A remote landslide produced a tsunami at Kenai Fjords National Park near Seward earlier this month, and three groups want to open new charter schools on the Kenai Peninsula for next school year.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is wrapping up a multimillion-dollar project to enhance salmon movement in streams and rivers.

It’s been more than eight months since an organization from Washington petitioned the federal government to put Gulf of Alaska’s king salmon on the endangered species list.

Three groups want to open new charter schools on the Kenai Peninsula for next school year.

The Homer City Council greenlit a contract with a local engineering firm Monday night to design a connection between two trail systems in the city, and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is wrapping up a multimillion-dollar project to enhance salmon movement in streams and rivers.

The Homer City Council greenlit a contract with a local engineering firm last night to design a connection between two trail systems in the city. It’s been more than eight months since an organization from Washington petitioned the federal government to put Gulf of Alaska’s king salmon on the endangered species list. But, the issue was still top of mind at last week’s annual Kenai River sportfishing summit in Soldotna.

Last week, hundreds of students flooded the halls across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for their first week of school, and more than three years after a fire razed Triumvirate Theatre’s building in Nikiski, construction is underway on a new playhouse in Kenai.

Commercial common property seine salmon harvest opened in the Port Graham Hatchery special harvest area this morning, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Last week, hundreds of students flooded the halls across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for their first week of school. The union that represents Alaska’s public safety employees is criticizing comments made two weeks ago by the Department of Public Safety commissioner about two Soldotna-based troopers facing assault charges for alleged unreasonable use of force.

The Homer City Council met with the Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Board earlier last week to discuss ways to make the city more accessible, and school starts next Tuesday for most students in Petersburg.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has issued an updated advisory for the Lower Kenai Peninsula; and the Homer City Council met with the Americans with Disabilities Act Advisory Board earlier this week [8/19] to discuss ways to make the city more accessible.