Pamela Hays speaks against a rezoning ordinance during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Rezoning effort killed by Soldotna council amid neighborhood outcry

An ordinance would have rezoned part of a tract of land near South Kobuk Street to multifamily use

Pamela Hays speaks against a rezoning ordinance during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
A map shows the original property boundary (in red) of Nikiski North Star Elementary and the boundary of the new property (in yellow) the borough is set to purchase. (Courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough)

Borough to buy property adjacent to Nikiski North Star for possible development

Nikiski North Star is on a 28-acre parcel bounded by private land and Salamatof Lake

A map shows the original property boundary (in red) of Nikiski North Star Elementary and the boundary of the new property (in yellow) the borough is set to purchase. (Courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough)
Abi Gutierrez fills a box of doughnuts during a ribbon-cutting event for The Glaze in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Living the doughnut dream

Owners aim to create a space for people to enjoy tasty pastries and spend time together

Abi Gutierrez fills a box of doughnuts during a ribbon-cutting event for The Glaze in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
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The “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibition is seen at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.

Exhibit examining American perception of Holocaust visits Seward

“Americans and the Holocaust” sheds light on how, when and what Americans learned of the Holocaust during the 1930s and 1940s

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The “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibition is seen at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.
Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion
Cam Choy, Associate Professor of Art at Kenai Peninsula College, works on a salmon sculpture in collaboration with the Kenai Watershed Forum during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska on June 8, 2019.

‘Cam was the Dude’

Kenai Peninsula College hosts memorial show for late art professor

Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion
Cam Choy, Associate Professor of Art at Kenai Peninsula College, works on a salmon sculpture in collaboration with the Kenai Watershed Forum during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska on June 8, 2019.
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Carter Romero is awarded a $1,000 novelty check for landing the youth grand-prize salmon in the Eighth Annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday.

Dell, Romero win 8th Kenai Silver Salmon Derby

This year’s number of participants is up from only 79 last year

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Carter Romero is awarded a $1,000 novelty check for landing the youth grand-prize salmon in the Eighth Annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday.
Sarah Douthit and Jeanne Reveal participate in a candidate forum for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI)
Sarah Douthit and Jeanne Reveal participate in a candidate forum for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Board of Fish requests tackle commercial dipnets, beach seines, bait restrictions

The proposals are meant to address fishing regulation outside of the board’s three-year cycle

Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

Coho bag limit again reduced to 1 per day on Kenai River

The restrictions are motivated by weak runs of coho salmon throughout Cook Inlet

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)
Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

School board hears bond update, seeks way forward for Soldotna schools

Central to the conversation was the increased cost of reconstruction of Soldotna Elementary School

Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai upholds permit for Salamatof Tribe offices

A conditional use permit was approved on June 26 by Kenai’s Planning and Zoning Commission

Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
John Osenga, Michael Calhoon and Casie Warner participate in a Seward City Council candidate forum hosted by KBBI 890 AM and the Peninsula Clarion at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Seward City Council candidates talk housing, child care, business at forum

On election day, Oct. 1, Seward voters will cast ballots in favor of up to two candidates

John Osenga, Michael Calhoon and Casie Warner participate in a Seward City Council candidate forum hosted by KBBI 890 AM and the Peninsula Clarion at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Center, from left: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland; Borough Mayor Peter Micciche; Seward High School Student Council President Otto Nipp; and Seward High School Principal Dr. Henry Burns participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new turf field at Roger Steinbrecher Memorial Field at Seward High School, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Center, from left: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland; Borough Mayor Peter Micciche; Seward High School Student Council President Otto Nipp; and Seward High School Principal Dr. Henry Burns participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new turf field at Roger Steinbrecher Memorial Field at Seward High School, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Alaska State Troopers logo.
Alaska State Troopers logo.
Alaska State Troopers logo.

2 dead in Friday morning plane crash

Troopers were notified around 11:30 a.m.

Alaska State Troopers logo.
Logo for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska.

Seward man arrested for identity theft, threatening governor

Homeland Security Investigations and Alaska State Troopers are investigating the case.

Logo for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Alaska.
City Council Member James Baisden speaks during a work session of the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
City Council Member James Baisden speaks during a work session of the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Mitch Miller, of the Kenai Fire Department, rings a bell in commemoration of the emergency services personnel who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks during a commemoration ceremony at Kenai Fire Department in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Ringing the bell of remembrance

Kenai Fire Department marks 23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

Mitch Miller, of the Kenai Fire Department, rings a bell in commemoration of the emergency services personnel who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks during a commemoration ceremony at Kenai Fire Department in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Molly Tuter, far right, is pictured as Coach Dan Gensel, far left, prepares to get his ear pierced to celebrate Soldotna High School’s first team-sport state championship on Friday, Feb. 12, 1993 in Soldotna. Gensel, who led the Soldotna High School girls basketball team to victory, had promised his team earlier in the season that he would get his ear pierced if they won the state title. (Rusty Swan/Peninsula Clarion)

Molly Tuter, Alaska basketball trailblazer from Soldotna, dies at 49

The legendary high school and college basketball player from Soldotna she was the first Alaskan to play in the WNBA

Molly Tuter, far right, is pictured as Coach Dan Gensel, far left, prepares to get his ear pierced to celebrate Soldotna High School’s first team-sport state championship on Friday, Feb. 12, 1993 in Soldotna. Gensel, who led the Soldotna High School girls basketball team to victory, had promised his team earlier in the season that he would get his ear pierced if they won the state title. (Rusty Swan/Peninsula Clarion)