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Food Bank, Boys and Girls Clubs holding nutrition classes

It’s no secret that obesity is an issue with the Centers for Disease Control reporting that more than one-third of U.S. adults as being overweight.… Continue reading

Bill making 20 Native languages official advances

JUNEAU — Amid cheers and clapping from spectators in a packed room, the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee advanced a bill symbolically making 20… Continue reading

Voices of the Peninsula: Drift fisherman cynical of fish board proceedings

The Board of Fisheries has been meeting in Anchorage recently with their focus on Upper Cook Inlet fisheries management. I was there for most of… Continue reading

Bob Franken: Of closets and lockers

Do you know what’s really sad each time someone public declares that he or she is coming out of the closet? What’s so wrong is… Continue reading

What others say: When two is less than one, subtraction is the answer

This month, the Alaska Legislature’s education subcommittees are considering four competing measures that would eliminate the Alaska High School Graduation Qualifying Exam.Among the four is… Continue reading

Borough plans Nikiski environmental investigation

After receiving $150,000 last session for an environmental investigation in Nikiski, the Kenai Peninsula Borough is working to make sure its plan for the project… Continue reading

Sterling Community Center hosted Valentine's day dinner and dance

Sterling Community Center hosted Valentine’s day dinner and dance

The Sterling Community Center hosted their Valentine’s Day Dinner and Dance on Friday, February 14th. The dinner was prepared by community leader Bob Oakes and… Continue reading

Sterling Community Center hosted Valentine's day dinner and dance
Nikiski team shows horse sense in placing at National 4-H Horse Bowl

Nikiski team shows horse sense in placing at National 4-H Horse Bowl

It takes a lot of work to have horses in Alaska. But, hard work paid off recently at the National 4-H Western Roundup held in… Continue reading

Nikiski team shows horse sense in placing at National 4-H Horse Bowl

Borough employees shouldn’t sit on service boards

An open letter to Wayne Ogle, We have been looking at Ordinance 2014-09. This ordinance would allow employees of the Borough to sit on Service… Continue reading

Guest director impressed with Peninsula students

My name is John Baker. I am just recovering from two days of music making at Kenai Central High School with over 300 students from… Continue reading

Valdez hospital staff glad to have been of service

During the early afternoon of Friday, Jan. 10, Providence Valdez Medical Center was notified of a bus accident at Mile 55 of the Richardson Highway.… Continue reading

Midwest squad loses at NAHL Top Prospects

The Midwest squad lost its first game Tuesday at the North American Hockey League Top Prospects Tournament in Michigan. Vincent Stefan, Jake Davidson and Conor… Continue reading

Close race shapes up in Iron Dog

A close race was shaping up in the Iron Dog, and area riders are right in the thick of it.Mike Morgan of Nome and Chris… Continue reading

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion New Kenai City Planner Francis Krizmanich sits at his desk at city hall last Thursday. Krizmanich moved to Kenai from Aspen, Colorado, where he spent the last 17 years as a planning consultant to the city.

New Kenai city planner welcomes citizen input

The City of Kenai’s new city planner has converted from a tourist to a local.Francis Krizmanich, 58, and his wife Betsy first visited Alaska this… Continue reading

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion New Kenai City Planner Francis Krizmanich sits at his desk at city hall last Thursday. Krizmanich moved to Kenai from Aspen, Colorado, where he spent the last 17 years as a planning consultant to the city.
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Connie Moore from Ashford, Washington plays catch with her grandkids Eli and Mia Settlemyer (ages 4 and 2) at the north beach in Kenai Monday. Moore said she didn't expect weather like this in Alaska when she came up to visit. Light snow in the morning turned to partly sunny skies and a high temperature of 25 degrees Monday.
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Connie Moore from Ashford, Washington plays catch with her grandkids Eli and Mia Settlemyer (ages 4 and 2) at the north beach in Kenai Monday. Moore said she didn't expect weather like this in Alaska when she came up to visit. Light snow in the morning turned to partly sunny skies and a high temperature of 25 degrees Monday.

Project draws attention to renewable energy goal

JUNEAU — In 2010, the state adopted an energy policy that, among other things, set a goal of having 50 percent Alaska’s electric generation come… Continue reading

Mark Choate, a former Juneau school board member, addresses protestors on the steps of the state Capitol for a "Save Our Schools" rally to speak out against a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow public money to be used for private and religious schools on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Public education supporters hold rally at Capitol

JUNEAU (AP) — Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow public money to be used for private and religious schools rallied in front… Continue reading

Mark Choate, a former Juneau school board member, addresses protestors on the steps of the state Capitol for a "Save Our Schools" rally to speak out against a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow public money to be used for private and religious schools on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Parnell defends actions on refinery closure

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell said critics of his administration’s actions in a North Pole oil refinery’s impending closure don’t see behind-the-scenes work that… Continue reading

Michele Bachmann: Undeterred and undiminished

With less than a year left in her fourth and final term in Congress, it’s a little early for an exit interview, but not too… Continue reading

What others say: A big step forward for America’s gay athletes

It is extremely encouraging to see people in all walks of life send congratulatory messages to University of Missouri football player Michael Sam after he… Continue reading