Kenai News

Alaska renewable power proposal involves two small dams, stirs worries of harm to salmon habitat; public meeting set for Nov.

In just over a year Central Peninsula Hospital has been the focus of incredible challenges, any one of which alone would test the mettle of any administrator and staff -- a prolonged and contentious union-organizing effort, a fatal shooting and a recent call by the hospital's advisory board for an in-depth operational audit by the Kenai Peninsula ...

The Kenai City Council will meet tonight at 7 for its regular meeting. Items on the agenda include an ordinance to establish standards for erecting wind turbines, and a resolution authorizing Mayor Pat Porter to sign a joint resolution with the Soldotna and borough mayors asking the Board of Fisheries to reconsider its decision not to meet on the ...

With Veterans Day fast approaching, the American Legion Post 20 in Kenai is planning for at least one added event this year.

Not all campaign promises fall by the wayside. In Soldotna, where four candidates for city council recently campaigned with a pledge to honor voters' wishes to site a city cemetery next to the Kenai River near the end of Redoubt Avenue, the newly elected council members are considering just that.

Numerous power outages struck Homer Electric Association customers throughout the day Thursday, particularly in North Kenai and Nikiski.

Someone call Charlie Brown because there's a great pumpkin at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center this weekend, and in fitting with the seasonal festivities, the garden gourd is being transformed into a work of art by a local sculptor.

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.

While some people may just be getting around to carving their jack-o'-lantern for Halloween, Sonia Tribble of Kenai has taken holiday decorating to another level.

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Representatives from Southcentral Alaska utilities estimate an initial energy load reduction of between 2 and 4 percent Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. during the first Energy Watch conservation drill.

In a move praised by alternative energy advocates, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska last Wednesday approved regulations setting net metering requirements for large electric utilities.

Right after taking the oath of office, newly elected Kenai city councilmen will hit the floor running tonight as the council business agenda covers issues ranging from the annual dipnet fishery to multi-million dollar appropriations for major city projects.

A diagnosis of cancer affects many -- the patients, their family members, and friends and coworkers, and while these effects are often pain and sorrow, some good can grow from all the heartache.

After a lengthy discussion and several amendments, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved the creation of job descriptions for administrative service employees, Tuesday at its meeting in Soldotna.

Discovered by Unocal and Ohio Oil a half century ago, Kenai created the Cook Inlet natural gas industry and still fuels Southcentral Eric Lidji For Petroleum News The Kenai gas field started out as an oddball no one quite knew what to do with, but became an essential component of daily life and industry in Southcentral Alaska.

Firefighters doused a vehicle fire near Kalifornsky Beach and Bridge Access roads Wednesday morning.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough has been asked to conduct an operational audit of a Soldotna hospital where a fatal shooting occurred last year.

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich has opened an office at 805 Frontage Road, Suite 101, in Kenai.

If the idea of swimming in Cook Inlet this time of year isn't chilling enough, imagine first flying out over the water and then leaping from a moving helicopter.