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June 28 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 29-year-old Homer man for failure to store nets more than 75…

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July 4th celebrations abound on southern Kenai Peninsula

From the East Coast to the end of the road — Sterling Highway, that is — America’s birthday…

Pratt celebrates $900,000 grant

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Pratt celebrates $900,000 grant

From 5 to 7 p.m. today, the Pratt Museum holds an event celebrating a $900,000 grant it received…

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State Trooper Reports

June 14 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 56-year-old Soldotna man for clamming in a closed area when he…

One lane of traffic is halted at the intersection of East End Road and Kachemak Drive on Tuesday, while oncoming traffic maneuvers through road construction activities taking place between mile 3.75-12.1.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky,  Homer News

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State road projects under way

If it’s summer, it’s roadwork season in Alaska. From widening to repaving, new culverts to new bike paths,…

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State Trooper Report

June 2 Alaska State Troopers at 10:03 a.m. went to a report of a burglary at a Brenton…

Central Emergency Services firefighter Spencer Mclean works to contain a portion of the nearly 183,000-acre Funny River Horse Trail wildfire near Soldotna’s Funny River neighborhood on Sunday.-Photo by  Rashah McChesney,  Morris News Service - Alaska

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Rain helping Funny River firefighters

After several days of fighting to keep the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire from burning homes in communities…

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TroopersMay 23Alaska State Troopers at 11:56 a.m. made a traffic stop on a 20-year-old Anchorage man near Deep…

This map from the Alaska Interagency Incident Management Type 2 Team shows the current status of the Funny River Horse Trail Fire.-Map provided

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Funny River Trail fire grows to 67,000 acres

High, dry winds from the southwest could increase activity on the Funny River Horse Trail fire Friday afternoon.…

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Funny River Trail fire grows to 67,000 acres

Smoke affects all of southcentral Alaska; Funny River Trail fire grows to 67,000 acres   High, dry winds…

Smoke from the Funny River Horse Trail fire shoots more than 8,000 feet in the air Tuesday as the fire spread to consume nearly 7,000 acres of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge land in less than 24 hours. Dry, windy conditions have exacerbated the fire conditions spreading it into a line stretching more than 10 miles long and about 1 mile wide.-Photo by Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Funny River fire grows, blankets Homer in smoke

As the Funny River Horse Trail fire raged about 50 miles north of Homer, a long plume of…

Early Tuesday morning, smoke from a fire on Funny River Road, east of Soldotna, was making its way south to the Homer area.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky

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Fire grows near Funny River Road

A fire that began near Funny River Road in Soldotna has grown to nearly seven miles long and…

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District 30 could get $7 million in capital projects

House District 30 and the lower and central Kenai Peninsula could get $7 million in capital projects if…