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PRL Seeks Permits for Airstrip

By • May 23, 2017

Pacific Rim Logistics, the company behind the Cannery Lodge in Kenai, is moving ahead with big plans to expand its facility near the banks of the Kenai River. The Kenai City Council recently approved the sale of a few tracts of land which include an airstrip and the Dragseth Mansion. That would allow for fixed-wing aircraft to land near the lodge and mansion. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission will be voting on conditional-use permits for PRL at its meeting this week.

May 13, 2017: Growing good gardeners and the mores of hunting morels

By • May 23, 2017
Jenny Neyman/KDLL

High tunnels can mean high yields for Kenai Peninsula crops. Rupert Scribner with Kenai Feed tells us how to avoid high stress by installing them correctly. Then, kids at Soldotna Montessori have the dirt on what it takes to grow good gardeners. Finally, May is morel mushroom season on the central Kenai Peninsula. Dr.  George Spady shares tips for finding fungi on the forest floor.

Kenai Eagle Cam Goes Live

By • May 20, 2017
City of Kenai

 

 

The Kenai Birding Festival is in full flight this weekend, but if a soggy day in the woods isn’t exactly your thing, the city of Kenai and the Kenai Chamber of Commerce have you covered with a new eagle cam. It just went live Friday. City manager Paul Ostrander showed the first public video of the nest at this week’s city council meeting.

Birding Festival Brings Attention to Changes

By • May 19, 2017
Shaylon Cochran/KDLL

 

 

The 13th annual Kenai Peninsula Birding Festival is in full swing with tons of stuff going on throughout the weekend. Ken Tarbox is a long-time organizer for the event.

“And I think what festivals do, besides awareness of the outdoors and the fun you can have in birding, it’s a social event, too. People get together, they get a chance to talk about their birding experiences in the past year, they share stories from other areas.”

April 29: Head swimming from licensing? Try a wee heavy pint for what ales you

By Bill Howell • May 17, 2017

Bill visits with Stephanie Queen from the city of Soldotna and Doug Hogue with Kenai River Brewing to discuss legislative wrangling over potential changes to liquor licensing in Alaska. From today's news, travel back to yeasts of yore and consider which came first, beer or bread? Also, quench your thirst for nonhoppy beers with the Scottish ale.
Have a beer-related question you'd like answered? Ask Bill at beeronthelastfrontier@gmail.com.

Assembly Approves New Service Area for Remote Seward Highway

By • May 17, 2017
Kenai Peninsula Borough

 

Kenai Conversation: Kenai Birding Festival

By • May 17, 2017
Kenai Peninsula Birding Festival

The 13th annual Kenai Peninsula Birding Festival is underway this week. Event volunteers Ken Tarbox and Toby Burke join Shaylon Cochran in the studio to talk about everything that's going on at the festival, how birding is gaining in popularity and the conservation concerns that popularity can bring about.

Seldovia Author Recounts Cook Inlet Trek

By • May 15, 2017

 

Every journey, they say, begins with a single step. That idea is profound in its simplicity. But if the journey is 800 miles around the beaches and bogs and wetlands of Cook Inlet, and if the steps you’re taking are dictated by a pair of curious toddlers, well, the whole endeavor is still mighty profound, but it’s no longer quite so simple.

 

 

 

Salmon Fellows Meet in Kenai

By • May 10, 2017

A new group formed by the Alaska Humanities Forum is looking to change the conversation about salmon. A group of 16 Salmon Fellows, who represent just about every kind of fishing interest from just about every part of the state, met in Kenai over the weekend for the first in a series of gatherings over next year and a half.

Bears Are Out, Moose Calves Next

By • May 10, 2017

As sure a sign of spring as anything, the bear sightings are beginning to pile up on the Peninsula. A couple black bears have been reported around Tsalteshi Trails and sightings have occurred along the Sterling Highway between Cooper Landing and Sterling. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Area Biologist Jeff Selinger says it's time to be bear aware once again.

 

 

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