Ninilchik News

Winning was at the top of everyone's list Saturday morning, as more than 250 entrants crossed the starting line of the 10-kilometer 2008 Homer News Spit Run.

It seems like our fine-finned friends got the memo about it being summer now and started biting.

The state Attorney General's office reached an out-of-court settlement June 18 in the Caribou Hills wildfire incident that blackened more than 55,000 acres and burned 53 cabins last summer.

It's warm. It's sunny. A nice breeze is blowing. It's the perfect time to burn those slash piles, right? Well, they would burn, but you are likely to get more fire than you bargained for.

In a lawsuit filed against the Secretary of Commerce, a Supreme Court judge temporarily suspended the one-halibut daily bag limit for charter fishermen in Southeast Alaska on Tuesday, but halibut fishermen and ...

Members of the Carlson family N son Forrest, 13; dad Jerry; grandsons Drake, 11, and Drew, 14 N take a break at Inlet View Lodge in Ninilchik during their Kenai-to-Homer walk that is raising funds for Kenai ...

A community meeting will be held at 7 p.m. June 11 at American Legion Post 18 in Ninilchik to discuss the recent Homestead Fire in Happy Valley.

BRU 243-34 first step in satisfying agreement with the state, increasing production in Cook Inlet; four more wells could follow ConocoPhillips spud the BRU 243-34 development well in the Cook Inlet basin on May ...

In his novel, "The Last Starship from Earth," John Boyd describes a planet named Hell that political prisoners get sent to.

Alaska State Troopers say a 23-year-old Homer man suffered a severe head injury when a pickup rolled near Ninilchik.

Published: May 23rd, 2008 12:44 AM Last Modified: May 23rd, 2008 01:36 AM ANCHOR POINT Firefighters are getting control of 260-acre Homestead wildfire Firefighters continued to knock back a wildfire burning on ...

A wildfire went out of control Tuesday, with firefighters continuing to work on a spreading 300 acres by Happy Valley on Wednesday.

HOMESTEAD FIRE: The 300-acre burn is 60 percent contained. Published: May 22nd, 2008 12:14 AM Last Modified: May 22nd, 2008 12:56 AM A fire burning on the Kenai Peninsula between Ninilchik and Anchor Point held ...

International Space Station astronauts orbiting high above Alaska on a dark January night early next year might suspect something terrible is happening below when they spy large fires erupting across the Kenai ...

As a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, my oldest daughter, Maureen, a 2005 Ninilchik School graduate, can exchange two years one in America and one abroad as long as she returns to graduate from ...

“They elect officers, present bills - it's probably run better than Juneau”

Photo courtesy Smokey Bay Air Dedicated long-time Homer American Legion member Bill Sheldon was named Alaska's Legionnaire of the Year at the recent convention in Fairbanks, reflecting honor on General Buckner ... via Homer Tribune

“They had seven volunteers that came down and cleaned up the beach”

With residents having put a shine on the Homer area May 3, neighbors to the north got into the swing of things May 10. via Homer News

Published: May 13th, 2008 11:23 PM Last Modified: May 13th, 2008 11:36 PM ASCI revamps its image with new name, logo ASCI, formerly Alaska Supply Chain Integrators, recently announced its new brand image, ... via Anchorage Daily News

Last week I mentioned Paul Fischer's heart tune up. He didn't get a stent, he got a Pacemaker and defibrillator implant. via Peninsulaclarion.com

“You want a Tang mimosa with that?”

Published: May 9th, 2008 12:50 AM Last Modified: May 9th, 2008 04:44 AM I recently confronted a fairly common dilemma -- "What should I do for my next wedding anniversary?" Giving wedding presents was simple. via Anchorage Daily News