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Teague Vanek barbecues salmon during Industry Appreciation Day festivities at the Kenai softball greenstrip in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Industry Appreciation Day returns Saturday

Industry Appreciation Day, an annual celebration of a selection of local industries — oil and gas, commercial fishing, tourism and health care — will return… Continue reading

Teague Vanek barbecues salmon during Industry Appreciation Day festivities at the Kenai softball greenstrip in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Runners start the 35th Violence Free Community Run on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Runners at Violence Free Community Run brave cold rain

Forty-nine finishers withstood a cold rain Saturday at the 35th Violence Free Community Run in Kenai. The event, formerly known as the Run for Women,… Continue reading

Runners start the 35th Violence Free Community Run on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
City Manager Terry Eubank responds to questions during a work session of the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Public Safety Building’s communications tower to see upgrades

Kenai City Council approves ‘innovative procurement’ to award contract and end delays for police radio improvements

City Manager Terry Eubank responds to questions during a work session of the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Snow is cleared from a parking lot at the Kenai Municipal Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai accepts airport grant funds for snow removal equipment, new master plan

Ordinances were approved on a shortened timeline to meet Federal Aviation Administration deadline

Snow is cleared from a parking lot at the Kenai Municipal Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Aspen trees offer a spot of red on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the Hidden Lake Campground in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Mystery Creek Access Road reopens Friday

The road is often used for hunting access

Aspen trees offer a spot of red on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the Hidden Lake Campground in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Natural gas processing equipment is seen at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Texas-based company touts proposed Cook Inlet LNG import terminal to investors

Excelerate Energy says it is in ‘advanced discussions’ on the development of a lower Cook Inlet LNG import terminal

Natural gas processing equipment is seen at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Russian River Campground to close Aug. 15

The ongoing effort is for reconstruction of a section of Russian River Campground Road

The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

Fishing report: Sockeye fishing good on local rivers

Sockeye are still running

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)
A fisher carries his net across a muddy beach during the opening day of the personal use dipnet fishery at the mouth of the Kasilof River in Alaska, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Kasilof dipnetting closed

Both Kenai Peninsula personal use dipnet fisheries are done for the season

A fisher carries his net across a muddy beach during the opening day of the personal use dipnet fishery at the mouth of the Kasilof River in Alaska, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Seward's Chaz DiMarzio celebrates a win in the Soggy Bottom 100 on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Hope, Alaska. (Photo provided)

Seward’s DiMarzio wins Soggy Bottom 100

Seward’s Chaz DiMarzio won the Soggy Bottom 100 mountain bike race for the third time Saturday, Aug. 3, on the Resurrection Pass and Devil’s Creek… Continue reading

Seward's Chaz DiMarzio celebrates a win in the Soggy Bottom 100 on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Hope, Alaska. (Photo provided)
Shane Sundberg tees off on the ninth hole at the State Farm Agent Heith Groth Pro Am and Skins Game on Monday, July 15, 2024, at Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Sterling’s Sundberg captures Alaska State Amateur

Sterling’s Shane Sundberg, a 2023 graduate of Soldotna High School, won the Alaska State Amateur Championship from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 2 to 4, at… Continue reading

Shane Sundberg tees off on the ninth hole at the State Farm Agent Heith Groth Pro Am and Skins Game on Monday, July 15, 2024, at Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs energy bills into law in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 31, 2024. (Provided by the Office of the Governor)

Gov. Dunleavy signs 3 energy bills

Local representative warns of possible increases in rates amid looming natural gas shortage

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs energy bills into law in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 31, 2024. (Provided by the Office of the Governor)
Attendees dance at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Salmonfest returns to Ninilchik with music, art, education

Festivities and advocacy were available in ample measure

Attendees dance at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Racers ready for the start of the Brewery to Bathroom .5K at Kenai River Brewing in Soldotna on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.

Brewery to Bathroom returns to support cancer org

Local athletes are challenged with a grueling walk from Kenai River Brewing to the Soldotna Creek Park bathrooms

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Racers ready for the start of the Brewery to Bathroom .5K at Kenai River Brewing in Soldotna on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Triumvirate Theatre’s cast of “The Sound of Music” rehearse at Soldotna High School on Friday, Aug. 2.

Triumvirate Theatre comes alive with ‘The Sound of Music’

The stage adaptation of the 1960s Julie Andrews film opens Friday

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Triumvirate Theatre’s cast of “The Sound of Music” rehearse at Soldotna High School on Friday, Aug. 2.
Well over 50 people enjoy the Nikiski Pool during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the North Peninsula Recreation Service Area in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

North Peninsula Recreation Service Area celebrates 50 years

The service area was established in 1974, with the Nikiski Pool being built and opened in 1975

Well over 50 people enjoy the Nikiski Pool during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the North Peninsula Recreation Service Area in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)

Homer’s Faulkner wins 2nd gold of Paris Olympics

Homer’s Kristen Faulkner nabbed her second gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, joining with three other United States riders to take first place… Continue reading

Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)
Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)

Faulkner, United States qualify 2nd in Team Pursuit

Homer’s Kristen Faulkner and her United States teammates qualified second in the Women’s Team Pursuit on Tuesday in the Paris Olympics. In the Saint-Quetin-en-Yevlines National… Continue reading

Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)
A sign directs voters at Soldotna City Hall during the special Field House election on March 5, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Early voting open in Kenai, Soldotna and Homer

Early voting will be open until Aug. 19

A sign directs voters at Soldotna City Hall during the special Field House election on March 5, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai Kicks' Avi Bloom, second from left, celebrates her goal with, from left to right, Lily Hough, Morgan Buckbee and Morgan Berger on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at the Kenai Sports Complex in Kenai, Alaska, in a U13 Alaska Youth State Cup game against Cook Inlet Soccer Club. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Peninsula Soccer Club has big weekend at State Cup

Kenai Kicks win state title as area gets economic boost

Kenai Kicks' Avi Bloom, second from left, celebrates her goal with, from left to right, Lily Hough, Morgan Buckbee and Morgan Berger on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, at the Kenai Sports Complex in Kenai, Alaska, in a U13 Alaska Youth State Cup game against Cook Inlet Soccer Club. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)