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Juneau Empire, Peninsula Clarion owner sold to Mississippi-based newspaper group
Carpenter Media Group and Canadian investors now own the Empire, the Clarion and the Homer News among more than 100 publications in the sale.
Legislators get update on fixes for $5B transportation plan rejected by feds
Transportation Commissioner Ryan Anderson updated lawmakers Wednesday on the revised State Transportation Improvement Plan.
2 Kasilof residents charged with animal cruelty after dog found frozen to death
Staff at a Soldotna veterinary clinic said one of several dogs left outside in the case had likely died of malnourishment and hypothermia.
Kenai Peninsula Borough settles former firefighter’s lawsuit over sexual harassment
Courtney Moody will receive $78,500 from the borough, after she reported harassment by her boss and says she was then fired without a stated reason.
Soldotna teacher accused of sex with former student seeks dismissal of his case
An attorney for Nathan Erfurth claims Alaska State Troopers improperly presented evidence to a grand jury before his arrest in May.
Rural Chugach Electric customers deal with ‘excessive’ winter outages
The utility says the primary culprit is the above-average snowfall that has impacted all of Southcentral Alaska this winter.
Soldotna man accused of threatening to kill wife and dog
Alaska State Troopers say Kristoffer Calhoun, 36, threatened to kill his estranged wife and himself during a phone call as troopers listened.
Soldotna Pride postpones drag story hour at library after online backlash
The storytime event was part of Soldotna Pride’s winter celebration, called Happy New Queer, scheduled for Saturday.
Persily perforates Alaska natural gas line’s prospects in ‘Gasonomics’ talk
Longtime energy observer Larry Persily thinks Alaska will import natural gas to meet its needs, rather than building an in-state gas pipeline.
Ripping open the world of pull-tabs, Alaska’s most popular form of charitable gaming
All legal gaming in Alaska benefits nonprofits, and the most popular form, pull-tabs, is played at more than 1,000 locations statewide.
Peltola hosts online town hall on Albertsons-Kroger merger
In the tele-town hall Tuesday night, Rep. Mary Peltola said she was nervous about what the merger could mean for grocery options in Alaska communities.
Soldotna man pleads guilty to illegal harvest of collared moose
Troopers say the moose's guts and hide were found near Soldotna in early October. Its Alaska Department of Fish & Game radio collar had been cut off.
Alaska gets $200M from feds for Railbelt energy project, Cook Inlet undersea cable
Alaska Beacon reporter James Brooks discussed the project, and the flexibility it could create for energy security on the Kenai Peninsula and beyond.
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approves new policy to rein in ‘proselytizing’ invocations
The new policy calls for volunteer chaplains to deliver invocations, over which the ACLU of Alaska sued the Assembly in 2016.
Kenai man arrested for sending threatening email to U.S. senator
Arther Graham, 46, is accused of writing that he would remove the senator's skin and wear it.
Kenai borough Assembly asks governor to declare east side set-net economic disaster
A declaration from Gov. Mike Dunleavy would open up the fishery to grants from the state Legislature and accelerated capital projects.
Kenai airport looks at adding another airline after Ravn’s departure
That's the long-term plan. In the short-term, the current airlines servicing the airport are adding more flights.
Dunleavy announces plan to incentivize Cook Inlet gas producers
The announcement comes amid looming natural gas shortages, and concerns about energy security in the Railbelt area, from Homer to Fairbanks.
Kenai Peninsula board narrowly rejects Nikolaevsk’s proposal for a charter school
The Russian Old Believer village wanted the school to focus on Russian language immersion and to follow a subsistence calendar.
With Ravn out, Grant Aviation says it will increase flights between Anchorage and Kenai by 30%
Grant Aviation announced it will add up to 50 flights a week out of the Kenai Municipal Airport.