Lawmakers will increase school funding this year — but with the majority of the session in the books, no one is saying by how much.In… Continue reading
JUNEAU — With the Legislature more than halfway through its scheduled 90-day session, major bills are starting to take shape — and a controversial bill… Continue reading
The Environmental Protection Agency set a potentially unprecedented process in motion when it began work on Feb. 28 to preemptively block Pebble mine as an… Continue reading
Monday 1 p.m.The House Resources Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 334 Oil & Gas Transferable Tax Credit Certification, HB 344 Invasive… Continue reading
The sweet smell of fry bread wafted down the sidewalk in Old Town Kenai Friday as a steady stream of people walked into Fort Kenay… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Prisons. Jail time. Incarceration. Those words for Alaska may mean something radically different if a sweeping crime bill, shepherded by Senate Majority Leader… Continue reading
The Kenai City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to allow telephonic participation for the Planning and Zoning Commission, but not before one amendment vote… Continue reading
Soldotna's Erica Chilla has been crowned Mrs. Alaska United States. The pageant bills itself as the "pageant with a purpose for Alaska's married women." This… Continue reading
Three cases of chickenpox in young adults from the Kenai and Soldotna area since mid-February have been reported by the Alaska Department of Health in… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Singer Courtney Love hadn’t been born and tweeting was reserved for birds when The New York Times won a landmark libel case at… Continue reading
Following an emergency declaration from Kenai City Manager Rick Koch, the Kenai City Council approved a purchase order of $39,000 with M-W Drilling Inc. on… Continue reading
Drilling has begun on a $1.3 million natural gas pipeline that will cross the Kenai River and connect the community of Funny River to an… Continue reading
Homer Electric Association is planning a scheduled outage for the Soldotna and Kalifornsky Beach Road area on Monday, March 10. The outage will begin at… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Borough mayors want to ensure they have a say on terms that will affect local communities and be negotiated by the state in… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A new commercial fisheries group filed an amicus brief Thursday in the lawsuit regarding the initiative to ban Cook Inlet setnetters.The Alaska Fisheries… Continue reading
Three cases of chickenpox in young adults from the Kenai and Soldotna area since mid-February have been reported by the Alaska Department of Health in… Continue reading
Steve Greer holds a piece of slat wall in place Wednesday March 5, 2014 as he helps with renovations at the Kenai Fine Arts Center… Continue reading
The City of Kenai held their second work session on the dipnet fishery Tuesday night and 11 citizens shared their input as the city continues… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A former chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court said Wednesday he doesn’t see a need to change the state’s constitution to alter… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska Attorney General Michael Geraghty is pushing back against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after it took a step that could ultimately lead… Continue reading
