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Just past downtown Soldotna on the Sterling Highway is a thrift option like no other. BuildUp, Inc. is the only organization on the central Kenai Peninsula that takes in and sells second-hand building materials.

Our episode this week features a Kenai Peninsula College Showcase presentation titled "Three in the Far North, Packrafting and Hunting in Arctic Alaska." The presentation follows Ben Meyer, Maura Schumaker and Buck Kunz in their three week journey via packraft down the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska’s Brooks Range.

Troopers identify the victim of a Soldotna house fire, the Kenai Peninsula Borough recognizes Small Business Saturday, and South Peninsula Hospital leases a robotic surgery system.

A Soldotna man threatens to kill a family member and barricades himself in a home. The Challenger Learning Center of Alaska hosts coldwater aircraft crash training. Plus, scientists use machine learning to link Alaska volcanic ash to the volcanoes that produce it.

Our episode this week features a presentation from the Kenai Watershed Forum's 2023 Fireside Chat Series, about work mapping anadromous streams and rivers across the central Kenai Peninsula.

The central Kenai Peninsula celebrates the annual Christmas Comes to Kenai event. Plus, the Homer Chamber of Commerce gives Small Business Saturday a new twist.

Craft fairs provide an opportunity for local artisans to showcase and sell their work during the holiday season. Among them is the Holiday Cheer Christmas Bazaar, held inside the old Kenai Mall.

A Seward man is acquitted in a 2019 double homicide. Plus, the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce celebrates local figures and businesses with an award ceremony, and Alyeska Resort plans expansions, including new worker housing.

Power outages are restored amid high winds, Alaska mayors form a coalition aimed at addressing natural gas needs, and the Alaska Board of Fisheries discuss proposals changing fishing regulations in lower Cook Inlet. Plus, a sneak peak at this week's episode of the Kenai Conversation.

A group of Soldotna mobile home residents file a lawsuit against their landlord, and the borough considers a new logo. Plus, a Tyonek man is arrested for a stabbing that occurred in the village on Saturday.