Patrons to the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library are no longer bound to paper when they go to check out books.The library recently began circulating… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Lawmakers are considering a bill that would require students to repay state scholarships and grants if they fail to graduate within six years… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska House passed a resolution Monday aimed at focusing committee work on the state’s budget deficit, while minority Democrats pushed for a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Insurance regulators in Alaska and Oregon announced Monday that a company that had been suspended from offering health insurance policies in the states… Continue reading
The 19th Annual Soldotna Hardware & Fishing Ice Fishing Derby is off to a great start with no entry fee and over 25 divisions with… Continue reading
Regardless of the budget deficit challenges going on in Juneau, local business and public officials were optimistic at the annual Industry Outlook Forum hosted by… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD)hosted a mix of eighty people who spent five active hours together at the Challenger Learning Center on Tuesday,… Continue reading
It was the largest attendance at a Challenger Learning Center of Alaska (CLCA) event since it opened its’ doors over 15 years ago, according to… 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
Annual FAFSA frenzy has come to KPC All KPC students who are interested in receiving financial aid for college must complete the Free Application for… Continue reading
Arbitration may not be the next step for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, support staff and teacher associations.The Kenai Peninsula Education and the Kenai… Continue reading
Sitting through the borough assembly meetings where alcohol control was being discussed, Brian Olson was frustrated for a couple of reasons. One was that the… Continue reading
Tuesday 1:00 p.m.The Senate Transportation Committee will sponsor public hearing to discuss SB 132 Electronic Tax Returns & Motor Fuel Tax. Testimony will be taken.Wednesday… Continue reading
A man reported missing from Cooper Landing has been found in Wasilla.Doug Korman, 46, was reported missing Jan. 30 by one of his coworkers at… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s attorney general is again seeking an explanation from the U.S. Department of Justice on why it did not file child exploitation charges… Continue reading
If there’s one thing Alaska’s lawmakers agree on, it’s this: No single trick or approach will solve the state’s annual deficit, now approaching $4 billion.Most… Continue reading
When the 7.1 magnitude Iniskin earthquake hit at about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 24, it didn’t wake one Homer-grown seismologist — but that’s because Kasey Aderhold,… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Outgoing state education commissioner Mike Hanley said Friday that he had some professional disagreements with the state board of education. But he said… Continue reading
The job is getting serious for the borough’s Healthcare Task Force as members are still trying to determine a purpose and direction. The task force… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A preliminary investigation into the massive die-off of common murres, one of the Northern Hemisphere’s most abundant seabirds, off Alaska’s coast is revealing… Continue reading