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A petition signed by Kenai Peninsula residents is calling on the Alaska Department of Transportation to stop its use of salt brine on roads, and the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center hosts its first-ever Haunted Chamber.

A body is found on the beach near Old Town Kenai, the City of Soldotna brakes ground on an indoor athletic facility, and Alaska farmers only grow a fraction of the food needed to feed the state. Plus, emergency services respond to a fire at the Homer Landfill.

Our guests on this episode are researchers with the Mayo Clinic and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium studying smoking cessation among Alaska Native communities.

Results from yesterday’s election show some close races, school board update and another rejection of the Seward utility sale, though absentee votes have yet to be counted. Plus, interest in remote control cars is picking up steam in Kenai, and hobbyists are getting together to enjoy the sport.

A hunter died of natural causes in Kodiak over the weekend, a group of moms from the Russian Old Believer community of Nikolaevsk are pushing for a charter school, and results for the Kenai Peninsula’s Oct. 3 municipal election are in.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passes a revision of its code regulating gravel pits, and Katmai National Park and Preserve crowns this year's Fat Bear Week champion.

The borough assembly may take a final vote on a long-sought gravel pit code revision tomorrow. Plus, amateur photographers will have a shot at appearing in the Soldotna visitor guide, and the Homer Harbor expansion project hits budget stalls.

A University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student looked into how changing oceans impact the stress levels of limpets in Kachemak Bay, and the Kenai Art Center will showcase more than thirty local artists this month during its biennial judged show.

Archeological work continues along the Sterling Highway Bypass, and a study will focus on smoking cessation in Alaska Native communities. Plus, the first snowfall of the season hit the central peninsula this morning.

If you’ve seen student truck drivers in the Kenai area, they’re likely training with Kenai Peninsula Driving Instruction. The company recently built a new commercial training center to provide a larger space to instruct more drivers.