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Peninsula Job Center hosts career fair

Peninsula Job Center hosts career fair

The Peninsula Job Center Career Fair, held on Wednesday at Kenai’s Old Carrs Mall, gave job-seekers a chance to connect with potential employers. Fifty-six businesses… Continue reading

Peninsula Job Center hosts career fair
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Josh (Logan Schoessler) pantomimes shooting a deer during the Soldotna High Drama Troupe's rehearsal for their production of "Bang Bang You're Dead" on Tuesday March 24, 2015 in the Soldotna High School auditorium. The show will run Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

SoHi Drama addresses school violence

Director Terri Zopf-Schoessler is uncertain of how audiences will react when the curtain falls on “Bang Bang You’re Dead,” her latest production with the Soldotna… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Josh (Logan Schoessler) pantomimes shooting a deer during the Soldotna High Drama Troupe's rehearsal for their production of "Bang Bang You're Dead" on Tuesday March 24, 2015 in the Soldotna High School auditorium. The show will run Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion An employee of the Arizona-based Southeast Directional Drilling runs a directional drill rig as it progresses toward the Kenai River along Bridge Access Road on Tuesday March 25, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. The hole will eventually contain a portion of a four-mile pipeline that will connect an Enstar Natural Gas Company transmission line to the Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska facility nearby.

Enstar proceeds with pipeline

A directional drill rig is tunneling into the ground along Bridge Access road where it will run underneath the Kenai River and connect a portion… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion An employee of the Arizona-based Southeast Directional Drilling runs a directional drill rig as it progresses toward the Kenai River along Bridge Access Road on Tuesday March 25, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. The hole will eventually contain a portion of a four-mile pipeline that will connect an Enstar Natural Gas Company transmission line to the Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska facility nearby.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A National Guard Pave Hawk helicopter lands at Central Peninsula Hospital during a disaster preparedness exercise on Friday, March 20.

Central Peninsula Hospital performs drill

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the names of Captain Bill Keller and Central Peninsula Hospital external affairs manager Bruce Richards, and… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A National Guard Pave Hawk helicopter lands at Central Peninsula Hospital during a disaster preparedness exercise on Friday, March 20.

Kenai manages money

Kenai managed its money this week, making several purchases and fund transfers. At its Wednesday meeting the Kenai City Council performed some funding actions unanimously,… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Craig Humphries Dr. Craig Humphries performs spinal surgery on a patient in January of 2015 at the Care International Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya.

Spinal medicine from the Kenai to Kenya

In the course of his medical career, spine surgeon Dr. Craig Humphreys of Kenai Spine Center performed aid work in India, Lithuania, and St. Lucia,… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Craig Humphries Dr. Craig Humphries performs spinal surgery on a patient in January of 2015 at the Care International Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya.
Kenai Fire Department Battalion Chief Tony Prior inspects the Fire Department's recently-acquired boat at the Kenai Fire Station on Tuesday, March 17.

Kenai fire department acquires boat

A 25-foot long aluminum-hull boat is the Kenai Fire Department’s latest piece of equipment. On Monday the department took possession of a US Coast Guard… Continue reading

Kenai Fire Department Battalion Chief Tony Prior inspects the Fire Department's recently-acquired boat at the Kenai Fire Station on Tuesday, March 17.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cindy Edmunds (left), known as Dagmar the Red, attacks Jason Notter, known as Hrothi, while Prince Shawn Denny looks on during during the Society for Creative Anachronisms Newcomers Feast at the Soldotna Public Library on Saturday, March 14.

Living in the past

To some of its residents, the Kenai Peninsula is known as the Shire of Hrafnafjordr — or, in the English translation of the old Norse… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cindy Edmunds (left), known as Dagmar the Red, attacks Jason Notter, known as Hrothi, while Prince Shawn Denny looks on during during the Society for Creative Anachronisms Newcomers Feast at the Soldotna Public Library on Saturday, March 14.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion The sky above many portions of Kasilof glowed orange Wednesday May 21, 2014 as the Funny River Fire continued to burn a more than 10 mile strip of land stretching from Funny River Road in Soldotna down to Tustumena Lake. Firefighters estimate that more than 20,000 acres have been burned in the blaze.

Alaska Fire Services prepare for early season

Editor's Note: A previous version of this article contained a misspelling of Public Information Officer Tim Mowry's name. He represents the state's Division of Forestry.… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion The sky above many portions of Kasilof glowed orange Wednesday May 21, 2014 as the Funny River Fire continued to burn a more than 10 mile strip of land stretching from Funny River Road in Soldotna down to Tustumena Lake. Firefighters estimate that more than 20,000 acres have been burned in the blaze.
Graphic by Vincent Nusunginya/Peninsula Clarion

Kenai’s proposal for south beach road being permitted by Army Corps of Engineers

The city of Kenai’s plans for a road providing access to the southern bank of the mouth of the Kenai river are currently being permitted… Continue reading

Graphic by Vincent Nusunginya/Peninsula Clarion
Graphic by Vincent Nusunginya/Peninsula Clarion

One-way road to change direction

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect the current direction a driver must travel on the Petersen Way and Alaska Avenue one-way loop… Continue reading

Graphic by Vincent Nusunginya/Peninsula Clarion
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, goes through a powerpoint with a crowd packed into the Kenai Peninsula Borough Building during a town hall meeting on March 6, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Senator Peter Micciche holds town hall meeting in Soldotna

Senator Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, began his town hall meeting on Friday evening in Soldotna’s borough assembly chamber by speaking on Alaska’s reduced state budget. Micciche… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, goes through a powerpoint with a crowd packed into the Kenai Peninsula Borough Building during a town hall meeting on March 6, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Busy night for Kenai

Kenai’s field of flowers, a meadow located between Lawton Drive and the Kenai Spur Highway which the city seeded with wildflowers last year, will not… Continue reading

Three defend Alaska’s judicial selection process

When Alaska constitutional delegate Ralph Rivers spoke in 1956 on the duties of the Judicial Council empowered by the then-new state constitution for choosing members… Continue reading

In-stream flow reservation for Chuitna’s Middle Creek open to comment

Update: As of February 26, Alaska Department of Natural Resources has granted Cook Inletkeeper's request to extend the comment period to April 9 from the… Continue reading

Clarion file photo In this June 23, 2010 file photo a C-17 from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson does a touch and go landing at Kenai Municipal Airport earlier this year.

Kenai reaps benefits of Cook Inlet boom

City leaders say Kenai has seen steady growth as Cook Inlet’s oil and gas industries expand. Speaking at the Kenai Peninsula’s Community Economic Forum in… Continue reading

Clarion file photo In this June 23, 2010 file photo a C-17 from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson does a touch and go landing at Kenai Municipal Airport earlier this year.
Graphic courtesy the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

State drastically cuts spending on capital projects

Alaska’s yearly capital projects budget distributes state funds, as well as federal funds received by the state for local projects, to Alaskan municipalities and boroughs.… Continue reading

Graphic courtesy the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Soldotna High School Drama Troupe presents Play On!

Soldotna High School Drama Troupe presents Play On!

This weekend Soldotna High School English teacher Sarah Erfurth and a group of eleven students will present four showings of the hour-long comedy Play On!… Continue reading

Soldotna High School Drama Troupe presents Play On!
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this May 17, 2014 file photo Ted Nichols, 12, and his father John Nichols, of Chugiak, dig for razor clams at Whiskey Gulch. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the beaches on the east side of the Cook Inlet to clamming after data indicated a nearly 80 percent drop in the average number of clams in the population.

Eastside Cook Inlet beaches closed to clamming

The Kenai Peninsula’s east side razor clam population has crashed, according to Fish and Game abundance data. The Sport Fish Division of the Alaska Department… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this May 17, 2014 file photo Ted Nichols, 12, and his father John Nichols, of Chugiak, dig for razor clams at Whiskey Gulch. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed the beaches on the east side of the Cook Inlet to clamming after data indicated a nearly 80 percent drop in the average number of clams in the population.
Local members of the Key Coalition rally at Soldotna Creek Park Friday.

Rallying for Key support

The local chapter of the Key Coalition, a group advocating on behalf of people seeking state aid for developmental disabilities, held its annual rally on… Continue reading

Local members of the Key Coalition rally at Soldotna Creek Park Friday.