School district negotiates teacher contracts

Homer Tribune - Wed Nov 11

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and bargaining team for the teachers and support staff unions have reached a tentative contract agreement.

As Homer landfill nears capacity, plans made to close

Homer Tribune - Wed Nov 11

By Naomi Klouda Homer Tribune The Kenai Peninsula is home to only two garbage landfills on the road system - " one in Soldotna and one in Homer.

Egg harvest the beginning of Kenai students' salmon education

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Sun Nov 08

KENAI, Alaska - Three years ago Brittany Gilman knew three things about salmon. "All I knew back then was that salmon are fish.

On the take: Salmonid education begins with egg harvest

Clarion Dispatch - Fri Nov 06

Editor's note: This is the first part of a multi-piece series following Dave Knudsen's class at Kaleidoscope School of Arts Science in Kenai as they study different aspects of the salmon lifecycle through the school year.

Injured swan taken to Sealife Center

Anchorage Daily News - Sat Oct 31

Extensive collection of images of Alaska animals roaming the wilderness and, in many cases, our own backyard.

Opinion on Steller sea lions to come this month

Alaska Journal of Commerce - Fri Oct 30

Alaska's fishing industry will soon know if more restrictions might be imposed to protect sea lions in prime fishing grounds.

Here is the latest Alaska news from The Associated Press

KTVF Fairbanks - Fri Oct 30

All involved his daughter when she was 14. The verdict was returned yesterday in Superior Court in Anchorage in Cohen's second trial.

Highway-to-highway ideas frighten many

Anchorage Daily News - Fri Oct 30

To untangle traffic at the state's worst bottleneck -- where the Glenn and Seward highways link up in Anchorage -- road planners are looking at just about every alternative imaginable: How about a freeway slicing through Russian Jack Springs Park? Or maybe one that cuts along the west end of Merrill Field and later splits the Rogers Park ...

Friday is deadline for comments on highway-to-highway proposals

Anchorage Daily News - Wed Oct 28

Friday is the deadline for commenting on the many alternatives being considered for the highway-to-highway project -- connecting the Glenn and Seward highways in Anchorage.

Cruising in Alaska offers spectacular scenes

Martin County Hometown News - Fri Oct 23

Editor's note: This column originally ran on Nov. 16, 2007. Now for my Alaska experience.