This year’s Halloween weekend was not so spooky for the officers overseeing it.Local and statewide police noted few crimes and injuries related to the holiday,… Continue reading
One relative newcomer to the Last Frontier wants to know what it is that makes Alaskans inherently, well, Alaskan.Hedy-Jo Huss recently moved to the 49th… Continue reading
A Kenai man was sentenced Monday in federal court to 5 years in prison for making false identification documents and identity theft.David Henry, 42, was… Continue reading
The Nikiski Fire Department is dusting off plans for a project that first began more than 13 years ago. A third fire station long been… Continue reading
Staff at Cook Inlet Academy are warning community members to be wary of an Idaho-based company soliciting money on the school’s behalf.Mary Rowley, the school… Continue reading
Update 2:30 p.m.:Bruce Shelley of Homer Electric Associaton, Inc., clarified that the Friday afternoon power outage was discovered around 12:45 p.m. Staff does not know… Continue reading
Update: Friday Alaska news sources have reported that the man mauled by a bear Thursday while walking his dogs at the Seward Airport was Ronn Hemstock,… Continue reading
Soldotna’s year-round sales tax on nonprepared food items is back on the books.Soldotna City Council members unanimously voted at their Wednesday meeting to enact an… Continue reading
Kenai Peninsula law enforcement officers have a tool they can call on when leads on a particular crime are few and far between or just… Continue reading
Students in Renee Christensen’s second grade class at Mountain View Elementary in Kenai had just finished their morning snack and were eagerly rattling off answers… Continue reading
A project designed to simplify finding help for Alaska’s homeless population and inspired by a former University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student’s work with homeless… Continue reading
Motorists trying to get through their evening commutes found an unusual road block Thursday at the intersection of Kalifornsky Beach Road and Bridge Access Road,… Continue reading
Little clouds of breath rose into the air over five teenagers standing stock-still in a row, eyes trained on the targets in front of them.… Continue reading
When last summer’s 8,000-acre Card Street wildfire tore through parts of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and looked like it might threaten the Sterling Highway,… Continue reading
Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct that Chief Tribal Court Judge Kim Sweet signed a memorandum of understanding in Fairbanks on Thursday… Continue reading
If central Kenai Peninsula residents have been wondering what to do with their unnecessary or expired prescription or over-the-counter drugs, they need look no further… Continue reading
Soldotna residents will soon have the chance to weigh in on whether the city brings back its year-round grocery tax.The Soldotna City Council introduced an… Continue reading
Four middle and elementary school students crouched low on the gymnasium floor — barely moving — holding their breath as one of their teammates released… Continue reading
Aging asphalt covering the Soldotna Airport’s taxiways will get some much needed attention through an upcoming rehabilitation project.The Soldotna City Council passed an ordinance at… Continue reading
Hilarity, murder and gentle mocking of the dinner theater genre itself will ensue in the Kenai Performers’ next murder mystery production this weekend.For $40, theater… Continue reading