Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  By the last few days of the Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meetings, very few members of the public were on hand to discuss fishing policy with board members Feb. 12, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska. Audience members were primarily aligned with advocacy organizations including the United Cook Inlet Drift Association, Kenai River Sportfishing Association, Kenai Peninsula Fishermen's Association and the Kenai River Professional Guide's Associations.

Board of Fisheries meeting not easily accessible for everyone

The fate of many sport, commercial, and personal use fisheries in the Upper Cook Inlet was up for debate during a two-week Alaska Board of… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  By the last few days of the Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meetings, very few members of the public were on hand to discuss fishing policy with board members Feb. 12, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska. Audience members were primarily aligned with advocacy organizations including the United Cook Inlet Drift Association, Kenai River Sportfishing Association, Kenai Peninsula Fishermen's Association and the Kenai River Professional Guide's Associations.

Senate Resources Committee unveils gas pipeline legislation

JUNEAU — The Senate Resources Committee on Friday unveiled a version of a gas pipeline bill that largely remained true to what Gov. Sean Parnell… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

LIO schedule for Feb. 24-28

Monday 1:00 p.m.The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 245 School Funding: Required Local Contribution. 3 minute testimony limit.Monday 1:00… Continue reading

  • Feb 22, 2014

At hearing, public support for gas pipeline

Alaska senators listened to over an hour of public testimony Wednesday on a bill that enables the Alaska gas pipeline to move forward.The vast majority… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2014
  • By MATT WOOLBRIGHT Morris News Service-Alaska

Parnell offers budget amendments

JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell has proposed an additional $32.7 million for the proposed Susitna-Watana hydro project, but that is contingent upon the Alaska Energy… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Morgan Patterson, 15, reads as she reclines on a couch Thursday Feb. 20, 2014 at the teen center in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Morgan Patterson, 15, reads as she reclines on a couch Thursday Feb. 20, 2014 at the teen center in Soldotna, Alaska.

Numbers game

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administrators spoke to about a dozen central peninsula residents about the multi-million dollar deficit in the 2014-15 school year preliminary… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

Kenai city council delays vote on teleconference for P&Z commission

Without Kenai Mayor Pat Porter and two other council members present, the Kenai City Council again postponed an ordinance regarding telephonic participation for Kenai Planning… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Democrats offer education legislation

JUNEAU — Minority Democrats on Thursday pitched an education package that includes an increase in the per-pupil funding formula and allows charter schools to be… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2014
  • By MIKE COPPOCK

Lawmaker voices concern over unintended consequences of legalized marijuana

JUNEAU — House majority members on Thursday were asked about the potential tax revenues for the state should voters approve an initiative this summer legalizing… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

Tight Lines: Mark your calendar

■ Beginning Fly Fishing Class: Kenai Peninsula College offers a one-credit beginning fly fishing class, which includes equipment selection and casting, and is geared toward… Continue reading

Tight Lines: For a great summer fishing trip, start planning now

It was early July and as the floatplane ascended, wings waving in farewell as it headed back to Dillingham, I tried to ignore the slight… Continue reading

Business news

Chambers set shedules ■ On Tuesday, the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon at the Soldotna Regional Sports… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2014
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Clare Henry, a student from Cook Inlet Academy, waits for a fish to bite Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014 during the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's ice fishing day, part of its Salmon in the Classroom curriculum, on Sport Lake in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Clare Henry, a student from Cook Inlet Academy, waits for a fish to bite Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014 during the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's ice fishing day, part of its Salmon in the Classroom curriculum, on Sport Lake in Soldotna, Alaska.
Republican Alaskan Congressman Don Young speaks to about 100 people at Wednesday's Kenai and Soldotna joint chamber luncheon. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Young talks states’ rights, oil and gas development

Republican Congressman Don Young spoke to a full house at Wednesday’s Kenai and Soldotna joint chamber luncheon.He addressed attendees about the lack of “positive action… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Republican Alaskan Congressman Don Young speaks to about 100 people at Wednesday's Kenai and Soldotna joint chamber luncheon. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

The event will go on, the ride may not

Warm temperatures that plagued the Kenai Peninsula in January, melting snow and ice, have raised concerns about whether the Way Out Women snowmachiners will ride… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses reporters during a news conference following her speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Murkowski blasts federal rejection of refuge road

JUNEAU — The Interior Department’s rejection of a road through a national wildlife refuge that could aid patients in a small Alaska village is emblematic… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses reporters during a news conference following her speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Feds: No more false starts on Alaska gas pipeline

JUNEAU — Federal agencies are ready to work on an Alaska liquefied natural gas project but don’t want another false start, state lawmakers were told… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

Supreme Court affirms pipeline value decision

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday handed Alaska municipalities a victory in a dispute over the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline, affirming that… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2014
  • By Dan Joling
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Ben Griess hangs a ribbon upon which he wrote "Gone Home" on a bicycle Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014  in the lobby of the  Soldotna Nazarene Church where a memorial for Floyd Murphy was held in Soldotna, Alaska. Murphy Thursday after a swimming accident.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Ben Griess hangs a ribbon upon which he wrote "Gone Home" on a bicycle Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014  in the lobby of the  Soldotna Nazarene Church where a memorial for Floyd Murphy was held in Soldotna, Alaska. Murphy Thursday after a swimming accident.