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Kenai council to consider pallet-burning ban
At its meeting on Oct. 4, the Kenai city council will consider prohibiting burning pallets and other wood…
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Once Tesoro, now Andeavor
The refinery in Nikiski that turns Cook Inlet’s oil output into gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and propane won’t…
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Orthodox Church draws close to restoration goal with funding for chapel work
Some of the square-hewn timbers of the small Russian Orthodox chapel in Old Town Kenai may be exchanged…
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Old-school metal
The top 30 feet of an approximately 130 foot-tall oil drilling rig used around Alaska by the drilling…
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Kenaitze tribe to host edible and medicinal plant conference
Experts on medicinal uses of the plants growing in woods and meadows throughout the Kenai Peninsula will be…
Life
Wheel of Silvers
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show the magic weight on Wednesday was determined to be…
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Kenai Aviation closes after 56 years on Kenai Airport
After two generations of family ownership and 56 years of flying from the Kenai Municipal Airport, the charter…
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Incorporate Nikiski may amend, withdraw petition
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to show that the Local Boundary Commission did not decide on…
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At the rodeo
Madee Knowlton chases down a steer during the steer daubing event at the Soldotna Equestrian Club’s first 9-11…
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Kenai Council rejects loosening marijuana setbacks
An effort to loosen city restrictions on where marijuana businesses can locate in Kenai — which critics say…
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25 years in Vintage Pointe
Joanna Hollier (left) shows visitor Gary Sonnevil around her apartment in Kenai’s Vintage Pointe Manor during an open…
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Sterling man arrested for drug charges
A Sterling man, Dennis Backstrom, was charged with controlled substance misconduct and theft after being arrested by Kenai…
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Kenai Lions Club hosts annual rubber duck race
Of the approximately 650 to 700 yellow rubber ducks floating down the Kenai River on Monday morning —…
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Cannabis proposition pro- and con- take different approaches
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to remove an incorrect statistic about the outcome of the 2014 statewide…
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Assembly candidates discuss Soldotna annexation
Two Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidates — incumbent Brett Hibbert and challenger Dan Castimore, both running to represent…
Life
The loon
You’ve probably seen it already: a solitary yellow leaf on the sidewalk or the surface of a pond,…
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A tasty walk in the woods
Leading a group of berry seekers, Janice Chumley of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service contrasts…
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Candidate withdraws from borough assembly race
The three-way race to fill the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s District 1 seat — representing the Kalifornsky area…
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ENSTAR contracts with AIX energy for supply until 2021
A deal between the regional gas utility ENSTAR and the Texas-based independent producer AIX may cover a small…
Arts & Entertainment
Four hands of fury
During a stop on her Listen Hear Alaska tour, classical pianist Miki Sawada (left) played a four-hand piece…