Site Logo
COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

News

State announces 1 new death related to COVID-19

1 new case on the southern peninsula; 2 more in Soldotna

A Homer resident casts their vote during the Primary Election on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

News

Stevens overtakes Cox in Senate race as absentee ballots are counted

Division of Elections began counting absentee ballots Tuesday; results are still not final

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, listens as Attorney General Kevin Clarkson speak during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Clarkson’s resignation was announced following revelations of inappropriate text messages with a state employee.

News

Attorney general resigns following revelations of inappropriate texts

A resignation letter was shared this morning.

Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site

News

Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site

Corps appears to reverse course.

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File Rep. Gary Knopp, R-Kenai, talks to the media about his nomination for Speaker of the House at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.

News

NTSB: Rep in plane crash flew despite vision problems

Preliminary report provides details on pilot’s medical flight certification

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska sits for an interview Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

News

A sit-down with Sullivan

Alaska’s junior senator discusses economic recovery, legislative priorities and pandemic response

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

News

2 more COVID-19 cases in Kenai on Thursday

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported 86 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday — 84…

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.The Department of the Interior has approved an oil and gas leasing program within Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is home to polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine where oil and gas leasing will take place in the refuge’s coastal plain. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

News

US approves oil, gas leasing plan for Alaska Wildlife refuge

By MARK THIESSEN

Lemon Creek Correctional Center has sailed on without a case of coronavirus since a mid-April outbreak that infected 11 staff. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

News

Prison superintendent talks staying safe as pandemic continues

After a mid-spring outbreak, LCCC hasn’t had any confirmed cases.

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

News

2 new COVID-19 cases on the Kenai Peninsula

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced 79 new cases of COVID-19 — 76 cases in…

Cox holds narrow lead over Sen. Gary Stevens

News

Cox holds narrow lead over Sen. Gary Stevens

Race is too close to call until absentee ballots are counted

Erin Thompson / Peninsula Clarion Cook Inlet can be seen through the window of a Ravn aircraft in October 2019. RavnAir Group declared bankruptcy in April.

News

Peninsula gets a new Ravn

CEO aims to have flights by September

1 new Alaska death, 15 new COVID-19 cases reported on peninsula

News

1 new Alaska death, 15 new COVID-19 cases reported on peninsula

An Anchorage man in his 80s is the latest and 29th death linked to COVID-19, Gov. Mike Dunleavy…