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🌱 Kenai-Soldotna community remembers the life of Sandra Hope Hetzler

Kenai, Alaska Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Kenai! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Kenai-Soldotna community remembers the life of Sandra Hope Hetzler
  • What Alaska’s megaproject boom could mean for Kenai’s energy future
  • How Cook Inlet Energy’s upgrades could impact fuel supplies from Kenai

Also on today's calendar: Little Crafts: Paper Plate Dinos and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the math teacher write "41596" on a napkin after lunch? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high of 37 and low of 23 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy, temps: high: 36, low: 23.
  • Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 35 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sandra Hope Hetzler, 80 (bonnersferryherald.com) — A longtime Kenai-Soldotna resident, Sandra Hope Hetzler is remembered for her warmth, creativity, and decades of community volunteering that many Kenai and Soldotna neighbors will recall. Her family, including a grandson living in Kenai, honors her love of knitting, art, spirituality, and service as they prepare to scatter her ashes at a place they will choose together.
   

• Alaska's Insane Megaprojects That Will Transform These Towns by 2030 (newsminer.com) — Kenai is spotlighted as part of a wave of huge Alaska infrastructure projects, with an energy revival here tied to LNG and other industrial investments. A video-linked feature walks through major developments from Palmer to Valdez and beyond, explaining how these megaprojects could reshape local economies and jobs across the state by 2030, including on the Kenai Peninsula.
   

• Producers 2026: Cook Inlet Energy increases production with technology (petroleumnews.com) — Cook Inlet Energy’s offshore fields are boosting oil and gas output that ultimately flows to the Kenai Refinery, which supplies fuels across Alaska, including aviation fuel via Anchorage. Through pump optimizations, water-handling upgrades, and new LNG import plans using the Osprey platform, the company aims to stabilize Southcentral Alaska’s energy supply through at least 2029 while continuing to explore new drilling prospects.
   

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Ok Kenai! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the math teacher write "41596" on a napkin after lunch?" — Because he wanted a piece of pi(e)! (Thank you Greg S. for sending it in!)
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