Seward

The Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area estimates 32 Forest Service employees were laid off from the Chugach National Forest.

Borough Mayor Peter Micciche says the borough’s interest in the land is directly tied to housing shortages.

Not everyone owns a vehicle, that's why Red Eye Rides offers shuttle services between communities on or near the Kenai Peninsula. The company receives about 40% of its revenue in the winter, primarily from shipyard workers.

The young otter has extensive facial injuries. He was rescued from a sheltered hallway of an apartment complex several blocks from the water.

A remote landslide produced a tsunami about 55 feet high at Kenai Fjords National Park earlier this month. No injuries or fatalities were reported.

Two Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees were recently nominated for National Life Group’s LifeChanger of the Year award, which recognizes and awards outstanding K-12 educators and employees. One of this year's nominees is Ryan Kocher, head custodian at Seward High School.

Joseph Chandler was acquitted Monday in the 2019 killings of Dustin Marx and Michael White. A previous trial for Chandler last spring ended in a hung jury and mistrial.

Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas docked in Seward for four extra days and missed much of its itinerary because of storms forecasted in the Gulf of Alaska.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s vessel Okeanos Explorer is docked in Seward after finishing a five-month research expedition of maritime Alaska. The expedition surveyed maritime regions throughout the state, leading to new scientific discoveries.

Most of Southcentral Alaska was under a flood watch on Friday and Saturday. The Kenai didn't see many impacts, but the borough is monitoring flood-prone areas, and there was flooding on East End Road in Homer.