During the once-a-year Kenai Peninsula Board of Education meeting at Seward High School, east Kenai Peninsula residents had a chance to voice their opinions on issues ranging from dwindling population at the area’s middle school, to district staffing changes. District Superintendent Steve Atwater ...
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 9:46pmA community focus group met to discuss the next step in reconfiguring Soldotna area schools to accommodate seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students after the district decided to combine Soldotna’s high schools into one 10th- through 12th-grade building. Members discussed a new community survey, ...
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 9:46pm
About 800 miles. Break that into 8 miles a day. That's about 100 days on the trail. But, while carrying a 2-year-old and following the pace of a 4-year-old, a family of four cannot travel Cook Inlet's perimeter much faster.
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:55pm
It was President's Day last year, and the 60-year-old was walking along the Kenai River's south beach in a gale, snow and sand particles whipping against his body.
Sun, 05/05/2013 - 8:40pm
Redoubt Elementary School fifth-graders congratulated teammates with fist bumps for correct answers to trivia questions during their final Drug Abuse Resistance Education class on Wednesday.
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:55pmJUNEAU - Three former state labor commissioners are behind an effort aimed at raising Alaska's minimum wage. Ed Flanagan, Tom Cashen and Jim Sampson are behind a proposed initiative to raise the minimum wage from the current $7.75 an hour to $8.
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:56pmANCHORAGE (AP) - The recipe for flooding along Alaska's river system is abundant snow and ice, cold April temperatures and a surge of May heat, but the National Weather Service says it's too soon to say whether all four conditions will line up in 2013.
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:56pmBuccaneer Energy will have access to drill for oil with the Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack-up rig within a well-established Cook Inlet unit known for its gas reserves after inking a deal with ConocoPhillips.
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:54pm
The day before his trial was set to begin in Homer, a 53-year-old man accused of kidnapping, armed assault, robbery and burglary has accepted a plea deal dismissing those felony charges.
Wed, 05/01/2013 - 10:04pm
