As state employees waited for an official announcement of Gov. Bill Walker’s new budget, warnings of potential position cuts and layoffs filtered through union representatives… Continue reading
After years of planning and implementation, the city of Soldotna has been praised for its street improvements. Last Saturday, the Alaska Chapter of the American… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Brig. Gen. Leon “Mike” Bridges, who served as acting adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard after the ouster of a former leader,… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker has suggested that a new board help write the regulations surrounding legalized marijuana as Alaska lawmakers work to implement rules… Continue reading
Friday 8:00 a.m.The House Education Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HCR 2 Alaska School Choice Week and HB 30 Constitutional History Curriculum.… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula community may have a chance to make reforms in local health care. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly appropriated $200,000 for evaluating potential… Continue reading
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has appointed several more people to boards and commissions in the state. The Governor’s office released a second list of appointments… Continue reading
Enstar Natural Gas company has begun work on a gas transport pipeline alongside Bridge Access Road in Kenai. According to Enstar communications manager Lindsay Hobson,… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker has proposed a $65 million supplemental spending bill, including $50 million in unrestricted general funds.The supplemental budget is intended to… Continue reading
The fight over Kenai Loop natural gas appears to be over.Attorneys for all four parties currently involved in the dispute — Cook Inlet Region Inc.,… Continue reading
The seasonal exemption from sales taxes on non-prepared food items is on the table again.Blaine Gilman introduced the ordinance that would allow for the borough… Continue reading
The fourth annual Project Homeless Connect was held Thursday, January 29th from 10:00am – 3:00pm at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex and according to the… Continue reading
Mild weather during the long winter nights on the Kenai has more kids out and about in the darkness. To help those on foot be… Continue reading
For the last few years the regional Native Youth Olympics (NYO) have been like the opening ceremony or kick off for the Peninsula Winter Games… Continue reading
After the lack of winter weather canceled many of the traditional Peninsula Winter Games events, like ice slides and carvings, Mother Nature granted a little… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Board of Education is taking public comments on a proposed rule to allow waiver of early literacy screenings at… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska organization for sex workers is trying to raise money online to fund an advocate’s work lobbying lawmakers in Juneau.… Continue reading
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District counselors are concerned state regulated standardized testing is taking an unexpected toll on students. At Monday’s School Board meeting, a… Continue reading
