ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kenai man was sentenced on Aug. 31, 2023, to 20 months in prison and seven years’ supervised release for not registering as a sex offender after moving to Alaska from Oregon. According to court documents, Wayne Hinze, 65, was convicted of two counts of rape 1, six counts of sexual abuse […]
Alaska State Troopers would make an arrest on charges of Attempted Robbery 1, Attempted Vehicle Theft 1, Assault 3 x 2 and 1 charge of resisting arrest approximately an hour after an aborted contact with a Kenai resident by Soldotnaa police on Monday night. According to the AST dispatch, SPD attempted to contact 38-year-old Kenai […]
(Soldotna) – Kenai River anglers are advised that, to continue protection of late-run king salmon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is prohibiting the use of bait and multiple hooks in the Kenai River from its mouth upstream to the ADF&G marker at the outlet of Skilak Lake, effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, August 1 […]
(Soldotna) – The Kenai River personal use dip net fishery will be open 24 hours per day, beginning 11:00 p.m. Friday, July 21 through 11:59 p.m. Monday, July 31, 2023. The area of the Kenai River open to personal use dipnetting remains the same. Please review pages 13-15 of the 2023 Southcentral Alaska Sport Fishing Regulations […]