Elizabeth Earl

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Funny River residents fear bank erosion

Residents of the Funny River community nicknamed a boulder near the confluence of the Funny and Kenai rivers “the magic rock.” Some remember kids growing… Continue reading

Division of Forestry issues burn permit suspension

Burn permits on the Kenai Peninsula have been suspended.The Alaska Division of Forestry’s Kenai-Kodiak Area Office issued the suspension Monday due to high fire danger… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Friends gather at the Harley-Davidson store outside Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, July 15, 2015, to farewell Randy McKinney (second from right) and Lana McKinney (far right) as the couple departs on a multi-year motorcycle trip around the world. The Ninilchik couple plans to ride through 86 countries, treating children with dysentery as they go.

A fond farewell

Fond farewells Friends gathered at the Harley-Davidson store in Soldotna on Friday to farewell Ninilchik residents Randy McKinney (second from right) and Lana McKinney (far… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Friends gather at the Harley-Davidson store outside Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, July 15, 2015, to farewell Randy McKinney (second from right) and Lana McKinney (far right) as the couple departs on a multi-year motorcycle trip around the world. The Ninilchik couple plans to ride through 86 countries, treating children with dysentery as they go.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Keenan Orth (left) and his sister Ginni Orth (right) train Pokemon on the app Pokemon Go in Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, July 15, 2016. Since the smartphone-based game premiered July 6, millions of players have signed up worldwide.

Pokemon Go app brings people out to catch some monsters

Soldotna Creek Park’s playground looks safe enough in the sunshine with kids clambering over monkey bars, but to the right eyes, it’s full of monsters.… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Keenan Orth (left) and his sister Ginni Orth (right) train Pokemon on the app Pokemon Go in Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, July 15, 2016. Since the smartphone-based game premiered July 6, millions of players have signed up worldwide.
Clarion file photo In This July 25, 2009 file photo Furry participants in the "Weenies On Parade" entry waddle at double time speed down Binkley Street in Soldotna on Saturday during the Progress Days parade.

Horses and eagles and chainsaws, oh my!

With 56 summers under its belt, the Soldotna Progress Days festival is a tradition in the city on the Kenai River.The annual festival will light… Continue reading

Clarion file photo In This July 25, 2009 file photo Furry participants in the "Weenies On Parade" entry waddle at double time speed down Binkley Street in Soldotna on Saturday during the Progress Days parade.
Photo courtesy Jimmie Jack's Alaska Lodge John Collis caught a 345-pound halibut out of the port of Ninilchik on July 9 aboard the charter vessel "Unforgiven" with Capt. Charlie Barberini of Jimmie Jack Fishing.

Fishing report: Sockeye hit the dipnet, kings rule the Kenai

“You’re not getting away from me!”Victor Mallari wrangled a flailing sockeye salmon under his arm and clasped it tight, the fish’s mouth gasping in the… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Jimmie Jack's Alaska Lodge John Collis caught a 345-pound halibut out of the port of Ninilchik on July 9 aboard the charter vessel "Unforgiven" with Capt. Charlie Barberini of Jimmie Jack Fishing.

Troopers, Kenai police seize heroin, $23,000 in raid

Alaska State Troopers and the Kenai Police Department seized nearly half a pound of heroin and $23,000 in cash from a Kenai home in a… Continue reading

Borough residents debate ways to oppose annexation

Borough residents who oppose the city of Soldotna’s plan to annex are still wary of the city’s intentions and are looking for ways to raise… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Workers at Alaska Salmon Purchasers in Nikiski, Alaska sort fish from a setnet site Monday, July 11, 2016. The Kenai and East Forelands setnets opened for their first regular period Monday.

Kenai, East Forelands setnets open for first period

A skiff called the Santa Maria, flying a pirate flag, skidded into the Nikiski beach, grating to a heavy halt. The crew efficiently hauled the… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Workers at Alaska Salmon Purchasers in Nikiski, Alaska sort fish from a setnet site Monday, July 11, 2016. The Kenai and East Forelands setnets opened for their first regular period Monday.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Victor Mallari, 10, proudly displays the sockeye salmon his father caught in his dipnet at the Kenai beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Sunday, July 10, 2016. The popular Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery opened Sunday morning at 6 a.m. and will be open until July 31.

Photo: Got a live one

Got a live oneVictor Mallari, 10, proudly displays the sockeye salmon his father caught in their dipnet on the north Kenai beach in Kenai on… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Victor Mallari, 10, proudly displays the sockeye salmon his father caught in his dipnet at the Kenai beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Sunday, July 10, 2016. The popular Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery opened Sunday morning at 6 a.m. and will be open until July 31.

DOT launches differential speed section of Seward Highway

Starting Monday, the right lane on a section of the Seward Highway between Anchorage and Kenai will legally become the slow lane.The Alaska Department of… Continue reading

A peony for your thoughts

A peony for your thoughts

A honeybee busily flits between blooms at Cool Cache Farms in Nikiski on Friday. In the background, farm owners' Wayne and Patti Floyd's experimental dome-shaped… Continue reading

A peony for your thoughts
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A guide boat motors along the Kenai River upstream of the Sterling Highway Bridge in Soldotna, Alaska on Thursday, July 7, 2016.

Fish and Game opens Kenai late-run kings to bait

Anglers can use bait for king salmon in a section of the Kenai River starting Saturday at 12:01 a.m.The Alaska Department of Fish and Game… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A guide boat motors along the Kenai River upstream of the Sterling Highway Bridge in Soldotna, Alaska on Thursday, July 7, 2016.

Pass a Permanent Fund Dividend bill or come home

We wish the best for Alaska legislators heading back to Juneau for the special session that starts on Monday. Over the past months, lawmakers probably… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Anglers line the banks of the Kenai River near the Donald E. Gilman River Center in Soldotna, Alaska on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Many reported good fishing for sockeye salmon that day in the river.

Despite better early king numbers, Kenai fishermen head for sockeye

Every square inch of shelf space is occupied in Ken’s Alaskan Tackle, and much of the walls, too. Pegboards covered in different types of fishing… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Anglers line the banks of the Kenai River near the Donald E. Gilman River Center in Soldotna, Alaska on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Many reported good fishing for sockeye salmon that day in the river.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Lt. Governor Byron Mallott visited the Kenai Peninsula this week and spoke to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce at their joint chamber luncheon at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center in Kenai, Alaska on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.

Lieutenant governor visits Kenai

Alaska’s lieutenant governor says Alaskans are starting to understand the need to raise revenue and the need to solve the state’s long-term fiscal issues.Lt. Governor… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Lt. Governor Byron Mallott visited the Kenai Peninsula this week and spoke to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce at their joint chamber luncheon at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center in Kenai, Alaska on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.
Photo courtesy Susie Morris Baker Ben Baker, 10, of Augusta, Georgia, proudly displays two halibut that he caught with Aron Hanson (left) on a charter boat out of Homer. The possession limit for 2016 in Area 3A, which includes the central Gulf of Alaska, is two fish per person per day, with a limit of four total in possession, according to the International Pacific Halibut Commission. The average size fish caught out of the Homer port is 10.85 pounds this season, ranging between 2.6 pounds and 86.6 pounds, according to the Lower Cook Inlet sportfishing report for the week of July 6.

Promising late-run king, sockeye numbers arrive in Kenai

The Kenai River sockeye and late-run king salmon runs are both off to optimistically large starts. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game began counting… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Susie Morris Baker Ben Baker, 10, of Augusta, Georgia, proudly displays two halibut that he caught with Aron Hanson (left) on a charter boat out of Homer. The possession limit for 2016 in Area 3A, which includes the central Gulf of Alaska, is two fish per person per day, with a limit of four total in possession, according to the International Pacific Halibut Commission. The average size fish caught out of the Homer port is 10.85 pounds this season, ranging between 2.6 pounds and 86.6 pounds, according to the Lower Cook Inlet sportfishing report for the week of July 6.

Truck, ATV collide on K-beach

A collision between a four-wheeler and a pickup truck on Tuesday evening sent one person to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Around 8:45 p.m., a… Continue reading

A commercial fishing boat leaves the mouth of the Kenai river for a day of fishing in Cook Inlet on Monday, July 4 in Kenai.

Maritime industry largest employer on peninsula

The Kenai Peninsula’s economy depends even more on the ocean and rivers than is apparent on paper. Some are obvious: fishing, shipping and marine fishing… Continue reading

A commercial fishing boat leaves the mouth of the Kenai river for a day of fishing in Cook Inlet on Monday, July 4 in Kenai.

Nikiski man arraigned on additional theft charges

A Nikiski man accused of multiple thefts in the Nikiski and Sterling areas was arraigned on five more felony charges Tuesday in Kenai Superior Court.Brandon… Continue reading