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Assembly overturns mayor’s veto of invocation policy

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will keep its invocation policy for now.The assembly passed a policy at its Oct. 11 meeting outlining who can give… Continue reading

What’s killing Shell Lake’s sockeye salmon?

If any fish population in Upper Cook Inlet could be considered in trouble, Shell Lake’s sockeye could.The lake in the Matanuska-Susitna region, located northwest of… Continue reading

Teacher, support staff unions vote to ratify contract

Editor's note: This story has been updated to show that the tentative agreement reached by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, the Kenai Peninsula Educational… Continue reading

Paying to work

Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife, Lanmon-Freeman now delivers two to three babies per month… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Tom Toguchi of Anchorage caught a king salmon in the Anchor River on the morning of Saturday, May 21, 2016. The river is open for king salmon fishing on May 28-30 and June 1 next week, as well as additional days in June. The limit is one king salmon 20 inches or greater per day per person, five total in possession with only two able to come from the Anchor River or the Anchor River and Deep Creek combined.

Chinook salmon returns still below average

This year’s improvement in king salmon returns in many stream systems across the state may not be the end of a prolonged period of low… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Tom Toguchi of Anchorage caught a king salmon in the Anchor River on the morning of Saturday, May 21, 2016. The river is open for king salmon fishing on May 28-30 and June 1 next week, as well as additional days in June. The limit is one king salmon 20 inches or greater per day per person, five total in possession with only two able to come from the Anchor River or the Anchor River and Deep Creek combined.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Drivers make their way across the Sterling Highway bridge over the Kenai River on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is conducting repairs on the bridge over the river and has reduced traffic to one lane in either driection. The repairs are scheduled to be finished by Monday, Oct. 31, according to Alaska 511.

Photo: Narrow crossing ahead

Drivers make their way across the Sterling Highway bridge over the Kenai River on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Department of… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Drivers make their way across the Sterling Highway bridge over the Kenai River on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is conducting repairs on the bridge over the river and has reduced traffic to one lane in either driection. The repairs are scheduled to be finished by Monday, Oct. 31, according to Alaska 511.

Kasilof man dies in car accident

A Saturday night car accident on Kalifornsky Beach Road left a Kasilof man dead.The man, Billy Duncan, 26, was pronounced dead on scene. Alaska State… Continue reading

District 30 candidates debate budget, energy

Two and a half weeks before Election Day, the four candidates for the District 30 seat in the Alaska House of Representatives debated together for… Continue reading

Board of Fisheries debates board-generated proposals

The Board of Fisheries wrapped up its Soldotna worksession with the discussion of a board-generated proposal to limit the size of boats in the Kenai… Continue reading

ACLU to borough: Drop invocation policy

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska has asked the Kenai Peninsula Borough to back down from its newly passed invocation policy.The organization, which advocates… Continue reading

Board of Fisheries takes up, denies ACRs

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error. The United Cook Inlet Drift Association did not submit the agenda change request regarding… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Board of Fisheries will not take regulatory action at the worksession, but will discuss agenda change requests and non-regulatory proposals.

Public weighs in at Board of Fisheries

Fishermen and the fisheries-inclined turned out by the dozens Tuesday for an open hearing before the Board of Fisheries to air their concerns on a… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Board of Fisheries will not take regulatory action at the worksession, but will discuss agenda change requests and non-regulatory proposals.

Assembly votes to update comprehensive plan

The Kenai Peninsula Borough government plans to start looking for proposals to update its comprehensive plan.The Kenai Peninsula Borough Comprehensive Plan, which outlines the broad… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Cars and trucks whizz by on the Kenai Spur Highway as a small group of caribou watch from the lawn of Trinity Christian Church on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 near Soldotna, Alaska. Snow fell in flurries in some places on Sunday evening, remaining on shady hillsides even in the middle of the cloudy day Monday. The National Weather Service has forecasted a chance of snow showers Tuesday, then again on Thursday and Friday for the central Kenai Peninsula.

Photo: Settling in for the winter

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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Cars and trucks whizz by on the Kenai Spur Highway as a small group of caribou watch from the lawn of Trinity Christian Church on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 near Soldotna, Alaska. Snow fell in flurries in some places on Sunday evening, remaining on shady hillsides even in the middle of the cloudy day Monday. The National Weather Service has forecasted a chance of snow showers Tuesday, then again on Thursday and Friday for the central Kenai Peninsula.
Clarion file photo In this Feb. 14, 2014 photo, two 2013 Polaris RMK Assaults on display at Peninsula Powersports.

Snowmachine trail grants threatened by governor veto

The state funds available to snowmachine clubs around the state for trail maintenance and grooming may disappear next year.Since 1997, the registration fees that all… Continue reading

Clarion file photo In this Feb. 14, 2014 photo, two 2013 Polaris RMK Assaults on display at Peninsula Powersports.

Division of Forestry asks residents not to burn Sunday, Monday

The Alaska Division of Forestry is asking residents in the Southcentral and Interior regions to avoid burning, both in open debris fires and burn barrels,… Continue reading

ConocoPhillips economist: Lower oil prices may be here to stay

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that Marianne Kah asked for the state to provide fiscal stability. The lower oil prices that… Continue reading

Assembly reduces Planning Commission membership

The number of Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission members will decrease to 11, but not until 2020.After initially voting it down, the Kenai Peninsula Borough… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A flashing yellow arrow indicates that drivers can turn left at the intersection of Walker Lane/Airport Way and the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities recently installed the new flashing yellow arrow signals, designed to help improve left-hand turn safety in intersections, in Kenai and Soldotna.

DOT installs new flashing yellow arrow traffic signals in Kenai, Soldotna

Drivers in Kenai and Soldotna have had to follow a new directive since the completion of construction earlier this fall — a flashing yellow arrow.… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A flashing yellow arrow indicates that drivers can turn left at the intersection of Walker Lane/Airport Way and the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities recently installed the new flashing yellow arrow signals, designed to help improve left-hand turn safety in intersections, in Kenai and Soldotna.

Borough assembly passes invocation policy

Those wishing to give an invocation before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly now have to be either a chaplain or a member of a religious… Continue reading