Alaska Division of Forestry

The Kenai City Council extends agreements that access funding to deal with spruce bark beetle-killed trees.

The division is interested in relocating its Soldotna base to the airport from its current location near the Birch Ridge Golf Course.

The application is subject to final approval by the city council.

The division currently operates a base in Soldotna off the Sterling Highway near Birch Ridge Golf Course that includes a helicopter pad.

The Kenai Peninsula got two inches of rain in some places this weekend. That’s in contrast to the historically dry weather that was worrying fire managers statewide earlier this summer. Restrictions on burning have since been lifted.

Continued hot, dry conditions across much of Alaska drove the state to issue a burn closure for many types of fires.

Kenai's parade and festivities are scheduled for Monday, with other events sprinkled across the peninsula throughout the weekend.

Cooper Landing residents say the 2019 Swan Lake Fire is still fresh in their minds as small wildfires crop up along the highway.

At its start, the Alaska Division of Forestry focused in large part on managing forests for the state’s timber industry. Firefighting was a secondary…

There’s a mosaic of land managers on the Kenai Peninsula. But all share at least one common goal: mitigate damage from wildfires.That was front of mind…