2/24/16

Impacts to fishing community economies can be caused by many things: regulation changes, environmental factors, or even forces like recessions. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is working on a better way to gauge how Alaskan communities handle changes.

2/24/16

House Bill 75, regarding growing and possessing marijuana as well as background checks for canna-business applicants, passed the Senate in a 18-2 vote today.

2/24/16

Last week the City of Kenai awarded a construction contract for the South Beach dip net access road to Big Mike’s Construction of Kenai.

2/24/16

Homer Electric Association will begin maintenance work in March that may require short outages along K-Beach Road from Kasilof to approximately Mile 13 or Jacobs Avenue.

2/24/16

One topic dominated public testimony during the packed, five hour Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting Tuesday night: marijuana.

2/23/16

The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development found in Alaska’s average monthly employment grew by 0.4 percent in 2015’s third quarter compared to the same period in 2014.

2/23/16

If you filed your child’s Permanent Fund Dividend within the first 12 days of this year, you may need to resubmit your signature page.

2/23/16

The National Weather Service has extended its flood advisory for streams and rivers on the Western Kenai Peninsula south of Kenai until Thursday.

2/23/16

Attendees to the joint-chamber luncheon in the Kenai Cultural and Visitors Center on Wednesday will hear an update from Tesoro.