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How big can the Alaska health care bubble grow?
Alaska faces a paradox with its health care industry. In an economy sliding downhill, health care is the…
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Photo: Nesting season
A trumpeter swan sunbathes on an unnamed lake near Skilak Lake on Thursday on the Kenai National Wildlife…
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While other species increase, salmon, herring landing values drop
The total value of commercial fisheries landings in Alaska didn’t change much between 2014 and 2015, but by…
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Kenai Peninsula residents get hands-on with streambank restoration
A sunny, warm Wednesday in Soldotna found about 40 people busily digging trenches and mounting willow boughs into…
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Anchor Point, Kasilof to have field assessments this year
Borough assessors will be scoping out properties in the Anchor Point, Deep Creek, Ninilchik, Clam Gulch and Kasilof…
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Senate budget cuts holes in public health service
The state’s public health division has been whittled down significantly over the past several years and is facing…
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Cook Inlet Academy graduates take off
Cook Inlet Academy’s graduating class may be small, but the students have been busy. With years of soccer…
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Assembly passes rules for attending meetings by phone
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members may be blocked from participating in meeting telephonically in the future if the…
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State cuts ripple through borough budget
Quilts covered the walls at the Funny River Community Center, the result of hours of work by charity-minded…
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Assembly again denies K-Beach flooding land deal
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show that the initial land trade proposed in 2014 would…
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Agencies struggle to fill Seward Highway gap left by trooper withdrawal
Drivers on the Seward Highway between McHugh Creek and the Turnagain Pass are facing a potential law enforcement…
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Borough commits to school funding
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly committed to spending at least $48.3 million on education in fiscal year 2018,…
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Homer man arrested after Seward Highway car chase
A Homer man is in custody after leading Alaska State Troopers on a long chase Sunday along the…
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Borough’s health care costs decreased in 2016
After years of escalation, the Kenai Peninsula Borough saw a decrease in its employee health care costs in…
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Soldotna woman, 75, earns black belt
The test began and ended with a moment of meditative silence, infused with intense focus and anticipation. Six…
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Murkowski, groups want to see Gulf of Alaska military exercise moved to fall
Environmental activists, coastal Alaskans and Sen. Lisa Murkowski are all asking the U.S. Navy to move a biennial…
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Sterling Highway shoulder widening to improve fish passage
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is working on a final set of plans to widen…
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2 lawsuits against borough moving through courts
Two entangled lawsuits against the Kenai Peninsula Borough are winding their way through the court system, one toward…
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2017 sockeye forecast weak for Cook Inlet
Upper Cook Inlet’s commercial salmon fishermen are predicted to have another slow season, if the forecast proves accurate.…
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Tsalteshi applies to expand trail system
More trails may be coming soon to the Tsalteshi Trails system. The nonprofit Tsalteshi Trails Association, which maintains…