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Assembly approves ordinance allowing volunteers to serve on service area boards
Volunteers for two Kenai Peninsula service areas can also now serve on the service areas’ boards. The Kenai…
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Borough forms gravel pit working group
A group of local government officials, members of the public and gravel pit operators will start gathering to…
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Bill would authorize east side setnet permit buyback
The Legislature is set to consider a buyback program for commercial fishing permits in Cook Inlet’s east side…
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Hilcorp plans $285 million Alaska investment in 2018
Hilcorp is planning to spend about $285 million in Alaska during 2018, the oil and gas company’s Operations…
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Mayor outlines budget strategy
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to clarify that the borough administration’s plan to fix the boilers…
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Salmon Fellows program seeks to broaden fish conversations
The Alaska Humanities Forum is trying to cool some of the heated tension between salmon fishermen in the…
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First Homer baby of 2018 comes late for the New Year, early for her family
Brooke Addison Buzga has the distinction of being the first baby born in South Peninsula Hospital in the…
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Grant allows district to reinstate petroleum career program
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has received a $20,000 grant that will help in the school district’s…
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Gathering brings #MeToo to Soldotna
On the far side of the room facing the audience stood an empty chair. The organizers of the event…
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In new state role, Navarre’s message about fiscal plan remains the same
The commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development is making rounds of the state, advocating…
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Field house designs completed
A field house for the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex is one step, or kick, or throw, closer to…
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Kenai seeking economic diversity with land reforms
Speaking on Wednesday at the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District’s Industry Outlook Forum, Christine Cunningham, Assistant to the…
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Local pot business expecting slight chill from federal change
The practicalities of running a state-legal business based on a nationally-illegal product have became more complicated in some…
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A look at the salmon habitat ballot initiative
The deadline for a ballot initiative to revise Alaska’s salmon habitat permitting laws is approaching, with deep divides…
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Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association leader to retire
The executive director of Cook Inlet’s regional hatchery organization is planning to step down. Gary Fandrei, the executive…
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New Kenaitze executive director envisions active tribal engagement
Although it’s a new office and staff, taking the job as the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s CEO is in…
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A galaxy far far away? No, it’s Soldotna
Not since McDonald’s opened its first restaurant on the Kenai Peninsula in Soldotna has there been such excitement…
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Alaska’s U.S. Senators open new offices
Alaska’s Congressional delegation had much to celebrate as 2017 drew to a close. A bill that included the…
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Avalanche course treks on despite warm weather
Despite unusually warm weather, Avalanche Observer Alex Mclain wants the community to be prepared. Mclain, who works with…
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Preventing suicide one day at a time
Alaska consistently tops the nation in suicides — in 2014 and 2015 the state’s suicide deaths were ranked…