Anchorage Daily News

Council and mayor to get $100 raises

Positions on the Kenai City Council will pay $100 more per month.

Fourth of July events

Scheduled holiday activities

Soldotna's dog day of summer fells Great Dane

Record hot weather was nearly too much of a good thing for a participant in Soldotna's Sixth Annual Dog Trot.

Despite rescue efforts, fisherman dies after boat capsizes in lake

A 45-year-old Soldotna man drowned while fishing Saturday morning, Alaska State Troopers said.

ATV gets stuck; amputee spends night seeking help

A 68-year-old amputee spent a night crawling along trails seeking help on the Kenai Peninsula last week after his newly purchased ATV got stuck, Alaska State Troopers said Friday.

Tug, barge collide; gasoline spills into Cook Inlet

A Cook Inlet tug collided with a barge it was towing from a Nikiski dock on Wednesday morning, tearing a crack in the barge that leaked an unknown amount of unleaded gasoline into the inlet, the Coast Guard said.

Troopers identify body found in Nikiski

Alaska State Troopers have identified a body found in a vehicle in Nikiski on Sunday as that of a 20-year-old woman missing from Soldotna since October.

Human remains found in Cook Inlet bluff

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.

Man arrested after high-speed chase

A high-speed chase with a child on board the vehicle being pursued ended in a crash near Kenai after police shot at the vehicle and it rammed a police car, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Most types of burning are banned in Southcentral

State forestry officials have banned almost all burning in much of Southcentral Alaska due to dangerously dry conditions.

Kenai man charged with murder

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

Soldotna police honored for use of Smartphone patrols

The Soldotna Police Department is being recognized for being innovative.

Crews making progress against Homer wildfire

Crews are still making progress against the wildfire near Homer, thanks to continued misting and humidity.

Alaska Newsreader: Personal stories from the fire zone

Photos: Homer wildfire

Cool weather helps firefighters battling blaze near Homer

Cooler weather kept the Homer-area wildfire from growing overnight, officials said. Meanwhile, residents of three Russian Old Believer communities were still holding out against the smoldering blaze.

Alaska Newsreader: Personal stories from the fire zone

Photos: Homer wildfire

Homer fire threatens Old Believer villages

Residents of two Russian Old Believer villages were under evacuation orders Wednesday night as an explosively expanding wildfire east of Homer crept menacingly closer.

Post a photo of the fire

Grass fire near Wasilla scorches half-acre, two vehicles

Fast-moving Homer brush fire draws big response

A wildfire near Homer on Tuesday quickly swelled to 65 acres and prompted a big response from state and local officials. No injuries or damage were reported.

State officials ban almost all burning

Mat-Su, Anchorage grass fires under control

State officials ban almost all burning

State forestry officials have instituted a ban on almost all burning in the Mat-Su area and on the Kenai Peninsula because of very high fire danger. The ban extends to burning in burn barrels, one of which caused a blaze last Friday that scorched about 9.5 acres near Wasilla.

Mat-Su, Anchorage grass fires under control

Fast-moving Homer brush fire draws big response

Dive teams study boat that sank

Dive teams are assessing the condition and recovery options for a supply vessel that sank when making a delivery to the Granite Point platform last January about 15 miles from Nikiski.

Turkeys spotted around Peninsula

Ed Marker, and his wife Roxanne, are familiar with the sight of birds hanging around the feeder near their home off the Kenai Spur Highway, between Kenai and Soldotna, but some recent visitors caught the couple completely by surprise.

Road to Seward will be blocked for bridge repairs this weekend

Road traffic between Anchorage and Seward will be blocked all weekend while the state replaces two older bridges on the Seward Highway.

Speed limit cut on deteriorating bridges (Dec. 12, 2008)

Random bullet in the night leaves lingering questions

To whoever shot Darrin Huycke over the Fourth of July weekend two summers ago in Seward: Do you ever think about him? Wonder how he's doing?