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Cooper Landing has the second-fastest growing home prices in the state for the last year, and a dozen peninsula communities rank in the top 20.
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The Cooper Landing bypass project is being overseen by cultural observers from the Kenaitze Tribe as construction contractors excavate the archeologically significant area around the Sterling Highway.
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The advisory went into effect Saturday, Sept. 3, and is scheduled to be in place until Thursday, Sept. 8 at 2:30 p.m.
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When schools in Alaska drop below 10 students, they lose full state funding and can be shut down. Today, the peninsula's smallest schools are in the clear — but it hasn't always been that way.
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Cindy McKibben is the new principal at the small schools in the unincorporated communities of Hope and Cooper Landing.
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The hikers told troopers they were out of food and water and did not have any overnight camping supplies. A Wildlife Trooper dispatch about the incident says high winds and wet weather were forecasted for the next couple of days.
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Staffing shortages have plagued businesses across the country since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. But those shortages and high rates of staff turnover can be especially harsh in small, rural communities, where employees are already hard to find.
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A volunteer group in Cooper Landing with a fun name and a messy job has been keeping unmanned dump sites on the Kenai Peninsula clean for more than 25 years.
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Cooper Landing Emergency Services is a registered nonprofit. It's paying for its new ride with donations.
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Last week, a crew from the Alaska Air National Guard rescued two hikers on Resurrection Pass near Cooper Landing after they said they couldn’t make it through snow and water there.