The parent company of three Alaska newspapers is looking for a new owner as it restructures its finances. Black Press Media owns the Peninsula Clarion, the Homer News and the Juneau Empire; a new candidate has thrown his hat in the ring for the Alaska State House district that covers Sterling, Nikiski and Cooper Landing; and the small southern Kenai Peninsula city of Seldovia has had a tumultuous school year, as major staff turnover precipitated a drop in enrollment.