Nikiski News

Numerous power outages struck Homer Electric Association customers throughout the day Thursday, particularly in North Kenai and Nikiski.

If Charlie Brown's pal Linus is looking for the great pumpkin, he should try the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administrators are proposing to launch a third-party economic impact study to underscore the contributions the school system makes to the peninsula.

Nikiski educators and community members are in the early stages of discussing a move that could send sixth-graders from Nikiski North Star Elementary to Nikiski Middle-High. "This is just a conversation," said Daniel Carstens, assistant principal at the middle-high school.

After a lengthy discussion and several amendments, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved the creation of job descriptions for administrative service employees, Tuesday at its meeting in Soldotna.

If the idea of swimming in Cook Inlet this time of year isn't chilling enough, imagine first flying out over the water and then leaping from a moving helicopter.

Gas-dependent SC Alaska tries to determine how to meet energy needs Alan Bailey As the Municipality of Anchorage prepares for the possibility of natural gas shortages during the cold of the coming winter, shortages that would cause the electric utilities to activate contingency plans for reduced gas usage and that might ultimately lead to rolling ...

Better safe than sorry -- or maybe better chilly than frozen solid is more accurate, at least for Southcentral Alaska.

The superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District sits in a school cafeteria staring down at a tiny-portioned meal while squirming elementary students devour their lunches next to him.

Rachel Tyson and Tyler Bethune of Nikiski were married in an afternoon ceremony Friday, Aug.

The Nikiski Fire Department came into some cash last week that will be put toward good use: purchasing new rescue equipment.

For most, anniversaries represent an occasion where gifts are presented to those celebrating the event.

All areas of the Kenai Peninsula Borough are feeling the impact of a two-term limit approved by borough voters in 2007.

When Soldotna resident Raymond Morris, 56, came home Tuesday around 1:40 p.m., he saw an unknown male running down his driveway, pushing a wheelbarrow that was carrying his television.

Not going to be around for the upcoming election? Don't want to wait in line at polling stations? Absentee ballots are available to registered voters starting Monday.

'Evil this way comes': Michigan Militia founders try to rally Alaskans Published: September 16th, 2009 08:50 AM Last Modified: September 16th, 2009 11:05 AM Link: The Redoubt Reporter -- Michigan Militia co-founder Norm Olson -- now living in Nikiski -- says he was disappointed in the turnout last week for his how-to meeting on forming an Alaska ...

The owners of the LNG plant at Nikiski are still evaluating whether to apply for renewal of the federal export license that expires in March 2011, said Dan Clark, manager of Cook Inlet assets for Conoco Phillips.

I attended the Palmer Chamber Of Commerce lunch meeting on Wednesday to hear Joe Griffith the new General Manager of Matanuska Electric Association.

The future of the Nikiski LNG plant hinges on the supply situation for Cook Inlet natural gas Alan Bailey Petroleum News The owners of the LNG plant at Nikiski on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula are still evaluating whether to apply for renewal of the federal LNG export license that expires in March 2011, Dan Clark, manager of Cook Inlet assets for ...

Alaska lawmakers have honored a senator from Hawaii for his support of their state.