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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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Stevens Gives Last Senate Speech as Staffers Weep

Nov 20, 2008 9:07 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Senator Ted Stevens has spoken and yielded the floor for the last time. Staff members today wept in the Senate gallery as Stevens, who turned 85 earlier this week, gave hi...

 

Transcript of Senator Stevens' Fairwell Speech

Nov 20, 2008 9:07 pm

STEVENS: Mr. President, I'm grateful to the senator from Virginia for his comments. And I understand his duty calls to go to his meeting at the CIA. I'm grateful very much for your -- your support.

 

Fewer Permits Fished in Kodiak This Year

Nov 20, 2008 8:23 pm

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - State officials say fewer permits were fished in Kodiak this year. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says preliminary estimates for the commercial fishing season show fewer ...

 

Sea Lion Numbers a Mixed Bag

Nov 20, 2008 8:07 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal scientists have released the latest population numbers for Alaska Steller sea lions. The numbers are a mixed bag. They show sea lion numbers are stable or declining in...

 

Low Prices, New Tax Mean Less Petroleum Investment

Nov 20, 2008 7:37 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Executives of major petroleum companies say work on some Alaska projects will be dialed back now that the price of crude oil has dropped.

 

Juneau Hires Avalanche Forecaster

Nov 20, 2008 7:37 pm

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's capital has hired a full-time avalanche forecaster. City Manager Rod Swope says Tom Mattice brings niche training and experience in avalanche forecasting to the city.

 

Bar Groups Seek Stevens Law License Suspension

Nov 20, 2008 7:22 pm

Ted Stevens failed to shake the corruption charges levied against him by trying to insist that it was up to the Senate to police his actions.

 

Kelly clings to 1-vote lead

Nov 19, 2008 7:38 pm

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A veteran Fairbanks lawmaker continues to cling to a one-vote lead. Republican state Rep. Mike Kelly holds 5,000 votes and Democratic challenger Karl Kassel has 4,999.

 

Movie Lovers Find Boon in Weak Economy

Nov 19, 2008 6:37 pm

Movie lovers have a reason to celebrate the slumping economy.

 

Police Say They Are Going After Scofflaws

Nov 19, 2008 6:07 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage police are going after scofflaws. Police say drivers who owe more than $1,000 in overdue traffic fines are at risk of having their vehicles seized.

 
 

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Police seek suspect in widespread check forgeries

Nov 20, 2008 11:02 pm

A woman police say has used forged checks to rack up more than $50,000 in merchandise so far this year is being sought by Anchorage police on several felony warrants.

 

Court orders review of Beaufort Sea drilling plan

Nov 20, 2008 9:14 pm

A federal appeals court has ordered the Minerals Management Service to take another look at Shell Oil's offshore drilling plan for Alaska's Beaufort Sea.

 

Stevens bids farewell in speech to Senate

Nov 20, 2008 5:32 pm

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Stevens ended his four-decade congressional career Thursday, ushered out by his Senate colleagues with a dignity not shown by jurors in his corruption trial or by the voters in ...

 

Scammer calls wrong number to make his pitch for donations

Nov 20, 2008 10:31 am

Dennis Mattingly really is trying to raise money for a stem cell operation to battle a deadly bone cancer. But anyone who calls you up saying so, and throws in a pitch for a donation, is a liar.

 

Aleutian sea lions fade as eastern group grows

Nov 20, 2008 10:24 am

Endangered Steller sea lions in far western Alaska continue to do a disappearing act with already distressed numbers slipping further in some areas, according to a federal survey.

 

Sampson kept voice of Alaska Inupiat alive

Nov 20, 2008 10:23 am

Hers was one of the first voices they'd ever heard speaking Inupiaq on the radio.

 

Stevens concedes election to Begich

Nov 20, 2008 10:17 am

Sen. Ted Stevens conceded the election for U.S. Senate to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich on Wednesday, bringing an end to his 40 years as the titan of Alaska politics.

 

Waste hauler plans fuel-cost surcharge

Nov 20, 2008 9:09 am

WASILLA -- Alaska Waste, the biggest garbage hauler in Anchorage and the Mat-Su, plans a rate hike linked to fuel costs starting next month.

 

Ex-governor says tap Point Thomson

Nov 20, 2008 9:09 am

FAIRBANKS -- Natural gas from the Point Thomson field on Alaska's North Slope must be tapped to make feasible a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline to Canada or the Lower 48, according to Alaska'...

 

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