Kenai Peninsula Borough project managers are moving forward with plans to extend the Kenai Spur Highway north, but construction likely won’t start until next year.… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the name of Inkwell's Bookshop. Sprinklers beat firefighters to the punch when they put out a… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives’ Resources Committee advanced the three Board of Fisheries nominees to a joint Senate and House hearing with little controversy during… Continue reading
Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that UCIDA is no longer asking the court to vacate Amendment 12 and that the group… Continue reading
Job Shadow Day for Kenai Central High School juniors was Feb. 22 this year. For more than two decades the Kenai Chamber of Commerce has teamed… Continue reading
For several years the annual Job Fair at the old Carr’s Mall has been seen as a sign of the changing of the seasons and… Continue reading
Despite tall snow berms and glaciated sidewalks, Soldotna hosted its 26th St. Patrick’s Day parade March 17. According to the city’s resident leprechaun Michael Sweeney,… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula is a jumping-off point for three major national parks in Alaska, and the borough government wants to see the infrastructure stay well… Continue reading
Kenai, Homer and Seward are up for consideration as sites for a new graphite processing plant. A Vancouver-based company is working on plans to develop… Continue reading
Mountain goats are found throughout the Kenai Mountains, including lands managed by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. While mountain goats have been introduced to Kodiak… Continue reading
The other day, I looked in the mirror and saw a man who isn’t the same fishing nut he was when he was young. I… Continue reading
After last year’s disastrously low pink salmon runs to drainages all across the Gulf of Alaska, the forecasts offer a little more hope for the… Continue reading
The Kenai Senior Center received a special gift from Kenai Peninsula College students on Tuesday in the form of 1,000 origami cranes. Each crane was… Continue reading
Local governments in Alaska have the right to object to proposed marijuana licenses, but only if the marijuana business violates state or local law. So… Continue reading
After reams of public comments, dozens of emails and a legal challenge still wending its way through the state court system, the Kenai Peninsula Borough… Continue reading
More than 50 employers attended the Peninsula Job Center at Old Carrs Mall yesterday for the annual Kenai Peninsula Job Fair, hosted by Alaska Department… Continue reading
The dancers onstage at Forever Dance Alaska’s upcoming show hope to start a dialogue without saying much at all. The Soldotna-based dance studio’s Aurora Dance… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education sought to explain why district costs continue to rise, even though student enrollment has dropped, to… Continue reading
The University of Alaska Fairbanks turned down an offer for funding for research on Kenai River king salmon because it would only come from one… Continue reading
On the first day of spring, greenhouse workers’ hands were busy mixing, potting and planting, even though their workspaces are still flanked with several feet… Continue reading