ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An aging baby boomer population and a stagnate birthrate have caused Alaska’s population to fall for the first time since the… Continue reading
A portion of the closed Skilak Lake Road, the gravel road connecting the Sterling Highway to recreation areas on five lakes near Sterling, was reopened… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is replacing an eighth-grade history textbook called into question for containing potentially biased information. The publisher, Prentice Hall, is… Continue reading
A Kenai man has been arrested after police accused him of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. Joshua Brown, 20, was found by police in a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program has cleared a major bureaucratic hurdle to begin drilling for oil and gas off Alaska’s northwestern coast… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska has clear interests in protecting with extreme vigilance the water quality in rivers that flow into the state that could be affected… Continue reading
■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce next meets May 19 at noon at Frosos Restaurant in Soldotna. Presentations will include of Soldotna Chamber Scholarship Awards… Continue reading
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has refused to block a plan to shoot more than 10,000 double-crested cormorants in the Columbia River estuary. The… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Marine surveying will start again this summer near Alaska’s coastal communities in a wide-reaching effort to improve communications by laying a… Continue reading
The Kenai River Campus Student Union announced their end-of-year award recipients at their recent annual BBQ, held Friday, May 1. Those chosen to receive the… Continue reading
At 11-years-old, Whitney Owens has self-published her first book. The home school student authored and illustrated ‘Winston’s Friendship Journey’, which is available on Kindle, Amazon.com… Continue reading
School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading
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The Kenai Birding Festival is flocking into town and local birders have been gearing up for another year of showing off the more than 200… Continue reading
Following the turn of the tassel, Cook Inlet Academy’s six 2015 graduates were off. The tight knit group that has functioned as peers and friends… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — On a foggy Saturday morning in early January 1978, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found in a ditch off… Continue reading
Data from the United Way of Anchorage shows food bank referrals in Fairbanks nearly quadrupled between 2012 and 2014. Most other places in Alaska saw… Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) — With the nation’s economy at its healthiest since the Great Recession, a surprising trend is emerging among the states — large budget… Continue reading
Standing among flashing digital cameras and tables laden with refreshments, Kenai Peninsula College’s 166 graduates shook hands with friends and family following the 2015 commencement… Continue reading
