Victoria Petersen
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Kalifornsky Kitchen: Great-grandma’s lemon cake
It’s not much, but it’s also everything. → Read More
El Paso or bust
It was minus 22 when we left for the Anchorage airport earlier this month. It was a sunny, beautiful drive north. The kind of bitter-cold day where frosty ice enveloped our car like a sparkly, diamond-studded skin. → Read More
Out of the office: Summery salmon memories
Wednesday evening, everything on my dinner plate was either caught in Alaska or grown in Alaska. → Read More
Dipping into dipnetting
The net needed to be assembled. The two pieces, one very long rod, connected to a shorter rod with a large square net, is awkward to carry. I throw it over my shoulder and stumble down to the mouth of the Kasilof River. → Read More
Borough votes to oppose Soldotna annexation process
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted Tuesday night to oppose the city of Soldotna’s plan to annex surrounding areas without giving residents the ability to vote on the issue. → Read More
Shop Talk: Cooper’s Wounded Bear Farm and Kennels
Kacey Cooper has always worked with dogs, so opening her own dog kennel was a natural fit. → Read More
Native Pride Dancers return to Kenai to perform
The Native Pride Arts Dance Company is returning to Kenai tomorrow for the second time. The Native Pride Dancers visited in January and performed in conjunction with the local Native Youth Olympics. → Read More
City of Kenai combats trail trash with lunchtime event
The city of Kenai is sponsoring three lunchtime events that city planner, Elizabeth Appleby, hopes will promote a cleaner, more engaged city. → Read More
Everything Bagels: Bringing a big city favorite to a small town
What started as a way to pass time has flourished into Pamela and Matt Parker’s full-time gig. When the two moved to the peninsula over three years ago their house didn’t have internet, so in their spare time, instead of streaming or internet surfing, they were testing recipes for bagels. → Read More
Shop Talk: Alaska Berries
Alaska Berries is exactly what it sounds like. Owners Laurie and Brian Olson cultivate a large variety of berries, from saskatoons to haskaps and everything between. → Read More
Alaska House District 29 candidates speak at joint Soldotna and Kenai chamber forum
In less than a week, Alaskans will select their party nominees in the primary election. All three candidates running for the District 29 state Senate seat, which encompasses Nikiski, Hope and Seward, debated issues from the liquid natural gas project to state income tax to funding education in a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce luncheon Wednesday. → Read More
‘Sassy not senior,’ Sterling Senior Center hopes to draw community together with street fair
There’s more to Sterling than a whole lot of people realize. → Read More
Shop Talk: Puffin Chiropractic
Jennifer Reed said she was never coming to Alaska. A Texas native, Reed couldn’t see herself quitting her job and moving 4,000 miles away from her family. → Read More
Soldotna to host eighth-annual Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival this Saturday
The eighth-annual Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival will celebrate community and locally crafted brewing this Saturday. → Read More
Shop Talk: TipsyGypsy Coffee Shop
After selling Veronica’s Cafe about three years ago, Diane Hooper still found she had a passion for food and people, prompting her to open TipsyGypsy Coffee Shop about six weeks ago. → Read More
New things to come for the 2018-2019 school year
As August begins, wild berries start to ripen, the fishing season slows and children, parents, educators and others gear for the school year. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s communications liaison, Pegge Erkeneff, said there are some new things in store for the 2018-2019 school year. → Read More
Kenai dance troupe gets ready to perform in Japan
Young performers from the Diamond Dance Project, a dance studio near Kenai, are traveling to Kenai’s sister city, Akita, Japan. → Read More
From surplus to soap: Peninsula goat farmers get crafty with products
Goat hobby herds are becoming more and more popular on the Kenai Peninsula. → Read More
Out of class, but not off duty: Local teachers come together to make music
For the members of the band Recess Duty, teaching music all day just wasn’t enough. → Read More
Memories for sale: Nostalgic game shop opens in Soldotna
Remember the large Blockbuster banner sign outside of the now-closed shop? The 14-foot by 7-foot sign is now inside of Beetle Boss — a nostalgic media shop in Soldotna that opened Sunday. → Read More