Search results for

The Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, or KPEDD, is asking for feedback on an update to their comprehensive economic development strategy for the borough.

Fishing season has begun with a spate of area openings this week. Friends remember Ken Coleman, a prominent figure in local fisheries politics. And school councils will get an opportunity to report to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly.

Lydia Jacoby falls short of her 2024 Olympic ambitions. Cultural ambassadors share indigenous knowledge with visitors to Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider putting a bond for South Peninsula Hospital before voters.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge hosts a salmon leather-making workshop, and a new art installation is on view in Homer.

An Anchorage man dies after he was found floating in the Kenai River while fishing. And, the City of Homer approves a contract for a new city manager. Plus, rooftop solar panel installers are busy as demand for affordable energy in Alaska grows.

On this special, two-hour episode of the Kenai Conversation, we talk to three former borough mayors about their time at the Kenai Peninsula’s helm — the decisions they made, ones they didn’t, and the role they played in helping get the borough where it is today.

Project leads reintroduce an effort to make the highway between Sterling and Soldotna safer. Youth help the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge with maintenance projects. Salmon forecasts look good for Southeast.

A 23-year-old dies in a Nikiski car crash, the Division of Forestry considers relocating to the Soldotna Airport, and The Peninsula Clarion will reduce to printing one day a week. Plus, Soldotna celebrates LGBT Pride Month.

Two men are presumed dead after their plane crashes in Crescent Lake near Seward. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly hears public testimony about a proposed lodging tax. Homer searches for a new city manager.

Department spokesperson Shannon McCarthy also called in to provide a more in-depth look at some of the projects on the central peninsula.