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Gift-seekers visit local businesses on Thanksgiving weekend
A very chilly Black Friday found crowds peering into handmade pottery mugs, flipping through racks of hand-sewn scarves…
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Icy sunrise
Mist rises over the broken ice on the bank of the Kenai River just downstream of the Warren…
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Report says 6 percent of patients account for $148M in ER spending
About 6,600 people in the state accounted for $148 million in hospital emergency department spending in 2016, or…
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Assembly approves sale of land in Seward floodplain
After a prolonged debate and opposition from the borough administration and the Planning Commission, the Kenai Peninsula Borough…
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Local author shares empathy and family history
At Friday’s annual post-Thanksgiving gifts bazaar, Mary Haakenson Perry sat among the local merchants and craftspeople in Kenai’s…
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Eagle River man starts community patrol
EAGLE RIVER — On his own time and his own dime, an Eagle River man has recently started…
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Accident in Turnagain Pass sends 4 to hospital
A car accident in Turnagain Pass on Wednesday sent four people to the hospital in Anchorage with serious…
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Public lands open for Christmas tree cutting
With Thanksgiving over and the floodgates officially open for Christmas décor, many people will be looking for that…
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CPH moves forward with expansion project
Central Peninsula Hospital is moving forward with the plans for an expansion of its obstetrics wing and the…
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Homer’s Meals on Wheels program gets new Subaru after winning grant
Those who are signed up to get daily deliveries from the Homer Senior Citizens Center’s Meals on Wheels…
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Runners work up an appetite at Turkey Trot fundraiser
One piece of pumpkin pie has about 350 calories in it. The runners at the revived Soldotna Turkey…
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Trees caused HEA outages in Sterling
Birch trees laden with snow and ice will — as poet Robert Frost memorialized in his piece “Birches”…
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Bed tax decision delayed until March
The proposed bed tax before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly won’t go anywhere until at least March. The…
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Voznesenka man convicted in fed court of felon possessing firearms
A federal jury in Anchorage last Wednesday, Nov. 15, found guilty a Voznesenka man for being a felon…
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Gov. Walker reveals details of Chinese gas pipeline deal
Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday released the details of a multibillion-dollar agreement signed between Alaska and China earlier…
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Checkmate: chess club meets at library
Checkmate John Straughn contemplates his opponent Ben Gozeski’s move during a chess match at the Kenai Community Library…
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Forecast predicts another below-average sockeye year
Next year’s sockeye salmon forecast for Upper Cook Inlet looks only slightly rosier than this year’s forecast. The…
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Peninsula professionals talk drones
Kenai Peninsula professionals are starting to look at using unmanned aerial vehicles for industries ranging from real estate…
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Alaskans tendency is to vote no to judge retention
Alaskans may pass a negative judgement on their judges too easily, despite Alaska’s merit-based process for selecting and…
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Competition, expense bring curtain down on Alaska Shootout
ANCHORAGE — Four decades ago, Alaska Anchorage head basketball coach Bob Rachal was looking to promote the program,…