ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Early-run king salmon in the Kenai River can be caught but not kept this summer.

The Anchorage Daily News reports ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Soldotna’s public works director says a design is “95 percent complete” on a proposed field house.

Kyle Kornelis says planners will await taking additional steps until they see the outcome of a special election March 5.

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KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A new publisher is leading both the Homer News and the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai.

Sound Publishing Inc., which owns both newspapers, appointed Jeff Hayden as publisher. He started his post Monday.

Terry Ward, regional publisher and Sound Publishing vice ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police say an Alaska woman was injured after a handgun was accidentally fired inside a coffee shop on the Kenai Peninsula.

Soldotna Police Lt. Duane Kant tells the

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — City officials in a Kenai Peninsula community are deciding whether to ban the use of cellphones and other hand-held devices for people driving in school zones.

The Alaska Legislature last year gave cities the ability to regulate the use of cellphones for motorists in ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Kenai man who threatened to kill a state judge’s family has been convicted in federal court of mailing a threatening communication.

Steven Bachmeier faces up to five years in prison. He will be sentenced April 2.

U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder in announcement ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The list of people signed up to deliver invocations to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly includes Christian pastors, atheists and a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Nearly all of the 20 spots for 2019 have been filled after the borough ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a story Dec. 28 about a home explosion near Anchor Point, Alaska, The Associated Press erroneously cited the name of the Kenai radio station. The station is KSRM, not KRSM.

A corrected version of the story is below:

Home explodes near Anchor Point, closes ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says it will again ban the catching of razor clams on the Cook Inlet side of Kenai Peninsula.

The Peninsula Clarion reports sport ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Officials on the Kenai Peninsula are examining what effects port cities might see from a federal court decision on the use of cruise ship passenger fees.

U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland ruled earlier this month that Juneau can keep collecting the fees, but ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is leading cleanup efforts after a fishing vessel sank in a harbor in southern Alaska, releasing an unknown amount of marine diesel and other petroleum products.

The 71-foot (22-meter) Nordic Viking boat sank for unknown reasons last week in Seward ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District performed admirably after southcentral Alaska’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake on Nov. 30, according to the borough mayor.

Charlie Pierce, however, said there was room for improvement by the borough administration, the Peninsula ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The city of Soldotna is planning a special election March 9 to seek voter backing for construction of a field house.

The Peninsula Clarion reports voters will be ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — State Rep. Gary Knopp will not be part of any majority party in the Alaska House’s upcoming session.

KINY radio reports the Kenai Republican ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Soldotna residents have had a month to adjust to a new ban on single-use plastic bags.

The Peninsula Clarion reports that stores can sell paper bags or offer them for free to ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — An employee of a Hilcorp Alaska drilling contractor has died at Milne Point on the North Slope.

Hilcorp Alaska spokeswoman Lori Nelson says an employee of Kuukpik Corp. was fatally injured at Milne Point early Friday. She said by email that the cause of the incident ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A former Kenai Peninsula hockey coach has been sentenced to 62 years in prison for sexually abusing children and possessing child pornography.

Kenai radio station KSRM reports 57-year-old ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Seward is planning to heat four city buildings using seawater pumped from Resurrection Bay.

The City Council approved a resolution this week to accept a $725,000 grant from the Alaska Energy Authority to design and build a ground source heat pump, the Peninsula Clarion ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s policy on prayers at Assembly meetings will be broadened in response to a court ruling that it violated the Alaska Constitution.

The borough Assembly voted 7-2 Tuesday to amend the policy to allow a greater range of eligible individuals ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Workers have begun the remodel of the 52-year-old terminal at the Kenai Municipal Airport.

Construction to modernize the terminal began in mid-October, the Peninsula Clarion reported ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Alaska inmates have spruced up an historic Seward cemetery for nearly 20 years and are now trying their hand at making headstones.

Kenai radio station

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A 34-year-old Kenai man has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of his infant daughter.

Kenai radio station

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Marathon Petroleum Corp. says it has finished acquiring all outstanding shares of Andeavor, the company formerly known as Tesoro.

Kenai radio station KSRM reports ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenaitze Indian Tribe Henu’ Community Wellness Court has celebrated the program’s first graduates.

The Henu’ Community Wellness Court is a joint-jurisdiction therapeutic court, operated by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and the State of Alaska Court System. The court ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Kenai Peninsula Borough crews have started repairing roads near Seward that flooded after two storm systems drenched the peninsula over the last week.

Work began Tuesday on borough-maintained roads outside of Seward following an assessment of flood damage Monday, the ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A century-old Russian Orthodox chapel in Kenai will undergo renovations next year after receiving nearly $28,000 in grant funding.

The historic St. Nicholas Memorial Chapel received a nearly $15,000 grant last month from the Alaska Historical Commission, and it ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Referrals have increased for an Alaska school district program that provides services to homeless students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

The district has referred 98 children to the Students in Transition program since last week, up from 69 students identified at the ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District is expanding a program that rents out agricultural equipment to small-scale farmers and other community members at affordable rates.

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KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai Peninsula Borough is urging the city of Soldotna to seek voter approval in its efforts to annex surrounding areas.

The borough assembly voted Tuesday to oppose Soldotna’s plans, sending a resolution to encourage city officials to allow residents who live in ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai Peninsula Borough is urging the city of Soldotna to seek voter approval in its efforts to annex surrounding areas.

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KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A Wisconsin man is missing after a boat overturned on an Alaska river.

Sixty-eight-year-old Daniel Hass was one of three men from Algoma on board a boat that flipped Monday on the Kenai (KEE-neye) River, a popular sport-fishing venue south of Anchorage.

Alaska ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A 33-year-old Alaska man in state custody on a felony assault charge has died.

The Department of Corrections says Kendall Barrett died two weeks ago of injuries suffered in a suicide attempt at Wildwood Pretrial Facility in Kenai.

Barrett was booked Aug. 11. Two ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers are rebranding their department in an attempt to draw in more prospective troopers.

The agency is cranking up its recruiting efforts after a study showed that it is facing a decline in trooper numbers, the Peninsula Clarion

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska seafood organization is encouraging industry members to comment on the proposed U.S. tariffs on products imported from China that could negatively affect the state’s seafood industry.

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is asking members to comment before ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai Peninsula Borough wants to boost its role in a project to build a massive pipeline to carry natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to a liquefaction plant and export terminal planned for Nikiski.

Borough leaders voted last week to petition the Federal Energy ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is seeking feedback from the public on a draft revision to a management plan for a national forest in Alaska.

The draft management plan and environmental impact statement were released last week for the Chugach National Forest, which covers the ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A car struck and killed a pedestrian on the Kenai Peninsula.

Kenai radio station KSRM reports 36-year-old Monte Necessary of Kenai died Tuesday night when he was ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is asking hunters to bring the heads of certain animals killed this season to state wildlife officials so the animals can be screened for respiratory pathogens.

The state Department of Fish and Game is expanding its monitoring program of Mycoplasma ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A company working on road reconstruction on an Alaska highway south of Anchorage has said its gravel trucks were not responsible for the rock that hit a car and killed an 8-year-old boy inside.

Noah Schwebach, of Eagle River, was killed earlier this month after a large ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — An initiative seeking to raise the sales tax in the Kenai Peninsula Borough by 0.5 percent will not make it on the October ballot but might make it onto the ballot next year.

The group of residents behind the ballot initiative informed the borough clerk’s office that ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The driver of a pickup that collided with a motorcycle in Sterling, fatally injuring a man, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence.

Alaska State Troopers identified the pickup driver as 53-year-old Aprile Cresap. She remained ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Lynx trapping will not open up on the Kenai Peninsula this year as populations of the wildcat and its prey move through a low cycle.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced last week that the trapping season will stay closed for the peninsula and the region ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska resident has created a smartphone app designed to connect anglers and guides with each other and to a hub of local fishing information.

Jim Voss launched his app Alaska FishTopia this summer, aiming for it to be the central source of angling information on ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The state has reduced the fines for an oil and gas company that failed to plug two Cook Inlet wells before the end of its leases.

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the state entity responsible for ensuring that the subterranean portions of oil and gas ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Residents of Homer have voted to increase the city’s sales tax to help pay for a new police station.

Kenai radio station KSRM reports residents in a ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — A group of citizens on the Kenai Peninsula Borough have launched a campaign to place a proposition on the October ballot raising the borough’s general sales tax rate by .5 percent.

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