The Kenai Watershed Forum has received a $150,000 grant that will help complete its renovation of the Soberg House. The house is being transformed into the new Watershed Forum headquarters. The grant is from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, and includes a match challenge. "$100,000 is an outright gran...
Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:00amSkiers, mushers, snowmachiners, trappers and others recreating on the Kenai Peninsula might see a new activity this winter: airplanes or helicopters with gunner crews shooting at wolves. If the Board of Game approves two proposals on its agenda at Arctic Region meetings next month, a plan for intens...
Thu, 10/06/2011 - 8:00amA 14-year-old male was struck Tuesday evening in Soldotna while riding his bicycle. Authorities responded to the collision in the area behind Peninsula Center Mall. A 19-year-old Kenai man was driving a 1988 Ford pickup behind the mall when the bicyclist rode his bike down a steep hill and into a ro...
Thu, 10/06/2011 - 9:09amVoters came out against taxes and government Tuesday. Throughout the Kenai Peninsula Borough, voters rejected propositions to repeal a seasonal sales tax exemption, add a tax to support economic development and increase the size of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and Board of Education. Nikiski...
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 10:40pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday she will not run for president, leaving little doubt that the eventual Republican nominee will come from the current field of contenders. After months of leaving her fans guessing, Palin said in a statement that she and her husband Tod...
Wed, 10/05/2011 - 3:20pm
Soldotna resident and Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral candidate Fred Sturman used one phrase to describe how he felt about the results of Tuesday's election. "I'm shocked," he said with a laugh. With all but the absentee ballots counted, Sturman gathered enough votes to place in a runoff election fo...
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 11:21pmCharlie Pierce, incumbent assembly member for the Sterling/Funny River district, said he wasn't nervous heading into Tuesday's election that pitted him against political rookie Eileen K. Sverdrup. "I think that the best place to be fired is at the ballot box, so if the voters had not supported me th...
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 11:39pmVoters in the city of Kenai were asked to weigh-in on two city council seats in Tuesday’s election. Incumbent Mike Boyle and newcomer Tim Navarre were up for election. Each received about half of the votes, with Boyle garnering 601 votes and Navarre earning 636, according to unofficial results...
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 10:39pmBorough mayor results 25/27 precincts reporting, 92.6 percent Ballots cast — 7,962 out of 41,017, or 19.8 percent Navarre, Mike 38.47 percent, or 3,063 votes Sturman, Fred 23.75 percent, or 1,891 votes Bagley, Dale 15.54 percent, or 1,237 vote...
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:24pmThe Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area is looking for public input on a management plan for the area. The area, which was established by a congressional designation, helps communities fund projects that preserve and promote their culture and history, said spokesperson Kaylene Johns...
Tue, 10/04/2011 - 8:00am
