Lower Kenai Peninsula residents can cut down their own Christmas trees this holiday season; folks donned ice cleats and mittens in Soldotna on Saturday to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season; and state lawmakers are starting to get organized ahead of the legislative session that starts next month.

Salaries for a handful of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administrators are set for the next three years following unanimous school board approval, and what do the Moose Pass Volunteer Fire Department, the Kachemak Ski Club and the Nikiski Senior Center all have in common?

Salaries for a handful of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administrators are set for the next three years following unanimous school board approval; and The Kenai Peninsula Borough will pay an Anchorage firm nearly $400,000 to study the refurbishment and potential consolidation of some Soldotna-area schools.

A Sugt’stun language game is quickly gaining recognition since its release in 2023, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough will pay an Anchorage firm nearly $400,000 to study the refurbishment and potential consolidation of some Soldotna-area schools.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering getting rid of one of two opportunities for public comments during its meetings. A Sugt’stun language game is quickly gaining recognition since its release in 2023. A well-known Broadway musical will soon be hitting the stage at Soldotna High School.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering getting rid of one of two opportunities for public comments during its meetings, and a new art installation opening in Homer is a wild ride through space, time – and textiles.

Coast Guard Base Kodiak’s child development center has faced major staffing issues this year that nearly led to the daycare’s closure. A new art installation opening in Homer is a wild ride through space, time — and textiles.

Soldotna police say a man died by suicide last Saturday, mothers and moms-to-be on the central Kenai Peninsula will now have the chance to take home free baby goodies and learn about local parent support systems. in a motor home parked at Fred Meyer, and the Northwest Arctic community of Kiana declared an emergency Tuesday after several days without running water.

As Kenai Peninsula school board members mull the best way to restrict student cellphone use, three schools offered reflections on the policies they’ve already implemented. Fourth-grader Rose Burke from Kenai was on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday to light the Capitol Christmas tree, with help from Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

Two airlines — Kenai Aviation and Reeve Air Alaska — are bidding to offer air service between Seward and Anchorage as part of a federal program that subsidizes air travel for qualifying communities, and as Kenai Peninsula school board members mull the best way to restrict student cellphone use, three schools offered reflections on the policies they’ve already implemented.