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When the world turned to home improvement projects at the start of the pandemic, Andrew Davis saw an opportunity. Davis co-owns Seward Milling and Lumber,…

Another Kenai Peninsula city is putting thousands toward a shop local incentive program.Seward is following Kenai and Soldotna with “Shop Seward,” which…

It was the middle of the pandemic and parents were exhausted. Chera Wackler was home with her 8-year-old twins. “A lot of us parents were like, ‘I’m out…

An unexpected outcome of President Joe Biden’s inauguration last month was the rise of a new meme.You’ve definitely seen it: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders…

Mama Cupcake is a fluffy white Angora rabbit who lives in Cooper Landing. On Tuesday afternoon, she was snuggled up with three of her newborns in a big…

It was a turbulent year for business owners on the Kenai Peninsula, trying to survive the ecnomic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. What strategies and…

Fish skin is hardly a hot commodity. Processors like Kenai’s Pacific Star Seafoods usually grind up and discard the stuff once they’ve separated it from…

Two days in, a program to incentivize shopping at Soldotna businesses is already very popular.“I’m drowning in vouchers right now," said Shanon Davis,…

Following a spring and summer of uncertainty, the last thing any business owner wants is to have to close up shop again due to a coronavirus…

Jennifer Strecker’s house must smell exceptionally delicious. The Kenai resident is baking about six pans of cinnamon rolls a day. On top of that, she’s…