This Week On The Kenai: 10/23- 10/27

Author: Adriana Hernandez-Santana |

The KSRM News Department has compiled some top headlines of the week.

 

Monday, October 23rd

Near 80% Decline In Nelchina Caribou Herd Prompts ADF&G To Close Winter Hunts 

Alaska Historical Commission Set To Meet And Rename Stream In Lake And Peninsula Borough 

Mackey Lake House Fire Results In Fatality 

Kenai Aviation To Add 14 More Flights Per Week 

Off-Duty Alaska Airlines Pilot Accused Of Trying To Shut Down Jet’s Engines In-Flight 

Sally Russel Cox Awarded The Annual Shirley Demientieff Award 

Soldotna City Council Breaks Ground On Fieldhouse 

Kenai Police Department Identifies Body Near Cook Inlet 

Tuesday, October 24th

The North Slope Applauds AIDEA Lawsuit; Urges Policymakers To Consult Local Indigenous Communities 

Two Hospitalized After Nikiski Home Invasion And Assault 

Sullivan In Israel: “Be Warned, Iran. The United States Will Defend Its Friend And Ally”

DPS Annual Crime Report Shows Continued Downward Trajectory For Crime In Alaska 

Vic Fisher, Last Surviving Delegate To Alaska Constitutional Convention, Dies At Age 99 

KPBSD Held Meeting To Discuss Nikolaevsk Creating Charter School

Homer Landfill Closed For Few Days

Sullivan Emphasizes Unity At Alaska Federation Of Natives Convention

 

Wednesday, October 25th

Borough Assembly Will Seek Disaster Proclamation From The Governor For East Side Netters 

ADF&G To Host 2023 Season Sport Fishery Town Hall Meeting 

Many Families To Get A Break On Winter Heating Costs But Uncertainties Persist 

Bureau Of Land Management’s Alaska Resource Advisory Council To Hold Meeting 

Sullivan, Van Hollen Seek to Establish Reciprocity in U.S. China Relationship 

Trick-of-Treat At Kenai Peninsula College 

Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Alaska Prisons Are Holding People Without Criminal Charges 

 

Thursday, October 26th

Borough Assembly Passes Ordinance To Update Floodplain Management 

Anchorage Jury Convicts Marley Marque Of Murdering Her Five-Year-Old Son 

Harvest Reports Wanted From Kenai Peninsula Moose Hunters 

Parallel Pacific Cod Pot Season Closure 

Limited Availability Of Nirsevimab In The United States 

Governor Dunleavy Introduces Proposal To Increase The Railbelt’s Energy Security

 

Friday, October 27th

Nikiski Fire Service To Receive New Fire Engine

State Of Alaska, Fairbanks North Star Borough Receive $10 Million EPA Grant To Improve Air Quality 

Soldotna City Council Accepts Grant To Purchase Virtual Training Simulator 

 

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