Ben Boettger

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Attendees talk to each other during the Alaska LNG Project's business information session  on Wednesday, April 29 at the Cannery Lodge in Kenai.

Alaska LNG presents information to local businesses

Although few specifics of the Alaska Liquid Natural Gas Project’s contracting procedures have been worked out, Alaska LNG contracting engineer Dan DeVries felt confident telling… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Attendees talk to each other during the Alaska LNG Project's business information session  on Wednesday, April 29 at the Cannery Lodge in Kenai.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Lee Gattenby (left) plays an electric guitar solo alongside vocalist and rhythm guitarist Eric Doucet during a show on Sunday, April 25 at Coffee Roasters in Kenai.

Troubadour North hopes to spread ‘Alaska Sound.’

Editor's note: This article has been changed to correct information about the structure of the Hard Rock Rising Battle of the Bands competition, and to… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Lee Gattenby (left) plays an electric guitar solo alongside vocalist and rhythm guitarist Eric Doucet during a show on Sunday, April 25 at Coffee Roasters in Kenai.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Green material containing seed, moisture, and cotton fiber lies in the former construction area alongside Bridge Access Road on Tuesday April 28 in Kenai.

Enstar completes construction north of Kenai River along Bridge Access Road

Drivers on Kenai’s Bridge Access Road may have noticed that the construction equipment, workers, and orange signs that previously occupied the road’s east side have… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Green material containing seed, moisture, and cotton fiber lies in the former construction area alongside Bridge Access Road on Tuesday April 28 in Kenai.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Capsules of flavored liquid stand ready for sampling on Friday, April 24 at the vape bar of High Voltage Vapes in Kenai.

Kenai vape shop may face problems from smoking bill

Stephanie Chilton, who with her husband Jamie Chilton co-owns the Kenai e-cigarette store High Voltage Vapes, said that she supports most provisions of an Alaska… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Capsules of flavored liquid stand ready for sampling on Friday, April 24 at the vape bar of High Voltage Vapes in Kenai.

Future of ammonia tax credit bill uncertain

A bill offering a tax credit to producers of ammonia and urea was passed by the State House of Representatives on April 13. It was… Continue reading

Cook Inlet Harbor Safety Committee prepares to seek members

The Cook Inlet Harbor Safety Committee, a nascent non-profit group intended to foster collaboration on safety issues in Cook Inlet waterways, is drafting a charter… Continue reading

Medical providers look at implications of health care expansion

Kenai Peninsula health care providers are looking at potential effects of the Medicaid expansion currently being debated in the state legislature. Governor Bill Walker introduced… Continue reading

Lynda Giguere/Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council Tesoro personnel Peter Ribbens (left) and Marc Johnson (right) use the Cook Inlet Response Tool to plan an oil spill drill during a training in March 2014 at the Cook Inlet Spill Response and Prevention, Inc headquarters in Kenai.

Online tool aids oil-spill response

Chemical oceanographer Sue Saupe said in 1990 and 1991, when she studied the long-term impact of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, she had trouble… Continue reading

Lynda Giguere/Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council Tesoro personnel Peter Ribbens (left) and Marc Johnson (right) use the Cook Inlet Response Tool to plan an oil spill drill during a training in March 2014 at the Cook Inlet Spill Response and Prevention, Inc headquarters in Kenai.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cori Kindred congratulates her mixed-breed dog Maeby for sniffing out a rat (inside the PVC tube being removed from the course) during the Peninsula Dog Obedience Group's Barn Hunt on Friday, April 17 at the Peninsula Dog Obedience training center.

Dogs and handlers participate in barn hunt

On Friday, Kenai peninsula dog owners and their pets had the opportunity to participate in barn hunting, a new canine sport that tests a dog’s… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cori Kindred congratulates her mixed-breed dog Maeby for sniffing out a rat (inside the PVC tube being removed from the course) during the Peninsula Dog Obedience Group's Barn Hunt on Friday, April 17 at the Peninsula Dog Obedience training center.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion The interior of the redesigned Kenai police car, with a reduced console and smaller post for mounting a laptop computer, photographed on Sunday, April 19 at the Kenai Police Station.

Kenai redesigns police car interiors

Two members of the Kenai city maintenance department saw something that could be better and made it better. Kenai mechanic Scott Morris and foreman Randy… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion The interior of the redesigned Kenai police car, with a reduced console and smaller post for mounting a laptop computer, photographed on Sunday, April 19 at the Kenai Police Station.

Donation to Kenai Performers moves forward

In February, the non-profit Kenai Performers theatre troupe asked the city of Kenai to donate land on which the group could build a theatre. At… Continue reading

Medical administrators look at implications of health care expansion

Medical administrators look at implications of health care expansion

In addition to making an estimated 5,830 Kenai Peninsula residents eligible for Medicaid, the Medicaid expansion being debated in the state legislature could have behind-the-scenes… Continue reading

Medical administrators look at implications of health care expansion
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Erik Hendrickson, of Nikiski, settles on a book about tiny houses on Wednesday April 8, 2015 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.

Kenai library plans to join state-wide catalog

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the name of the Kenai Community Library, incorrectly given as the Kenai Public Library. The number… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Erik Hendrickson, of Nikiski, settles on a book about tiny houses on Wednesday April 8, 2015 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by M. Scott Moon In this April 27, 2011 file photo Snow geese, at top, and pintail ducks fly together during a layover on the Kenai River flats.

Kenai road proposal criticized

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correctly identify the agency critical of the road as the federal, rather than the state, Fish and… Continue reading

Photo by M. Scott Moon In this April 27, 2011 file photo Snow geese, at top, and pintail ducks fly together during a layover on the Kenai River flats.

Grant Lake hydroelectric project open to comments

Plans for a controversial hydroelectric plant are available for public examination in their most detailed form to date. On March 27, Homer Electric Association, working… Continue reading

Kenai council supports Ruffner for Board of Fish

Kenai council supports Ruffner for Board of Fish

Board of Fish nominee Robert Ruffner will go to his confirmation hearing before the House Resource Committee today at 1:00 p.m with the endorsement of… Continue reading

Kenai council supports Ruffner for Board of Fish
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this May 24, 2014 file photo, flames from the Funny River wildfire flare up along Royce Road in Funny River. The vast majority of wildfires reported in Alaska in 2014 were human-caused. Alaska's fire season begins Wednesday and burn permits will be required by the Division of Forestry for certain types of outdoor fires.

Fire season begins, burn permits now required

Following the start of Alaska’s official fire season on Wednesday, outdoor fire-starters will need permission to burn from state authorities. Burn permits, issued by the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this May 24, 2014 file photo, flames from the Funny River wildfire flare up along Royce Road in Funny River. The vast majority of wildfires reported in Alaska in 2014 were human-caused. Alaska's fire season begins Wednesday and burn permits will be required by the Division of Forestry for certain types of outdoor fires.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai vice-mayor Brian Gabriel (center) answers an audience question as panel moderator Sammy Crawford (left) and borrough mayor Mike Navarre (right) look on during the Kenai Climate Conference at Kenai Peninsula College on Saturday March 28.

Global change, local action

Scientists and citizens met to discuss the global ecological phenomenon of climate change in relation to Kenai Peninsula communities last weekend. The Central Peninsula League… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai vice-mayor Brian Gabriel (center) answers an audience question as panel moderator Sammy Crawford (left) and borrough mayor Mike Navarre (right) look on during the Kenai Climate Conference at Kenai Peninsula College on Saturday March 28.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion George Holly tells about his composition of the Dena'ina-language song "Kahtna Tuygea" during the Alaska Native Oratory Society's speaking event at Kenai Peninsula College on Friday March 27.

Alaska Native orators speak

The nine speakers from the Alaskan Native community who presented at Friday’s Alaska Native Oratory event at Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus, offered their… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion George Holly tells about his composition of the Dena'ina-language song "Kahtna Tuygea" during the Alaska Native Oratory Society's speaking event at Kenai Peninsula College on Friday March 27.
Greg Brush Kendra Brush (foreground) and her father Greg Brush sit in side-by-side treestands during a white-tail deer hunt in Kansas in Nov. 2014.

Record-holding archer and her father reflect on hunt

Kendra Brush, a junior at Cook Inlet Academy, said she made her first big game kill in 2009. “It was a hog in Texas,” she… Continue reading

Greg Brush Kendra Brush (foreground) and her father Greg Brush sit in side-by-side treestands during a white-tail deer hunt in Kansas in Nov. 2014.