The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Jan. 12 the approval of a second round of disaster funds for research and to be distributed… Continue reading
More than a dozen community members spoke in support of the Nikiski Middle-High School administration and staff during the public presentation period at Monday’s Kenai… Continue reading
Due to the lack of snow on the Kenai Peninsula, the 2015 Tustumena 200 sled dog race has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Feb. 7,… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is continuing to expand and evolve outreach for students diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Training and support programs… Continue reading
While two groups have parallel plans to extend the North Road, a Kenai Peninsula Borough ordinance to fund a gravel pit access road to aid… Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota adventurer has succeeded in becoming the first solo climber to reach the summit of Alaska’s Mount McKinley in the month of… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration asked for and received state transportation commissioner Patrick Kemp’s resignation Monday following Kemp’s defense of his department’s pursuit of… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS (AP) — It wasn’t quite warm enough to hang up the parkas, but 2014 was the warmest year on record for Alaska, according to… Continue reading
KPC students are back in classes today and enrollment across the KPC system remains stable. At this year’s spring convocation, held on Jan. 5, KPC… Continue reading
Mobile vendors have established a presence as a lucrative model in Soldotna. The city’s planning and zoning department and the owners and operators of the… Continue reading
Hollywood toasted free speech in its myriad forms, from “Je Suis Charlie” tributes to George Clooney punchlines, at an earnest Golden Globes on Sunday, where… Continue reading
Homer Electric crews are continuing to work on a maintenance project in the Kasilof area that will require intermittent power outages during the months of… Continue reading
Trial for a Soldotna man facing charges of sexual assault of two women in two separate 2013 home invasions has been delayed until April while… Continue reading
It’s a seeming paradox: Oil prices are still sliding as North Slope crude closed at about $55 per barrel Jan. 6, but this year’s winter… Continue reading
I once told a friend an aphorism that even though an optimist is wrong just as often as the pessimist, they are far happier. Though… Continue reading
With unusual weather this winter including freezing rain and hardly any snow, some elementary schools around the Kenai Peninsula have had to occasionally adjust their… Continue reading
A Texas-based company focused on developing oil resources in the Cook Inlet on Thursday announced plans to partner with California-based WesPac Midstream LLC., to develop… Continue reading
The evolution of a fly fisherman and the process of learning how to lure a fish invariably seems to include fly tying. For some, that… Continue reading
