Republican Rep. Sarah Vance appears to have won reelection over independent challenger Brent Johnson after tabulation. When Kenai Peninsula lawmakers head to Juneau in January, they’ll take with them a list of projects they want the State of Alaska to pay for. Kenai Peninsula College hosted a discussion last week about the history of salmon and the region’s Indigenous people.

Alaska State Troopers arrested an Anchorage woman for allegedly smuggling drugs into a prison in Seward earlier this month, and Kenai Peninsula school board members approved two charter school applications during a special meeting on Monday, and the Alutiiq Museum received about $150,000 to revamp the Koniag Cultural Library.

Kenai Peninsula school board members approved two charter school applications during a special meeting on Monday. Alaska State Troopers arrested an Anchorage woman for allegedly smuggling drugs into a prison in Seward earlier this month. The Alutiiq Museum received about $150,000 to revamp the Koniag Cultural Library.

Leadership at Homer’s main senior living facility revealed it had more than a million dollars in unpaid taxes and debt at a board meeting last week, and Kenai Peninsula College hosted a discussion last week about the history of salmon and the region’s Indigenous people.

Homer Mayor Rachel Lord declared a local emergency after water and debris washed over the Homer Spit last weekend, damaging parts of the road and forcing closures. Leadership at Homer’s main senior living facility revealed it had more than a million dollars in unpaid taxes and debt at a board meeting last week. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge closed Mystery Creek Road to vehicle traffic Friday.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge closed Mystery Creek Road to vehicle traffic Friday, and Alaska State Troopers arrested 36-year-old Tanner Geiser Friday after a daylong search, and what’s the best way to limit student cell phone use and distractions in schools?

Alaska State Troopers arrested 36-year-old Tanner Geiser Friday after a daylong search. Two Alaska State Troopers each pleaded not guilty to a felony assault charge during an arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse on Thursday. For some craft vendors on the central Kenai Peninsula, Soldotna's What Women Want Shopping Expo is the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season.

The Homer City Council appointed Bradley Parsons to an empty council seat at a special meeting Tuesday night, and twice a day, cars queue up at the busy intersection of the Old Sterling Highway and new Sterling Highway in Anchor Point.

The Homer City Council appointed Bradley Parsons to an empty council seat at a special meeting Tuesday night; and twice a day, cars queue up at the busy intersection of the Old Sterling Highway and new Sterling Highway in Anchor Point.

Republican Nick Begich III is maintaining his lead over Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola, and coho is one of several species of salmon native to the Kenai River watershed, but biologists still don’t know everything about their behavior.