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Anchorage, the state's biggest city, has many Alaska influences but is also sometimes called Los Anchorage for its Lower 48-style architecture and mannerisms.
The Kenai Peninsula is a large peninsula jutting from the southern coast of Alaska in the United States. The name Kenai is probably derived from Kenayskaya, the Russian name for the Cook Inlet, which borders the peninsula to the west. It extends approximately 150 miles (240 km) southwest from the Chugach Mountains, south of Anchorage. It is separated from the mainland on the west by the Cook Inlet and on the east by the Prince William Sound. Most of the peninsula is part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
The glacier-covered Kenai Mountains (7,000 ft/2,130 m) run along the southeast spine of the peninsula along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska. Much of the range is within Kenai Fjords National Park. The northwest coast along the Cook Inlet is flatter and marshy, dotted with numerous small lakes such as Bear Lake. Several larger lakes extend through the interior of the peninsula, including Skilak Lake and Tustumena Lake. Rivers include the Kenai River, famous for its salmon population, as well as the Russian River, the Kasilof River, and Anchor River. Kachemak Bay, a small inlet off the larger Cook Inlet, extends into the peninsula's southwest end, much of which is part of Kachemak Bay State Park
The Kenai Peninsula is littered with glaciers on its eastern portion. It is home to both the Sargent Icefield and Harding Icefields and numerous glaciers that spawn off them.
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Local News from Anchorage Daily News via Yahoo! News
Mar 16, 2010 7:21 am
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UA regents to choose president
Mar 16, 2010 7:08 am
The University of Alaska Board of Regents is meeting today in Anchorage to pick the next university president.
Mar 16, 2010 7:06 am
Alaska Railroad officials have identified the pilot killed when his home-built airplane crashed near Eklutna last weekend.
Woman shoots ex-boyfriend in fight over child custody
Mar 15, 2010 7:10 pm
A 31-year-old Anchorage man is recovering at a local hospital after being shot twice by his ex-girlfriend during a child-custody dispute early this morning, police say. A restraining order against the...
Legislators hear plans for alternative energy
Mar 15, 2010 6:44 am
With some legislators fuming over the pace of in-state gas development and broadly supporting energy diversification, a special House committee summoned the promoters of six large Railbelt projects la...
Before rural teacher's death, a wild, vivid blog
Mar 14, 2010 7:51 am
For five months, Candice Berner, who was killed Monday in what Alaska State Troopers say was a rare wolf attack, kept a detailed travelogue of her time as a traveling teacher based out of the coastal ...
Addiction, poor diet bedevil Alaskans
Mar 14, 2010 7:46 am
We know what Alaskans are dying from -- mostly diseases such as cancer, heart disease, strokes and respiratory disease, plus injuries and suicide. But why are we dying in those ways?
Mar 14, 2010 6:31 am
Alaska politics and political hijinks
Houston cop fired after clashes with mayor
Mar 13, 2010 9:18 am
The City Council here voted 4-2 to fire city police Sgt. Charlie Seidl after his second performance evaluation in as many months before the group.
Winter storm keeps legislators in Juneau, cancels local caucus
Mar 13, 2010 8:58 am
The Anchorage Legislative Caucus, set for today at the Z.J. Loussac Public Library, has been canceled.
Local News from ABC Alaska News via Yahoo! News
Eagle River Woman To Compete In National Cooking Contest
Mar 10, 2010 9:40 pm
Check out Angelika Harder's recipe she's using to compete for 1 million dollars. 1. Heat oven to 400F. Unroll pie crust; place in ungreased 9- or 10-inch glass pie plate, pressing on bottom and up sid...
Local News from The Alaska Star via Yahoo! News
Ketchikan teen making his mark in world of watercraft
Mar 11, 2010 7:02 pm
KETCHIKAN Heavy surf pounded an Oregon beach in September as Ketchikan's Tanner Thomas revved his 1990 Yamaha SuperJet through the shorebreak, launching the customized "ski" off the crests ...
Chugiak fire department called out
Mar 11, 2010 7:01 pm
The Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department was called to a structure fire at 18161 Old Glenn Highway at 1:30 p.m. March 8. A detached garage had caught fire.
Workers' compensation bills moving in state House
Mar 11, 2010 7:01 pm
A bill establishing a new procedure for setting rates for medical reimbursements on workers' compensation claims, House Bill 314, was reported out of the House Judiciary Committee Feb. 25 and is now i...
