Quick thinking and the proper safety equipment helped Kenai Peninsula resident Laurie Speakman come to the aid of a teen whose snowmobile caught fire Tuesday.… Continue reading
When an oven door closes, a greenhouse door opens. At least that’s the case for Steve Chamberlain, owner of Charlie’s Pizza restaurant in Nikiski, which… Continue reading
After a college career in wrestling and years of teaching the sport to youngsters as a coach in Seward, 55-year-old Ronn Hemstock never expected to… Continue reading
As young boys growing up in Nikiski, Ben and Nick Kellie spent hours upon hours creating memories together by flying through the Alaska sky. Today,… Continue reading
Sterling resident Laurel Lee was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday in the final hearing of a sexual abuse case more than two years… Continue reading
A wreath adorns a stake marking the grave of a veteran while volunteers hang dozens more Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 at the Kenai Municipal Cemetery… Continue reading
Soldotna now has $50,000 to spend on gathering public input on the potential annexation of some land directly surrounding the city. The Soldotna City Council… Continue reading
No people were hurt when a cabin was burned to the ground by a fire Wednesday afternoon in Sterling.Central Emergency Services firefighters responded to the… Continue reading
The Alaska Judicial Council has nominated a local magistrate judge and a former Kenai District Attorney for a soon-to-be-empty Kenai Superior Court Judge seat.Judge Carl… Continue reading
The Henu’ Community Wellness Court is on the brink of admitting its first participant after more than a year of work to get off the… Continue reading
Public defenders are working through discovery in the case of a Homer man accused of murder for the 2013 death of Mark Matthews, then 61,… Continue reading
Alaska State Troopers have released the identity of the man shot by troopers Wednesday in Nikiski.Troopers and Kenai Police Department officers went to a home… Continue reading
Update 5:30 p.m.: The Soldotna Police Department has identified the two drivers involved in a two-vehicle collision Thursday in Soldotna, in which one of… Continue reading
Ninilchik resident Mike Chihuly has lived enough lives to write several books since moving to Alaska more than 60 years ago. Instead, he packed them… Continue reading
A branch of the Alaska State Troopers is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday afternoon in Nikiski Troopers at the Soldotna post got a… Continue reading
Mary Huhndorf still lives in the cabin in Nikiski her parents homesteaded in. An animal lover from a young age, she also continues to find… Continue reading
Update 6:30 p.m. Alaska State Troopers say a man shot by troopers Wednesday afternoon was in the process of being arrested on a felony warrant.… Continue reading
James Harris, an English teacher at Soldotna High School, is the state’s new Teacher of the Year. Harris was awarded the title by Alaska Department… Continue reading
Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that Brooke Browning Alowa was a magistrate judge in Kotzebue. There’s going to be a new… Continue reading