Nikiski

The Nikiski advisory planning commission will cover 3.5 million acres. That size was a sticking point Tuesday for some members of the borough assembly.

20-year-old River Aspelund was detained Tuesday. He is facing charges of murder in the first degree and tampering with evidence.

Advisory planning commissions are groups of appointed residents who make recommendations to the borough about planning and public land use. Petitioners in Nikiski support a map for that commission that includes the communities of Tyonek and Beluga on the other side of Cook Inlet. The Borough Planning Commission is advocating for a different map that does not include the west side.

The climate in Nikiski isn’t particularly kind to most cherry trees. But that didn’t stop a farmer there who is growing 50 varieties of cherries. And this year, Michael O'Brien has so much fruit that he’s asking the public to help out by coming to the farm and picking some themselves.

A growing farmers market in Nikiski is bringing together farmers and producers from the community. And many of them have one thing in common: They started their businesses during the pandemic.

The Nikiski Senior Center has a 34-person waitlist for its eight units. Today, it's working on a plan to build more apartments to meet the ever-growing need for senior housing in the rural community.

The Nikiski Senior Center has a 34-person waitlist for its eight units. Today, it's working on a plan to build more apartments to meet the ever-growing need for senior housing in the rural community.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough created a North Road Extension Advisory Task Force late last year to talk about maintaining and further developing the extension.

A Nikiski homeless shelter that has been years in the making opened late last month and is now taking in new clients."We had our first person right after…

A coalition of peninsula nonprofits purchased a 22-bed building in Nikiski to turn it into a homeless shelter and hope to get it up and running before the…