At the Kenai Veterinary Hospital last Tuesday, Feb. 13, the morning opened to a busy schedule of surgical appointments. Standing in the operating room were three high school students. They were there for Kenai Central High School’s Job Shadow Day, a tradition at the school running for over 25 years. The event is a collaboration […]
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Kenai Aviation to depart Homer
Folks flying in and out of Homer can expect to find two, rather than three, airline options at the Homer Airport in the new year. Kenai Aviation will no longer be offering service in Homer after Dec. 31. The airline began serving Homer in May 2022 in order to provide extra options for air travel […]
Read MoreGrant Aviation, Kenai Aviation to add flights following Ravn exit
Kenai Aviation and Grant Aviation both announced earlier this month that they will expand their scheduled flight services between Kenai and Anchorage to fill a gap in service left by Ravn Alaska, which ended service in Kenai on Oct. 21. Grant Aviation added 50 flights per week between Kenai and Anchorage starting Oct. 21 and […]
Read MoreKenai outlaws marijuana drive-thrus
The Kenai City Council last week voted unanimously to prohibit drive-thru marijuana operations in the city. The vote comes less than one month after council members were presented with updated regulations from the State of Alaska. The state, during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed marijuana establishments to operate drive-thru or walk-up windows so customers wouldn’t have […]
Read MoreBluff stabilization agreement signed in Kenai
Roughly 40 yards from where the Kenai Senior Center’s backyard is eroding into the Kenai River, residents and officials from all levels of government gathered to celebrate a significant step forward for a bluff stabilization project decades in the making. The City of Kenai and the U.S. Department of the Army signed a project partnership […]
Read MoreSeaLife Center sends off seals at Kenai beach
Under a slate gray sky and relentless rainfall, two 45-pound harbor seals hopped from the shores of Kenai North Beach into Cook Inlet on Thursday morning. While 40 or so people wearing rain jackets in every color of the rainbow looked on, harbor seals Tuber and Darth Tater were released from the care of the […]
Read MoreFederal official announces $7.5 million for tribe’s low-income housing
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge visited Kenai on Aug. 30 to announce $7.5 million in federal funding to the Kenaitze/Salamatof Tribally Designated Housing Entity. The funds will be used for construction of 18 new low-income housing units and are part of a wider $128 million directed at […]
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