history

The six Kenai Peninsula historical societies rotate who hosts the association's twice-annual meetings. This spring, it's Kenai's turn.

Data from the 1950 Census was released this year. Here's what that information tells us — and what some early homesteaders remember about that time.

The Hermansen-Miller House, in Old Town Kenai, moved from Main Street to Mission Avenue this week.

Most people know about the Kenai and Soldotna historical societies and museums.Kasilof also has an active historical association. And few people know…

Central Peninsula Hospital is celebrating a half century in business this year.But for a long time, the hospital was just an idea — one spurred by the…

The abandoned residential school in Seward where the first Alaska flag flew will come down after the Seward City Council voted to demolish it.The Jesse…

Monday would have been Marilyn and Hank Every’s 68th wedding anniversary. Hank died in 2014, but the day still brought a commemoration of their life…

Soldotna Memorial Park will see an expansion this spring, after the city council voted unanimously Wednesday to appropriate $300,000 on a design and…

In the 1960s, years before Central Peninsula Hospital and decent phone service existed on the central peninsula, residents of Kenai used to have to get…

The Native inhabitants of the Kenai Peninsula before Western contact were masters at adapting to this land. Dr. Alan Boraas, anthropology professor at…