A Soldotna man is facing charges after allegedly smashing the window of a fellow driver’s car in a road rage incident. Shawn A. Michlitsch, 20,… Continue reading
A father and son are facing charges after allegedly trying to start a fight and evading an Alaska State Trooper pursuit Saturday night. William J.… Continue reading
Two motorcyclists led Alaska State Troopers on a 130-mile-an-hour chase south of Turnagain Pass on Saturday. Troopers spotted the bikers about 5 p.m. near Mile… Continue reading
A Soldotna man convicted in 2013 for hitting two joggers with his car has lost an appeal to suppress evidence presented during trial. In a… Continue reading
The quarter-billion-dollar project to reroute about a dozen miles of the Sterling Highway up the hillside and away from the Kenai River and Cooper Landing… Continue reading
The state Division of Forestry has suspended burn permits for the Kenai Peninsula due to high fire danger and predictions of strong winds. The division’s… Continue reading
It’s been a long, chilly spring for gardeners in the central Kenai Peninsula, but growing season is finally opening up. The warm, sunny weekend marked… Continue reading
Design is set to start on a new stretch of the Sterling Highway around Cooper Landing after the state and federal agencies in charge of… Continue reading
It’s not a great summer to be a salmon fisherman in Southcentral Alaska so far. Several major river systems are seeing paltry salmon returns. The… Continue reading
Kenai Peninsula voters will have a choice in the Aug. 21 primary of two Republicans running for state Senate, three candidates for the northern peninsula’s… Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that the Soldotna Police Department responded to the incident. A man accused of setting the women’s… Continue reading
The two scheduled airlines that operate from the city-owned Kenai Muncipal Airport will pay more toward its operating costs with the government’s planned increase in… Continue reading
King salmon fishing will close Saturday until July 15 in the Anchor and Ninilchik rivers, in Deep Creek, and in Cook Inlet within one mile… Continue reading
A new system for assessing and monitoring criminal defendants before they go to trial is opening an office in Kenai. The Pretrial Enforcement Division of… Continue reading
We wish to thank CES Fire Station No. 6 in Kasilof for the use the community room for our weekly TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)… Continue reading
The video equipment used to monitor sea lions at a rookery just south of Resurrection Bay is at the end of its life, and researchers… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify that Coastal Villages Region Fund is a federal Community Development Quota organization. Commercial fishermen delivering to… Continue reading
Next Tuesday night’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting could bring cuts or increases to the borough’s three economic development programs. The Kenai Peninsula Economic Development… Continue reading
Now in its second season after former Pier One artistic director Lance Petersen passed the torch to current artistic director Jennifer Norton, the little red… Continue reading
An alert neighbor and a quick response from firefighters at about 6 p.m. Sunday saved two East End Road houses from being destroyed by a… Continue reading
