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Homer-area residents looking for a free and easy source of firewood may have hit the jackpot with the announcement this week from the Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor's office of a new program that will deposit loads of logs at a location just outside the city limits.

Crowley said June 17 that it is doing its part to keep Alaska's waterways clean.

Fishermen try to mend their nets, clean them and store them properly to extend the life of these tools of their trade, but over time some nets will inevitably have to be replaced.

After much discussion surrounding the proposed multi-use facility and changing to a manager form of government, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to put both topics on hold until its next meeting.

Gov. Sarah Palin has signed various bills into law, including one that outlaws unwanted solicitations on cell phones.

This summer has had no shortage of hot and dry days, and while this weather is good for recreational opportunities, it poses a severe risk, should a wildfire ignite.

A Nikiski man was arraigned in Kenai Superior Court on Tuesday on nine counts of sexual abuse of a minor and six counts of possessing child pornography.

Failure of electrical switch equipment caused Tesoro officials to shut down one of the Nikiski refinery's processing units last week, but no interruptions in product supply are anticipated.

Alaska's legislative leaders want to know how much time they have to override Gov.

As it turned out, a fuel spill May 27 lost 125 gallons or three barrels into Cook Inlet, it was discovered after the Coast Guard sounded tanks loaded on K-Sea Transportation's barge when it was examined in Homer.

Alaska legislators are discussing an attempt to override Gov. Sarah Palin's budget vetoes, which included a controversial rejection of $28.6 million in energy money.

Last weekend's World Beard and Moustache Championships in Anchorage brought whiskered warriors from all over the world, including a few competitors from the Kenai Peninsula.

On May 18, five primary classes from Nikiski North Star Elementary had the opportunity to go on a field trip to the Orca Theater to view the educational and entertaining movie EARTH.

If you don't exercise your rights, you lose them. That's the message conveyed by more than 60 people who on Tuesday walked through Soldotna to raise awareness of Second Amendment rights -- the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

At a time when funds are tight, the Kenai Peninsula Borough stands to receive more than $41 million in federal stimulus funds.

A group of sixth-graders on a field trip this week came across what could be ancient bones that had been unearthed on a Nikiski beach, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Above, a tanker drops fire retardant Thursday night on a wildfire that burned between two and three acres of forested land near Wildwood Drive in Kenai.

Alaska State Troopers are investigating buried human remains that were uncovered in Nikiski this week.

A Kenai man has been charged with murder after a body was found in a vehicle in Nikiski, according to Alaska State Troopers.