Kenai Peninsula News

Ninilchik's annual Salmonfest partners with several Alaska-based organizations to get the word out about environmental causes. A portion of the festival's proceeds also go directly to some of these groups.

If the ballot measure passes, residents in the new service area would pay more in property taxes each year to fund recreation services, with an emphasis on the pool at the K-12 school.

Jurors found 37-year-old Nathaniel Erfurth guilty on 28 counts in the case. He faces presumptive prison time of five to 15 years per count.

Both contracts include creating an inventory of existing infrastructure and development of a plan for maintenance and rehabilitation.

Thirty-one-year-old LaShaunda Lewis, of Virginia, faces murder charges in connection with the death of her Soldotna landlord, 78-year-old John “Skip” Dove Jr.

This year, seats are open on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education and city councils.

Ninilchik’s annual Salmonfest is a three-day music festival that advocates for the protection of healthy salmon through song and educational resources. But it also highlights Alaska Native culture through workshops and demonstrations.

After leaving the Dena’ina Wellness Center, Kennedy visited the tribe’s Ch’k’denełyah Yuyeh greenhouses and educational fishery site.

The Alaska Legislature on Saturday overrode Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s partial veto of education money lawmakers approved last session.

Prosecutors say the abuse occurred over multiple years, starting in 2013 when the student was 14 years old.