The first concert put on by the Performing Arts Society was paid out of pocket by two of its founding members.

Current volunteer and former board president Jean Brockel and producer Freddie Billingslea had been performing at Kenai Peninsula College's Sunday Showcase when the search for funds through the college became too much to bear.

Hunters are enjoying another brown bear season on the Kenai Peninsula, as the fall portion of the region’s draw hunt is under way.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has not cancelled the draw hunt on the Peninsula since 2008. If the maximum number of brown bears allowed by the government agency is not harvested by Nov. 30 when the season ends, hunters with permits will be able to hunt in the spring.

This is the third year in a row the draw hunt opened as scheduled, beginning on Sept. 15.

A man connected with the April robbery of a Nikiski bar has pleaded guilty to being involved with the crime.

Joshua Pepper, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery in the second degree, a class C felony, on Oct. 3 after nearly five months of court proceedings.

By pleading guilty to conspiracy, five additional charges against Pepper were dismissed. The charges were robbery in the first degree and four counts of assault in the third degree.

The plea agreement calls for five years of jail time, with two suspended, followed by a four-year probation period.

Voters came out against taxes and government Tuesday.

Throughout the Kenai Peninsula Borough, voters rejected propositions to repeal a seasonal sales tax exemption, add a tax to support economic development and increase the size of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and Board of Education.

Nikiski resident Eunice Witalec said no to all the propositions.