Roland Maw, a Kenai Peninsula commercial fishing advocate, was charged with falsifying his Alaska residency on Wednesday.Maw is facing up to 17 charges. Of those,… Continue reading
Downtown Soldotna is poised to be home to new signage, in addition to other changes.The Soldotna City Council voted unanimously at its Wednesday meeting to… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and Board of Education are standing behind small schools and the communities that hinge on their doors staying open.The… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A government watchdog found no evidence of bias in how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted a study on the potential effects of… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game cannot undo a set of Cook Inlet driftnet restrictions in place over the last 25 years.Cook Inlet driftnetters… Continue reading
The trial for a Sterling woman accused of sexually assaulting a minor more than a year ago has been postponed again.Laurel Lee, 52, was charged… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes… Continue reading
BP is cutting 4,000 jobs worldwide and some of those reductions will be in Alaska.An intra-company email obtained by the Journal sent to BP Alaska… Continue reading
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that William Dooley was present at Tobacco Distress in October when Alaska State Troopers originally investigated… Continue reading
The Kenai Comprehensive Plan that voters rejected in a 2013 ballot proposal will be used as the draft for an upcoming comprehensive plan revision. After… Continue reading
Interested applicants still have time to apply for the open Board of Education District 9-South Peninsula seat that serves some areas of Homer, Nanwalek, Port… Continue reading
Forming a local option zone may soon be easier for residents who want more control over what businesses can move into their neighborhoods.Local option zones… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Eyeing the end of his presidency, Barack Obama urged Americans Tuesday night to rekindle their belief in the promise of change that first… Continue reading
DALLAS — The price of oil keeps falling. And falling. And falling. It has to stop somewhere, right?Even after trending down for a year and… Continue reading
Staff and students started their spring semester on the now smoke- and tobacco-free Kenai Peninsula College campus Monday. The policy, set for the entire University… Continue reading
Of the 34 bills prefiled by Alaska lawmakers on Friday, none have been more controversial than Senate Bill 120 and House Bill 236.The bills, proposed… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS (AP) — A U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to ban brown bear baiting and other hunting practices from lands the agency manages in Alaska… Continue reading
Use it, then lose it, was the fate of a long-delayed Kenai River habitat study until the Alaska Department of Fish and Game finally published… Continue reading
