After three days of deliberation, an Anchorage jury rendered their verdict on charges brought against Sara Dayan for the murder of Keith Huss in 2020: guilty on 15 of 22 counts. 

The order will create the Department of Agriculture by transferring the responsibilities of the Division of Agriculture within the Department of Natural Resources to the new department.

The summer schedule was designed to accommodate coastal communities’ special events to the greatest extent practicable.

The visit was part of this year’s Operation Santa Claus, an outreach program of the Alaska National Guard to largely Indigenous communities in the nation’s largest state.

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

Soldotna’s Vice Mayor, Lisa Parker, was elected president for the Alaska Municipal League at the 74th Local Annual Government Conference.

Dunleavy has asked President-elect Donald Trump to issue a state-specific executive order that would set in motion “critical agency actions that would restore opportunity to Alaska” in line with Trump’s first administration.

According to charging documents, 50-year-old John Sochor made a series of threats in voicemails left at the Nikiski Pool and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor’s Office. 

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported 18 miles southeast of Redoubt Volcano. It happened at a depth of 52.6 miles at 7:03 p.m. Thursday.

Taking home the top honors this year, Peninsula Community Health Services was awarded Business of the Year, Joe Gilman was named Person of the Year, and Siam Noodles owner, Suwannasa Piwon, won the People’s Choice award.