U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, introduced legislation to sunset the requirement for village corporations to reconvey lands for municipal uses under Section 14 (c) (3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

After more than 5 years of planning, preparation, and construction, the new Kenai dog park, the Bark Park, is officially open. The ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Friday, July 28th, with many from the community – of both the two and four-legged variety – in attendance. 

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed Senate Bill (SB) 57 on Saturday July 29th, which allows individuals to be licensed to operate an adult care home and receive payment under Medicaid for providing assisted living services for elderly adults and adult foster children in a home-like environment.

This month the State of Alaska adopted regulations to streamline the regulatory process for communities wanting to provide low-cost and clean energy by nuclear microreactor power generation.

Kenai River anglers are advised that, to continue protection of late-run king salmon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is prohibiting the use of bait and multiple hooks in the Kenai River from its mouth upstream to the ADF&G marker at the outlet of Skilak Lake, effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, August 1 through 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, August 15, 2023.

The Federal Subsistence Board has approved a Wildlife Special Action to close the Federal caribou season in Unit 13 from August 1–September 30, 2023. ADF&G Game Management Unit 13 covers the Nelchina-Upper Susitna region of Alaska located between Anchorage and Fairbanks.

What began as a motor vehicle collision in Cooper Landing Wednesday night, ended in a fugitive flight through Soldotna Thursday morning.

 A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment on July 20 charging two Fairbanks men with eight federal charges linked to an illegal big-game guide-outfitter operation.