...own law practice and specialized in criminal and family law. She was very active in the community as a member of the Kenai Library Commission and a Board Member of Bishop's Attic. Carol's commitment to public service continued after she was...

Longtime Alaskan and Kenai resident Marilyn I Dimmick, 74, died Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna with her family by her side.A celebration of life will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26, at the Kenai Senior Center. Revs.

After much anticipation, sealed bids submitted by Alaska general contractors for the Kenai River Campus Career and Technical Center project were opened on May 11. The apparent low bidder was Soldotna's Blazy Construction, Inc. at $7,140,600. The next lowest bid came in at $7,260,000. "We are currently in a 10-day waiting period before we can award a contract," said KPC Project Manager Phillip Miller.

...books for a chance to win an introduction to agents and publishers. The event is scheduled for August 16-22. The Kenai library will participate in another video event today from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Students are invited to explore the planet...

...generously helped us acquire books from the recent Kenai Library used book sale. To Kari Mohn and the Friends of the Kenai Library, thanks for the offer of books and videos for all ages. We were able to store the books thanks to Glenda Feeken...

The custom of honoring the un-sung heroes in our community who consistently contribute to the well being of Kenai and make this a great place to live, work and play is a valuable tradition carried out annually by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce. "These are humble folks, so we have to be very secretive until the Awards Ceremony or most of them would chose not to be present, and intrigue makes it fun," said Carol Bannock, executive director for the Kenai Chamber. The keynote speaker at this year's presentations was Kip Knudson, external affairs manager for Tesoro and chair for the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce. He addressed the reasons why Alaska was ranked the least favorable state to do business in the U.S. and presented tangible ways for the Kenai Chamber to partner with the State Chamber in communicating that Alaska is not only open for business, but a great place to do business.

Kenai residents had their chance to comment on the city's approximately $20 million budget for fiscal year 2011 Wednesday night, but no one had anything to say, let alone was present at the meeting.

To the friendly folks at the Kenai library, a belated thanks for hosting the first (annual?) adult spelling bee. It wuz grate to bee with other spellers, and challenge...

...from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Julie Niederhauser, head librarian at the Kenai library, said that the Big Read book choice for July was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and an art contest depicting...

...right, listen as Mary White reads them a story at the Kenai library. Reading is a good activity anytime, but is especially...probably just as popular an activity as those others." The Kenai library, in fact, sees between 325 and 425 patrons through...