The 29 participants in last month’s attempt to break the World’s Largest Swim Lesson record at the Nikiski Pool are now waiting to see if… Continue reading
The starts for Kenai’s new community orchard, and soon-to-be food forest are in the ground. On June 25, staff from the City of Kenai’s Parks… Continue reading
Starting Monday, the right lane on a section of the Seward Highway between Anchorage and Kenai will legally become the slow lane.The Alaska Department of… Continue reading
An oilfield support services company whose Kenai office was cited in 2014 for radiation safety violations has been issued a $7,000 fine by the federal… Continue reading
Under the covered basketball court at Harborview Elementary School in downtown Juneau, a group of carvers has just started working on a Raven totem pole.… Continue reading
The longest-tenured instructor at Kenai Peninsula College at time of his retirement in 2002, Boyd Shaffer once described himself this way: “I get started on… Continue reading
A honeybee busily flits between blooms at Cool Cache Farms in Nikiski on Friday. In the background, farm owners' Wayne and Patti Floyd's experimental dome-shaped… Continue reading
Anglers can use bait for king salmon in a section of the Kenai River starting Saturday at 12:01 a.m.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game… Continue reading
One casualty of this year’s state budget cuts is an aid program that assists low-income households with their winter heating bills. The Alaska Department of… Continue reading
Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board has turned down a proposal to allow the equivalent of a ‘marijuana bar’ in Alaska, but the idea isn’t dead yet.On… Continue reading
Every square inch of shelf space is occupied in Ken’s Alaskan Tackle, and much of the walls, too. Pegboards covered in different types of fishing… Continue reading
Health care employment continues rising in the state, though economists are still unsure what precisely drives that growth to the levels observed.A state Bureau of… Continue reading
At 71 years old, Kathy Clark is preparing for a trek that will finish up her pursuit to capture the highest peak in each of… Continue reading
Student success is no longer a mandatory indicator of teacher performance.In June, the State Board of Education and Early Development chose to repeal the requirement,… Continue reading
It’s been less than three months since University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor Forest Wagner was mauled by a bear, and he’s already back to… Continue reading
Alaska’s lieutenant governor says Alaskans are starting to understand the need to raise revenue and the need to solve the state’s long-term fiscal issues.Lt. Governor… Continue reading
Round five starts Monday, July 11.Including last fall’s “gasline special session” when the Legislature approved a buyout of TransCanada Corp.’s interest in the Alaska LNG… Continue reading
The Kenai River sockeye and late-run king salmon runs are both off to optimistically large starts. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game began counting… Continue reading
A collision between a four-wheeler and a pickup truck on Tuesday evening sent one person to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Around 8:45 p.m., a… Continue reading
