The rivers on the Kenai Peninsula are shucking their ice much sooner in the past few years than they have in decades, some flowing freely… Continue reading
An accident near Mile 6 of the Kenai Spur Highway at rush hour on Wednesday snarled up traffic for about 45 minutes. No one was… Continue reading
The number of teenage parents in Alaska is continuing its downward trend. Nationwide, the birth rate among teenage women 15-19 years old has declined dramatically… Continue reading
Facing decreased revenue from the state, the Kenai Peninsula Borough has proposed merging the Capital Projects Department with its Purchasing and Contracting Department.The Capital Projects… Continue reading
Governance at Central Peninsula Hospital will go directly to the hospital’s operating board and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly.The service area will remain the same,… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration and its employees’ union have reached a new collective bargaining agreement that will last until 2019.The borough assembly approved the… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly failed two ordinances Tuesday: one that would have extended the nonprepared food tax and another that would have required more… Continue reading
With no stated interest from oil companies, the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas announced Tuesday that it would cancel its 2016 lease sale bid… Continue reading
The city of Soldotna is engaged in a legal struggle with the union representing its police officers over whether it unfairly fired a police officer… Continue reading
The eagles waited for the man every morning. From the high dark trees around the lake, they swooped in gracefully when they saw him walk… Continue reading
With less than two months until the state is set to issue its first marijuana business licenses, there are still some wrinkles in the licensing… Continue reading
A teacup may be impressed with the memory of a fingertip; a bowl can bear witness to the size of its maker’s hands. Amid the… Continue reading
It was business as usual at the Carl’s Jr. in Kenai for the last few weeks before it closed — except no meat was coming… Continue reading
Two Kasilof residents were killed in a fatal motor vehicle accident Friday on the Seward Highway near Girdwood.Cherise James, 25, and Jackson Moore, 36, both… Continue reading
A proposed ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly would put more buffer distance between marijuana establishments in the borough and particular types of operations.The… Continue reading
Whooping cough is a fairly preventable disease, but once in a while it resurfaces and makes inroads into communities in Alaska.Health care workers started noticing… Continue reading
The directed king salmon fishery in the Northern District of Upper Cook Inlet will be restricted to six hours on its first day of the… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday opted not to introduce a controversial ordinance to ask voters whether commercial marijuana operations should be legal outside… Continue reading
Editor's note: This article has been edited to clarify the nature of the permit that Exxonmobil is applying for. It is an Incidental Harassment Authorization,… Continue reading
