Kenai Peninsula

Sacred Acre electronic music festival runs through Sunday in Ninilchik

Sacred Acre, an electronic music festival in Ninilchik produced by Cosmic Ayre Productions, runs through Sunday, Sept. 13. Three-day general-admission tickets were listed at $215 plus taxes and fees, with shuttle service available from Anchorage. The festival's website publishes no lineup for this year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Pilot uninjured after plane flips during off-airport landing in Caribou Hills

A pilot walked away uninjured after flipping his plane during an off-airport landing in the Caribou Hills, and was flown back to Soldotna by helicopter.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Left lane closed at mile 117 of New Seward Hwy until about 4 p.m.

Left northbound lane of New Seward Highway at mile 117 is closed until about 4 p.m. Saturday after a minor incident.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai weighs more money for the Senior Center canopy roof project

Kenai's council votes Wednesday on yet more money for the Senior Center canopy roof, a job that a 2024 plan had put at $50,000 on its own.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two Kenai Peninsula subdivisions go to the plat committee Sept. 28

Two subdivision plats, one in Nikiski and one in Anchor Point, go before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Sept. 28. Written comment closes the Friday before.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Southcentral Foundation sends visiting providers to Tyonek, Tatitlek and Nanwalek next week

Southcentral Foundation opens four visiting clinics Sept. 14 in Tyonek, Tatitlek and Nanwalek. Tyonek has no resident doctor and sees a primary care provider once every two months.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The Kenai coho limit stayed at two when it was supposed to go to three

Kenai River anglers expected the coho limit to rise to three fish on Sept. 1. It stayed at two instead, and will stay there through November.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

More than 200 coho counted at Bear Creek weir near Seward

More than 200 coho have passed through Bear Creek weir near Seward, with freshwater fishing expected to improve over the next few weeks.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: More than 100 coho have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward

Man arrested in Soldotna on felony sex offender registry charge

Troopers arrested a 74-year-old Soldotna man Thursday on a felony charge of failing to register as a sex offender, after a probation compliance check. The dispatch says he has two prior convictions for the same offense.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Funny River hunter cited after self-reporting sub-legal moose kill

A Funny River hunter self-reported killing a bull moose that didn't meet Unit 15B legal size requirements and was cited to appear in Kenai Courthouse.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai's airport expects to reopen its main runway around Sept. 21

Kenai's airport expects to move flights back onto its rebuilt main runway around Sept. 21, ending four months of landing planes on a taxiway.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Southcentral's gas storage is two-thirds full with winter coming

Southcentral's gas storage is two thirds full heading into winter, and one field shuts down for maintenance starting Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Three Cook Inlet gas storage plans pending for winter demand

State clears three Anchorage officers in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord

State prosecutors cleared three Anchorage officers of criminal liability in the fatal shooting of Emil McCord, 112 days after it happened.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Homer transfers its ice house lease to Silver Bay Seafoods

The Homer City Council approved transferring the Fish Dock Road ice house lease from OBI Seafoods to Silver Bay Seafoods, catching up to an existing change.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 10

A Jeep rolled in Nikiski with a 14-year-old inside and the driver was arrested

A Jeep rolled onto its side in Nikiski with a 14-year-old inside. Troopers arrested the driver for DUI, the third such arrest in the area this summer.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula assembly president proposes rewrite of rules for filling assembly vacancies

Kenai Peninsula Assembly President Ryan Tunseth is proposing to rewrite the rules for filling vacant assembly seats, with a public hearing set for Oct. 20.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula mayor's ordinance would regulate weather modification

The Kenai Peninsula Borough would regulate cloud seeding on its land and ask the state to consider banning weather modification.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kenai beautification panel floats $700,000 tennis and pickleball court rebuild

Rebuilding Kenai High's tennis courts into two tennis and four pickleball courts would run about $700,000, the parks director told a commission.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Wells Fargo keeps shrinking in Alaska, where it's the only bank in six towns

Wells Fargo keeps closing Alaska branches — nine since 2019, the latest in Anchorage. In six Alaska towns it's the only bank, and could leave them with none.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Jun 22

Seward state park advisory board takes public comment at Sept. 16 meeting

Seward State Park Citizen Advisory Board meets Sept. 16 to hear public comment on park management, in person or via Teams.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Homer's library is asking the state to cover part of its internet bill

Homer's library wants $5,130 from the state toward its internet bill. That is less than last year, for the pleasant reason that the bill went down.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 10

Troopers investigating death of a Kachemak Selo man found nothing suspicious

A family in Kachemak Selo found Mihey Reutov, 35, dead on Monday, and Alaska State Troopers said an early investigation found nothing suspicious.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Tyonek man died Saturday after neighbors heard gunshots

A Tyonek man died Saturday after neighbors heard gunshots and found him wounded. The state medical examiner has not determined a cause of death.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 5

Massachusetts firm seeks study permit for a 66-pod undersea data center in Cook Inlet

A Delaware company formed in January wants to put 66 data center pods and 350 tidal turbines on the floor of Cook Inlet. Comment closes Nov. 2.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 4

Homer-based Republican group drops the Homer city election from its reporting

The Homer-based Republican district unit just dropped Homer's city election from the races it reports on. It kept the borough race the same day.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A Soldotna council member's consulting firm earned up to $1 million last year

Soldotna pays Daniel Nelson up to $5,000 a year to sit on its city council. Governments paid his consulting firm up to $1 million last year.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Homer economic commission to finalize short-term rental recommendation to City Council

Homer's Economic Development Advisory Commission finalizes a short-term rental recommendation to City Council on Tuesday after a five-month review.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

BBNC offers CDL training in Kenai for shareholders this fall

BBNC is offering commercial driver's license training in Kenai this fall for its Alaska-resident shareholders, spouses and descendants. Enrollment is open now.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Recover Alaska wins $349,809 to put a peer recovery specialist on the lower Kenai Peninsula

Recover Alaska won $349,809 to place a peer recovery specialist across five lower Kenai Peninsula communities for three years, serving 225 adults with substance use disorders.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

NOAA proposes letting Seward cruise dock pile driving run into 2027

NOAA proposed extending Seward's cruise dock construction permit through September 2027 to finish pile driving that disturbs marine mammals in Resurrection Bay.

by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Razor clam permit still required on Cook Inlet as September digging season runs on

Cook Inlet razor clam diggers need a subsistence permit, not the new household permit, to harvest legally this season, and east side beaches stay closed through 2027.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Homer Electric reports $2.2 million June operating loss as purchased power costs run over budget

Homer Electric lost $2.2 million in June as purchased power costs ran over budget, pushing year-to-date margins $1 million below target.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 11

Kenai Council on Aging reviews 2026 goals at Sept. 10 work session

Kenai's Council on Aging Commission recommends the city adopt an emergency food plan to keep the senior center stocked for two weeks of meals if operations are disrupted.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Suit seeks Alaska Judicial Council records on judge screening

A conservative legal group sued the Alaska Judicial Council for the scoring sheets it has used to rank judicial candidates since 2020.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min read

Kenai parks staff helped the middle school start pickleball in gym class

Kenai parks staff spent Thursday helping the middle school start pickleball in gym class. The school has paddles, nets and one court taped to the floor.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai voters will decide on a homeowner tax break worth about $326 a year

Kenai voters decide in November on a homeowner tax exemption worth about $326 a year. It would cost the city roughly $434,000 annually in revenue.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A gravel company can dig below the water table on Beaver Loop

A gravel company can dig two pits below the water table on Beaver Loop Road, over a neighbor's objections about his wells and the noise.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 26

Interior awards $8,360 for helicopter service to Tincan and Indian Pass snow sensors

Interior awarded $8,360 to Alpine Air Alaska to maintain two remote snow sensors that feed avalanche forecasts for Turnagain Pass and Indian Pass through October.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

A decade in, Alaska's marijuana industry is squeezed by taxes as the state rewrites the rules

A decade in, Alaska's marijuana industry is squeezed by taxes and falling prices. Operators owe millions in back taxes as the state rewrites the rules.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago3 min read

Seward Lagoon youth-only coho fishery extended through Oct. 5

Kids 15 and under can fish coho at Seward Lagoon through Oct. 5, two months longer than usual, while adults stay out.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read