Kenai

STATEWIDE ELECTION ROUNDUP

Wasilla's mayoral race will be settled in a runoff

Wasilla's race for mayor ended in a deadlock Tuesday between Marty Metiva and Verne Rupright. The two will face off in an Oct. 28 runoff.

Kenai borough voters will decide sales tax fate

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will go to the polls to decide whether a borough sales tax on nonprepared food should be dropped when most tourists go

Kenai Peninsula voters mindful of taxes

The talk is of taxes as Kenai Peninsula voters prepare to go to the polls Tuesday to elect a borough mayor and decide whether to exempt food from sales taxes in winter.

Helicopter pilot survives crash

An Anchorage helicopter pilot suffered non-lethal injuries after his chopper struck a power line and crashed while taking off Thursday afternoon, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Coast Guardsman in line for award in Bering Sea rescue

A Coast Guard swimmer stationed in Kodiak will go to D.C. to receive an award for a harrowing rescue in the Bering Sea.

Fatal crash caused by wing failure, NTSB says

Wing failure caused a floatplane crash that killed four men in the Katmai National Park and Preserve last year, according to a federal accident report.

Conservation veteran heads SeaLife Center

Dr. Ian Dutton is the new president and chief executive officer of the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.

Stocked silver salmon opened for snagging

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday issued an emergency order opening the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon to snagging beginning at noon Friday in an effort to catch the remaining stocked silver salmon.

2 dead in apparent murder-suicide

Alaska State Troopers are investigating an apparent murder-suicide near Homer on Monday night.

Horse attacks and kills woman, troopers say

A Ninilchik woman was attacked and killed by her stud horse, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Dead motorcyclist wore no helmet

A motorcyclist was killed Monday night in Anchor Point after he crashed on North Fork Road, Alaska State Troopers report.

Fish and Game once again tightens fishing on Kenai River

For the second time in less than a week, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has tightened restrictions on Kenai River's sport fishing waters. The number of harvested red salmon will be reduced to one per day and one in possession starting at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, upstream of the sonar that counts salmon on Mile 19.

Mauling victim flies home

Abi Sisk, mauled by a brown bear last week at the Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge, has checked out of Providence hospital and flown home to Utah.

140-year-old ship artifacts surface near Homer

Pratt Museum visitors got a look at what�s left of a hairbrush abandoned by one of four hopeful women aboard the Torrent 140 years ago when it sank off Port Graham. The dishes the 135 travelers ate from � now shards of china � and surviving ship braces made of bronze offer new clues to Alaska�s early American years.

Safety department appointee denies account of sexual harassment

The new state Department of Public Safety Commissioner Chuck Kopp on Tuesday denied a history of sexual harassment while he was police chief in Kenai.

Video: Alaska's top cop faces some tough questions (KTVA)

Man dies in one-car accident

A 25-year-old Nikiski resident was killed Monday night after his Pontiac G6 went off the road and ran into a power pole, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Identification of plane crash victims delayed

Alaska State Troopers say it could be another two or three days before the state medical examiner's office can confirm the identities of two passengers killed in a fiery plane crash Saturday.

1 dead in crash on Kenai Spur Highway

The sole occupant of a vehicle died after losing control of the car on Kenai Spur Highway and hitting a power pole Monday night, Alaska State Troopers said.

Man convicted after his turkeys waddle off

A Cooper Landing man whose wild turkeys roamed around a neighboring elementary school playground was convicted Tuesday of releasing wild game without a valid permit.

Nikiski beach closure festers

Monica McGahan and her family have been using a Nikiski beach since before statehood -- for relaxing picnics after work, for collecting pretty rocks called agates, for teaching kids about the tides and sea birds.

Kenai district attorney shifts to new job

Kenai District Attorney June Stein is shifting to a new job with the state Department of Law's Rural Prosecutions Unit.