Avalanche closes Seward Highway at mile 21

KTVA Anchorage - Fri Nov 27

Avalanche debris is blocking the road at Mile 21 of the Seward Highway. Both lanes are expected to remain closed until sometime tomorrow afternoon.

Ordinance would roll clock back on mishandled purchase

Clarion Dispatch - Fri Nov 27

Following an early August purchase deal between the Kenai Peninsula Borough and Sterling-based Chumley's Inc.

Flying high again: Merger enhances peninsula emergency flight capabilities

Clarion Dispatch - Fri Nov 27

Almost two years have passed since the medical helicopter based in Soldotna went down over Prince William Sound, killing all three crew members and the patient who was being flown from Cordova to Anchorage.

Airport fees to take off

Clarion Dispatch - Thu Nov 26

The daily vehicle parking fee at the Kenai Municipal Airport will increase from $4 to $5 as of January 1, but the people who are in charge of the decision say the fee change should actually save most users money.

Volunteers ease holiday stress

Clarion Dispatch - Thu Nov 26

The holidays can get stressful quickly, especially if Thanksgiving dinner includes cooking almost a dozen gobblers and serving 150 people.

Homer charter outfits stay open for business through the winter

Peninsula Clarion - Thu Nov 26

The weather might not be the balmiest Homer has to offer this time of year, but for die-hard sportfishermen, what's another layer of clothing when there are king salmon waiting to be caught? With an estimated dozen fishing charter businesses operating in the Homer area year-round, there's no time like now to go fishing.

Community rallies around local student: Fundraisers, support offered for cancer patient Ivy Howland

Clarion Dispatch - Wed Nov 25

Ivy Howland won't be eating Thanksgiving dinner this week because she can't swallow.

Two arrested in 'practical joke gone wrong'

Homer News - Tue Nov 24

Alaska State Troopers last week arrested two Anchor Point men for third-degree assault, a felony, and reckless endangerment after they allegedly burned a 5-year-old boy in what one man called "a practical joke gone wrong." Stephen Ray Dilley II, 32, and Johnathon M. Miller, 29, are both in custody at Wildwood Pretrial Facility in Kenai.

Fake identities lead to arrest of man, 71

Anchorage Daily News - Mon Nov 23

A 71-year-old Kenai man has been indicted on 12 federal charges of passport fraud, identity theft and using a false Social Security number and identity to get Permanent Fund dividends, the U.S. attorney said.

HEA offers free CFLs in exchange for incandescent light bulbs

Clarion Dispatch - Sun Nov 22

Before 10 a.m. Friday morning, it was 15 down and 6,085 to go. Homer Electric Association's "Kick in-Can" program aims to put 7,000 compact fluorescent bulbs in its members' hands in exchange for incandescent bulbs.