Alana Greear, a candidate for the state house seat that represents the southern Kenai Peninsula, has suspended her campaign, and Kotzebue Sound’s commercial salmon fishery is facing a 30 year low after years of record high returns.

Alana Greear, a candidate for the state house seat that represents the southern Kenai Peninsula, has suspended her campaign. It’s been almost two years since Soldotna voters overwhelmingly supported construction of a community field house. The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s executive director is retiring.

An Alaska Superior Court judge sentenced a Homer man to 25 years in prison for attempted first degree sexual assault last Wednesday, and a master totem pole carver has been in Wrangell since July, guiding local carvers on replicating a totem pole.

Salmon sharks appear to be turning up in fishermen’s nets, and washing up on public beaches around Kodiak Island in greater frequency this summer; a remote landslide produced a tsunami at Kenai Fjords National Park near Seward earlier this month; and an Alaska Superior Court judge sentenced a Homer man to 25 years in prison for attempted first degree sexual assault Wednesday.

A remote landslide produced a tsunami at Kenai Fjords National Park near Seward earlier this month, and three groups want to open new charter schools on the Kenai Peninsula for next school year.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is wrapping up a multimillion-dollar project to enhance salmon movement in streams and rivers.

It’s been more than eight months since an organization from Washington petitioned the federal government to put Gulf of Alaska’s king salmon on the endangered species list.

Three groups want to open new charter schools on the Kenai Peninsula for next school year.

The Homer City Council greenlit a contract with a local engineering firm Monday night to design a connection between two trail systems in the city, and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is wrapping up a multimillion-dollar project to enhance salmon movement in streams and rivers.

The Homer City Council greenlit a contract with a local engineering firm last night to design a connection between two trail systems in the city. It’s been more than eight months since an organization from Washington petitioned the federal government to put Gulf of Alaska’s king salmon on the endangered species list. But, the issue was still top of mind at last week’s annual Kenai River sportfishing summit in Soldotna.