He’s lucky number seven, Yasuko Lehtinen said. Patrick Moore, is Kenai Peninsula College instructor Lehtinen’s seventh student to move to Japan to teach English through… Continue reading
The first time Herald Ochea learned his uncle, Buck Carroll, had cancer was on the drive to Kenai Central High School the 2014 year’s Central… Continue reading
When a tin roof goes, everybody knows. The sound was as unmistakable as it was loud when Ken and Cameron Cole and James Clark watched… Continue reading
Several thousand people are without power as of noon Saturday as the Homer Electric Association responds to reports of a number of power outage. Approximately… Continue reading
Dehydrated and injured by porcupine quills — Hooper Bay, Huslia, Stebbens, Gannet and X-ray were named after the firefighters who rescued them and the area… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Bob Tkacz may not have always been well-liked, but he was always respected, according to those who knew the longtime reporter. Tkacz was… Continue reading
It has taken 10 days, 760 people and more than $6.1 million for firefighters to gain control of the spread of the Funny River Horse… Continue reading
A group of residents at the Kenai Peninsula College Residence Hall having been staying out all night and coming back long after dawn, while their… Continue reading
The Soldotna City Council unanimously agreed to raise the amount of appropriations for renovations to the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library from $30,000 to $42,000.The… Continue reading
Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the trooper involved in the shooting near Cooper Landing on May 25.Trooper Kevin Gill responded to a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A state judge heard oral argument yesterday about the lawsuit over 2013 management of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries.The Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund, or… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting new concerns that their Medicaid costs will rise as a result of the federal health… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Six Alaska Native corporations have pledged at least $500,000 to fight efforts to repeal the state’s new oil tax structure.The coalition, “No… Continue reading
VATICAN CITY — Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will join Pope Francis for an afternoon praying for peace at the Vatican… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A state judge heard oral argument yesterday about the lawsuit over 2013 management of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries. The Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund,… Continue reading
My interest in the Russian River fishery was suddenly piqued one day about four years ago, when a colleague, Paul Ruesch, asked me a very… Continue reading
ROANOKE, Va. — After three combat deployments in a dozen years, Sean Gobin stepped onto the Appalachian Trail in Georgia to walk off the war.Six… Continue reading
In 1944, Smokey Bear started saying, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” Other than replacing “forest fires” with the more-inclusive “wildfires” in 2014, here we… Continue reading
Updated at 11:22 a.m. Thursday The Funny River Horse Trail wildfire is up to 192,831 acres and 46 percent contained, according to the Alaska Interagency… Continue reading
Kings Alaska Department of Fish & Game research biologist Robert Begich said, things are looking a little better for king salmon this week, compared to… Continue reading
