Kenai News

Companies build lease positions in an area of obscure geology but intriguing potential near the edge of the Cook Inlet basin The State of Alaska's Cook Inlet areawide lease sale on May 8 saw companies picking up a series of leases along a fairway of land in the southern Kenai Peninsula, north of Kachemak Bay, near the eastern margin of the Cook ... (more)

Josh Holly, of Specialty Excavators, shows Konstantin Reutov, a 16-year-old Kachemak-Selo student, around an excavator on April 30 during the Alaska Construction Career Day at the Soldotna Sports Center in Soldotna.

With the Rideau and Trent-Severn canals poised to reopen this weekend, a three-member review panel will meet this week in a process that could lead to a reduction in Parks Canada's contentious user fee increases for the two waterways.

So what else could she do? About nine months ago, after more than 25 years out of the workforce, the 90-year-old Kenai resident got a job.

In Alaska, our lives revolve around the weather. When it comes to predicting conditions like temperature, snow and rain, the best glimpse into the future comes from climate models.

It was President's Day last year, and the 60-year-old was walking along the Kenai River's south beach in a gale, snow and sand particles whipping against his body.

Police at 10:12 a.m. contacted a 48-year-old man driving on Beluga Place and issued him a summons for driving while license revoked.

Twenty-eight lease tracts were sold with high bids of $419,840 offered by six bidder groups, state Oil and Gas Division Director Bill Barron said.

Southcentral utilities are breathing a little easier about natural gas supplies with Hilcorp Energy saying it can meet demand until 2017 by producing more gas from old wells it took over earlier this year from Marathon Oil.

Dunk the Fuzz raises funds The Homer Police Department is inviting the public to "Dunk the Fuzz," a charity drive for the Homer Special Olympics.

A brown bear killed by Alaska State Troopers Sunday on the Kasilof River's north beach following reports of an attack and other aggressive behavior has tested negative for rabies.

Homer area residents and voters from other areas of the Kenai Peninsula got a two-for-one special Friday with an opportunity to listen to and ask questions of Sen.

Myla Liljemark, who teaches social studies at Seward Middle School, was among seven Kenai Peninsula Borough teachers honored May 1st as 2013 BP Teachers of Excellence.

Photo courtesy of Sarah Donchi - Kenai Feed Pigs awaiting pickup by their new owners swirl in a high tunnel greenhouse at Kenai Feed on Kalifornsky Beach Road on April 29.

Since waste heat is being used to produce steam, the Nikiski HEA plant will see an increase from its original output of 40 megawatts to 60 megawatts without using any additional natural gas.

Dan Chay of Kenai won the race for District 1; Soldotna's Ed Oberts was elected to District 2; and incumbent Bill Fry of Homer was re-elected to his District 3 seat.

A 50-year-old Kenai Peninsula man whose driver's license is revoked until 2063 has been charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The pounding of nails, honking heavy equipment horns and buzzing of metal-cutting saws made an educational ruckus at the Soldotna Sports Center parking lot on Tuesday, where students from area high schools were getting a hands-on education in various Alaska construction fields.

The pounding of nails, honking heavy equipment horns and buzzing of metal-cutting saws made an educational ruckus at the Soldotna Sports Center parking lot on Tuesday, where students from area high schools were getting a hands-on education in various Alaska construction fields.

Three recent stories we'd like to draw to your attention have touched on some very different subjects - teen suicide, animal neglect and abuse, and the Caring for the Kenai competition - but each touches on a similar theme: young people in our community raising awareness to make their world a better place.