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WEBSeward OKs funds for preliminary design of new fire station. A feasibility study found that the current facility is “significantly undersized, inefficient, is unsafe, and does not meet current code”. 22 hours ago. Counting the belugas in our backyard. Coho fishing ‘poor’ on Kenai, Kasilof, Russian rivers. Election 2024: When, where to ...
Homer playwrights get their 10 minutes onstage
WEBWednesday, August 28, 2024 11:48pm. Life Arts and Entertainment Homer Theater. Slices: A Ten-Minute Play Festival opened at Pier One Theatre in Homer last weekend and will run through Saturday. “Slices” is the inspiration of Christine Kulcheski, who first picked up Gary Garrison’s “A More Perfect 10: Writing and Producing the Ten-Minute ...
Soldotna council expresses opposition to Endangered Species …
WEBSoldotna Mayor Paul Whitney speaks during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion) Soldotna council expresses opposition to Endangered Species listing for chinook. The letter comes only a week after Kenai’s city council made the same move. by Jacob Dye.
Opinion: Washington’s selfless example is lost on too many public ...
WEBBoth possibilities are due to retiring incumbents, neither one of which evokes the selfless spirt of our first president. In his farewell address, George Washington recognized the “weight of years” made retirement “as necessary to me as it will be welcome.”. The life expectancy back when was only 40. He was 64.
Fisheries issues tackled at annual Kenai Classic Roundtable
WEBJoel Johnson, president of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Carrie Hourman, lead sustainability director for Dow Climate & Circularity, and Susan Sherman, executive director of the Marine Debris Foundation sit for a panel at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Kenai Classic Roundtable at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024.
Out of the Office: Bitter patience for sweet fruit
WEBWednesday, August 28, 2024 10:41pm. Sports Out of the Office Outdoors and Recreation. The last time I wrote for this column, I was digging raspberry plants out of my friend’s backyard. Weeks and weeks later, my plants are just starting to show the first signs of turning from blossoms to actual, probably-potentially-hopefully fruit.
Moderate coho run as harvest remains limited by emergency order
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Silver salmon are being caught in the lower river with “moderate success.”. The limit is one per day until Sept. 1 by emergency order. Daily counts for Kenai River’s late-run of king salmon, which cannot be retained or removed from the water, haven’t been updated since Aug. 19, when sonar had counted only 6,600 large kings.
Individuals and businesses recognized at Industry Appreciation …
WEBDuring Industry Appreciation Day festivities, awards were given to individuals and businesses in each of those industries. Awards were given by local representatives in the Alaska Legislature — including Sen. Jesse Bjorkman and Reps. Ben Carpenter, Justin Ruffridge and Sarah Vance — as well as Kenai Peninsula mayors Brian Gabriel, Paul Whitney and Ken Castner.
Assembly approves resolution guiding efforts to increase voter …
WEBJun 20, 2024 · The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Voter Turnout Working Group was established by an assembly resolution on Aug. 1 and instructed to “explore actionable options and ideas … aimed at increasing awareness, participation and voting in location elections,” according to a resolution describing their recommendations that …
New Grant Aviation planes to double service’s flight capacity
WEBMar 5, 2024 · Two additional planes will double Grant Aviation’s daily capacity between the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage, the airline announced Friday. The first of two Cessna 208B EX Grand Caravans started transporting passengers Monday. The second is expected “soon after,” according to a release from …