Rural and remote Alaska communities are expected to gain easier access to fingerprinting required for foster-care placements through a new round of federal funding. A $2.2 million initiative announced ...

New state assessment results have established the benchmark the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will use to measure whether it can make a five-percentage-point gain in English and math ...

A proposal to spend $97,132 on a full replacement of the Donald E. Gilman River Center’s fire alarm system is being reworked after Kenai Peninsula Borough officials determined the building’s current ...

Alaskans with certain vehicle loans through Credit Acceptance Corporation may qualify for debt relief or cash payments under a $709.5 million multistate settlement announced Thursday, Sept. 17.

Ambulance costs for Medicare beneficiaries was $2,025 annually — the second-highest per-user ambulance costs in 2024.

Future vacancies on the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly could bypass a temporary appointment if they occur within three ...

I’m more concerned with privacy when I floss my teeth or scratch during a softball game — both are crude and rude in public.

Corrections officials extended bidding again Friday, Sept. 11, moving the proposal deadline to Sept. 25. It is the fourth ...

A public road corridor added more than two decades ago after borough planners raised access and connectivity concerns ...

Alaska voters 50 and older report much higher motivation to vote in November than younger voters, according to an AARP survey that also found groceries and gasoline dominate affordability concerns ...

A new borough solicitation seeks bids for a reduced-scope repair project at Cells 1 and 2 of the landfill, located about 2.5 miles south of Soldotna. Bids were due Sept. 17.

Roads disappeared beneath water, railroad bridges failed, and streams jumped their channels when a record-setting storm inundated Seward in October 1986. Nearly 40 years later, the Resurrection Bay ...