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A Sterling man was indicted by a federal grand jury last month for a scam involving COVID-19 relief business loans. According to a federal indictment, 55-year-old Kent Tompkins illegally schemed to receive federal loans of more than $300,000 between 2020 and 2021. Tompkins requested the loans on behalf of his...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency helps people financially after disasters, but some disaster survivors say the agency is not clear on deadlines they need to meet for their recovery assistance.

Whistle Hill, the complex of businesses just east of Soldotna including a coffee shop, restaurant and frame store, is now accompanied by a large assortment of solar panels. The final phase of the two-stage project, which will be completed this summer, was just awarded a $460,000 grant from the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly held its April 16 meeting in Seward instead of Soldotna, which it does once a year. During the meeting, they presented certificates to the Seward High School boys wrestling team. They previously passed a resolution in February commending the wrestling team, but waited until the meeting in Seward to present the certificates.

As the snow melts and the days get longer, another year of the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series is in the works. The free concert series in Soldotna Creek Park kicks off in June. The Music in the Park events began in 2015, and have evolved into a much larger, grant-funded event over time.

A structure fire did extensive damage to a home in Funny River on Friday morning. The fire was reported to Central Emergency Services at 9:13 a.m. CES Deputy Fire Chief Dan Grimes said all units were in Soldotna for training at the time and had to make the 19-mile drive from town, instead of responding from the Funny River CES station.

Bobbie Jackson with Jackson Gardens shares her decades of Alaska gardening know-how. Learn from the master!. Larry started gardening in first grade when he took a bag of navy beans from the kitchen and threw them all over his backyard. They grew and his dad mowed around all the plants and he got a great bean harvest that year. From then on, he was hooked. Larry has gardened for over 60 years and the last 30 years in Alaska. He is on the Central Peninsula Garden Club board of directors and also the board of the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District. His goal for Growing a Greener Kenai is to disseminate the most accurate information possible in order to help Kenai Peninsula gardeners achieve the best results for their gardening endeavors and efforts.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson is joining the race for the Alaska House seat that represents the southern Kenai Peninsula. Superheroes have become household names in large part thanks to comic-based movies like the “Avengers” series, “Shazam,” and “Spider-man: No Way Home.”. Support...

Elizabeth Terry, a 6th grade teacher at Soldotna Elementary in the small Alaska town of Soldotna is currently in the TOP 10 running for Reader’s Digest’s ‘America’s Favorite Teacher’. The wonderfully affable and dedicated educator hails from Tennessee. She loves teaching and her Southern accent mixes well with her tough but caring style of teaching with a smile and getting her students to know the value of an education. I met up with Beth here in Anchorage as she was bringing her kids to the Broadway show Aladdin. I talked to her about what makes an America’s favorite teacher and to six of her students who not only sing her praises but have learned new words like ‘ya’ll’ and ‘fix’in’ and other Southernisms that endear Elizabeth Terry to her students. She has been a teacher for 17 years. She got her undergraduate degree at University of Tennessee and her master’s degree at Arkansas State University. One of her current students is her own daughter who says her mom is “tough, but fair and really funny!’ Voting now for America’s Favorite Teacher continues next week: Here’s the link to vote and learn more about Elizabeth Terry: https://www.americasfavteacher.org/2024/beth-terry If she wins? Elizabeth with receive $25,000 and a trip for two to Hawaii! Dave Allgood - The Allgood News - Email: AllgoodNews@KTUU.com or AllgoodLife@outlook.com.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - A Sterling businessman was charged with wire fraud concerning Covid-19 relief funds. Kent Tompkins, owner of J & B Construction, allegedly received $95,000 in relief funds and attempted to receive $276,500 more, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office District of Alaska.

A Sterling man is indicted by a federal grand jury for a pandemic relief loan scam. And comic book collecting has become a small but lucrative side hustle for some in rural Alaska communities.

The Soldotna City Council will consider an ordinanceat its Wednesday meeting that would tighten up restrictions on the city's single-use plastic bag ban. The council passed the ban in 2018 to reduce plastic waste. Now that it's been in effect for a few years, ordinance cosponsor, Councilman Jordan Chilson, thinks it's not as effective as intended.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson is joining the race for the Alaska House seat that represents the southern Kenai Peninsula. Johnson filed a letter of intent to run for the House District 6 seat on April 15. The district covers the southern Kenai Peninsula up to Kasilof, and includes the communities of Homer, Anchor Point, Ninilchik and Clam Gulch, where Johnson has lived for over 60 years.

Hundreds of Soldotna High School students walked out Wednesday in protest of stagnant state education funding and the Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a bill that would have increased funding earlier this spring. At 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, a bustling crowd of Soldotna High School students gathered outside the school....

A morning fire caused significant damage to a home in Funny River, another candidate throws their hat in the ring for the House District 31 seat and the Soldotna City Council considers tightening the city's disposable plastic bag ban.

Alaska Health Fair, Inc, a nonprofit that organizes health fairs throughout the state, will host an event this Friday and Saturday at Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna. The educational event will inform attendees about services provided by the American Cancer Society, Cook Inlet Counseling, Alaska Breast and Cervical Screening and other local health services.