Halloween

Thursday is Halloween. Here's a look at what will be going on around the central Kenai Peninsula.

Pumpkins and planes took to the skies last Saturday for an unusual fall-time celebration. The Kenai Pumpkin Drop is an annual tradition of small engine pilots competing to see who can land, and destroy, their gourd closest to a target.

While some people decorate their homes with Christmas lights and plastic reindeer during the holiday season, others prefer to go big on Halloween. Skeletons, strobe lights and all things spooky are plentiful in yards and neighborhoods throughout the central peninsula.

The Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center is currently hosting its first-ever Haunted Chamber. The free haunted house was constructed by hand, with the help of volunteers and donors.

One house in Soldotna started tracking its trick-or-treating data last year. They saw a jump in trick-or-treaters from Halloween 2021 to 2022 — and they were ready with a candy supply to match.

Trick-or-treaters rounding the corner of Ash Avenue in Kenai oooh and ahhh as a 12-foot skeleton comes into view. On either side of the bony behemoth,…

Between Kenai Lake and the Chugach Mountains is the site of one of the peninsula’s most popular Halloween parties.“Halloween has been huge here," said…

KDLL operated a Halloween halibut fishing pond at Tsalteshi Trails' Spook Night event Sunday. In between reeling in a prize, kids visited with KDLL's…