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Partial Closure Of Skilak Lake Campground Due To Construction In July & August
Due to construction projects, the Skilak Lake Campground will be partially closed in July and August. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will be making improvements to the Lower Skilak Campground. These will result in the closure of certain areas from 11:59 pm on July 21 until 12:00 pm on August 22.
Dena'ina Wellness Center celebrates a decade of care
On Friday, the Dena'ina Wellness Center celebrated it's tenth anniversary of providing holistic healthcare to the Kenai Peninsula. Operated by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, the 52,000 square foot facility offers dental, vision, primary care, behavior health and traditional healing services. The tribe's primary healthcare facility started as a small clinic...
Former Soldotna police officer found not guilty in domestic violence assault case
A jury has acquitted a former Soldotna police officer on a fourth-degree domestic violence assault charge. The case prompted a review of the Soldotna Police Department’s officer misconduct policy. Fifty-one-year old David Bower was arrested last summer after a family member told Alaska State Troopers he assaulted them. At...
Soldotna FY25 Capital Budget Focuses On Maintenance And Park Improvements
The Soldotna City Council approved the City’s fiscal year 2025 capital budget last week, including $575,000 in appropriations for capital projects. The projects target preventative maintenance for city streets and the Soldotna Police Department Building, improvements to the stage at Soldotna Creek Park, and the first phase of improvements at Memorial Park.
Three University of Alaska professors appointed as Arctic program leaders
Three professors, each representing one of the three main University of Alaska campuses, have been named as special liaisons to coordinate Arctic studies though the university system and elsewhere in the state. The three were named as President’s Arctic Professors, tasked with leading the university’s Arctic Leadership Initiative launched last...
Rainfall will intensify Monday night after a wet weekend in Southeast Alaska
The wet weather that drenched much of Southeast Alaska over the weekend is expected to persist through tomorrow morning. Rainfall will be especially intense this evening in Juneau, Skagway, Haines Gustavus, Hoonah and Tenakee Springs. “That is when we’re expecting the last batch of heaviest rain to really push through...
First Winter Foraging Ground For Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Identified
Scientists have gathered crucial information that may help NOAA Fisheries in their efforts to recover endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. Using acoustic equipment attached to the bottom along river banks at multiple locations in lower Cook Inlet, scientists identified the first winter feeding habitat for belugas in Tuxedni Bay. “A...
Man who filmed deadly torture learns fate in killings of Alaska women
A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard in a video of the torture death of one of them saying that in his movies "everybody always dies" was sentenced Friday to 226 years in prison.Brian Steven Smith received 99-year sentences each for the deaths of Kathleen Henry, 30, and Veronica Abouchuk, who was 52 when her family reported her missing in February 2019, seven months after they last saw her."Both were treated about as horribly as a person can be treated," Alaska Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby said when imposing the sentence."It's the stuff of nightmares," Saxby...
Tyler Hickman of Icy Straight Point on growth and managing Alaska cruising
Alaska recorded more cruise passengers than ever last year. But that growth has stressed out locals and infrastructure in some communities, such as Juneau, where in June officials struck a deal with cruise lines to limit lower berths starting in 2026. Tyler Hickman, senior vice president of Icy Strait Point, a cruise port less than 70 miles from Juneau, spoke with cruise editor Andrea Zelinski about how the destination, and others being built by parent company Huna Totem Corp., can help absorb the state's growing cruise crowds.
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