A new store opened in Seward last month, bringing books and yarn to customers on the eastern Kenai Peninsula, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly introduced several ordinances and carried out multiple commendations at Tuesday night’s meeting.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly introduced several ordinances and carried out multiple commendations at last night’s meeting. A new store opened in Seward last month, bringing books and yarn to customers on the eastern Kenai Peninsula. Hundreds of people from Kodiak’s Filipino community came together to celebrate Flores de Mayo last weekend.

Indigenous knowledge doesn’t often end up on science fair posters. But for students in one Sitka High School class, traditional ecological knowledge is the center of their work, and the Army has released information about a Ft. Wainwright soldier who died over the weekend after being shot outside a Fairbanks bar.

Two former Kenai Peninsula coaches will soon be inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame. Alaska officials have announced a new awareness campaign aimed at highlighting and combating the growing danger of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

A jury convicted a Ketchikan high school volleyball coach and teacher of misdemeanor assault and harassment on Friday [May 3], after an incident where he grabbed a then 17-year-old female player by the wrists at a volleyball scrimmage.

A major road in Homer that doubles as a tsunami evacuation route is set to undergo major reconstruction…in 2026; and two former Kenai Peninsula coaches will soon be inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame.

Homer Electric Association members re-elected three board members for a second term last night at the utility’s annual meeting, and a major road in Homer that doubles as a tsunami evacuation route is set to undergo major reconstruction…in 2026, and fishing in federal waters of the Yukon River will be limited to federally qualified subsistence users this year.

As temperatures warm this spring, the Homer Rope Tow prepares to shut down its operations on Ohlson Mountain, northeast of Homer; Homer Electric Association members re-elected three board members for a second term last night at the utility’s annual meeting; and it’s the first week of the month, which means new art installations will be unveiled in Kenai.

In less than a month, an Alaska Native woman will graduate from Columbia University’s Civil Engineering program – a first in the department’s more than 155-year history, and Alaska State Troopers arrested Zasima Martushev two days ago and charged him with possession of child pornography.

A Soldotna educator is in the running for the Reader’s Digest “America’s Favorite Teacher” competition, an annual contest that recognizes teachers who go above and beyond for their students; Alaska State Troopers arrested Zasima Martushev yesterday and charged him with possession of child pornography; and as temperatures warm this spring, the Homer Rope Tow prepares to shut down its operations on Ohlson Mountain, northeast of Homer.