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Answer to crime in Nikiski isn’t one people want to talk about

Is there anything good that can come out of Nikiski’s crime wave? Well, yes. The community met together…

Sports

Soldotna volleyball loses to Wasilla

The Soldotna volleyball team got its Valley swing off to a rough start Thursday evening at Wasilla, dropping…

Sports

CIA starts Borealis tourney with convincing win

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team started the Borealis Conference tournament in Wasilla on Thursday with a…

News

Binkley Street construction in final phase

Binkley Street Improvement construction is nearing an end. Crews are now tackling the Park Avenue intersection, which is…

News

Central Peninsula Landfill gas monitoring network to expand

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste Department’s monitoring network has been declared insufficient by the Alaska Department of…

News

Absentee votes could sway election

Nearly 2,000 ballots remain to be counted from Tuesday’s election. The official count of absentee, questioned and special…

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Mountain View Elementary School students from Mandi Vaala's first grade class practice their escape out of a fire safety house Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 in Kenai. Kenai firefighters are meeting with every class in Kenai in the month of October to educate kids to know how to act in the event of a fire.

News

Kenai students learn fire safety

October is a month traditionally associated with falling leaves, pumpkins and shorter days, but elementary school students in…

News

News organizations sue for sex-abuse records

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska news organizations filed a lawsuit late Wednesday against Gov. Sean Parnell over…

Letters to the Editor

Publishing of comment was inappropriate

In the article entitled “Navarre wins re-election” that was published on October 8, the Clarion quotes people and…

Opinion

Keeping the Peninsula’s lights on

There might’ve been a time in the not too distant past when most Kenai Peninsula residents would’ve shrugged…

The Lords of the Chunk, a team from Purdue University College of Technology, send a pumpkin down the firing line at the Harvest Homecoming Pumpkin Chunk on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 in New Albany, Ind. Six teams built trebuchets for the first-ever event.  (AP Photo/News and Tribune, Staff, Jerod Clapp)

Life

Pumpkin chunk a smashing success

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — Each stood about 15 feet tall or so, carefully engineered and built specifically…

Life

Refuge Notebook: Special regulations for furbearer trapping on the refuge

As the days get shorter, morning temperatures dip below freezing and termination dust starts to appear on the…

Life

An Outdoor View: On being a foodie

After years of thinking that fishing was my favorite pastime, I now realize that I was mistaken. My…

Life

Tune out the downers in your life

Reaching for the car radio dial to catch a weather report seemed so natural. We were heading for…

Life

Church news

First Baptist hosts women’s Bible study A nine-week women’s Bible study on I and II Thessalonians, called “Children…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Jim Kingrey, power plant superintendent for the Homer Electric Association, gives a tour of the company's Soldotna Combustion Turbine Plant Wednesday October 8, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

News

HEA showcases newest power plant

From the Sterling Highway, it is nearly impossible to hear the low hum of the Homer Electric Association’s…

News

KPBSD seeks budget input

It’s time to consider costs and cuts. Parents, staff, members of the community and elected officials are invited…

Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion  From right Carolyn Clift, libertarian; Gov. Sean Parnell, Republican; J.R. Myers, Alaska Constitution; and Bill Walker, independent, participate in a gubernatorial forum at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Wednesday.

News

Parnell, Walker joust at forum

While one candidate reminded voters that they have four options for governor, two opponents spent some time during…

News

Troopers looking for tips to curb property crime

The rise of property crimes in Nikiski has left many residents on edge and more alert about what…

Sports

Pigskin Pick’Em: The zany keeps getting zanier

Has there ever been a football weekend filled with more upsets and general zaniness than the one we’re…