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The Soldotna City Council kills a petition to loosen zoning laws on a roughly 11-acre parcel off South Kobuk Street. And, a new series of shows put on by the Kenai Performers tackle heavy topics.

This week is the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby, an annual fishing event that aims to harm less fish than traditional derbies. While the event spreads awareness about sustainable fishing practices, it also helps to fund projects that benefit salmon habitat.

Resources for recovery on the Kenai Peninsula

A new group will study the impact of tourism on the Kenai Peninsula Borough, community libraries are hoping that a new page will soon overturn a reduction in grant funding, and residents remember loved ones lost to substance use to mark September as Recovery Month.

The federal government plans to withhold COVID-related grant funds after it says the state underfunded some Alaska school districts. Plus, a statewide project will fund the construction of new public use cabins in Alaska’s national forests.

Three people are dead after two separate plane crashes in Southcentral Alaska. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe honors lives lost to suicide. Plus, an art exhibit remembers the life of a former Kenai Peninsula College professor.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough will buy land near Nikiski North Star Elementary School. Forecasters predict colder-than-normal temperatures this winter. Plus, cases of whooping cough are up in Alaska.

The City of Kenai will put 11 parcels of city land up for sale. Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Alaska. Plus, victors of Kenai’s annual selective fishing derby are crowned.

The City of Kenai begins its annual post-dipnet cleanup. And, a Sterling developer will turn a chunk of land near Mackey Lake into a storage site.

A video of a brown bear swimming near the mouth of the Kenai River goes viral. And, a group of setnetters pivot to seining to try and save Cook Inlet's east side commercial fishery.