Clam Gulch, AK

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Saturday in the early morning, Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop for moving violations and the investigation revealed the operator of the vehicle as Lindsay Kavanaugh, who then refused the State's breath test following her arrest. Alaska State Troopers stopped the vehicle just south...

When there’s a big national news cycle, Michael Modrell knows. Not just from the Google Alerts he gets to his email or the news he sees on his phone. But also from the business in his store. “Any time anything happens with Congress or the Supreme Court or gun...

Several important items passed through the consent agenda at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s June 21 meeting. Notably, assembly members passed an ordinance which appropriates nearly $400,000 to replace and improve the hot water system for South Peninsula Hospital. They also passed a resolution that would address hazards and provide safe transportation to the Lowell Point community, outside of Seward, which experienced a landslide on May 7 that blocked road access.

A burn closure will go into effect in most of Southcentral Alaska starting Friday night. It’s been hot and dry in Southcentral Alaska for most of the summer, pushing the fire risk toward extreme. The Alaska Division of Forestry issued the emergency burn closure order on Thursday, taking effect on Friday just before midnight. All burning that would require a burn permit is now prohibited, including burn barrels, lawn burning, debris piles, commercial and agricultural burning and uncontained fires, like backcountry campfires.

With the Fourth of July coming on Monday and good weather predicted all weekend, it’s looking like a good time to get out and celebrate. Fourth of July is usually one of the bigger holidays around the Kenai Peninsula, with some of the year’s longest days and typically great weather to celebrate. In Kenai, the annual parade and festivities are scheduled to kick off on Monday at 11 a.m. The parade will follow its regular route along Bidarka and Main Streets and down the Kenai Spur Highway, according to Brett Perry with the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center.

Cook Inletkeeper is working on its third annual Drawdown project — Re-tree. Inletkeeper hopes to plant 23,000 seedlings on the central peninsula within the next one to two years, with the mission of repopulating the area with trees amid the ongoing spruce bark beetle invasion. The nonprofit comes up...

The Kenai Peninsula Borough enacted an ordinance that amends KPB 2.40.015 regarding the planning commission process. A previously amended ordinance increased the planning commission membership from 11 to 14 members. Assembly Member Tyson Cox on the amendments:. “The real difference in here is we added the statement – only residents...

Soldotna, Alaska (KSRM) - Kenai Rep. Ron Gillham is calling for the Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen's job. According to KSRM Radio Kenai, his statement stems from an event that was sponsored by Identity Alaska. He says that families and young children were subjected to adult-oriented content, which he called inappropriate.

Clear Creek Cat Rescue received a $5,000 grant investment from the national nonprofit Petco Love during a celebration at the Soldotna Petco recently. The investment is in support of the rescue’s lifesaving work for animals in Southcentral Alaska. Clear Creek Cat Rescue rescues cats in need from the Kenai Peninsula through to the Mat-Su Borough.

The Kenai Peninsula School District is taking applications for free or reduced meals for the 2022-2023 school year. The USDA discontinued universal free meals for students, and KPBSD parents and guardians are encouraged to complete their online meal application so children will have access to meal benefits based on their determination the first day of the school year. The streamlined online application for free and reduced meals to determine benefits and qualify communities for federal funds is currently live. The free service enables families to receive program benefits faster than using a paper application. Your application is electronically submitted directly to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Student Nutrition services office to process.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly enacted an ordinance that provides for an exception to borough code and authorizes the mayor to execute a no-charge agreement with the City of Kenai for hard rock resource extraction from borough-owned land in support of the Kenai Bluff Stabilization Project. The project requires a large amount of hard rock materials and the Borough is choosing to utilize resources adjacent to the Rocky Ridge Landfill that serves Seldovia. The community which aims to expand the landfill and, as such, stands to benefit from the expansion by the removal of hard rock from the site.

Kenai Representative Ron Gillham is calling for the Soldotna City Manager’s job. His statement stems from an event that was sponsored by Identity Alaska. He says that families and young children were subjected to adult-oriented content, which he called inappropriate. Rep. Gillham, in a podcast interview with Must Read...

Drivers on the Kenai Spur Highway might notice the absence of a long-standing structure in downtown Kenai — the Alaskalanes bowling alley. After closing in 2015 and inspiring a campaign of support over the last few years, the building finally came down at the end of last week. Mason...

The Kenai Fire Department responded on Tuesday morning to assist the U.S. Coast Guard searching for a possible overturned skiff. A report from an individual on land thought that they saw an overturned skiff offshore near the Nikiski area. A datum buoy was deployed to track the set and drift...