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Kenai River Ranch to remain undeveloped

The Kenai River Ranch property will stay the way it is, at least for the time being.After more than a year of discussions about the… Continue reading

Coast Guard Auxiliary class targets first-time boat captains

When a recreational boating accident happens, chances are that the operator was not paying enough attention or the lookout wasn’t doing his or her job.Operator… Continue reading

Adam Jones of Soldotna loads up on the Sons of Anarchy DVDs during the Kenai Blockbuster's closing sale on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The store, which has been open for about 15 years, will close next month.

Kenai Blockbuster store to close

Kenai repeated a scene common in the Lower 48 about six years ago — customers raiding the DVDs at a closing Blockbuster location.The Kenai store,… Continue reading

Adam Jones of Soldotna loads up on the Sons of Anarchy DVDs during the Kenai Blockbuster's closing sale on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The store, which has been open for about 15 years, will close next month.

Kenai Watershed Forum seeks program funding

The Kenai Watershed Forum’s Adopt-A-Stream program will have to seek new sources of funding this year to continue operating.The program, which educates central Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Cruz wins Alaska caucuses

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz won a narrow victory over opponent Donald Trump in Alaska on Tuesday.During the Presidential Preference Poll, Alaska’s Republican caucus, Alaskans… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dan Ames shows off his support for Donald Trump as he prepares to vote at the Republican Presidential Preference Poll at the Soldotna Sports Complex on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Cruz wins Alaska Republican caucus

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the final results of the election.   The line wrapped out the door and around the… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dan Ames shows off his support for Donald Trump as he prepares to vote at the Republican Presidential Preference Poll at the Soldotna Sports Complex on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Lower commercial harvest predicted for Lower Cook Inlet

Commercial salmon fishermen in Lower Cook Inlet can expect about a quarter of 2015’s harvest in 2016, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and… Continue reading

One of Megan Green's goats checks out Green's son Eli, 4, last summer at their Kenai home. A proposal before the Alaska Board of Game would require sheep and goat owners to have permits to raise the animals. (Photo courtesy Megan Green)

Proposal would require permits for sheep, goats

Owners of goats and sheep may soon have to permit their animals if the state Board of Game passes a proposal in March.Domestic goats and… Continue reading

One of Megan Green's goats checks out Green's son Eli, 4, last summer at their Kenai home. A proposal before the Alaska Board of Game would require sheep and goat owners to have permits to raise the animals. (Photo courtesy Megan Green)
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Mick Wykis reads to a class at Mountain View Elementary School in Kenai during the annual community reading event on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016,

Communities that read together

Mountain View Elementary staff invited a group of local officials, law enforcement officers and figure heads including Pat Porter, mayor of the City of Kenai,… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Mick Wykis reads to a class at Mountain View Elementary School in Kenai during the annual community reading event on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016,
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this June 11, 2015 file photo, anglers descended on the Russian River for the season's sockeye salmon opener near Cooper Landing.

Fish and Wildlife to continue Kenai, Russian river bank restoration

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may pick up a project to restore the riverbanks near the Kenai River and Russian River confluence. The Kenai… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this June 11, 2015 file photo, anglers descended on the Russian River for the season's sockeye salmon opener near Cooper Landing.

Marijuana, buffer zone fill local option zone discussion

Tensions ran high at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s discussion about local option zoning districts on Tuesday.The assembly has been discussing a comprehensive rewrite of… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kyle Heffner takes a swing during a game of pickleball targeted specifically for the adaptive population on Feb. 18. The games, organized by Hope Resources in Soldotna and known as "Adaptive Pickleball," started Feb. 11 and will go on through March.

Pingpong-tennis combo continues to expand popularity

Before every serve in a game of pickleball, Juanita Owens called to Tony Kaser to ask what the score was. If other people tried to… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kyle Heffner takes a swing during a game of pickleball targeted specifically for the adaptive population on Feb. 18. The games, organized by Hope Resources in Soldotna and known as "Adaptive Pickleball," started Feb. 11 and will go on through March.

Borough assembly approves marijuana regulations

The night before entrepreneurs across Alaska were able to apply for marijuana business licenses, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly affirmed its local regulations.With a few… Continue reading

Anchorage film festival comes to Soldotna

The biggest film festival in Alaska is taking to the road for the first time, taking a few of its most popular choices to smaller… Continue reading

Republican presidential poll approaching

On Tuesday, Kenai Peninsula Republicans will be able to weigh in on their preferred presidential candidate.The Presidential Preference Poll, the Alaska version of the caucus… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sharps Billiards, 11888 Kenai Spur Highway, has reopened under new management after closing in 2014.

Sharp’s Billiards reopens under new management

Very little has changed behind the tinted windows of Sharp’s Billiards in the time since it closed. The seven pool tables stand beneath the retro-style… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sharps Billiards, 11888 Kenai Spur Highway, has reopened under new management after closing in 2014.

Social Security applicants struggle for disability benefits

Brian Hoge was recently informed he’d be switching careers. His new vocation? An egg-packer.It was baffling to Hoge, a former commercial fishermen and oil worker.… Continue reading

Kasilof, Kenai early-run king fishing restricted

Fishing for early run kings will be closed on the lower Kenai River and restricted on the Kasilof River for the 2016 season.With a preseason… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Ernestine Hayes, a Juneau author and teacher, began her memoir "Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir" on a paper towel in a San Francisco homeless shelter in 1985. This spring, her book is being read statewide for the inaugural "Alaska Reads." Hayes is touring the state and made a stop in Soldotna on Wednesday to discuss the book with readers from the Soldotna and Kenai libraries.

Juneau author makes stop in Kenai

Ernestine Hayes’ memoir began on a crumpled paper towel in a San Francisco homeless shelter.Through homelessness, loss and an eventual return to her hometown of… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Ernestine Hayes, a Juneau author and teacher, began her memoir "Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir" on a paper towel in a San Francisco homeless shelter in 1985. This spring, her book is being read statewide for the inaugural "Alaska Reads." Hayes is touring the state and made a stop in Soldotna on Wednesday to discuss the book with readers from the Soldotna and Kenai libraries.
File photo/Peninsula Clarion In this May 27, 2010 file photo drift boat anglers get underway at the public launch just above the Sterling Highway bridge on the Kasilof River. State Parks officials are still working to find a final location for a state-funded boat retrieval on the river.

Kasilof boat retrieval site to close for summer

Drift boaters on the Kasilof River will have to wait a little longer for a public boat retrieval site to open on the lower river.… Continue reading

File photo/Peninsula Clarion In this May 27, 2010 file photo drift boat anglers get underway at the public launch just above the Sterling Highway bridge on the Kasilof River. State Parks officials are still working to find a final location for a state-funded boat retrieval on the river.