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The mountains form the backdrop for Kenai Lake, which is still partially frozen, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 seen from the bridge in Cooper Landing, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation on Saturday cleaned up a small spill left over from a truck accident in February near the shore of the lake alongside the Sterling Highway. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

DEC cleans up small spill on Kenai Lake

State spill response workers cleaned up some contaminated soil on the shore of Kenai Lake left over from a truck accident in February. Alaska Department… Continue reading

The mountains form the backdrop for Kenai Lake, which is still partially frozen, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 seen from the bridge in Cooper Landing, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation on Saturday cleaned up a small spill left over from a truck accident in February near the shore of the lake alongside the Sterling Highway. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Borough passes tax exemption code, targeting Nutrien plant

The borough administration and assembly are dangling a tax exemption carrot in front of fertilizer company Nutrien as an incentive to reopen the shuttered Nikiski… Continue reading

Safety, PFD high on Republican governor candidates’ talking points

Crime, the Permanent Fund Dividend and state budget solutions are three of the top line items in the contested Republican primary race for the governor’s… Continue reading

Icefield hikers rescued

State Troopers rescued two stranded Soldotna hikers on the Skilak River Delta Monday. Donald Joachim, 41, and Benjamin Nabinger, 34, hiked across the Harding Icefield… Continue reading

Stolen Anchorage truck tracked to Kenai

An Anchorage man and his uncle were arrested Monday after troopers tracked a vehicle reported stolen in Anchorage to a Kenai address. After receiving descriptions… Continue reading

Diabetes prevention program to launch on peninsula

A state-led health program to prevent diabetes in rural areas will launch a pilot program on the Kenai Peninsula this summer. The PrevenT2 program targets… Continue reading

Anya Hondel of Soldotna took top prize at last year’s Caring for the Kenai competition with her project, a puppet named Captain Conservation. Hondel will be a judge on this year’s panel. (Photo courtesy Caring for the Kenai)

Caring for the Kenai takes stage Thursday

Twelve high school students from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will take the stage Thursday night during the annual Caring for the Kenai… Continue reading

Anya Hondel of Soldotna took top prize at last year’s Caring for the Kenai competition with her project, a puppet named Captain Conservation. Hondel will be a judge on this year’s panel. (Photo courtesy Caring for the Kenai)
In this Nov. 10, 2015 file photo, John Oliver performs at the 9th Annual Stand Up For Heroes event in New York. John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is trying to give one of the last Blockbuster Video locations in the world in Alaska a little help in drawing customers instead of streaming movies online. Oliver offered Sunday, April 15, 2018, to send the store the jockstrap that Russell Crowe wore in “Cinderella Man” and other movie clothing obtained by the show at a celebrity auction. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

Soldotna too small for big Blockbuster promise

John Oliver made a promise to Anchorage’s last Blockbuster Video, but despite the fervor of the Soldotna community, all of Russell Crowe’s memorabilia will stay… Continue reading

In this Nov. 10, 2015 file photo, John Oliver performs at the 9th Annual Stand Up For Heroes event in New York. John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is trying to give one of the last Blockbuster Video locations in the world in Alaska a little help in drawing customers instead of streaming movies online. Oliver offered Sunday, April 15, 2018, to send the store the jockstrap that Russell Crowe wore in “Cinderella Man” and other movie clothing obtained by the show at a celebrity auction. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Snow-covered mountains provide a backdrop for Cooper Landing in this April 11 photo. The Sterling Highway, the main corridor to and from the Kenai Peninsula, winds through the little community of Cooper Landing, often bringing dense traffic and car accidents with it, particularly in the summer. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Resolution would ask DOT to lower Cooper Landing speed limit

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly may ask the state to drop the speed limit on part of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing. The assembly… Continue reading

Snow-covered mountains provide a backdrop for Cooper Landing in this April 11 photo. The Sterling Highway, the main corridor to and from the Kenai Peninsula, winds through the little community of Cooper Landing, often bringing dense traffic and car accidents with it, particularly in the summer. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Jen Showalter of Kenai navigates her fatbike through a deep icy puddle on the Wolverine Trail during the 2018 Choose Your Weapon race at Tsalteshi Trails on Sunday, April 15, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Racers completed two 5-kilometer laps around the lower trails by running, biking or skiing, with the option of switching between laps for extra points. Most of the trails had some snow with patches of wet mud sprinkled throughout as spring temperatures begin to dominate the central Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Choose Your Weapon returns to Tsalteshi Trails

On Earth Day, April 20, 2013, Mike Crawford had a vision. Sunday, almost a full five years later, that vision finally became reality. The vision… Continue reading

Jen Showalter of Kenai navigates her fatbike through a deep icy puddle on the Wolverine Trail during the 2018 Choose Your Weapon race at Tsalteshi Trails on Sunday, April 15, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Racers completed two 5-kilometer laps around the lower trails by running, biking or skiing, with the option of switching between laps for extra points. Most of the trails had some snow with patches of wet mud sprinkled throughout as spring temperatures begin to dominate the central Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

A Soldotna man is facing multiple charges of criminal mischief and a charge of driving drunk after damaging athletic fields at two schools on Sunday.… Continue reading

Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

Peninsula sheds 234 jobs from 2017–2018

The Kenai Peninsula lost about 234 jobs in the third quarter of the fiscal year compared to the year before it. Between January 2017 and… Continue reading

This Friday, March 9, 2018 photo shows the space beneath Nikiski resident Kimbra Mensch’s home, which is currently being torn down, in Nikiski, Alaska. The contractor Mensch hired to build her home left her with 48 building violations, resulting in an unsafe building she is having to pay to have torn down and start over. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Homeowners can be left holding the bag if they hire unlicensed contractors

A thin layer of snow shifted across the bare plywood floor of the unfinished house when construction contractor Ward Adams lifted one of the panels… Continue reading

This Friday, March 9, 2018 photo shows the space beneath Nikiski resident Kimbra Mensch’s home, which is currently being torn down, in Nikiski, Alaska. The contractor Mensch hired to build her home left her with 48 building violations, resulting in an unsafe building she is having to pay to have torn down and start over. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Winged words

Winged words

Parents and children catching flights at the Kenai Municipal Airport now have the chance to make waiting time into story time. On Friday afternoon the… Continue reading

Winged words
A guest at Saturday’s National Guard Demo Day at the Kenai Armory in Kenai walks from a small until support vehicle, which is used by the Guard to traverse all different types of terrain. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

National Guard opens armory doors

Alaska Army National Guard in Kenai opened their doors on Saturday, inviting the community for a first-hand experience to give a better understanding the role… Continue reading

A guest at Saturday’s National Guard Demo Day at the Kenai Armory in Kenai walks from a small until support vehicle, which is used by the Guard to traverse all different types of terrain. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Fish and Game to stock grayling in peninsula lakes again

Peninsula anglers hankering after grayling won’t have to go so far afield in the future — the fish will be available in some of the… Continue reading

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Council works to disentangle state, federal Cook Inlet salmon fisheries

About a year after the North Pacific Fishery Management Council first took up the Cook Inlet federal fishery management plan issue, the definition of what… Continue reading

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Soldotna bans plastic bags

Starting Nov. 1, Soldotna will begin enforcing a ban on single use disposable plastic shopping bags within city limits. Members of the Soldotna City Council… Continue reading

Local groups prep for market season

The 2018 farmers market season is quickly approaching and local organizers are eager to help vendors old and new. Tonight, the Alaska Food Hub, formerly… Continue reading

Court hears arguments on invocation lawsuit

Court hears arguments on invocation lawsuit

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s policy on who can give invocations had its day in court. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Court hears arguments on invocation lawsuit