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HEA takes a look at electric vehicles
Of the attendees who drove from the central Kenai Peninsula to Homer for Homer Electric Association’s annual member…
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Worker-inmates to be housed in Kenai cannery
As inmates in the work-release program at Kenai’s Wildwood Correctional Complex prepare to go to work at the…
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Watercolors in bloom at Kenai Fine Arts Center
Watercolor flowers are blooming on the walls of the Peninsula Art Guild’s Kenai Fine Art Center — alongside…
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BlueCrest fined $20,000 for 2 safety valve violations
On April 26 the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) issued a $20,000 fine to the Cook…
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SeaLife Center faces long odds in raising octopus
The aquarium staff of the Alaska SeaLife Center are getting their third opportunity to pull off a feat…
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Phone scammers posing as HEA collectors
Phone scammers posing as bill collectors for Homer Electric Association have targeted local business owners, seeking payment for…
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New Kenai Planner emphasizes listening, balance
Elizabeth Appleby, who became Kenai’s new city planner on April 9, said she’s practiced the skills of listening…
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Kenai plans airport terminal renovation
On Wednesday the Kenai City Council moved ahead with plans to renovate the Kenai Muncipal Airport’s passenger terminal.…
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CINGSA well gets first clearing of sand build-up
Drivers on Kenai’s Bridge Access Road during the past few weeks might have noticed a crane rising above…
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Winged words
Parents and children catching flights at the Kenai Municipal Airport now have the chance to make waiting time…
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Food for fines
Since the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Soldotna Public Library started accepting canned and other nonperishable food items in…
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Researcher looks at beluga use of Kenai River
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct the end date of Ovitz’s observation project. Early this…
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Kenai Council limits appeals of city decisions
At their Wednesday meeting the Kenai City Council voted to change the rules that had allowed any Kenai…
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Kenai’s first income-restricted housing now open
The central Kenai Peninsula’s small low-income rental housing market grew six units larger with the recent completion of…
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No injuries in home fire near Kalifornsky Beach Road
There were no injuries reported from a home fire near Kalifornsky Beach Road on Tuesday afternoon. No one…
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Bypass may bump businesses, boggle bears
Plans to relocate five miles of the Sterling Highway through the hills around Cooper Landing have been under…
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Tie vote jeopardizes HEA solar project
A Homer Electric Association plan to build Alaska’s highest-capacity solar farm near HEA’s Anchor Point substation is in…
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Kenai to debate who can appeal city decisions
Kenai residents who disagree with decisions by city administrators or the Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission can appeal…
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Funding Cook Inlet: Legislature debates bonding for oil and gas tax credits
Sometime between 2014 and 2015, Alaska state employees distributed a handout at oil and gas trade shows featuring…
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Spin class
Instructor Lee Coray-Ludden (center) shows how to spin yarn from wool on a kick-driven spinning wheel, with student…