Soldotna News

Jessica Erin Sherman and Cody Joseph Seymour were married in a afternoon ceremony Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Soldotna.

Less than a week after President Barrack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, the pandemic seems to be having a limited impact on the Kenai Peninsula.

A late morning fire destroyed a Soldotna home Monday. Firefighters rushed to Salamatoff Drive about 11:30 a.m. to find a home engulfed in flames, said assistant fire marshal Brad Nelson.

Slightly more than one year into the process, the Soldotna city planner presented the preliminary half of a four-chapter update on the city's Comprehensive Plan.

"Prices slashed. Build now," might have been a fitting title for the architect's presentation last week describing plans for a Soldotna library expansion.

The World Master Games were comprised of 28 different sports with over 28,000 athletes from 95 countries.A The goal of the World Masters games is motivating a goal-oriented and long-term attitude towards sport, physical fitness and health.

Whenever Kate Veh comes home after visiting her in-laws in Europe, she can't shake the feeling that the United States is falling behind in developing its energy future.

Not all campaign promises fall by the wayside. In Soldotna, where four candidates for city council recently campaigned with a pledge to honor voters' wishes to site a city cemetery next to the Kenai River near the end of Redoubt Avenue, the newly elected council members are considering just that.

Cynthia Gachupin of Lancaster, Calif., and Luke Ciufo of Soldotna plan to marry June 26, 2010, in Soldotna.

The bearbaiting charge filed against a Soldotna photographer has been dropped. An assistant U.S. attorney said the facts of the case did not add up to an offense, and a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the charge against Jim Oltersdorf.

By a hefty margin, workers at Central Peninsula Hospital rejected a proposal to unionize in voting at the hospital last week.

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.

A 36-year-old Soldotna man was arrested Sunday in Juneau and charged with felony sexual assault.

Oct. 13 was a bad day to be a pike in Scout Lake. Actually, it was a bad day to be any kind of fish living in the small lake just south of the Sterling Highway between mileposts 85 and 86.

The Soldotna City Council bought a piece of land Wednesday and said goodbye to some long-serving members.

Firefighters doused a vehicle fire near Kalifornsky Beach and Bridge Access roads Wednesday morning.

Part of the audit unanimously recommended by the Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board would include an investigation into the November 2008 shooting carried out by a former employee the day after his firing.

Franklin D. Bessette Jr., the Kenai man implicated in the murder of Soldotna resident Michele Pecora, was indicted on one count of second-degree murder and two counts of sexual assault by a Kenai grand jury on Monday.

When Tonja Updike's son Garrett was diagnosed with autism at 18 months old, she and her family were faced with "innumerable challenges" and a feeling of not always knowing where to turn for help.

Anyone living south of Soldotna is well aware of the federally-funded Sterling Highway resurfacing project that's been under way since August, and after weeks of reduced speed zones and lane restrictions, many want to know when it will end for the season.