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Anchor Point responders douse vehicle fire

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Anchor Point responders douse vehicle fire

Upon arrival crews put out the fully involved fire in the vehicle.

A pickup truck involved in a fatal car crash on July 7, 2019, rests on the side of the road near Mile 142 Sterling Highway, Happy Valley, Alaska. The pickup truck driver survived, but the driver of a second car involved in the crash, Michael Franklin, 18, of Homer, Alaska, died of his injuries. (Photo by Jon Marsh/Anchor Point Fire and EMS)

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Man killed in two-vehicle collision near Happy Valley

EMTs and firefighters arrived at about 4:20 p.m. to find the Subaru engulfed in flames.

State Sen. Bill Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat, speaks in favor of lawmakers overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes Wednesday, Juneau. Nearly a third of lawmakers were absent from the session at the Capitol, opting to meet in Wasilla instead, leaving only 38 members meeting in Juneau. It would take 45 votes to override the vetoes. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire via AP)

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Local lawmakers split on session location

Gov. Mike Dunleavy last month called a special session in Wasilla

Dipnet fishery has quiet open

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Dipnet fishery has quiet open

Wednesday was windy and cloudy, and dipnetters jumped with every wave to avoid getting splashed.

Love, INC in Soldotna, Alaska provides homelessness prevention and housing services to people on the Kenai Peninsula.(Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local agencies fighting homelessness fear immediate impact of budget cuts

Among Dunleavy’s 182 line-item vetoes to the budget is a cut to the Homelessness Assistance Program

Northwest 13 Incident Management Team A map of the Swan Lake Fire as of Wednesday.

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Swan Lake Fire growth slowed by cooler weather, more humidity

The high pressure system that has caused hot and dry conditions is being pushed away by marine winds

Lawmakers meet in a gym at Wasilla Middle School, where a legislative session was held Monday, in Wasilla. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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With Legislature fractured, override vote uncertain

Dueling sessions.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire House Finance Committee Co-Chairs Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, and Rep. Neal Foster, D-Nome, listen to testimony on Tuesday at the Capitol about how Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes will effect local communities around the state.

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Even ‘right-leaning’ groups, bankers and builders are calling for an override

They had one message to the governor.

Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News Women draped in black sit down Tuesday at WKFL Park in Homer as part of a statewide art intervention to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $2.8 million state appropriation to the Alaska State Council on the Arts. They also supported a general override of Dunleavy’s vetoes that will affect funding for the University of Alaska, public radio and other programs.

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Homer artists protest Dunleavy veto

About 10 people draped in black a sculpture by artist Sean Derry in front of the Kachemak Bay…

Swan Lake Fire prompts open fire ban in state and national parks on the peninsula

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Swan Lake Fire prompts open fire ban in state and national parks on the peninsula

After a brief period of slowed growth, the Swan Lake Fire flared up again on Monday — reaching…

Students, Claira and Aliya, put their robot to the test in one of the many challenges in the Lego robotics UAA College of Engineering Summer Engineering Academies, on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at the Kenai Peninsula College near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local students learn robotics with Legos

The camp offers a series of weeklong, hands-on instructional sessions for students.

Flying over western Alaska, home to numerous Yup’ik communities, April 15, 2019. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Budget cuts leave Village Public Safety Officer Program on shaky ground

On June 28, the same day U.S. Attorney General William Barr declared a law enforcement emergency in rural…

Central Emergency Services respond to the scene of a drowning on the Moose River Monday evening in Sterling . (Photo courtesy Sonya Childs)

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Woman drowns in Moose River Monday night

The woman was seen disappearing under the water near the Izaak Walton Campground in Sterling.

Scoop the Oilers mascot helps the police direct traffic during the 2019 July 4th parade in Kenai. The city hit an all-time high of 89 degrees. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fourth of July heat breaks records in Kenai

The previously recorded all-time high for Kenai was 87 degrees.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire Ron Lumba, of the Alaska State Capitol’s maintenance staff, adds the Majority Leader plate to the front of the office of Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, on the first day of the Second Special Session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau on Monday.

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Special session starts with a manic Monday

All roads — and planes — may lead to Wednesday.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire Hundreds attend a rally in front of the Capitol calling for an override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes on the first day of the Second Special Session of the Alaska Legislature in Juneau on Monday.

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“Override! Override! Override!’ Hundreds turn out in Juneau to protest Dunleavy’s vetoes

The response was overwhelming.

A Pacific sleeper shark is being held at the Alaska SeaLife Center while a research team studies the bottom-dwelling fish, in Seward , Monday. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska)

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Alaska SeaLife Center brings in Pacific sleeper shark for studying

The shark is a close relative of the Greenland shark, which can live hundreds of years.

A map shows the extent of the Swan Lake Fire as of Monday, July 8, 2019, which has grown to 96,889 acres on the Kenai Peninsula. (Courtesy Northwest Incident Management Team)

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Swan Lake Fire expansion slows over weekend

The fire is 96,889 acres and moving into higher elevations.

A map of the Swan Lake Fire on the Kenai Peninsula as of July 6, 2019. (Courtesy Northwest 13 Incident Management Team)

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Heat, dry conditions fuel Swan Lake Fire

The fire reached 92,657 acres Saturday

This June 14, 2019 file photo shows Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy leading state and local officials out of Wasilla Middle School in Wasilla, Alaska, to a news conference. State lawmakers have rejected Dunleavy’s suggested location for a special session. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon and Senate President Cathy Giessel issued a joint statement Monday, June 24, 2019 saying they will convene July 8 in Juneau and hold most hearings in Anchorage. Dunleavy had called the session for Wasilla, his hometown and conservative base.(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Wasilla or Juneau? Disagreement over special session locale

Lawmakers commit to different cities