Nikiski News

Since waste heat is being used to produce steam, the Nikiski HEA plant will see an increase from its original output of 40 megawatts to 60 megawatts without using any additional natural gas.

Dan Chay of Kenai won the race for District 1; Soldotna's Ed Oberts was elected to District 2; and incumbent Bill Fry of Homer was re-elected to his District 3 seat.

A 50-year-old Kenai Peninsula man whose driver's license is revoked until 2063 has been charged with felony driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Three recent stories we'd like to draw to your attention have touched on some very different subjects - teen suicide, animal neglect and abuse, and the Caring for the Kenai competition - but each touches on a similar theme: young people in our community raising awareness to make their world a better place.

NordAq Energy has submitted an amended plan of operations for its Tiger Eye Central project, and has told the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas that pending the successful outcome of its exploration program, it may install production facilities.

While state lawmakers have been mulling changes to Alaska's oil tax system on the North Slope for the last several years, interest, exploration and production has been increasing in Cook Inlet.

More than 4,000 Kenai Peninsula homes lost power this morning when Chugach Electric's Southcentral Power Project in Anchorage went offline.

Homer Electric Association will provide public tours of its new Nikiski Combined Cycle Conversion Project from 1-4:30 p.m. May 1. The tours will be approximately 30-minutes long and provide the public with an opportunity to get an up-close look at the new power generation facility.

Ask a Homer High School student what he or she can do, invent or create to better care for the environment of the Kenai Peninsula or to improve the area's preparedness for a natural disaster, and you'll get an answer.

Four area schools are in the process of searching for new principals and the public is invited to weigh in on the process in candidate interviews ahead.