Kenai Peninsula

Kenai man says a gravel company mislabeled a salmon stream on his land

A Kenai man says a gravel company mislabeled a salmon stream on his property to avoid a 50-foot buffer — and dug up that buffer without permission.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 12

Three Sterling streets end at the river, and the neighbors have had enough

Three Sterling streets dead-end at the Kenai River on public easements, and neighbors report trespass, human waste and an armed confrontation.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Aug 12

Cordova would get one ferry sailing a month this winter, and none in January

Cordova would get one ferry round trip a month this winter instead of none. January still has no service, and February hangs on how fast a shipyard works.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Cordova faces a thin ferry winter with four vessels in overhaul

Troopers search by air and ground for missing hunter near Halibut Cove

Alaska State Troopers are searching by air and ground near Halibut Cove for a solo hunter who stopped communicating with his wife Monday evening and has not been found.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Chugachmiut's Sugt'stun language game gets new gameplay footage

Nunaka means my village in Sugt'stun. It is also a free game teaching the language to children in a region where fluent speakers are dwindling.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Kenai Elks Lodge RV spaces get a city permit after years without one

Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit for six RV spaces at the Elks Lodge that operated without one for years.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Motorcyclist critically injured in Kalifornsky Beach Road crash near Kasilof

A motorcyclist struck a turning pickup truck on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Kasilof on Monday and was flown to Seattle with life-threatening injuries.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Two candidates file on the last day for Kenai Peninsula Borough offices

Two more candidates filed on the last day for Kenai Peninsula Borough offices, including one seeking an Assembly seat that has been sitting vacant.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Alaska rent increases were the smallest in five years, but Mat-Su and Kenai set records

Alaska rents rose again this year, but the pressure shifted. Mat-Su and the Kenai set records while Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau saw their smallest rises.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kelp that washes up on Cook Inlet beaches can now be harvested and sold

Kelp that washes up on Cook Inlet beaches can now be harvested and sold, up to 86,000 pounds. Beachcombers are still capped at 10 gallons a day.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Kenai Peninsula planning commission to hear Cohoe road vacation Sept. 14

Kenai Peninsula planning commission will hear a petition Sept. 14 to vacate Keyros Avenue in Cohoe, with the borough assembly retaining veto power over any approval.

by Alaska News2mo ago1 min read

Assembly candidate Berga discloses North Slope job, Kenai Fish stake

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidate Nathan Berga disclosed North Slope oilfield income and ownership of a Soldotna fishing business in a financial filing Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai will pay a high school pool's utility bills to keep it open another year

Kenai will pay $46,400 of a high school pool's utility bill to keep it open one more year. The swim club's hourly rate more than doubles.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Homer Spit seafood plant lease passes to Silver Bay at unchanged $69,877 rent

Homer City Council approved a lease transfer of the seafood processing plant on the Homer Spit to Silver Bay Seafoods-Valdez, LLC, keeping the annual rent at $69,877 through 2036.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025, state data show

Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025. The Anchorage Assembly takes up a resolution Tuesday marking Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Snow and 40 mph gusts are forecast for the Richardson Highway on the last day of August

Snow is heading for Isabel Pass on the last day of August: 4 to 8 inches above 2,000 feet, north winds gusting to 40 mph, and a work zone underneath it.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Mental Health Trust clears a road easement north of Seward

Kenai Peninsula Borough won a legal easement across Alaska Mental Health Trust land north of Seward to reach its own property, swapping access rights with the Trust.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Seven small earthquakes logged across Alaska over three days

Seven small earthquakes hit scattered parts of Alaska between Aug. 26 and 29, ranging from magnitude 2.6 to 3.6. Only one has had human review.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kenai council to hear public testimony Sept. 2 on $75,000 home tax exemption ballot question

Kenai City Council hears public testimony Sept. 2 on a ballot measure that would exempt the first $75,000 of assessed home value from city property tax, effective Jan. 1, 2027.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Kenai council to vote Sept. 2 on FAA-funded airport perimeter fence contract

Kenai City Council votes Sept. 2 on a FAA-funded airport perimeter fence upgrade, with contract details and grant amount to be disclosed at the public hearing.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Homer's zoning rewrite gets its first public hearing Wednesday

Homer's Planning Commission takes testimony Wednesday on a zoning rewrite. An earlier draft drew 905 comments and two petitions with about 600 signatures.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Why the Coast Guard is paying a Homer helicopter company to reach roadless villages

The Coast Guard is paying a Homer helicopter company $345,000 to fly inspectors to roadless Alaska villages to reach the fuel facilities it regulates.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

More than 100 coho have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward

More than 100 coho salmon have passed Bear Creek weir near Seward, signaling that freshwater silver fishing in the Resurrection River should improve within the next week or two.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Silvers are slow in Resurrection Bay, but the best coho fishing is just outside it

High wind warning: gusts to 70 mph Friday in the Eastern Alaska Range

Forecasters upgraded Friday's Eastern Alaska Range wind forecast to a warning. Gusts to 70 mph are expected, peaking between 4 and 10 in the morning.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai anglers won't get the extra coho they were expecting this fall

Kenai River anglers won't get the usual bump to three coho on Sept. 1 — the limit stays at two through November as silver runs look weak across Cook Inlet.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Four killed in Piper crash in Seldovia Slough; NTSB investigating

All four people aboard a small plane died Wednesday when it crashed into the water near Seldovia, the second fatal plane crash in Alaska in less than a week.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

A crash closed a lane of the Seward Highway on Wednesday afternoon

A crash closed a southbound lane of the Seward Highway at Mile 24.5 on Wednesday afternoon. Law enforcement directed traffic, and no injuries were reported.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Ninth Circuit upholds federal Cook Inlet salmon management against drift fleet challenge

Cook Inlet drift fishermen lost again in federal court. The fight over who actually gets the fish moves back to the Alaska Board of Fisheries.

by Bill AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Nikiski inventor patents heated tailgate to keep drill slurry from freezing

A Nikiski oilfield-services president earned a patent for a heated tank door that keeps drilling waste from freezing before crews can dump it.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Koniag takes board candidates to nine communities before proxy voting closes

Koniag will take board candidates to nine communities in September, six on Kodiak Island and three outside the region. Proxy voting closes Sept. 30.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

The lone applicant for a Kenai Peninsula Assembly seat could be seated Sept. 1

Nathan Berga is the only applicant for Kenai Peninsula Borough's vacant District 7 seat and could be appointed Tuesday, Sept. 1, restoring the assembly to nine members.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Kenai could put school board term limits to voters under a new state law

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will decide on school board term limits at a Sept. 1 public hearing, after state law changed to allow municipalities to propose them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

FAA awards $79,899 to Palmer-based Port Graham Development Corporation for Cleveland radar power work

A company owned by the tiny Alutiiq village of Port Graham won a federal contract to keep an air-traffic radar's backup power running in Cleveland, Ohio.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Comments on the $400 million Bradley Lake expansion close Friday

Federal comment on the Bradley Lake expansion closes Friday. The price has been stated three ways since spring, and Railbelt ratepayers carry the debt.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

The Coast Guard is giving Homer a building that needs a new roof

The Coast Guard is handing Homer a building assessed at $635,400 that needs a new roof, flooring, paint and electrical work nobody has priced.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

East Cook Inlet clam beaches stay closed; the west side is the option

The razor clam beaches Alaskans could drive to are still closed. What's left this season is across Cook Inlet, reachable only by boat or plane.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

The Anchorage Assembly recognized September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

The Anchorage Assembly recognized September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The region including Anchorage has Alaska's highest number of suicide deaths.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Texas firm wins $48,950 contract to patch pavement at Kenai refuge

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is patching pavement and sealing cracks this fall under a $48,950 contract, running from mid-August through mid-October.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Homer signs off on a change of ownership at a Homer Spit seafood plant, after the fact

Homer's council signed off on a change of ownership at a Homer Spit seafood plant after the fact — the second corporate handoff on the lease in six years.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Follows: A Homer seafood plant would pass to Silver Bay amid an OBI takeover

A Kenai hunter education class opens for sign-ups this fall

Alaska Fish and Game is offering a hunter education class in Kenai this fall through its women-focused "Becoming an Outdoors-Woman" program, open to men too.

by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read