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Support for fundraiser

I would like to take a moment and thank some really incredible people! MLS, International and its subsidiary…

Letters to the Editor

Gifts will make Christmas morning bright

On behalf of the LeeShore Center staff and board, we wish to thank Heather Morning, Sarah Hough and…

Letters to the Editor

Soldotna Elks partner to help Soldotna families

A special thank you goes out to Soldotna Elks Lodge 2706 for their partnership with the Soldotna area…

Sports

Nikolaevsk starts hot at Mixed 6 volleyball tourney

Nikolaevsk opened the Mixed 6 state volleyball championship tournament with a successful day of pool play, earning a…

Sports

Colony shuts out Homer hockey

Jacob Link’s hat trick carried the Colony Knights to a 7-0 win over the Homer Mariners, Thursday evening…

News

KPBSD meetings to increase transparency have been poorly attended

Early in 2014 school principals nominated community members to serve as intermediaries between the district and local schools…

News

Program offers transportation to cancer patients

Cancer patients lacking means of transportation in communities around the Kenai Peninsula will soon be able to attend…

News

Roach trial pushed back to February

A trial date in the case against the president of the Alaska Veterans Outreach Boxes for Heroes organization…

Life

Church news

In what is an annual tradition, the Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ will hold a birthday party for…

Letters to the Editor

Rough road ahead

Survivor’s guide to low oil prices here on the peninsula: For those of you who were here during…

Opinion

Now is the time for tough conversations about the budget

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration and school board recently discussed the costs and benefits of maintaining…

Snowshoe hares in winter coat are camouflaged in snow but stand out in an otherwise brown landscape if the snow melts prematurely.  (Photo by D. Gorden/E. Robertson)

Life

Refuge Notebook: Camouflage depends on the background

Throughout fall and early winter, a short-tailed weasel has been making my afternoon schedule more interesting. As I…

Life

An Outdoor View: Rounding up

In the dying throes of the 18th century, the French came up with a decimal-based way to measure…

A group of people play pickleball at the Sterling Community Center.

News

Having a ball: Pickleball grows in popularity on peninsula

Despite its funny name, pickleball is getting serious attention around the Kenai Peninsula. In Sterling, Nikiski and Kenai,…

In this Dec. 3, 2013 photo, carting leaves to spread beneath trees and shrubs offers many benefits from a perspective of soil, plants, and - because weeds are suppressed - also gardeners in New Paltz, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lee Reich)

Life

Ignore those ugly rumors about mulch

Rumor has it that mulching your garden beds or trees and shrubs could starve your plants. It’s a…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 16, 2012 file photo, commercial fishermen offload the day's catch of salmon from the Inlet Raider. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a moratorium on EPA regulations which would require vessels such as this one to monitor and get a permit to discharge things like fish guts, gray water and rainwater from the vessel. The measure is set to be taken up by the U.S. House before the current session ends.

News

Moratorium on vessel discharges passed in U.S. Senate

The U.S. Senate voted to extend a moratorium on an EPA regulation which could affect nearly every commercial…

News

Assembly prepares agenda for 2015

Without any items up for public hearing at Tuesday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting, the assembly approved several…

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Fire Department Capt. James Dye talks to Kenai Firefighter Zach Pettit on Wednesday Dec. 10, 2014 outside of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's administration building on Willow Street in Kenai. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke at about noon and worked to discover an ignition point in a portion of the building.

News

Small fire closes Kenaitze Tribal building Wednesday

An electrical shortage sparked a small fire inside the walls of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s headquarters at 110…

News

Alaska faces $3.5 billion deficit amid lower oil prices

JUNEAU (AP) — Slumping oil prices have helped push Alaska’s potential budget deficit this year to $3.5 billion…

Sports

Pigskin Pick’em: Things are looking pretty average

The column got back on the winning side of things with a thoroughly boring 8-7-1 performance in week…