Lawmakers call on Walker to reign in budget

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s legislative leaders are calling in Gov. Bill Walker to immediately address budget worries brought on by the falling price of oil.Legislative… Continue reading

  • Dec 27, 2014
  • By Dan Joling
Soldotna designated Purple Heart City

Soldotna designated Purple Heart City

At the December 10th Soldotna City Council meeting members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) that included 93-year-old Soldotna resident Bill Fields,… Continue reading

Soldotna designated Purple Heart City
Redoubt El Grocery Grab yields 1,114 lbs. plus $1,000 for Food Bank holiday boxes

Redoubt El Grocery Grab yields 1,114 lbs. plus $1,000 for Food Bank holiday boxes

Several years ago Sharon Hale at Redoubt Elementary School started a holiday food collection called the “Great Redoubt Grocery Grab!” The idea was to let… Continue reading

Redoubt El Grocery Grab yields 1,114 lbs. plus $1,000 for Food Bank holiday boxes

Unwrap Soldotna yields $1,000 shopping spree for local family

Shopping locally paid huge Holiday dividend for the Evans family of Soldotna who collected $1,000 in Chamber Bucks at the December 16th Soldotna Chamber of… Continue reading

Toys for Tots makes record breaking buy

Toys for Tots makes record breaking buy

Sunday afternoon December 14th, just ten days before Santa’s departure from the North Pole some U.S. Marines and Toys for Tots volunteers slid through the… Continue reading

Toys for Tots makes record breaking buy
Kelly Hepler

Fish and Game staffer lands prominent South Dakota job using a ‘working title.’

An employee in the commissioner’s office of Alaska Department of Fish and Game landed a position as the head of South Dakota’s Fish, Game and… Continue reading

  • Dec 24, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Kelly Hepler

Anchorage non-profit targeted by thieves

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage nonprofit that helps people with disabilities has been contending with thefts and vandalism during the Christmas season. The ARC… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2014
  • By Associated Press
Clarion file photo Paul Vass and Julie Wendt drive down Bore Tide Drive during an October 2013 tour of the Kalifornsky area subdivision in which they live and raise livestock on a small farm. The couple suffered and estimated $30,000 in damage to their livestock and home during the month's long groundwater-flooding event that peaked from weekend rains

K-Beach flooding area sees slow progress

Next month will mark a year since the Kalifornsky flooding was declared a federal disaster and many impacted residents are still feeling the effects of… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Clarion file photo Paul Vass and Julie Wendt drive down Bore Tide Drive during an October 2013 tour of the Kalifornsky area subdivision in which they live and raise livestock on a small farm. The couple suffered and estimated $30,000 in damage to their livestock and home during the month's long groundwater-flooding event that peaked from weekend rains

Soldotna man charged with posession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor

State troopers arrested a Soldotna man after he was accused of exchanging explicit text and photo messages with a 14-year-old girl. He told officers that… Continue reading

Audit: Systemic problems in Alaska’s Corrections Department

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An audit of the Alaska Department of Corrections has identified systemic problems, including an inadequate mechanism for reviewing inmate deaths and… Continue reading

  • Dec 24, 2014
  • By The Associated Press

State employee’s title called into question during Wednesday’s APOC hearing

It’s all semantics when it comes to one state employee’s defense against being required to file certain financial disclosure forms required of public officials with… Continue reading

  • Nov 19, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Rich Bartolowits does some shopping for himself in the days before Christmas on Dec. 23, 2014 at Dan's TV and Appliance in Kenai, Alaska.

Area merchants ready for last shopping day before Christmas

With a day left before Christmas, businesses and shoppers alike are geared up for the final shopping opportunities. While some expect everything to be calm,… Continue reading

  • Dec 23, 2014
  • By IAN FOLEY
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Rich Bartolowits does some shopping for himself in the days before Christmas on Dec. 23, 2014 at Dan's TV and Appliance in Kenai, Alaska.

Driveway widths back in front of Soldotna council

Soldotna’s Planning and Zoning Commission has opposed modifying city code to allow for wider than 24-foot driveways within city limits, but this time around the… Continue reading

  • Dec 23, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Fairbanks to form marijuana working group

FAIRBANKS (AP) — A working group will be created in the Fairbanks North Star Borough to guide development of local rules governing commercial marijuana enterprises.Borough… Continue reading

  • Dec 23, 2014

Walker signs LNG agreement with Japanese company

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has signed an agreement with a Japanese energy company formally declaring a commitment to form a partnership in… Continue reading

  • Dec 23, 2014

Young to take lead on Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization

Alaska’s fishing interests will still be well represented in Washington, D.C., despite a recent shuffling of the legislative deck after former Sen. Mark Begich lost… Continue reading

  • Dec 23, 2014
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Compassionate Friends of the Kenai Peninsula steering committee members discuss details of the first candle lighting vigil the group hosted at Christ Lutheran Church Sunday evening on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 at the Joyce K. Carver Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska. The committee normally sits in an open circle so nothing is standing between each other when they have their discussions, member Brenda Zuck said.

Among friends: Group forms to support those who have lost a child

Sitting in the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library conference room Saturday afternoon, five of the six Compassionate Friends of the Kenai Peninsula chapter steering committee… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Compassionate Friends of the Kenai Peninsula steering committee members discuss details of the first candle lighting vigil the group hosted at Christ Lutheran Church Sunday evening on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 at the Joyce K. Carver Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska. The committee normally sits in an open circle so nothing is standing between each other when they have their discussions, member Brenda Zuck said.
Members of the Briat Elohim congregation gather to celebrate Hanukkah. (Submitted photo)

Local congregation celebrates Hanukkah

This Hanukkah, members of the Briat Elohim Reform Jewish congregation are meeting to celebrate the holiday with friends and family. While the congregation is still… Continue reading

  • Dec 22, 2014
  • By IAN FOLEY
Members of the Briat Elohim congregation gather to celebrate Hanukkah. (Submitted photo)
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Tara Chipman said it takes her family about three hours to complete their annual Christmas decorations, shown here on  Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, on Rogers Road in Kenai, Alaska. Halloween and Christmas are the two holidays Chipman "decks out" the house for, she said. The interior of the home receives attention as well, she said.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Tara Chipman said it takes her family about three hours to complete their annual Christmas decorations, shown here on  Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, on Rogers Road in Kenai, Alaska. Halloween and Christmas are the two holidays Chipman "decks out" the house for, she said. The interior of the home receives attention as well, she said.