Design is set to start on a new stretch of the Sterling Highway around Cooper Landing after the state and federal agencies in charge of… Continue reading
It’s not a great summer to be a salmon fisherman in Southcentral Alaska so far. Several major river systems are seeing paltry salmon returns. The… Continue reading
My wife and I never travel on Memorial Day weekend for three reasons. The first being that we would be heading into a mass of… Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that the Soldotna Police Department responded to the incident. A man accused of setting the women’s… Continue reading
The video equipment used to monitor sea lions at a rookery just south of Resurrection Bay is at the end of its life, and researchers… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify that Coastal Villages Region Fund is a federal Community Development Quota organization. Commercial fishermen delivering to… Continue reading
An alert neighbor and a quick response from firefighters at about 6 p.m. Sunday saved two East End Road houses from being destroyed by a… Continue reading
The weather on the lower Kenai Peninsula streams couldn’t have been more perfect this weekend, but many visitors hung closer to the grills and RVs… Continue reading
Driving from Anchorage to Nikiski I was “bombing” along in my old green L.T.D., radio blaring, arm out the open window so I could feel… Continue reading
Female moose are giving birth to calves all over Southcentral Alaska, usually twins, and will be temperamental and aggressive as they protect their young. The… Continue reading
Alaska’s 45-year veteran of the U.S. House, Rep. Don Young, is optimistic about the future of the state’s economy with expanded natural resource extraction. “We’ve… Continue reading
One of the key controversies with gravel pits in the borough is who is responsible for cleaning them up after the digging, crushing and hauling… Continue reading
A group of Alaska lawmakers wants to team up with Montana and other U.S.-Canada border states in a push to protect Southeast watersheds they say… Continue reading
Memorial Day travelers on the Kenai Peninsula won’t have to worry about construction traffic delays. The work on the major construction projects around the central… Continue reading
Almost as soon as they made it through the back gate at Tustumena Elementary School, Shonia Werner’s sixth-grade students were scampering down the trail in… Continue reading
One of the hallmarks of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Connections Homeschool graduation is that many of the students graduating together are just meeting… Continue reading
I am going to brag a little this time! We traveled to Fairbanks at the first of the month to attend the ceremony where our… Continue reading
The weather is finally warm enough on the central Kenai Peninsula to sit outside in the evening without being wrapped in multiple layers. For many… Continue reading
I went to the Russian River last week. I had this urge to be in water. Not the mucky brown water of the inlet, which… Continue reading
The construction work is almost done but the public is still advised to be careful turning from the Sterling Highway into the Russian River Campground,… Continue reading
