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Southcentral commercial fishing jobs inched up in 2016
More people worked in commercial salmon fishing in Southcentral Alaska in 2016 than in 2015, even as total…
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Hearings on Dow Island habitat violation case pushed back
A court case against three men who are accused of illegally dumping gravel in the Kenai River this…
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2 arrested near Soldotna on stolen vehicle, burglary, drug charges
Two central Kenai Peninsula residents are facing a variety of charges include vehicle theft, burglary, criminal mischief and…
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Pierce takes helm at borough
Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce’s administration kicked off Monday with a packed room, enough cake to go around and…
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Review puts 11 peninsula businesses’ alcohol licenses up in the air
A review of a 32-year-old alcohol license statute has left 11 Kenai Peninsula businesses with their alcohol licenses…
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Auditor’s report identifies issues in borough assessment department
More than six months after controversy erupted in Homer over property appraisals, the Kenai Peninsula Borough assessing department…
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Study reviews potential climate impacts on Kenai River salmon
Though the Kenai River’s salmon populations are still healthy compared to other Pacific salmon populations, a number of…
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LeeShore receives domestic violence, sexual assault prevention grant
The LeeShore Center is seeking a little more participation in its domestic violence prevention program Green Dot. The…
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Voter turnout drops by 30 percent between regular election, runoff election
The scenes at Kenai Peninsula polling sites were very different on Oct. 3 and three weeks later on…
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Ordinance would allow service area board members to also be volunteers
An ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly would allow service area board members to also serve as…
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Construction work wrapping up for season
Road construction projects in the central Kenai Peninsula area are finally starting to wind down for the winter.…
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Pierce wins borough mayor’s seat
Charlie Pierce will take over as mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The final vote tally Tuesday showed…
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Study reviews potential climate impacts on Kenai River salmon
Though the Kenai River’s salmon populations are still healthy compared to other Pacific salmon populations, a number of…
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Bed tax back on assembly agenda
The much-debated bed tax proposal may get second life, if the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly chooses to introduce…
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Charges for man accused of pulling school fire alarm to be reduced
The felony charges against a Sterling man who allegedly entered two central Kenai Peninsula schools and pulled fire…
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Nikiski man charged with stealing car, crashing it, possessing meth
A Nikiski man is facing a set of felony and misdemeanor charges relating to an incident in which…
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Ninilchik fishes Kenai gillnet for second year
The gillnet operation in the Kenai River run by the Ninilchik Traditional Council this summer concluded its season…
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Absentee ballots narrow gap in mayor’s race; some ballots yet to be counted
The first batch of absentee and questioned ballots brought the runoff race for Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor much…
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Boating fatalities rise in 2017
Fatal recreational boat accidents rose in Alaska this year for the second year in a row. Though the…
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Fish and Wildlife to reconsider Kenai refuge rules
The federal government is planning to revise some of the rules on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, including…