Sterling

The long-abandoned gas station in Sterling began collapsing in April. The borough assembly okayed the demolition at its last meeting.

Homer Electric Association members in the area did lose power for a few hours last night so the utility could deenergize a circuit, since the plane flew into some utility wires when it crashed.

The old ZipMart convenience store in Sterling partially collapsed last week. The building, which sits on a fuel contamination site, is owned by a company that has failed to pay property taxes for decades. Now, the borough is stepping in.

After 10 years of brewing and two years of converting a log cabin into a taproom, a new brewery is finally coming to the central peninsula. Naptowne Brewing Company will open this month.

The new location will include a grocery store, gas station, liquor store, convenience store and Ace Hardware.

Homer Electric Association is suing a Sterling man for stealing what it said is more than $325,500 in power over seven years — the co-op’s biggest…

Supermarket chain Three Bears Alaska is opening another store in Sterling.The Wasilla-based company purchased several lots on the Sterling Highway next to…

Sterling is in a bit of a beer purgatory. While Sterling-ites have several options to the west and Cooper Landing Brewing to the east, there’s no…

On Friday, the central peninsula was shocked when two small planes collided above Soldotna and killed all seven people aboard. Around 8:30 a.m., a…

Representative Gary Knopp of Kenai was reportedly killed in a plane crash outside of Soldotna this morning, along with six other people. Knopp was…