Game says the fishery is off to a slow start, but will pick up in the coming weeks.

A plane lands on the highway in Ninilchik amid engine troubles. A familiar political figure throws his hat in the ring for the Alaska U.S. house seat, and Homer celebrates its status as the peony city.

The Chugach National Forest is holding meetings on the Kenai Peninsula to talk about plans to build new cabins. Seward mulls the future of its electric utility after a vote to sell it to HEA failed. And with just 1,300 acres burned, Alaska is having a good wildfire summer.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs two bills from Soldotna Rep. Justin Ruffridge, and the borough assembly will consider supporting a ban on trans girls in women’s sports from the Alaska statewide school board. Plus, seaweed harvesting is getting popular on the southern Kenai Peninsula.

A former Soldotna High School teacher is indicted on 61 counts. Plus, a white raven has been spotted around Kenai, and a fire at the Whittier dock landed two in the hospital.

Our guests this week are four members of the Kenai Potters' Guild, in advance of their 50th anniversary show at the Kenai Art Center.

KPBSD will make up for school funding vetoes from Gov. Dunleavy by drawing on savings. And Alaska electric utilities look for other options, amid declining Cook Inlet natural gas forecasts.

A Texas scout troop installs new beluga whale signage at the Kenai City Dock. And some Celtic sportsmanship happens in Homer.

The new coffee shop is the only one on Bridge Access Road. Owner Elisabeth Peterkin says the shop caters to dipnetters with products like ice and firewood.