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

A proposed resolution to vacate a portion of right-of-way along Wildwood Drive drew mixed reactions from the Kenai City Council during a lengthy discussion Wednesday night.

The Anchorage Health Department was notified that a resident of the Municipality of Anchorage tested positive for measles on May 21. The individual is a minor who has not been vaccinated against measles.

The ordinance amends Borough Code to explicitly require a specific appropriating ordinance before public money, personnel time, or resources can be used to inform voters about ballot propositions.

Stevens’s departure marks the end of an era for Senate District C, which includes Kodiak, Homer, and much of the southern Kenai Peninsula.

This year, on Monday, May 26th, Memorial Day will have many local services to commemorate the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in the United States armed forces.

The bill invests in the Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank (CFAB), letting them match the low interest rates on commercial fishing loans that the legislature and governor adopted in the 2024 legislative session.

The funding will help accelerate drilling and development of two new offshore wells in 2025.

The mayor warned that showing the borough had already closed its own budget gap could weaken the argument in Juneau that the state must act.

The Kenai Police Department, with assistance from Alaska State Troopers, conducted an operation on Tue., May 13, focused on retail shoplifting at a business in Kenai.