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State launches review of Premera’s finances
After the state’s sole individual market health care insurance provider posted a higher than expected profit this year,…
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Accident on Seward Highway leaves 1 dead
One person has died and three more are in the hospital after an accident just north of the…
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Mayor opens up state’s fiscal problems with town hall meetings
As time closes in on the end of the Legislature’s regular three-month session, budget solutions are still unclear,…
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Hilcorp platform leaking oil into Cook Inlet
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include a statement from Gov. Bill Walker. It has also…
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Russian history survives in Kenai Peninsula place names
There’s a secret hidden in many of the place names of Alaska, invisible to those who speak no…
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North Road extension project to go out to bid in fall
Kenai Peninsula Borough project managers are moving forward with plans to extend the Kenai Spur Highway north, but…
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Sprinklers extinguish small fire in Soldotna store
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the name of Inkwell’s Bookshop. Sprinklers beat firefighters to…
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Board of Fish nominees move through committee, weigh in on membership
The Alaska House of Representatives’ Resources Committee advanced the three Board of Fisheries nominees to a joint Senate…
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Kenai Chamber plans silver salmon derby
Move over, Seward — the Kenai River will get its own silver salmon derby this fall. The Kenai…
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North Pacific council to take up Cook Inlet salmon plan
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show that UCIDA is no longer asking the court to…
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Assembly resolution supports ‘steady stream’ of resources for national parks
The Kenai Peninsula is a jumping-off point for three major national parks in Alaska, and the borough government…
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Graphite mining company considering plant on peninsula
Kenai, Homer and Seward are up for consideration as sites for a new graphite processing plant. A Vancouver-based…
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Pink salmon forecasts look up for 2017
After last year’s disastrously low pink salmon runs to drainages all across the Gulf of Alaska, the forecasts…
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Assembly members vote against marijuana license based on personal objection
Local governments in Alaska have the right to object to proposed marijuana licenses, but only if the marijuana…
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Assembly denies ordinance to drop invocation, lawsuit, controversy go on
After reams of public comments, dozens of emails and a legal challenge still wending its way through the…
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Dancers take up social message with ‘Be Light, Be Love’
The dancers onstage at Forever Dance Alaska’s upcoming show hope to start a dialogue without saying much at…
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Without both commercial and sport funding, UAF declines research donation
The University of Alaska Fairbanks turned down an offer for funding for research on Kenai River king salmon…
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Despite colder winter, ‘blob’ may not be gone yet
A more normal winter has helped to dispel a warm water patch in the North Pacific, but it…
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Forthcoming economic strategy takes a look at plan for Alaska
A coalition of state and business leaders is working on a five-year economic strategy for Alaska. The strategy…
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Judge denies assembly member’s request for expedited hearing in complaint against borough
An Alaska Superior Court judge has denied a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member’s request for an expedited hearing…