The Alaska Youth Leadership Forum is accepting applications for its 2025 summer sessions, offering a free, weeklong program designed to empower youth with disabilities.

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

A new report from the Alaska Department of Health reveals that more than 144,000 Alaskans, including over 9,000 high school students, are at risk for poor health due to tobacco or nicotine use.

Kenai is creating its first full-scale Parks and Recreation Master Plan, which will guide the city’s recreational development for the next 10 to 20 years.

Kenai residents are invited to roll up their sleeves and pitch in during the city’s annual Community Clean-Up Day, aimed at removing litter and beautifying public spaces across the city.

The Kenai City Council passed an ordinance on April 16, approving the conditional donation of three 1.5-acre parcels of city-owned land to the Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiatives.

In recognition of National Fentanyl Awareness Day, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan has extended the deadline for his student public service announcement competition to May 31, 2025.

Developed through a federal “Safe Streets for All” grant, the plan analyzed crash data from 2018 to 2022, revealing that 74% of fatal or serious injury crashes occurred on just 4% of borough roads.

Alaska has become the first state to require alcohol retailers to post warnings linking alcohol use to cancer.

Alaska State Troopers are responding to the scene of a plane crash near the community of Nanwalek on the Kenai Peninsula. Reports came in Monday afternoon.