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Murkowski, groups want to see Gulf of Alaska military exercise moved to fall

Environmental activists, coastal Alaskans and Sen. Lisa Murkowski are all asking the U.S. Navy to move a biennial training exercise in the Gulf of Alaska… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/The Peninsula Clarion The approximately 40 people who attended the Dena'ina language forum on Thursday heard about the basics of the language and the efforts to revive it.

KPC hosts Dena’ina language forum

Four sentences written nearly two centuries ago by a homesick man on a lonely California beach are being used in the efforts to revive the… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/The Peninsula Clarion The approximately 40 people who attended the Dena'ina language forum on Thursday heard about the basics of the language and the efforts to revive it.
Maps of proposed culvert improvements on several Kasilof-area streams stand in a multipurpose room at Tustumena Elementary School during an Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities open house on a proposed safety improvement project on the Sterling Highway between Soldotna and Clam Gulch on Wednesday in Kasilof. The project, scheduled for summer 2018 and 2019, will include widened shoulders, improved signage, a safety edge and culvert replacements, among other improvements. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Sterling Highway shoulder widening to improve fish passage

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is working on a final set of plans to widen the shoulders of the Sterling Highway between… Continue reading

Maps of proposed culvert improvements on several Kasilof-area streams stand in a multipurpose room at Tustumena Elementary School during an Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities open house on a proposed safety improvement project on the Sterling Highway between Soldotna and Clam Gulch on Wednesday in Kasilof. The project, scheduled for summer 2018 and 2019, will include widened shoulders, improved signage, a safety edge and culvert replacements, among other improvements. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

2 lawsuits against borough moving through courts

Two entangled lawsuits against the Kenai Peninsula Borough are winding their way through the court system, one toward trial and another toward dismissal. The borough… Continue reading

Workers at Alaska Salmon Purchasers sort sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet in this July 2016 photo near Nikiski, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

2017 sockeye forecast weak for Cook Inlet

Upper Cook Inlet’s commercial salmon fishermen are predicted to have another slow season, if the forecast proves accurate. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s… Continue reading

Workers at Alaska Salmon Purchasers sort sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet in this July 2016 photo near Nikiski, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
In this December 2016 photo, the sun peeks through the trees on the Tsalteshi Trails system near Soldotna, Alaska. The Tsalteshi Trails Association has applied to the Kenai Peninsula Borough for a Community Trails Management Agreement to expand the popular trail system to the south, providing a space for non-skiers to enjoy the trails in the winter. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Tsalteshi applies to expand trail system

More trails may be coming soon to the Tsalteshi Trails system. The nonprofit Tsalteshi Trails Association, which maintains about 25 kilometers of trails in a… Continue reading

In this December 2016 photo, the sun peeks through the trees on the Tsalteshi Trails system near Soldotna, Alaska. The Tsalteshi Trails Association has applied to the Kenai Peninsula Borough for a Community Trails Management Agreement to expand the popular trail system to the south, providing a space for non-skiers to enjoy the trails in the winter. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
Borough to restore bank behind River Center

Borough to restore bank behind River Center

A heavily trafficked stretch of the Kenai River’s southern bank will get some restoration work in time for the sockeye season. Fishermen who have visited… Continue reading

Borough to restore bank behind River Center

Bill would authorize individuals to get fish enhancement permits

Individual Alaskans, private companies and nonprofits could jump into the world of incubating and releasing salmon under a bill being discussed in the Legislature. House… Continue reading

Governor’s bill would cut CFEC commissioners’ pay

Gov. Bill Walker has introduced a bill to trim the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. The CFEC, the state agency that manages commercial fishing limited entry… Continue reading

CIRCAC, state to evaluate old pipelines in Cook Inlet

After a turbulent spring with multiple oil and gas infrastructure failures in Cook Inlet, a citizen’s advisory group and the state agency tasked with environmental… Continue reading

In this undated photo, crew members haul scallops up onto the deck of a fishing vessel from a dredge. Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff have been researching the increasing incidence of a condition called “weak meats” in Alaska scallops, which makes the product unmarketable. (Photo courtesy the Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Researchers identify widespread parasite in Alaska scallops

A lot of Alaska’s scallops are sick, and scientists are trying to figure out why. Alaska’s scallop fishery is a small one — in recent… Continue reading

In this undated photo, crew members haul scallops up onto the deck of a fishing vessel from a dredge. Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff have been researching the increasing incidence of a condition called “weak meats” in Alaska scallops, which makes the product unmarketable. (Photo courtesy the Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Troopers close down Seward Highway for reports of man firing shots

Update 4:30 p.m.: Alaska State Troopers have arrested a man who allegedly fired shots near the Seward Highway at Girdwood on Monday. At 8 a.m., troopers received a Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately report of an erratic driver in a pickup truck near… Continue reading

Kids race into the woods in search of Easter eggs during an Easter party hosted by the Kenai Elks Lodge

Photos: Going on an egg hunt

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Kids race into the woods in search of Easter eggs during an Easter party hosted by the Kenai Elks Lodge
In this July 2016 photo, the Russian River rushes under a bridge along the Russian River Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

HB 199 gets hearing, won’t pass this year

The push a group of fisheries activists made to get a section of Alaska law overhauled is making its way through the Legislature, but won’t… Continue reading

In this July 2016 photo, the Russian River rushes under a bridge along the Russian River Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Kenai Peninsula leads statewide elodea fight

Although elodea wasn’t discovered on the Kenai Peninsula until 2012, the peninsula is at the forefront of eradicating it. The invasive aquatic plant was discovered… Continue reading

Fragments of the invasive water weed elodea lay in the snow beside an auger hole drilled on Sport Lake in February 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists found a small amount of elodea when drilling auger holes in preparation for an ice fishing event for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. (Photo courtesy Rob Massengill/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Invasive elodea found in Sport Lake

The invasive water weed elodea has been identified in Soldotna’s Sport Lake. The lake is one of the most popular on the central Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Fragments of the invasive water weed elodea lay in the snow beside an auger hole drilled on Sport Lake in February 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists found a small amount of elodea when drilling auger holes in preparation for an ice fishing event for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. (Photo courtesy Rob Massengill/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
In this November 2016 photo, the Seward Highway stretches southward toward the town of Seward near Moose Pass. The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration is working on establishing an emergency medical service area corridor along the highway system on the eastern Kenai Peninsula to provide more thorough emergency response coverage for the thousands of travelers that cross the highway every year. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Assembly to consider forming highway EMS service area

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is taking a swing at a long-standing challenge on the eastern Kenai Peninsula: how to get emergency services to people on… Continue reading

In this November 2016 photo, the Seward Highway stretches southward toward the town of Seward near Moose Pass. The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration is working on establishing an emergency medical service area corridor along the highway system on the eastern Kenai Peninsula to provide more thorough emergency response coverage for the thousands of travelers that cross the highway every year. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Assembly considers restricting telephone participation for members

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering an ordinance that would set additional guidelines for how members can participate by phone. Currently, if an assembly… Continue reading

Daniel Reynolds, an environmental technician with the Ninilchik Traditional Council, prepares to place the buoy marking the tribe’s subsistence gillnet on the Kenai River on Aug. 14, 2016 near Soldotna. On April 3, the Federal Subsistence Board granted the Ninilchik Traditional Council’s special action request for the gillnet to operate again in 2017. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Ninilchik gets approval for Kenai gillnet in 2017

The Ninilchik Traditional Council officially has permission to put a gillnet in the Kenai and Kasilof rivers again this summer, but with a few changes.… Continue reading

Daniel Reynolds, an environmental technician with the Ninilchik Traditional Council, prepares to place the buoy marking the tribe’s subsistence gillnet on the Kenai River on Aug. 14, 2016 near Soldotna. On April 3, the Federal Subsistence Board granted the Ninilchik Traditional Council’s special action request for the gillnet to operate again in 2017. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Despite downturn, Hilcorp continues to buy

As other oil and gas companies seek to trim expenses with layoffs and stalling development, Hilcorp Alaska has no plans to stop acquisitions. The company… Continue reading