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Support industries feel oil maket contraction
The round tables were fringed with people chatting leisurely and exchanging bits of news, like they were on…
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Nikiski grads head out for last time
On a partition wall, 46 pieces of cardboard bore the names of the students leaving Nikiski High School…
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Collision involving multiple vehicles blocks traffic on Kenai Spur Highway
Update 12:30 p.m.: Five people have been transported to Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna after an accident…
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Charis Place expanding to meet demand
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of the name of Charis Place and…
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Division of Parks looks to sell merchandise
Add promotional hats, water bottles, visors and other promotional items to the list of ways Alaska hopes to…
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Early breakups seen on Kenai Peninsula
The rivers on the Kenai Peninsula are shucking their ice much sooner in the past few years than…
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Three-car accident blocks Spur
An accident near Mile 6 of the Kenai Spur Highway at rush hour on Wednesday snarled up traffic…
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Ordinance would merge two borough departments
Facing decreased revenue from the state, the Kenai Peninsula Borough has proposed merging the Capital Projects Department with…
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Furie readies to drill in northern Cook Inlet
Residents and visitors to Nikiski might notice a new silhouette on the skyline of Cook Inlet as the…
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AOOS map syncs up agencies’ beluga research
There’s a lot of research happening on Cook Inlet beluga whales at any given time. Unfortunately, a lot…
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Teen birth rate on steady decline in Alaska
The number of teenage parents in Alaska is continuing its downward trend. Nationwide, the birth rate among teenage…
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Borough disbands Central Peninsula Hospital service area board
Governance at Central Peninsula Hospital will go directly to the hospital’s operating board and the Kenai Peninsula Borough…
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Borough, employee union reach agreement
The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration and its employees’ union have reached a new collective bargaining agreement that will…
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Assembly fails grocery tax, marijuana buffers
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly failed two ordinances Tuesday: one that would have extended the nonprepared food tax…
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State cancels Cook Inlet, Alaska Peninsula oi lease sale
With no stated interest from oil companies, the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas announced Tuesday that it…
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Neighbors protest gravel pit on bluff
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show that Wayne Bumpus did not protest the development of…
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Soldotna, police union at odds over cop’s firing
The city of Soldotna is engaged in a legal struggle with the union representing its police officers over…
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‘Above and beyond’
The eagles waited for the man every morning. From the high dark trees around the lake, they swooped…
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Questions remain in marijuana license applications
With less than two months until the state is set to issue its first marijuana business licenses, there…