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In this Jan. 27 photo, Dena’ina elder Helen Dick cuts meat from a moose head in the demonstration kitchen of the Dena’ina Wellness Center in Kenai, Alaska. Dick, who also helps teach a Dena’ina language class at Kenai Peninsula College, came to the Wellness Center to demonstrate the techniques of butchering and preparing moose head that she learned in her childhood. (Ben Boettger | Peninsula Clarion)

Kenaitze elders demonstrate traditional moose head use

KENAI — During Sharon Isaak’s childhood in Soldotna, butchering and processing moose meat was a regular family activity. Though the old bone saws are still… Continue reading

 

In this Nov. 15 photo, Seward Elementary student Ayden Lapinskas holds a water-filled vial to the light to inspect gold flakes she panned during a field trip to Manitoba cabin near the Seward Highway.

Seward Elementary class tries gold panning

KENAI — Manitoba cabin sits on a wooded hill overlooking a creek about three quarters of a mile from the Seward Highway. For much of… Continue reading

 

Electrician Richard Cutting of Anchorage's Megawatt Electric tightens a fitting on a 38-millimeter main distribution pipe, part of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church's new fire suppression system, above the church's sanctuary Thursday, Oct. 6 in Kenai.

Historic Kenai church gets new fire suppression system

KENAI — A system designed to extinguish fires without damaging the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church’s collection of icons, art and… Continue reading

 

Kenai postpones cat leash ordinance

KENAI — Kenai cats could join dogs on the list of animals that city code requires to be restrained either by a leash, fence or… Continue reading

Former Kenai mayor seeks to restore WWII-era fire truck

KENAI — Former Kenai Mayor John Williams is leading an effort to restore a World War II-era Kenai Fire Department engine.Williams said he plans to… Continue reading

Image courtesy of PRL Logistics and Straightline Aviation This computer-generated illustration shows Lockheed Martin's LMH-1 hybrid aircraft, which transportation company PRL Logistics plans to base in Kenai in 2019.

Hybrid aircraft to be based in Kenai

KENAI — By 2019, people looking south across Kenai’s river flats or standing on its beach might occasionally see a giant, three-lobed ovoid rise into… Continue reading

Image courtesy of PRL Logistics and Straightline Aviation This computer-generated illustration shows Lockheed Martin's LMH-1 hybrid aircraft, which transportation company PRL Logistics plans to base in Kenai in 2019.

Heating assistance cut from state budget

One casualty of this year’s state budget cuts is an aid program that assists low-income households with their winter heating bills.The Alaska Department of Health… Continue reading

Kenai airport takes caution against drones

Three public areas near the Kenai Municipal airport have received new signage dealing with a new problem: remote-controlled hobby drones that city and airport officials… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Using a crane from Peak Oilfield Services, volunteers for the Kenai Historical Society help place a wooden fishing boat, built in 1929, on struts in front of the Kenai Visitors Center on Wed. June 19, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The boat, donated by Dave and Linda Hutchings, will be kept there as a historical exhibit.

Old boat finds new berth in Kenai

KENAI — After almost 90 years in the current, an old fishing boat has come to rest in front of the Kenai Visitor Center.The wooden… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Using a crane from Peak Oilfield Services, volunteers for the Kenai Historical Society help place a wooden fishing boat, built in 1929, on struts in front of the Kenai Visitors Center on Wed. June 19, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The boat, donated by Dave and Linda Hutchings, will be kept there as a historical exhibit.
George Van Lone of Soldotna's Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club listens for radio messages, attempting to exchange call signs with other operators, during HAM radio field day on Saturday, June 25 in the parking lot of Skyveiw Middle School in Soldotna. After seeking contacts for 24 hours, club members exchanged messages with 326 stations, including some in Hawaii, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and Mexico.

The spirit of radio

KENAI — About a dozen people spent the better part of their weekend in the parking lot of Skyview Middle School in one of two… Continue reading

George Van Lone of Soldotna's Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club listens for radio messages, attempting to exchange call signs with other operators, during HAM radio field day on Saturday, June 25 in the parking lot of Skyveiw Middle School in Soldotna. After seeking contacts for 24 hours, club members exchanged messages with 326 stations, including some in Hawaii, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and Mexico.
Tobias Schwörer, a researcher at the University of Alaska's Institute for Social and Economic Research, produced this map of floatplane bases and destinations for his study of how elodea, an invasive waterweed, could spread through the state. Floatplanes are a significant spreader of the weed, fragments of which can lodge in their rudders and floats.

Controlling elodea with data

Although the invasive water-weed elodea was officially eradicated from the Kenai Peninsula this summer, the statewide threat remains. Floatplanes, which can inadvertently carry colonies of… Continue reading

Tobias Schwörer, a researcher at the University of Alaska's Institute for Social and Economic Research, produced this map of floatplane bases and destinations for his study of how elodea, an invasive waterweed, could spread through the state. Floatplanes are a significant spreader of the weed, fragments of which can lodge in their rudders and floats.
AK LNG project advisor Jeff Raun listens to a question during a public information meeting on the project's local future efforts on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.

Alaska LNG Project holding steady

KENAI — Kenai Peninsula representatives of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Project said that although their leaders have spoken of possible delays, employees of… Continue reading

AK LNG project advisor Jeff Raun listens to a question during a public information meeting on the project's local future efforts on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.

Proposed Wildlife Refuge rule creates debate

KENAI — A proposed wildlife management rule puts the federal Fish and Wildlife Service’s ecosystem conservation priorities in conflict with the Alaska Department of Fish… Continue reading

Tracing roots: Genealogy event held at Soldotna church

KENAI — In the mid-1800s, Albertine Joan Garner’s great-great-grandfather deserted from the French military, married a can-can dancer — Garner’s great-grandmother — and sailed to… Continue reading