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A pair of tugboats push a tanker against a dock

A tidal energy project could power machinery at Port MacKenzie

The company hopes it can harness the inlet's strong tides to power machinery at Port MacKenzie, across Knik Arm from Anchorage.
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Soldotna Planned Parenthood to close at the end of May

The Soldotna center has been around for about 30 years, administering birth control, STD testing and other services.
Two firefighters working amid smoke and burned timber

Crews contain Cooper Landing fire as dry season continues

The state has put a burn ban in place for the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak.
A stock photo of a large black bear standing in a field

Reality TV star accused of illegally hunting bears in Alaska

The charges say Harvey Neil "Blaine" Anthony featured two illegal black bear kills from within Kenai Fjords on his show.
A field of fireweed on the lower slopes of a volcano

Geothermal company looks to Augustine Volcano as a source of renewable energy

The company is already prospecting for energy at Mount Spurr, 40 miles west of Tyonek.
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State forecasts record sockeye run in Bristol Bay and below-average harvests in Cook Inlet

Alaska fishermen could see a record sockeye salmon harvest of 74 million fish this year, most of which will come from Bristol Bay.
Firefighters watch a tractor trailer burn

Trailer fire destroys mail bound for Kenai Peninsula

The driver was coming from Anchorage when he noticed in his side view mirror his trailer was engulfed in flames.
Bees in a shipping container

Millions of Alaska-bound honeybees die at Atlanta airport

Soldotna beekeeper Sarah McElrea said the loss is devastating.
Six people standing in shallow water working with buckets, hoses and other equipment

Counting clams: Fish and Game surveys Cook Inlet beaches in hopes of reopening to clammers

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game could reopen the razor clam fisheries in Ninilchik and Clam Gulch for the first time since 2014.
A man and beetles

Beetle-killed trees raise safety concerns at Kenai Peninsula campgrounds

Spruce beetles, which resurge every few years in the region, eat away at trees and weaken them, making them more prone to toppling.
A blue, glacial lake with the terminus of a glacier in the distance

Court upholds hunting and bear baiting restrictions for Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

The so-called “Kenai Rule” placed restrictions on hunting and trapping in the 2-million-acre refuge.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaking from behind a lectern

For Alaska public defenders, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation was doubly historic

When she's sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. She'll also be the first justice who's worked as a public defender.
A sign says: Nenana Ice Classic

All bets are in for Nenana Ice Classic

Each ticket is one guess for when the ice on the Tanana River in Interior Alaska will break, moving the tripod that’s planted inside the ice and stopping the clock inside.
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There’s no organization uniting the Alaska Railbelt’s electrical utilities. One group just applied to be the first.

Utilities along Alaska’s Railbelt could soon be united under one umbrella organization.
A tote full of sockeye salmon

Copper River Seafoods no longer buying Cook Inlet salmon amid declining harvests

Copper River Seafoods is ending its run in the old Snug Harbor Seafood plant, leaving one major salmon processor in the area.
A black-and-white photo of two men and and a woman

Veteran Alaska journalist Jay Barrett dies at 60

His first ever broadcasts were in his hometown of Dillingham, where he announced high school basketball games as a kid.
a woman looks at the water with binoculars

Volunteers help monitor Cook Inlet’s endangered belugas

Each spring, trained volunteers perch on the Kenai and Kasilof bluffs and along Turnagain Arm. They’re trying to spot belugas and record observations to help researchers learn more about why the population isn’t rebounding.
An oil platform at dusk

Hilcorp fined for its response to Cook Inlet and North Slope leaks

The Environmental Protection Agency said the oil and gas company took twice as long as it was allowed to monitor potential gas and chemical leaks from its Beaver Creek Unit facility near Nikiski.
A portrait of a woman in a red jacket

Charlie Pierce picks Edie Grunwald as running mate in Alaska governor’s race

In her appearance alongside Pierce on Saturday, Grunwald said she wanted to purge ineligible voters from participating in elections.