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Thursday Evening 05/09/2024
A group of Homer High School students visited Seward in March to tour the Alaska Vocational Technical Center (AVTEC); and The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved a $56 million contribution to the borough’s school district for the next fiscal year at its Tuesday night meeting. Support for the production...
Tuesday Evening 05/07/2024
Two former Kenai Peninsula coaches will soon be inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame. Alaska officials have announced a new awareness campaign aimed at highlighting and combating the growing danger of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Support for the production of the evening news comes from Bay Realty....
Kenai Conversation: Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
On this week’s episode, we’re talking with Melanie DuFour, coordinator of the annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. We’re also joined by Lora Haller, visitor center manager for Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, and Ted Floyd, editor of Birding Magazine and the festival’s 2024 keynote speaker. Gearing...
Former Kenai, Nikiski coaches honored in hall of fame induction
Each year, 12 former high school athletes and coaches in Alaska are honored for their contributions to interscholastic athletics around the state. To be considered for the Alaska High School Hall of Fame, nominees must not have been active in Alaska high school athletics for at least five years. Former...
Sterling Elementary celebrates its 60th
While other schools are ghost towns on a Saturday afternoon, the gymnasium of Sterling Elementary School is bustling with people. The aroma of freshly grilled hot dogs and hamburgers wafts through the room, as folks young and old play carnival-style games, peruse through tables of free books or register their tikes for next year’s kindergarten class. The hallways are also humming with nostalgia, as countless old yearbook photos have been enlarged and plastered to the wall.
Soldotna marketing group unveils new studio space
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony late last month, the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce helped welcome a new studio space for one of its members. The open house at Martin Media’s new location on Kenai Avenue in Soldotna offered free headshots and was an opportunity for the company to showcase what it offers to the Kenai Peninsula.
Dig into worm castings
Larry gets down and dirty with Grandpa himself, Michael Hicks, of Grandpa's Worm Castings in Kasilof. Larry started gardening in first grade when he took a bag of navy beans from the kitchen and threw them all over his backyard. They grew and his dad mowed around all the plants and he got a great bean harvest that year. From then on, he was hooked. Larry has gardened for over 60 years and the last 30 years in Alaska. He is on the Central Peninsula Garden Club board of directors and also the board of the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District. His goal for Growing a Greener Kenai is to disseminate the most accurate information possible in order to help Kenai Peninsula gardeners achieve the best results for their gardening endeavors and efforts.
Baseball Recap: CJ Burns can't quite lead Homer over Soldotna
On Monday, Homer faced Soldotna in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Homer Mariners lost 12-6 to the Soldotna Stars. Homer has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. Homer saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was...
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