WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has offered Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke the job of interior secretary, though it’s unclear whether the congressman has accepted, two… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker has undergone surgery to treat prostate cancer, and his office says no further treatment is currently expected.A release from Walker’s… Continue reading
When the new Alaska Legislature meets on Jan. 17, 2017, Sen. Peter Micciche (R-Soldotna) will take his first party leadership role as the Senate Majority… 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
There will be three empty seats to fill on the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly as 2017 kicks off.Assembly member Gary Knopp, newly elected to the… Continue reading
Tucked away in the $619 billion defense bill that Congress passed last week is an amendment that requires the secretary of defense to develop criteria… Continue reading
Despite the recent streak of below-zero temperatures, organizers of the annual Christmas Bird Count in Soldotna are hoping people will turn out for the event… Continue reading
The man shot during a confrontation with Alaska State Troopers in Nikiski on Dec. 7 was arrested in Anchorage on Friday.Soldotna resident Brian Tupper, 37,… Continue reading
VIENNA — It seems like a big deal. But the joint production cut from OPEC and non-OPEC countries — the first in 15 years —… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — U.S. government funding for the possible removal of more than 2,000 feral cattle from Alaska’s Chirikof Island has been suspended for the second… 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
Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that Brandii Holmdahl also has a background in the sportfishing industry. The Kenai Peninsula has seen… Continue reading
School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading
KPC has received the gift of a lifetime of artwork by renowned Alaskan artist James Evenson. The collection of 20 original stone lithograph prints, an… Continue reading
Quinton Beplat, 6, picks out cookies during a cookie exchange at the Kenai Community Library on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The library… Continue reading
The Bergmann Hotel may have found its savior in a gritty ex-con and recovering addict who hopes to turn the blighted, century-old building into a… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Public Safety has identified the four Alaska State Troopers involved in a shooting in Nikiski on Wednesday.Lt. Dane Gilmore, the deputy… Continue reading
An Anchorage man has died after his snowmachine ran into a tree in Nikiski.Alaska State Troopers received a report of a missing person last Friday.… Continue reading
BlueCrest Energy got its $30 million loan with the state reworked days after the rig at the center of the deal began drilling its first… Continue reading
