There was standing room only in Ninilchik School’s small gymnasium during graduation on Tuesday afternoon. The crowd had come to give well-wishes and congratulations to… Continue reading
Ten home-schooled students and their families gathered on Friday afternoon to eat pizza and cake, entertain each other with music, and speak about their accomplishments… Continue reading
The Alaska Supreme Court has decided that Kenai has no claim to the gas storage rights used by Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska, a… Continue reading
Last summer at a day camp in Chugiak, a group of Girl Scouts discovered a bear skeleton in the woods. The normal program was thrown… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has suspended its burn permits on the Kenai Peninsula, prohibiting the setting of fires over 3 feet in diameter.… Continue reading
If Nikiski’s Agrium ammonia plant were to re-start in the future, the company could be eligible for a corporate income tax credit when it begins… Continue reading
When sculptor Cam Choy became an art professor at Kenai Peninsula College in 2013, he had little opportunity to teach his preferred art form. Choy… Continue reading
Last spring, homeowners near Halibut Cove and Homer began to see needles on their spruces turning yellow and brown. Naturalists from the Alaska Division of… Continue reading
Kenai’s first commercial marijuana business — Red Run Cannabis Company — has permission from the Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission to open a cultivation facility… Continue reading
Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the title of Marc Theiler, originally described as an attorney. Theiler is an office manager and… Continue reading
For the first time since 2013, Kenai will begin negotiating a sale of city-owned airport land to private individuals. At its Wednesday meeting, the Kenai… Continue reading
The Soldotna High School drama group’s spring play will take audiences into “The Giver,” a classic young adult novel by Lois Lowry about conformity, empathy,… Continue reading
At stations scattered through the two gymnasiums of Soldotna Preparatory School, children with autism played a ring-toss game, won cupcakes in a circle of musical… Continue reading
Odie’s Deli in Soldotna was crowded Friday night for a live storytelling event with the date-appropriate theme of “foolishness.” A group of raconteurs including the… Continue reading
Kenai residents played dodgeball in two separate fundraising dodgeball tournaments last Saturday: the Young Life Christian youth group in the gymnasium of the Kenai Middle… Continue reading
Alaska’s Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said that although the nation’s capital has earned a reputation for dysfunction, congress has recently managed to consider and occasionally… Continue reading
Trends in Kenai’s gross sales and property taxes recorded by the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District (KPEDD) show that since 2008 the city of Kenai… Continue reading
Differences between versions of Kenai’s past comprehensive plans and resident preferences were hashed out at a meeting to update the city’s current plan. A town… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has begun its consideration of a tax credit designed to lure Agrium back to its Nikiski plant. On Monday the Senate Resources… Continue reading
This story has been changed to correct the title of Ronald Smith, originally described as a realator. A realator is a licensed member of the… Continue reading
