Two Anchorage men have been arrested after troopers used spike strips to stop them speeding along the Sterling Highway on Sunday.Jesse Skjegstad, 19, and his… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has nearly $3 million more in funds than originally projected for the current year, the amount of the deficit… Continue reading
Though hatcheries are a major part of the commercial fishing industry statewide, they’ve remained a small portion of the harvest in Cook Inlet.Fish from Alaska’s… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate majority announced Monday that legislation calling for increased local contributions to the public employees’ retirement system was on hold given… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Fishermen harvested nearly 533,000 salmon in Cook Inlet personal-use fisheries last year and the Kasilof River saw its highest sockeye salmon harvest to… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS (AP) — Alaska’s Eielson Air Force Base will host two new squadrons of F-35 fighter jets, the Air Force announced Monday.The base 26 miles… Continue reading
Update:A day before Paul Vermillion was scheduled to go to trial for murder, he accepted an agreement and pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter… Continue reading
Kenai Peninsula College continually reminds students to stay on track to graduate in the shortest time possible, saving both time and money, by tackling 15… Continue reading
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — The Port of Astoria is trying to keep its docks free of sea lions with railings welded and painted by Knappa… Continue reading
CROSWELL, Mich. — Students all over the U.S. dissect animals as a kind of high school rite of passage. Not many, though, stuff and mount… 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
The trial for an Anchorage man accused of murder in the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox in Cooper Landing has been postponed by one day.Originally… Continue reading
There were days this winter when no one came through the doors of Black Dog Firearms in Soldotna. The slowdown led to the business’s closure… Continue reading
At stations scattered through the two gymnasiums of Soldotna Preparatory School, children with autism played a ring-toss game, won cupcakes in a circle of musical… Continue reading
Odie’s Deli in Soldotna was crowded Friday night for a live storytelling event with the date-appropriate theme of “foolishness.” A group of raconteurs including the… Continue reading
State investigators have found that the actions of an Alaska State Trooper who fatally shot a man in Sterling in October were justified.The Alaska Office… Continue reading
The Legislature must take strides to reduce the deficit, but the transition will be smoother if it is a multi-year process, according to a new… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Fewer people signed up online for this year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, and fewer residents have chosen to donate a portion of their… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska education department announced Friday that it is canceling its computer-based statewide student assessments this year, citing technical disruptions and concerns with… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Public smoking restrictions that recently passed the Alaska Senate could hurt proposed cannabis cafes in the state, a sponsor of the initiative that… Continue reading
