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HEA subsidiary also to have deregulation election
As Homer Electric Association proceeds with its election to withdraw from the oversight of the state utilities regulator,…
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Borough’s health-care task force finalizes recommendations.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s task force on health care reached a set of final recommendations last week. The…
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Gov. Walker stops short of selling pension bonds
Gov. Walker stops short of selling pension bonds The Walker administration has put its plan to sell up…
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Budget cuts take bite out of herring harvest
Budget cuts take bite out of herring harvest The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is buckling under…
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KPBSD teachers, support staff unions vote to ratify contract
KPBSD teachers, support staff unions vote to ratify contract The associations for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s…
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Occupational license fees on the rise
Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife, Lanmon-Freeman now…
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Open enrollment for Health Insurance Marketplace begins Nov. 1
Now is the time to begin planning to sign up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2017,…
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Copper River drift gillnet fishery falls short of expectations
Adding to a long list of salmon fisheries that did not produce as expected in 2016, the Copper…
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Soldotna council considers year-round food tax
Soldotna residents will soon have the chance to weigh in on whether the city brings back its year-round…
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Assembly reduces Planning Commission
The number of Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission members will decrease to 11, but not until 2020. After…
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HEA answers questions about its proposal to withdraw from RCA
Homer Electric Association officials, including board members, have been holding member outreach meetings on the Kenai Peninsula seeking…
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Cook Inlet salmon seasonfalls short of expectations
Once again, the 2016 Upper Cook Inlet salmon season fell far short of expectations. The 2016 commercial harvest…
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Alaska Federation of Natives celebrates 50 years
On the morning of Oct. 18, 1966, Emil Notti, an Athabascan born in Koyukuk, called the first gathering…