Simon Lopez

It’s been about four months since the board of Kenai’s Challenger Learning Center of Alaska abruptly voted to shut its doors, citing financial hardship, and as KDLL’s Ashlyn O’Hara reports, the void has Kenai wondering what to do with the vacant building; and the Alaska Legislature is back in session. Lawmakers in the House and Senate gaveled in Tuesday.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly honored a championship wrestling team and approved several funding requests during its meeting last night; and it’s been about four months since the board of Kenai’s Challenger Learning Center of Alaska abruptly voted to shut its doors, citing financial hardship and, as KDLL’s Ashlyn O’Hara reports, the void has Kenai wondering what to do with the vacant building.

During a surprise school assembly Monday, Homer choir teacher Kyle Schneider was honored with the NFHS Outstanding Music Educator Award for the state of Alaska. Schneider, who teaches at both the middle and high school levels, is the first teacher in the state to receive the award in two decades.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly honored a championship wrestling team and approved several funding requests during its meeting last night; and hundreds of health care workers and government officials are descending on Anchorage this week for the kickoff of a five year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska.

State lawmakers gavel in for the second half of the 34th Alaska Legislature today in Juneau; and hundreds of health care workers and government officials descended on Anchorage last week for the kickoff of a five year, $1.3 billion program aimed at reimagining medical care across Alaska.

A Homer choir teacher is receiving a statewide honor for his work in the classroom and the community; and Homer’s Maynard Smith is directing a one act play by American playwright, Arthur Miller, Incident at Vichy.

A Homer choir teacher is receiving a statewide honor for his work in the classroom and the community; and Homer’s Maynard Smith is directing a one act play by American playwright, Arthur Miller, Incident at Vichy.

The Alaska Air National Guard rescued a person suffering a cardiac emergency in Seldovia early last week; the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is bracing for another tough budget season.

The Alaska Air National Guard rescued a person suffering a cardiac emergency in Seldovia early Monday morning; the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is bracing for another tough budget season.

It’s been almost a year since Glenfarne Group LLC took over development of the Alaska LNG Project; and Seward's annual Polar Bear Jump and other community fundraising events for cancer research will take place in Seward this weekend.