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Assembly passes property tax code changes

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the date of the Oct. 4 municipal regular election. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed an… Continue reading

Marijuana entrepreneurs ask assembly to put off vote on marijuana ban petition

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the date of the Oct. 4 municipal regular election. Kenai Peninsula marijuana entrepreneurs want the chance… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Two visitors walk their dogs across the Chickaloon Flats on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 in Hope, Alaska. The small town on the northern edge of the Kenai Peninsula, nearly directly across the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet from Anchorage, attracts visitors for its historical district and its recreational opportunities, including hiking and biking trails and the chance to pan for gold in nearby Resurrection Creek.

Photo: One last summer stroll

Two visitors walk their dogs across the Resurrection Creek on Sunday in Hope. The small town on the northern edge of the Kenai Peninsula, across… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Two visitors walk their dogs across the Chickaloon Flats on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 in Hope, Alaska. The small town on the northern edge of the Kenai Peninsula, nearly directly across the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet from Anchorage, attracts visitors for its historical district and its recreational opportunities, including hiking and biking trails and the chance to pan for gold in nearby Resurrection Creek.

New cancer doctor joins practice in Soldotna

Peninsula Radiation Oncology Center patients may see another new face when they come for treatment in Soldotna.Dr. William Magnuson joined the practice about two months… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Employees and customers of the Kenai Walmart Supercenter return to the store after being briefly evacuated for a phoned-in bomb threat Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Several others were phoned in to stores in the Anchorage area.

Bomb threat called in to Kenai Walmart

Police in Kenai responded to a bomb threat at the Kenai Walmart on Monday morning. Employees and customers chatted and enjoyed the 75-degree, sunny weather… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Employees and customers of the Kenai Walmart Supercenter return to the store after being briefly evacuated for a phoned-in bomb threat Monday, Aug. 29, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Several others were phoned in to stores in the Anchorage area.

Assembly delays decision on planning commission membership

The various city and advisory planning commissions around the Kenai Peninsula Borough will get another chance to review a proposal that would reduce the borough’s… Continue reading

Samantha Nushart, an employee at Double O Express, holds a complete order at the restaurant on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The restaurant recently moved from its old location next to the Bow Bar in Old Town Kenai to a brick-and-mortar location in the Kenai Airport that used to house Odie's Deli.

Double O Express moves into new, expanded space

The Double O Express’ new home is a hop, skip, leap and a jump from its old home.The restaurant started its life in a trailer… Continue reading

Samantha Nushart, an employee at Double O Express, holds a complete order at the restaurant on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The restaurant recently moved from its old location next to the Bow Bar in Old Town Kenai to a brick-and-mortar location in the Kenai Airport that used to house Odie's Deli.
A sockeye salmon makes its flight into the back of a truck on a set gillnet site on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. Commercial fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet are winding down a season that did not live up to the preseason forecast of a large sockeye salmon run.

Upper Cook Inlet commercial fishing winds down

The boom of fish the commercial operations in Upper Cook Inlet expected never arrived this year.High preseason expectations made the 2016 season a disappointment for… Continue reading

A sockeye salmon makes its flight into the back of a truck on a set gillnet site on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. Commercial fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet are winding down a season that did not live up to the preseason forecast of a large sockeye salmon run.

Walker delays action on CFEC administrative changes

The Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission won’t transfer some of its administrative functions into the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, for now.Gov. Bill Walker set… Continue reading

Assembly takes no action on invocation

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meetings will still open with a prayer for the foreseeable future.The assembly invites local religious groups to come and offer an… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion An angler untangles a pink salmon from a net and fishing line on a fishing boardwalk on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.

For Kenai anglers, everything’s coming up pink

Most of the catch to be found in the Kenai River at present is pink instead of silver.Anglers on the fishing dock near the Soldotna… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion An angler untangles a pink salmon from a net and fishing line on a fishing boardwalk on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by DJ Summers/Alaska Journal of Commerce Cannabis clones sit on a rack in Greatland Ganja's Kasilof farm. After growing to the required size, the plants will be moved from the indoor grow room to an outdoor greenhouse. Each carries a tag that registers the plant's type and the overall quantity of plants in the facility.

Commercial marijuana ban voter initiative validated

A citizen petition to ask voters whether commercial marijuana operations should be banned in the Kenai Peninsula Borough outside the cities has received sufficient signatures… Continue reading

Photo by DJ Summers/Alaska Journal of Commerce Cannabis clones sit on a rack in Greatland Ganja's Kasilof farm. After growing to the required size, the plants will be moved from the indoor grow room to an outdoor greenhouse. Each carries a tag that registers the plant's type and the overall quantity of plants in the facility.
Thomas Salas holds the pink salmon he caught Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 in the Kenai River. The fish weighed in at 12 pounds, 13 ounces, beating the previous state record of 12 pounds, 9 ounces. Salas held the record for a few hours before Robert Dubar brought in his 13 pound, 10.6 ounce fish.

State pink salmon record broken twice in one day

After 42 years, the Alaska state record for a sport-caught pink salmon was broken — twice. Thomas Salas hauled a monster pink salmon out of… Continue reading

Thomas Salas holds the pink salmon he caught Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 in the Kenai River. The fish weighed in at 12 pounds, 13 ounces, beating the previous state record of 12 pounds, 9 ounces. Salas held the record for a few hours before Robert Dubar brought in his 13 pound, 10.6 ounce fish.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion David Schmitt, the COO of Industrial Hemp Manufacturing in Spring Hope, North Carolina, demonstrates how kenaf fiber can absorb spilled oil at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Economic Development District on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Schmitt said the kenaf fiber, a wood-like plant, can absorb 30 times as much as clay composite, which is regularly used to help clean up land-based oil spills.

Hemp proposed as construction, oil spill material

When an oil spill occurs, one of the first reactions is to use something to mop it up. Respondents will use clay-based absorbents on land-based… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion David Schmitt, the COO of Industrial Hemp Manufacturing in Spring Hope, North Carolina, demonstrates how kenaf fiber can absorb spilled oil at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Economic Development District on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Schmitt said the kenaf fiber, a wood-like plant, can absorb 30 times as much as clay composite, which is regularly used to help clean up land-based oil spills.

Belugas, infrastructure among concerns for Lower Cook Inlet oil lease

A few Kenai-area residents turned out Thursday to offer their advice on a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed oil and gas lease sale… Continue reading

Classic Roundtable calls for separate saltwater sportfishing regulations

While the federal government is reevaluating the Magnuson-Stevens Act for reauthorization, recreational fishing groups would like to change how marine sportfishing is regulated.The Magnuson-Stevens Act,… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Members of the Catholic Church gathered outside the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The church members gathered to pray in response to a Satanic invocation given before the Aug. 9 boough assembly meeting.

Satanic assembly invocation sparks protest, possible changes to invocation

Rain began to fall just before a huddled group of Catholic Church members began praying on a sidewalk in Soldotna.Some held rosaries or icons; one… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Members of the Catholic Church gathered outside the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The church members gathered to pray in response to a Satanic invocation given before the Aug. 9 boough assembly meeting.

3 run to fill District 7 assembly seat

With the incumbent term-limited out, three people have thrown their hats into the ring for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly District 7 seat representing Kasilof,… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A grayling bites a silver spinner at Crescent Lake on June 15, 2015 in the Chugach National Forest.

With crowded rivers, head for the hills for grayling

From May through September, it can seem like there’s an angler every few feet along the banks of the Kenai Peninsula’s rivers.Fortunately for anglers who… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A grayling bites a silver spinner at Crescent Lake on June 15, 2015 in the Chugach National Forest.
Photo courtesy Darren Woodhead Wade Hudson presents his unofficial Alaska record pink salmon. Unfortunately, weights and measurements weren't recorded prior to the behemoth's release.

Fishing report: Silvers in Seward, trickling into Kenai

Silvers may be elusive on the Kenai River so far, but anglers can get their fill of them in Resurrection Bay.The 61st Seward Silver Salmon… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Darren Woodhead Wade Hudson presents his unofficial Alaska record pink salmon. Unfortunately, weights and measurements weren't recorded prior to the behemoth's release.