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Soldotna pilot killed in Kodiak plane crash remembered as outgoing and generous
Derek Leichliter was a dad, business owner and sport fisherman.
Rate changes could help businesses host electric vehicle chargers
A coalition of Railbelt utilities, including Homer Electric Association, proposed the changes in May.
Feds release final rule closing part of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing
Fishermen have said it’s the last nail in the coffin for a fishery that’s already on the decline. The drift fishery is the only fishery that operates in Cook Inlet’s federal waters.
Thousands raised for Kenai library after council postpones accepting grant
In less than a day, two Kenai residents raised over $5,000 for the Kenai Community Library.
Kenai Peninsula teachers allege censorship of books with LGBTQ themes
Teachers at Kalifornsky Beach Elementary School in Soldotna were told to temporarily stop teaching a book after a school administrator found it age inappropriate. Separately, the district withheld books about sexuality from the Seward High School library that it deemed controversial.
Scientists are still following whales that swam through the Exxon Valdez oil spill
The pod is called the Chugach Transients. There were once 22 whales in the group. Now there's seven. The Chugach Transients have not had a calf since swimming through the oil spill.
Feds file environmental review for Cook Inlet lease sale
It’s the second time in less than a year that the feds have put out an environmental review on a potential Cook Inlet sale.
A melting glacier could mean a chance for Alaska’s biggest hydroelectric project to expand
The Dixon Glacier, on the other side of Kachemak Bay from Fitz Creek, is rapidly receding. That’s true for glaciers around Alaska, and the world. But what’s special about Dixon is it sits just a few miles from Bradley Lake, a source of hydropower that supplies the railbelt with about 10% of its energy needs.
Soldotna trooper arrested for sexual abuse of a minor
Troopers say 39-year-old Benjamin Strachan had been working for the department since June 2020.
Diagnosed with end-stage cancer, Hobo Jim thanks his fans for their support
James Varsos, best known to Alaska and the world as Hobo Jim, said his cancer is untreatable and that doctors told him he has three to six months to live.
Massive algae bloom in the Gulf of Alaska could be good for marine life, researchers say
Each spring and summer, a large concentration of phytoplankton blooms in the gulf. This year, researchers recorded the biggest bloom they’ve ever seen.
Advocates of unproven COVID treatment dominate Kenai Borough Assembly meeting
A Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting turned into a debate about the coronavirus this week, when a resolution condemning vaccine mandates generated hours of conversation about unproven COVID-19 treatments.
With 700 new trout, Nikiski lake is open to fishing
One minute, there were zero rainbow trout in John Hedberg Lake. Fewer than 30 seconds later, there were 700.
Kenai homeowners tackle bluff erosion, one recycled pipe at a time
Dave Salter’s yard is, quite literally, falling into the ocean. He didn’t know it was going to happen so fast when he bought the place on Toyon Way in Kenai.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough to consider resolution against ‘vaccine segregation’
The Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor and several members of the assembly want to publicly denounce what they call “vaccine segregation” by the government.
COVID is surging in Kenai Peninsula schools but district won’t require masks
In the week since the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District started tracking COVID-19 cases, 130 students and staff tested positive for COVID-19 while 930 others have been identified as “close contacts” of cases.
New research prompts Alaska Fish and Game to regulate kelp harvest
In the last four years, the state’s Department of Fish and Game has learned more about the biological value of detached kelp populations in Cook Inlet. And it wants to make sure the kelp isn’t overharvested.
As local streams warm on the Kenai Peninsula, cold water inputs could be crucial for salmon
A pocket of Beaver Creek, just a short and muddy tromp away from a gravel parking lot between Kenai and Soldotna, is home to several cold water inputs that could be crucially important for young salmon as they swim from the Kenai River to Cook Inlet.
Feds to resume work on possible Cook Inlet lease sale
The U.S. Department of the Interior has been at odds with several Republican states over the federal leasing program since Biden halted the two auctions and promised to review the program earlier this year.
Kenai River sockeye run over-escaped by 1 million fish
The over-escapement is concerning fishermen like Joe Dragseth who says it's unfair to restrict commercial fishing while so many fish have made it up the river.