House Resources Chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman announced the appointment.

Those eligible for appointment must have resided within District 5 for one year.

The Kenai Cultural Center’s Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting will be held on Jan. 15th at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

25-year-old Mickee Thompson of Anchorage was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2025, by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren for the murder of Sosia Finau on April 12, 2018.

The draft was reviewed at a two-day hearing in Anchorage Thursday and Friday of the Joint Legislative Task Force Evaluating Alaska’s Seafood Industry.

The outage, which began on Sunday morning, Jan. 12, peaked at 84 separate outages, impacting 5,579 HEA members around 1:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

KPBSD made the announcement Sunday Night, noting icy road conditions and changing weather.

The advisory includes the cities of Kenai, Soldotna, Homer, and Cooper Landing.

The Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center says, “Both human-triggered and natural large avalanches are likely.”

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