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Alaska has a new Republican candidate for governor. Plus, kelp farming is on the rise in Alaska, including at Kodiak’s only hatchery.

Ninilchik voters may get the chance to create their recreation service area after the community’s pool was left on the list of budget cuts approved by Kenai Peninsula school board members earlier this month.

Burning is allowed again on the Kenai Peninsula. Kenai's personal use dipnet fishery will open 24 hours per day. Plus, biologists use chemicals to protect statewide salmon populations.

Dipnetting opens on the Kenai River. Plus, an immigration detainee held in Alaska is hospitalized with tuberculosis, according to his attorney.

A former Soldotna High School teacher facing 55 charges goes to trial in. A former Kenai homesteader celebrates her 100th birthday. Plus, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks plan to run experiments to better understand three-spined sticklebacks.

State lawmakers override two of Gov. Dunleavy’s vetoes in a pair of dramatic votes. Plus, Ninilchik’s annual Salmonfest looks to reduce its waste.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will get $3 million after state lawmakers override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's partial veto of money for K-12 schools. A former Soldotna middle school custodian is sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a student. And, a workshop at Salmonfest teaches Yup'ik words and phrases.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tours Kenaitze Indian Tribe facilities to promote Alaska Native access to traditional foods. Plus, Anchorage officials close multiple trails due to increased bear activity.

A small plane crash in Soldotna leaves one person seriously injured. A look at the science and risks of tsunamis in Alaska. Plus, kids in a Homer youth program help maintain a local trail.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers cutting one of its two designated times for public comment. A damaged cable cuts power to Moose Pass for almost 12 hours. Plus, a Kenai fourth grader lights the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.