The state says a backlog of Alaskans are waiting for food stamps; environmental groups are suing the federal government over the federal lease sale in Cook Inlet.

Soldotna author John Messick was one of this year’s grantees for the Rasmuson Foundation’s Individual Artist Awards; and some kindergarteners in Juneau have been learning the violin and an Alaska Native language at the same time.

Cases of influenza are up in Alaska this month — an earlier-than-usual start to flu season; Soldotna author John Messick was one of this year’s grantees for the Rasmuson Foundation’s Individual Artist Awards; and some kindergarteners in Juneau have been learning the violin and an Alaska Native language at the same time.

Cases of influenza are up in Alaska this month — an earlier-than-usual start to flu season; and after he died in a car accident last week, one local man’s family said they’ve received an outpouring of support from friends and neighbors.

The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has approved six fishery disaster designations for the state of Alaska — that includes the Yukon Kuskokwim and Chignik salmon fisheries for last year, and this year’s Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab fisheries; after he died in a car accident last week, one Soldotna man’s family says they’ve received an outpouring of support from friends and neighbors — more than they ever expected; and Kodiak High School students came together to start an open pantry to alleviate food insecurity for their peers.

When Homer-based artist Brianna Allen became pregnant with her second child, she started to notice something: a lack of stories, told by mothers, that honestly addressed motherhood, and she decided to do something about it.

When Homer-based artist Brianna Allen became pregnant with her second child, she started to notice something: a lack of stories, told by mothers, that honestly addressed motherhood, and she decided to do something about it; and two roofs in Soldotna collapsed Friday under heavy snow loads — at the Spenard Builders Supply store and the Copper Center, on Kalifornsky Beach Road.

When piled high on top of buildings, recent heavy snowfall can be dangerous; and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers discontinuing by-mail election brochures.

An appeal to deny an Anchor Point gravel pit permit is upheld; KPB assembly considers getting rid of election packets; NOAA's Arctic Report Card finds human-caused climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic and indigenous lifeways.

A highly contagious form of avian influenza was found in a Kodiak brown bear cub; and seventeen miles of roadway out of Soldotna will be resurfaced this coming summer.