Suspect’s interview played in Kodiak murder trial

ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard civilian charged with killing two co-workers at a Kodiak communications station told an FBI agent he was late getting to… Continue reading

  • Apr 16, 2014
  • By Dan Joling

Legislative Information Office hearing schedule for April 17

Thursday 8:00 a.m.The House Special Committee on Fisheries will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 386 Repeal Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission; Transfer Functions To… Continue reading

  • Apr 16, 2014

Agrium now included in refinery tax credit bill pending in Juneau

JUNEAU – A bill extending state tax credits to oil refineries in the state has been expanded to include the Agrium Corp. fertilizer plant in… Continue reading

  • Apr 16, 2014
  • By Tim Bradner
Caring for the Kenai finalists to make oral presentations Thursday night

Caring for the Kenai finalists to make oral presentations Thursday night

High School students from across the Kenai Peninsula will be competing Thursday for $28,000 in cash awards. This year marks the 24th anniversary of the… Continue reading

Caring for the Kenai finalists to make oral presentations Thursday night
Job Shadow gives KCHS Juniors a look at potential careers

Job Shadow gives KCHS Juniors a look at potential careers

For two decades juniors at Kenai Central High School (KCHS) have been able to take a day out of the classroom and into the work… Continue reading

Job Shadow gives KCHS Juniors a look at potential careers
Stream Watch program gears up for 20th year of helping out rivers

Stream Watch program gears up for 20th year of helping out rivers

Now in its 20th year Stream Watch, founded in 1994 by the Chugach National Forest and a group of concerned citizens, is an award winning… Continue reading

Stream Watch program gears up for 20th year of helping out rivers
Country Foods "Hometown Proud for 30 Years!"

Country Foods “Hometown Proud for 30 Years!”

The hometown turned out in big numbers to celebrate local family owned Country Foods 30th Anniversary last week. There were money saving specials throughout the… Continue reading

Country Foods "Hometown Proud for 30 Years!"
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Nikiski Recreation Center paid for the Nikiski community mural's materials that were used on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, at the Nikiski Recreation Center. Nikiski community mural were funded by

Painting the town

It took a small army to complete the 16-by-28 foot community mural. Nearly 100 eager Nikiski community members filled in the panels over two full-day… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Alaska State Council on the Arts and the Nikiski Recreation Center paid for the Nikiski community mural's materials that were used on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, at the Nikiski Recreation Center. Nikiski community mural were funded by
Courtesy photo Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association  The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association bought the Port Graham hatchery Monday, shown in this 2013 photo, and has plans to incubate 84 million pink salmon eggs in 2014 at the facility.

Cook Inlet Aquaculture buys defunct Port Graham Hatchery

Pink salmon fishing in the Lower Cook Inlet could soon be revitalized as the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association finalized its purchase of the Port Graham… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Courtesy photo Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association  The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association bought the Port Graham hatchery Monday, shown in this 2013 photo, and has plans to incubate 84 million pink salmon eggs in 2014 at the facility.
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich speaks at a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber Luncheon Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Begich visited the Kenai Peninsula Tuesday to give a congressional update and answered questions about tax reform, oil production in the Arctic and health care.

Begich discusses economic future

Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich said he remembers driving through the Kenai Peninsula five years ago, shortly after his election to the U.S. Senate, and… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich speaks at a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber Luncheon Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Begich visited the Kenai Peninsula Tuesday to give a congressional update and answered questions about tax reform, oil production in the Arctic and health care.

House panel advances governor’s pension plan

JUNEAU — The House Finance Committee advanced Gov. Sean Parnell’s plan for addressing the state’s pension obligation Tuesday, but the issue was not yet settled.As… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

Couple accused of stealing from two non-profits

A Soldotna couple is facing multiple felonies after more than $8,200 was stolen from two organizations with ties to Central Emergency Services. Bank account records… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

School board approves budget, leans heavily on savings

With very little fanfare the Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education passed a more than $161,206,000 budget operating budget that leans heavily on unassigned fund… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Summer road construction nears

Several road construction projects on the Kenai Peninsula are planned for this summer, as are city road improvements in Soldotna and Kenai, while other projects… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Family seeks answers in Alaska inmate’s death

ANCHORAGE — A California parolee who recently was found dead in his Alaska jail cell continued to be held in custody even though his case… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2014
  • By Rachel D'oro

Coast Guard shooting trial continues

ANCHORAGE — The nail found in the truck tire of the man charged with killing two co-workers at a Kodiak Coast Guard facility likely was… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2014
  • By Dan Joling
Clarion file photo The Arctic Sun takes on a load of liquified natural gas bound for Japan in 1998. The shipment was ConocoPhillip's 1,000th to leave the Nikiski dock. On Monday, the company announced plans to resume shipments of LNG from its Nikiski facility.

ConocoPhillips to resume LNG exports

ConocoPhillips is restarting its liquefied natural gas plant on the Kenai Peninsula and will resume shipments of LNG in May, the company announced Monday. Five… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2014
  • By TIM BRADNER Morris News Service-Alaska
Clarion file photo The Arctic Sun takes on a load of liquified natural gas bound for Japan in 1998. The shipment was ConocoPhillip's 1,000th to leave the Nikiski dock. On Monday, the company announced plans to resume shipments of LNG from its Nikiski facility.

ConocoPhillips to reopen Kenai LNG plant, resume exports

ConocoPhillips is restarting its liquefied natural gas plant on the Kenai Peninsula and will resume shipments of LNG in May, the company announced April 14.… Continue reading

  • Apr 14, 2014
  • By Tim Bradner

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  Hundreds of people gathered for the 35th annual Home Show Sunday April 13, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.  More than 111 vendors were on hand to showcase their wares.

Annual Home Show draws hundreds to Soldotna

A mish-mash of vendors selling jacuzzis, wooden sheds and off-road vehicles sat near a Central Emergency Services fire truck on display in the parking lot… Continue reading

  • Apr 13, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Hundreds of people gathered for the 35th annual Home Show Sunday April 13, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.  More than 111 vendors were on hand to showcase their wares.