Cohoe News

Strong winds and downed trees took out electric lines throughout the southern Kenai Peninsula on Wednesday evening, causing several power outages.

With heating oil prices on the rise, some people may be planing to heat their homes with more natural materials this winter, and they will soon be able to get fuel for free for their wood stoves.

Anyone living south of Soldotna is well aware of the federally-funded Sterling Highway resurfacing project that's been under way since August, and after weeks of reduced speed zones and lane restrictions, many want to know when it will end for the season.

As the peak of fire season has passed, many Kenai Peninsula residents will soon start felling trees for firewood, or begin clearing away dead trees to get a jump on next year's fire season.

Traffic in both directions was shut down on the Sterling Highway for more than an hour on Sunday due to a head-on collision between an RV and a motorcycle.

Sometimes all it takes is time and a little bit of luck, and fortunately for Hollyn Smith of Homer, both were on her side this past week, as she has been reunited with her lost dog Sketcher.

Despite fireworks being illegal on the Kenai Peninsula, a midnight launching at the mouth of the Kasilof River may have cost a pet owner her relationship with a canine companion of more than 12 years.

There are minor power outages and then there is what occurred in the Cohoe Loop area on Sunday night, as a blackout lasting more than 12 hours left residents in the dark with freezers full of fish thawing and milk in the fridge souring.