According to the Alaskan Division of Forestry the Funny River fire was very active overnight (May 20) because of low humidity. Currently the fire is estimated to be near 7,000 acres and has reached Tustumena Lake. It is spreading east and west along the shore, is 10 miles long, and is about a mile wide […]
Two wildfires are raging in Cook Inlet, one on the western shores of the inlet near Tyonek and another on the Kenai Peninsula near the city of Soldotna. Reports relay that both fires have grown much larger since the fires weere first reported. Estimates made on Monday night showed the Funny River Fire near Soldotna […]
An Anchorage man is in jail with no bail set after troopers responded to a report of an individual shooting a handgun from a moving vehicle on Sunday afternoon. Kenai Peninsula Highway Patrol Troopers stopped the blue convertible Ford Mustang Cobra reported in the incident just before 3 pm on Sunday at mile 20 of […]
The residents of the Kenai Peninsula were shaken awake on Saturday morning at 6:16 am as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake jarred the area. The quake occurred 18 miles north northwest of Anchor Point approximately in the middle of Cook Inlet. It was generated at a depth of 54.7 miles beneath the surface. There has been […]