Alaska village sues feds to open road in refuge

ANCHORAGE — An Alaska village sued the U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday after it rejected a road through a national wildlife refuge that could improve… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2014
  • By Dan Joling

Man dies in refrigeration leak on fishing boat

KODIAK — Police in Kodiak say an Everett, Washington, man has died following a refrigeration leak aboard a fishing boat.The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2014
  • By Associated Press
Brian Duran, 14, of Comayagua, Honduras collects his line-dried laundry at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico,  June 3, 2014. Duran traveled alone to the U.S.-Mexico border and hopes to soon become one of the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children to enter the United States since Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Sherman)

Child migrants driven to US by violence, poverty

REYNOSA, Mexico — Before 14-year-old Brian Duran set out from central Honduras in mid-April, he heard that child migrants who turned themselves in to the… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2014
  • By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL
Brian Duran, 14, of Comayagua, Honduras collects his line-dried laundry at the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico,  June 3, 2014. Duran traveled alone to the U.S.-Mexico border and hopes to soon become one of the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children to enter the United States since Oct. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Sherman)
Roping, Riding & Racing at Soldotna Rodeo Grounds

Roping, Riding & Racing at Soldotna Rodeo Grounds

The Soldotna Equestrian Association (SEA) was one of the first organizations to step up and offer an evacuation plan for Funny River livestock. While preparing… Continue reading

Roping, Riding & Racing at Soldotna Rodeo Grounds
KVCC Summer Art show features Homesteader James Evenson

KVCC Summer Art show features Homesteader James Evenson

The 2014 Summer Art Show at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor’s Center had its well-attended gala opening May 23rd. The solo artist exhibit… Continue reading

KVCC Summer Art show features Homesteader James Evenson
A memorable Memorial Day

A memorable Memorial Day

As over 700 firefighters put themselves in harm’s way to stay off one of the largest wild fires on the Kenai Peninsula in recent history,… Continue reading

A memorable Memorial Day
Photo by Brian Smith/Peninsula Clarion The Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack up rig, seen here in early April at the Cosmopolitan site near Anchor Point, has spudded its first well nine months after it arrived in Cook Inlet from Singapore in mid-August 2012. Buccaneer said it would drill to a depth of 8,000 feet to test for oil and gas on the site. Drilling is expected to take 45 days.

Buccaneer files for bankruptcy

Buccaneer Energy, an independent Cook Inlet explorer with high hopes but skimpy resources, saw those hopes come crashing down May 31. The company filed for… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2014
  • By Tim Bradner
Photo by Brian Smith/Peninsula Clarion The Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack up rig, seen here in early April at the Cosmopolitan site near Anchor Point, has spudded its first well nine months after it arrived in Cook Inlet from Singapore in mid-August 2012. Buccaneer said it would drill to a depth of 8,000 feet to test for oil and gas on the site. Drilling is expected to take 45 days.

[+Photo] Freestyling

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  • Jun 3, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Active Alaskan volcano has low-level eruption

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Volcano Observatory spokesmen say a low-level eruption of a volcano about 625 miles southwest of Anchorage is escalating, with pilots… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2014
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion   (left) Megan Kramer and Lauren Bauder laugh while posing as king salmon during the Kenai Watershed Forum's 23rd Annual Kenai River Festival Saturday June 8, 2013 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Firsts for the Kenai River Festival

It will be a year of firsts for the 2014 Kenai River Festival, June 6-8, between the trees at Centennial Park in Soldotna. Centennial Park… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion   (left) Megan Kramer and Lauren Bauder laugh while posing as king salmon during the Kenai Watershed Forum's 23rd Annual Kenai River Festival Saturday June 8, 2013 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Schoolhouse rent

Rent is a common expense for tenants and businesses. Soon some local schools could also be budgeting for it.At a Monday afternoon workshop, the Kenai… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

August primary ballot set

Now that the deadline to file for state office passed Monday, 11 Kenai Peninsula residents will be on the August primary ballot.Kenai Peninsula Borough Assemblyman… Continue reading

  • Jun 3, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Sebold to be keynote speaker at writers’ conference

Crack open the cover of any of the three books written by Alice Sebold, the keynote speaker of this year’s Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, and… Continue reading

Obama orders pollution cuts – but timing uncertain

WASHINGTON — Taking aim at global warming, President Barack Obama introduced a politically charged plan Monday to order big and lasting cuts in the pollution… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2014
  • By DINA CAPPIELLOand JOSH LEDERMAN

Waiting game

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is in the process of revising its budget due to state-level changes in funding. But more pieces of the… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A cloud of smoke obscures the sky on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula as a fire that started near Funny River Road consumed more than 7,000 acres of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge land Tuesday May 20, 2014. The fire stretches nearly 10 miles long and is moving east and west along the bank of Tustumena Lake.

Human remains found by firefighters in Sterling

Fire crews working the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire found human remains near Sterling Sunday. Alaska State Troopers said the remains appeared to have been… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A cloud of smoke obscures the sky on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula as a fire that started near Funny River Road consumed more than 7,000 acres of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge land Tuesday May 20, 2014. The fire stretches nearly 10 miles long and is moving east and west along the bank of Tustumena Lake.
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Firefighters involved in containing the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire gather for a photo at the appreciation dinner Sunday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. More than 700 firefighters from Alaska, Canada, Oregon and Montana have battled the blaze since it began on May 19.

Grateful community serves firefighters

With her clothes dirty and soot on her face from another long day on the fire line, Erin Kimsey, a member of the Wolf Creek… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Firefighters involved in containing the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire gather for a photo at the appreciation dinner Sunday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. More than 700 firefighters from Alaska, Canada, Oregon and Montana have battled the blaze since it began on May 19.

Human remains found by firefighters in Sterling

Fire crews working the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire found human remains near Sterling Sunday. Alaska State Troopers said the remains appeared to have been… Continue reading

  • Jun 2, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

[Photo] Kenai Fair

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  • Jun 1, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Candidates answer questions on Super PACS

JUNEAU, Alaska — This year’s U.S. Senate race in Alaska is the first major race here in the super PAC era. Independent expenditure groups, which… Continue reading

  • Jun 1, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer