Fire more than half contained, some hot spots still visible

Wet conditions continued Sunday as fire crews working on the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire continued to work on containing the controlled edges of the… Continue reading

  • Jun 1, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Dianna Prior listens to a co-worker and she and the other receiving and distribution managers assigned to the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire work to help crews demobolize the firefighting gear that is no longer being used Friday May 30, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Supply personnel keep firefighters fit to fight Funny River wildfire

On a cool, wet morning at a temporary open-air warehouse in Soldotna, Tom Vangs directs warehouseman Scott Johnson as the two stack firehose onto a… Continue reading

  • Jun 1, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Dianna Prior listens to a co-worker and she and the other receiving and distribution managers assigned to the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire work to help crews demobolize the firefighting gear that is no longer being used Friday May 30, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Kenai launches new city website

Internet surfers interested in doing business in the City of Kenai or visitors interested in life at the mouth of the Kenai River have a… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Funny River wildfire holds at 193,000 acres, burn ban lifted

As cool, damp conditions continued on the Kenai Peninsula, firefighters continued to make inroads on containing the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire. Despite improving conditions… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Patrick Moore, 25, will be moving to Japan in August to teach English to students through the JET - Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Local man heading to Japan to teach English

He’s lucky number seven, Yasuko Lehtinen said. Patrick Moore, is Kenai Peninsula College instructor Lehtinen’s seventh student to move to Japan to teach English through… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Patrick Moore, 25, will be moving to Japan in August to teach English to students through the JET - Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Brooke Jackson lost her father to non-small cell lung cancer. She cried during the opening ceremony, Friday, May 30, at the Central Peninsula Relay for Life.

Central Peninsula Relay for Life brings hope to walkers

The first time Herald Ochea learned his uncle, Buck Carroll, had cancer was on the drive to Kenai Central High School the 2014 year’s Central… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Brooke Jackson lost her father to non-small cell lung cancer. She cried during the opening ceremony, Friday, May 30, at the Central Peninsula Relay for Life.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion The roof and portions of the grandstand Coral Seymour Memorial Park, or Oiler Park, blew off during an episode of heavy wind gusts Saturday May 31, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Strong winds destroy roof, press box in Kenai park

When a tin roof goes, everybody knows. The sound was as unmistakable as it was loud when Ken and Cameron Cole and James Clark watched… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion The roof and portions of the grandstand Coral Seymour Memorial Park, or Oiler Park, blew off during an episode of heavy wind gusts Saturday May 31, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Widespread power outages reported on the Kenai Peninsula

Several thousand people are without power as of noon Saturday as the Homer Electric Association responds to reports of a number of power outage. Approximately… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo contributed by Brian Nichols Firefighters rescued five wolf pups abandoned by mother during the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire.

Firefighters rescue abandoned wolf pups

Dehydrated and injured by porcupine quills — Hooper Bay, Huslia, Stebbens, Gannet and X-ray were named after the firefighters who rescued them and the area… Continue reading

  • May 28, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo contributed by Brian Nichols Firefighters rescued five wolf pups abandoned by mother during the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire.

Bulldog reporter Tkacz dies at 61

JUNEAU — Bob Tkacz may not have always been well-liked, but he was always respected, according to those who knew the longtime reporter. Tkacz was… Continue reading

  • May 30, 2014
  • By BY MELISSA GRIFFITHS

Funny River fire hits 192,000 acres, $6.1 million in costs

It has taken 10 days, 760 people and more than $6.1 million for firefighters to gain control of the spread of the Funny River Horse… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Marty Rogers and Michael Hatfield debrief after getting off their 24-hour-plus shift setting up the unmanned drones that will use unfrared radiation imaging to detect hotspots in the Funny River Fire, Thursday, May 29, at Kenai Peninsula College.

More than a place to sleep

A group of residents at the Kenai Peninsula College Residence Hall having been staying out all night and coming back long after dawn, while their… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Marty Rogers and Michael Hatfield debrief after getting off their 24-hour-plus shift setting up the unmanned drones that will use unfrared radiation imaging to detect hotspots in the Funny River Fire, Thursday, May 29, at Kenai Peninsula College.

Council accepts money for library, changes code to match regulation

The Soldotna City Council unanimously agreed to raise the amount of appropriations for renovations to the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library from $30,000 to $42,000.The… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Details released in trooper-involved shooting

Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the trooper involved in the shooting near Cooper Landing on May 25.Trooper Kevin Gill responded to a… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

CIFF, ADFG argue need for more information in lawsuit over 2013 management

ANCHORAGE — A state judge heard oral argument yesterday about the lawsuit over 2013 management of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries.The Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund, or… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner

AP News Extra: States face new cost concerns with Medicaid surge

WASHINGTON — From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting new concerns that their Medicaid costs will rise as a result of the federal health… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

6 Native corporations to fight oil tax referendum

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Six Alaska Native corporations have pledged at least $500,000 to fight efforts to repeal the state’s new oil tax structure.The coalition, “No… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014

Vatican: Israel, Palestinian peace prayer June 8

VATICAN CITY — Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will join Pope Francis for an afternoon praying for peace at the Vatican… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By NICOLE WINFIELD

CIFF, ADFG argue need for more information in lawsuit over 2013 management

ANCHORAGE — A state judge heard oral argument yesterday about the lawsuit over 2013 management of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries. The Cook Inlet Fishermen’s Fund,… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By By Molly Dischner
Caption 2: Model based on the blockage of upper Resurrection River by a late-glacial advance of Exit Glacier, impoundment of the drainage in a former lake above the glacier dam, northwestward overflow  from the impounded lake into the upper Russian River, and southeastward drainage through a diversion channel around Exit Glacier into lower Resurrection River.

A geologic explanation for two sockeye populations in the Russian River

My interest in the Russian River fishery was suddenly piqued one day about four years ago, when a colleague, Paul Ruesch, asked me a very… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2014
  • By Dick Reger
Caption 2: Model based on the blockage of upper Resurrection River by a late-glacial advance of Exit Glacier, impoundment of the drainage in a former lake above the glacier dam, northwestward overflow  from the impounded lake into the upper Russian River, and southeastward drainage through a diversion channel around Exit Glacier into lower Resurrection River.