Ninilchik News

Looking for a place to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with others? Look no further. In Homer, Anchor Point and Ninilchik, doors are opening to anyone wanting to come on in, sit right now and enjoy servings from the holiday's traditional menu.

Christmas of 1963 promised to be a lonely one for my family. Months before, we'd moved from Ninilchik to Juneau because Dad had begun working on the state's newly launched Alaska Marine Highway System.

The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has approved a contract for Enstar Natural Gas Co.

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

The Homer High School choir is planning a spring break trip to Germany. The Homer High School Choir has undertaken an ambitious slate of fundraisers to gain money for a trip to Germany over spring break, culminating in an evening of "Germanfest" Saturday at the Elks Lodge.

The Anchor Point natural gas field on the lower part of the Kenai Peninsula may soon start feeding gas into the railbelt system.

An announcement in late September by Enstar Natural Gas Co. and Anchor Point Energy that they plan to connect the North Fork gas field to Anchor Point and then north to the Kachemak-Kenai gas pipeline has raised questions about Enstar's commitment to bring natural gas service to Homer.

Have you ever flown across the country and looked down on all the little cities and towns passing below your feet? Traffic flows by on highways, smoke drifts up from chimneys and lights shine from homes as hundreds of million Americans going about their daily lives.

Even though he had a broken ankle, a Ninilchik man fought off three suspected burglars when they broke into his girlfriend's home and tried to assault him, Alaska State Trooper Michael Henry said in a criminal complaint.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education got some lower-peninsula hospitality on Monday, with a dinner prepared for them by Nikolaevsk School and presentations by Homer Flex and Fireweed Academy at its work session and West Homer Elementary and Chapman School at its regular meeting, both held at Homer High School.

Andrea Cordova and Salty Bock were married in an afternoon ceremony Saturday, July 11, 2009, Moose meadow Cabins in Soldotna.

In the mail today was a 3-by-5 postcard. With big print on small paper, it described how my world will come to an end if I dona t vote for a sales tax increase on food.

Whitney Leman of Ninilchik and Jason Schollenberg of Anchor Point were married Saturday, Aug.

Not going to be around for the upcoming election? Don't want to wait in line at polling stations? Absentee ballots are available to registered voters starting Monday.

The Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska offers The Savvy Caregiver, a six-week, intensive course beginning in mid-September. Join us and learn care giving and coping skills.

A 9-year-old Alaska boy has died after he was dragged several hundred feet by his own cow at the Kenai Peninsula State Fair in Ninilchik.

The Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska offers The Savvy Caregiver, a six-week, intensive course beginning in mid September.

Fairgoers cheer as the Kenai Peninsula Fair racing pigs round the corner and head into the home stretch at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds.

Editor's note: During a recent visit between Homer Staff Writer McKibben Jackinsky and her grandson, Colby Aley, 13, formerly of Alaska and currently a resident of Oregon, the two compared childhood activities that left a mark on their lives.

It might seem that the Kenai Peninsula is starting to wind down, but August is a busy month.