Alaska’s population grew slightly, by 2,274 people, between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, marking the first time the population has climbed above 740,000 since 2018, according to a Tuesday press ...

The number exceeds the department’s projection of 5,400 published in its “Alaska Economic Trends” in January of last year ...

Meetings are set for Homer, Kenai and Seward, across two weeks. On Feb. 11, a meeting will be held in the Homer High School ...

Happy New Year! We are three days in and so far so good. We’ve gained about 18 minutes of daylight already, according to the charts. I haven’t really noticed it, but I’m sure someone or something has.

Americans are changing their minds in record numbers. No, not about politics. People are pretty stubborn about that. And don’t look for Americans to change their minds about what they dislike — taxes, ...

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears lost 3-2 to the Wisconsin Windigo on Saturday in North American Hockey League play. With the two-game sweep, the Windigo improve to 22-8-1-2 and are in first place ...

The Kenai Central boys took third place at the Mountain City Basketball Invitational in Anchorage on Saturday with a 51-28 victory over Kotzebue. The Kardinals, who had a 16-2 lead after the first ...

Soldotna’s Ariana Cannava and Homer’s Jody Goodrich won the Homer Skiathlon on Friday at Ohlson Mountain just outside of Homer. In the skiathlon, athletes started with a 5-kilometer skate that ...