The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.

Fire activity continues to increase across the state. According to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, over 300 wildland fires have burned in the state on more than 1.5 million acres.

Borough administration negotiated a no-borough-charge material sale contract with the city, allowing them to leverage in-kind value towards the project.

Brenda Ahlberg with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management tells KSRM that with there’s also worry that fireworks launched for the holiday could trigger a wildland fire because of how dry it’s been.

According to AK511, both lanes of the highway have been reopened.

The event was put on by Identity Alaska, which scheduled Soldotna Pride in the Park for Friday, June 17 to celebrate diversity and support the LGBTQ+ community.

His statement stems from an event that was sponsored by Identity Alaska.

There is no word on when Alaskans can expect to receive their 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend as his office announced that a distribution plan will be announced sometime in the near future.

The city determined that locating applicable laws for the cemetery in one municipal code title provides clarity for the public and the city administration.

The 2022 payments to Alaskan communities include $3,506,481 for 6,695,445 total acres of land in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.