Alaska to sue for road through wildlife refuge

ANCHORAGE — The state of Alaska announced Monday it will sue the federal government to open a road through a national wildlife refuge so that… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2014
  • By Dan Joling

Name of trooper involved in fatal arrest attempt released

The Alaska State Troopers released the name of the trooper involved in the fatal arrest attempt in Homer on April 2. Trooper David G. Chaffin,… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2014
  • By Staff Report

School Briefs

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Joseph Hensley, 14, takes the front of the line during a school-wide tug-of-war competition at Soldotna Middle School Thursday April 3, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Breakfast and morning games lead students to SBA success

Along with getting their energy up via a tug-of-war tournament on Thursday, Soldotna Middle School students had the option of tackling the final day of… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
  • Schools
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Joseph Hensley, 14, takes the front of the line during a school-wide tug-of-war competition at Soldotna Middle School Thursday April 3, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Tell us your Kenai Peninsula College story

This year marks KPC’s fiftieth anniversary (1964-2014) and to help commemorate this milestone, KPC’s advancement team is asking you, the Kenai Peninsula community, to take… Continue reading

Photo by Kaylee Osowski Peninsula Clarion Rebecca Lopez (far right), Individual Assistance Branch Chief with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, along with representatives from other state and Kenai Peninsula Borough agencies wait to answer questions from people affect by central peninsula flooding at the borough sponsored Flood Aware Fair on Friday at the Donald E. Gilman River Center in Soldotna.

Flood Aware Fair attendance low

The first Kenai Peninsula Borough sponsored Flood Aware Fair for the central peninsula didn’t draw many people out on Friday.Borough Community and Fiscal Projects Manager… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Photo by Kaylee Osowski Peninsula Clarion Rebecca Lopez (far right), Individual Assistance Branch Chief with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, along with representatives from other state and Kenai Peninsula Borough agencies wait to answer questions from people affect by central peninsula flooding at the borough sponsored Flood Aware Fair on Friday at the Donald E. Gilman River Center in Soldotna.

Education supporters rally amid funding talks

JUNEAU — More than 150 students, teachers, parents and other Alaskans chanted “BSA! Raise today!” on the steps of the Capitol Friday as the House… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2014
  • By MATT WOOLBRIGHT
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion The view of north beach from Eric Hansen Scout Park in Kenai Sunday. The city council amended and passed a resolution for fee charges to the dipnet fishery.

Kenai adjusts dipnet fees

As the Kenai River personal use fishery has grown over the years, the City of Kenai has had to adapt with it.In an effort to… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion The view of north beach from Eric Hansen Scout Park in Kenai Sunday. The city council amended and passed a resolution for fee charges to the dipnet fishery.

House panel version of gas-line bill takes shape

JUNEAU — The House Resources Committee version of a bill to advance a major liquefied natural gas project was starting to take shape Saturday, as… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

VA partners with Anchorage clinic

ANCHORAGE — Veterans began filtering into the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center this month as part of a recent deal with the U.S. Department of Veterans… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2014
  • By TEGAN HANLON
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Dr. Paul Landen claps for the final speaker at the Alaska Native Oratory Society, Friday, March 28, at Kenai Peninsula College

Alaska Native Oratory Society a venue for budding storytellers

There’s an innate power in storytelling — especially when the narrative wraps culture, struggle, tragedy and triumph into the tale. For the sixth year, the… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Dr. Paul Landen claps for the final speaker at the Alaska Native Oratory Society, Friday, March 28, at Kenai Peninsula College

New skating paths on the horizon for Soldotna

This upcoming winter season the City of Soldotna is moving forward with it’s plans to turn areas of Soldotna Creek Park walking trails into skating… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
File photo/Peninsula Clarion  In this August 10, 2008 two observers watch a young brown bear fishing for red salmon near the Russian River falls.

Bear awareness key during the spring season

Around the Kenai Peninsula, thawing layers of ice, snow can read like a fossil record. The emerging preserved trash, excrement and occasional carcasses are sending… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
File photo/Peninsula Clarion  In this August 10, 2008 two observers watch a young brown bear fishing for red salmon near the Russian River falls.

Kenai Council tables contentious veteran’s monument resolution

A contentious resolution surrounding a Latin cross embedded in a veteran’s memorial on public land has been tabled indefinitely by the Kenai City Council. After… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Mt. Marathon race organizers sued over missing man

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The wife of a 65-year-old Anchorage man who disappeared while participating in the 2012 Mount Marathon extreme mountain race in Seward… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2014
  • By Associated Press
Clarion file photoIn this March 12, 2009 file photo Dan Dwight, lightsa cigarette at the Maverick Saloon. Dwight said he was against any proposal that would ban smoking in bars. At the time, the City of Soldotna was considering a ban on smoking in public buildings - now a statewide ban on smoking in the work place has some Kenai Peninsula residents worried about potential effects on their businesses.

Soldotna tobacco shop goes viral in smoking ban debate

With a smoking ban bill in both the Alaska Senate and House of Representatives, Lucky Raven Tobacco owner Patricia Patterson took a different approach to… Continue reading

  • Apr 2, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Clarion file photoIn this March 12, 2009 file photo Dan Dwight, lightsa cigarette at the Maverick Saloon. Dwight said he was against any proposal that would ban smoking in bars. At the time, the City of Soldotna was considering a ban on smoking in public buildings - now a statewide ban on smoking in the work place has some Kenai Peninsula residents worried about potential effects on their businesses.

Setnet petition fails

A petition to separate management of the Kenai, East Forelands and Kasilof sections of the commercial setnet fishery in Cook Inlet was failed unanimously by… Continue reading

  • Apr 3, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Homer resident dies from injuries sustained in car crash

Homer resident, Mark Shufelt, 51, died from injuries sustained Thursday, after his car collided with another vehicle, on the Sterling Highway near Anchor Point. The… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2014
Capt. Burn-ee & Edith plan May retirement

Capt. Burn-ee & Edith plan May retirement

After a career that has spanned four decade,s Central Emergency Services (CES) Fire Marshall Gary Gale will be hanging up his boots come the first… Continue reading

Capt. Burn-ee & Edith plan May retirement
Community wishes Tom & Lynn Hodel a Happy Retirement

Community wishes Tom & Lynn Hodel a Happy Retirement

Tom and Lynn Hodel left their Soldotna Pharmacy as owners for the last time Friday, March 21st after a parade of friends and customers came… Continue reading

Community wishes Tom & Lynn Hodel a Happy Retirement