Traveling wildlife Exhibit celebrates Alaska's wilderness at KVCC.

Voices of the Wilderness celebrates 50th Anniversary of Wilderness Act

The golden anniversary of the Wilderness Act was well celebrated at the opening of the “Voices of the Wilderness” traveling exhibit that opened October 3rd… Continue reading

Traveling wildlife Exhibit celebrates Alaska's wilderness at KVCC.
Project Search sponsors & partners celebrate 3 years of success at CPH

Project Search partnership completes 3rd year

Project SEARCH held its third community open house September 29th at Central Peninsula Hospital (CPH.) The event allowed this year’s interns to showcase their accomplishments.… Continue reading

Project Search sponsors & partners celebrate 3 years of success at CPH
Ms. Romatz crowns Queen Grace "Ruler of Summer Reading."

SMORES & RIGS celebrate summer reading at K-Beach & Soldotna Elementary

Fourteen years ago Gloria Sweeney and other K-Beach Elementary teachers working on the masters created a program known as RIGS (Reading Is Great in Summer.)… Continue reading

Ms. Romatz crowns Queen Grace "Ruler of Summer Reading."
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Andrew Lee, Byron Mallott and Dan Sullivan Lieutenant Governor of Alaska spoke at a community forum Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center in Kenai, Alaska.

Candidates for lieutenant governor debate in Kenai

The three candidates running for lieutenant governor of Alaska outlined their platforms Tuesday during a public forum at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center. Andrew… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Andrew Lee, Byron Mallott and Dan Sullivan Lieutenant Governor of Alaska spoke at a community forum Tuesday, October 14, 2014, Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Jordan Knudsen races down the rink during with his peers during a Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association PeeWee C Tier III session Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at the  Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Jordan Knudsen races down the rink during with his peers during a Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association PeeWee C Tier III session Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at the  Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska.

Commercial fishermen see glut of pinks, pricier reds

If measured in sheer volume of fish, the Upper Cook Inlet commercial harvest of salmon was low: preliminary Fish and Game estimates show it at… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Senate candidates vie for veterans’ votes

EAGLE RIVER — The focus of attention one recent Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign War post in this community on the fringe of Anchorage… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2014
  • By NICHOLAS RICCARDI

Homer neighbors look to stop beach abuse

HOMER (AP) — Illegal camping, late-night partying, reckless driving, drug dealing and trash on Bishop’s Beach: It all adds up to a trend that worries… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Members of the Fireweek Academy's Mind Amazes team, the District 12 los locos, react with excitement as Quinn Stoops, a substitue teacher in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, successfully tests the strength of the team's "rope" in the "spontaneous problem" portion of the competition Saturday, October 11, 2014, at Soldotna Prep School in Soldotna, Alaska.

Teams amaze at competition

From Seward, to Hope, Nikiski and Homer, 48 teams from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District convened in the auditorium at Soldotna Prep School… Continue reading

  • Oct 12, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Members of the Fireweek Academy's Mind Amazes team, the District 12 los locos, react with excitement as Quinn Stoops, a substitue teacher in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, successfully tests the strength of the team's "rope" in the "spontaneous problem" portion of the competition Saturday, October 11, 2014, at Soldotna Prep School in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A group works to obtain a soil sample near Autumn Road in October 9, 2014 in Nikiski, Alaska. Teams have been doing geotechnical work in the Nikiski were the Alaska LNG project has proposed locating an LNG facility to cool natural gas into a liquid form for export.

Despite lingering questions, Alaska LNG project progresses

Several reporters, industry representatives from ExxonMobil and the Alaska LNG project visited the Kenai Peninsula last week during a showcase of the research projects currently… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A group works to obtain a soil sample near Autumn Road in October 9, 2014 in Nikiski, Alaska. Teams have been doing geotechnical work in the Nikiski were the Alaska LNG project has proposed locating an LNG facility to cool natural gas into a liquid form for export.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A flower lies in a muddy rut in the City of Kenai's wild flower meadow Monday October 13, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. The grounds of the meadow were damaged extensively after a pickup truck was driven through the area, city police arrested a Kasilof teen in connection to the case.

Kenai’s flower meadow heavily damaged

At the height of its bloom in August, the wildflower field between the Kenai Spur Highway and Lawton Drive in Kenai was covered in hundreds… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A flower lies in a muddy rut in the City of Kenai's wild flower meadow Monday October 13, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. The grounds of the meadow were damaged extensively after a pickup truck was driven through the area, city police arrested a Kasilof teen in connection to the case.

Gay couples apply for marriage licenses

ANCHORAGE — Gay couples began applying for marriage licenses in Anchorage on Monday, 15 years after Alaska helped touch off a national debate with a… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2014
  • By Mark Thiessen

Majority of absentee ballots go to Navarre

With all of the absentee and questioned ballots counted, Mike Navarre has emerged as the winner of the race for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor, according… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Around the District

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna (unless… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2014
Photo by Dan Balmer/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Mayor Pat Porter watches as Kaleidoscope students Issac Erwin, Caden Fields and Cloey Followell from Julie Stephen's fifth and sixth grade class participate in a mock city council meeting Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 at Kenai City Hall.

Students take over city business for a day

Future police officers, city council members and judges spent a day learning how Kenai city government works. Three classes from Kaleidoscope School of Arts and… Continue reading

Photo by Dan Balmer/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Mayor Pat Porter watches as Kaleidoscope students Issac Erwin, Caden Fields and Cloey Followell from Julie Stephen's fifth and sixth grade class participate in a mock city council meeting Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 at Kenai City Hall.

Around Campus: UA Board of Regents members’ terms expiring

The 11-member University of Alaska Board of Regents manages the university’s property, land, and financial assets; sets tuition rates; appoints the university president; and governs… Continue reading

  • Oct 12, 2014
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Several agencies teamed up with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as it treated four lakes in the Soldotna Creek drainage during the second week of October. Here, researchers mix the fish-killing rotenone before it is pumped into East Mackey Lake on Wednesday October 8, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Pike poisoning underway in Soldotna

They couldn’t have timed it better. As the last of the interagency team of invasive northern pike killers stepped off of the Derks Lake on… Continue reading

  • Oct 12, 2014
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Several agencies teamed up with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as it treated four lakes in the Soldotna Creek drainage during the second week of October. Here, researchers mix the fish-killing rotenone before it is pumped into East Mackey Lake on Wednesday October 8, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Federal judge strikes down Alaska gay marriage ban

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge on Sunday struck down Alaska’s first-in-the-nation ban on gay marriages, the latest court decision in a busy week for the… Continue reading

  • Oct 12, 2014
  • By Mark Thiessen

North Slope crude prices down since July

Bogged down in multiple-year, multi-billion dollar state budget deficits, Alaskans have been nervously watching North Slope oil production and hoping for an uptick.They’ve largely forgotten… Continue reading

  • Oct 12, 2014
  • By Tim Bradner

Judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge on Sunday struck down Alaska’s first-in-the-nation ban on gay marriages, the latest court decision in a busy week for the… Continue reading

  • Oct 12, 2014
  • By Mark Theissen