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BlueCrest applies to drill offshore

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that BlueCrest is not changing its plans to drill offshore. The filing was a notice that… Continue reading

Reduced state budget creates competition for transit funding

For the first time in nearly 19 years, Independent Living Center clients on the Kenai Peninsula will not have access to transit vouchers.The nonprofit, which… Continue reading

Ruffner confirmed for Board of Fisheries

Without a single objection, the Legislature approved the three candidates for the Board of Fisheries in a joint session Friday.Two of the candidates — Israel… Continue reading

Proposal to permit goats, sheep delayed 2 years

A controversial proposal to require owners of domestic sheep and goats in Alaska to permit their animals has been pushed back for two years.Proposal 90,… Continue reading

The Furie Alaska jack-up rig Randolph Yost is at the Deep Water Dock in Homer last Friday as fishing boats conduct spill-response exercises in Kachemak Bay. According to Homer City Manager Katie Koester's report to the Homer City Council at its Monday meeting, the rig will leave the Deep Water Dock no later than May 15 to make room for the first cruise ship of the season on May 18.

Proposed bill would cut Cook Inlet oil, gas tax credits

The debate over proposed changes to the oil and gas tax credit program is coming down to the wire, with just days left in the… Continue reading

The Furie Alaska jack-up rig Randolph Yost is at the Deep Water Dock in Homer last Friday as fishing boats conduct spill-response exercises in Kachemak Bay. According to Homer City Manager Katie Koester's report to the Homer City Council at its Monday meeting, the rig will leave the Deep Water Dock no later than May 15 to make room for the first cruise ship of the season on May 18.

Board of Fisheries appointees move to final confirmation

The Board of Fisheries nominees cleared their last committee hearing and are on their way to final approval from the whole Legislature.Gov. Bill Walker’s three… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion The road to Gray Cliff and Moose Point is a narrow, muddy path, shown on Monday, April 11, 2016. Apache Corporation, which was exploring for oil and gas in the area, had announced plans to improve the road by extending the Kenai Spur Highway, but withdrew from Alaska in March. The company is now in talks with the Kenai Peninsula Borough to donate its preliminary environmental and engineering work so the borough may be able to pick up the project.

Borough may pick up North Road extension

Property owners in Gray Cliff and Moose Point northeast of Nikiski may still get a road extension, even if Apache Corporation won’t be the one… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion The road to Gray Cliff and Moose Point is a narrow, muddy path, shown on Monday, April 11, 2016. Apache Corporation, which was exploring for oil and gas in the area, had announced plans to improve the road by extending the Kenai Spur Highway, but withdrew from Alaska in March. The company is now in talks with the Kenai Peninsula Borough to donate its preliminary environmental and engineering work so the borough may be able to pick up the project.

Assembly hears complaints, support on local option zone proposal

The very basics of local option zoning districts came up for debate at Tuesday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting.The assembly has been discussing a rewrite… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Shaleenah Marion bags a drink for a customer at IGA in Kenai, Alaska on Friday, April 8, 2016. The Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly is considering an ordinance to expand the amount of time in which sales tax applies on nonprepared food items, sometimes called the grocery tax, from three months to six months.

Proposed ordinance would extend grocery tax

A proposed ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly would make groceries subject to sales tax for six months instead of three.Currently, nonprepared food items… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Shaleenah Marion bags a drink for a customer at IGA in Kenai, Alaska on Friday, April 8, 2016. The Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly is considering an ordinance to expand the amount of time in which sales tax applies on nonprepared food items, sometimes called the grocery tax, from three months to six months.

Senate committee hears case for sockeye stamp

Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct Sen. Bill Wielechowski's political party. He is a Democrat from Anchorage. A proposed sockeye salmon stamp… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Gov. Bill Walker visited Kenai Thursday to update the public on the state's fiscal situation and answer questions about the particulars of his administration's goals to address the budget deficit. He spoke to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce and then to the general public at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center in Kenai.

Walker: This year is to ‘fix Alaska’

Gov. Bill Walker is calling this year’s legislative session the “fix Alaska” session and next year’s the “build Alaska” session.On a visit to the Kenai… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Gov. Bill Walker visited Kenai Thursday to update the public on the state's fiscal situation and answer questions about the particulars of his administration's goals to address the budget deficit. He spoke to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce and then to the general public at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center in Kenai.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Brad Carver of Beemun's Bike and Ski Loft lubes a bike chain as part of a spring tune-up on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

Learn the basics of tuning up a bike for spring

When pulling mountain bikes out for the first time this spring, remember the ABCs: air, brakes, chain.With the spring setting in and the ice clear… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Brad Carver of Beemun's Bike and Ski Loft lubes a bike chain as part of a spring tune-up on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

Ordinance would put commercial marijuana up for vote

People rushed to beat each other to the podium at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting Tuesday, eager to voice their opinions about whether commercial… Continue reading

AK LNG field season to include offshore work

More geophysical and technical work will take place in Nikiski this summer as preparation for the Alaska LNG Project.The partners on the liquefied natural gas… Continue reading

Hatchery salmon still small portion of Cook Inlet fishery

Though hatcheries are a major part of the commercial fishing industry statewide, they’ve remained a small portion of the harvest in Cook Inlet.Fish from Alaska’s… Continue reading

The storefront of Black Dog Firearms on Friday, April 1 in Soldotna.

Slow sales leads Black Dog Firearms to close

There were days this winter when no one came through the doors of Black Dog Firearms in Soldotna. The slowdown led to the business’s closure… Continue reading

The storefront of Black Dog Firearms on Friday, April 1 in Soldotna.

State finds trooper’s actions justified in Sterling shooting

State investigators have found that the actions of an Alaska State Trooper who fatally shot a man in Sterling in October were justified.The Alaska Office… Continue reading

Report analyzes short-term economic impacts of budget cuts

The Legislature must take strides to reduce the deficit, but the transition will be smoother if it is a multi-year process, according to a new… Continue reading

Healthcare Task Force moves toward alignment model

The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Healthcare Task Force is asking the boards of the peninsula’s three hospitals to look at ways they can share services to… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A commercial drift gillnetting boat leaves the mouth of the Kasilof River at about 1 a.m. Thursday morning July 17, 2014 during an overnight fishing period in Kasilof, Alaska.

Larger expected king run loosens restrictions on setnets, drifters

Editor's note: This article has been edited to clarify that the 36-hour mandatory window for the 2016 Upper Subdistrict set gillnet commercial fishing season will… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A commercial drift gillnetting boat leaves the mouth of the Kasilof River at about 1 a.m. Thursday morning July 17, 2014 during an overnight fishing period in Kasilof, Alaska.