Kenai Peninsula News

By giving his resignation notice now, Baisden ensures his assembly seat will appear on the next municipal ballot.

City council members voted Wednesday to put the issue on the next municipal ballot.

Fishing on the Kenai Peninsula is in full swing. That’s why the Kenai Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed a long-time Kenai River fisherman to talk about his passion for fishing and his concerns for conserving the resource.

The Dena’ina people have lived on the Kenai Peninsula for thousands of years, but the group’s Indigenous language isn’t spoken as widely as it once was. That's why the Kenaitze Indian Tribe is launching an interactive language-learning software to help people learn Dena’ina words and phrases.

Monday’s school board vote implements the budget crafted by the board’s finance committee last month.

The Alaska Division of Forestry first reported the so-called Bruces Fire on July 4 around 4 p.m.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked members of the House Minority Caucus not to attend the first five days of a special legislative session he scheduled for next month to avoid potential veto overrides.

The sponsor said renaming it “Kenai Beach Street” would have acted as built-in wayfinding for locals and visitors.

Not everyone is given a second chance at life. But for one Soldotna woman who struggled with severe epilepsy, that new beginning meant pursuing her dream of opening a thrift store.

He says bringing the federal government on to the project could “dramatically lower the cost of capital.”