About 22,000 homes and businesses lost power on Wednesday after a Nikiski generation plant operated by Homer Electric Association went offline. The outage happened at… Continue reading
Wednesday, 6 p.m.: There have been no reports of damage near the epicenter of an Alaska earthquake that registered at 5.8 on the Richter… Continue reading
The jury is still out in the case of a Palmer man accused of sexually assaulting one of his coworkers in Kenai.Rosendo Pallones, 40, has… Continue reading
Both fires in the Cooper Landing area are better contained than they were on Monday.A press release from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest… Continue reading
Monday, 1 p.m.:The Stetson Creek fire is estimated at 212 acres, and the Juneau Lake fire is estimated at 573 acres, according to an announcement… Continue reading
The Nikiski Fire Department responded to a house fire in Nikiski on Monday evening. Deputy Chief Trent Burnett said about 15 firefighters responded to a… Continue reading
A jury was in deliberations Monday in the case of a cannery worker accused of sexually assaulting his female coworker. Rosendo Pallones, 40, of Palmer,… Continue reading
As the 7,657-acre Card Street fire continues to burn in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge this week, refuge personnel have accepted the damage as a… Continue reading
A verdict should soon be reached in the case of a cannery worker charged with sexually assaulting a coworker last summer.Rosendo Pallones, 40, of Palmer,… Continue reading
The Card Street fire continued on its east-bound path through the Kenai Peninsula Thursday, burning through the black spruce of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge… Continue reading
Two fires in the Cooper Landing showed minimal growth from Wednesday through Thursday, and additional crews have arrived to increase support. In a press release,… Continue reading
A trial has started in Kenai for a cannery worker charged with first-degree sexual assault following a Kenai-area incident last July. Rosendo Pallones, 39, of… Continue reading
The Card Street fire has been raging through Sterling since Monday, and is now estimated to be more than 2,500 acres. As it threatens the… Continue reading
A single-vehicle crash at mile 147 of the Sterling Highway on Wednesday killed the vehicle’s driver, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers were notified of… Continue reading
Lenora A. Meehan, 53, of Kenai, was found unconscious on the floor of Vaughn’s Mini Mart on Kalifornsky Beach Road by Soldotna Alaska State Troopers… Continue reading
As the Card Street fire threatens more structures with each acre it expands, the Kenai Peninsula community has begun to rally around its own. Last… Continue reading
Artistic talent, good food and community networking are the goals of three recently-opened businesses on the Sterling Highway in downtown Soldotna. A clothing store called… Continue reading
Athletes were cheered on by family members and fellow triathlon enthusiasts as they traversed the sixth annual Tri-The-Kenai Triathlon in Soldotna on Sunday. Created by… Continue reading
The Kenai Public Health Center will introduce the first in a series of immunization clinics this Saturday in an attempt to fill medical treatment gaps… Continue reading
A Cooper Landing man accused of murder was granted an additional third-party custodian and an extended curfew during a status hearing at the Kenai Courthouse… Continue reading
