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After construction workers removed siding from the facade of the Kenai Municipal Airport, a mural with iconic Kenai images like fishing nets, the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox chapel and a dog musher, was revealed on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Year in Review: Favorite stories of the year

One of my favorite things to write about is food and how it connects people.

Educators rally in front of Kenai Central High School ahead of a strike slated to begin Tuesday, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Year in Review — Strikes, budget cuts and election upheaval

This was a busy year.

The Alaska Marine Highway System’s Tazlina sits at the Auke Bay Terminal on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Can a public corporation save the Marine Highway System?

‘There’s a lot of unknowns.’

FBI, Troopers have been aiding Murnane search ‘since day 1’

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FBI, Troopers have been aiding Murnane search ‘since day 1’

Anesha “Duffy” Murnane has been missing since Oct. 17.

From left, Wendy Dutcher, Sarah Pyhala and Kaitlin Vadla speak to members of 100+ Women Who Care at the Triumvirate Theatre in Nikiski, Alaska on Dec. 26, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Caring is their calling

Women gather quarterly to raise money for peninsula.

A sign opposing the city of Soldotna’s efforts to annex nearby areas sits along the Kenai Spur Highway in an area the city petitioned the state to annex through the legislative process on Dec. 20, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local Boundary Commission accepts Soldotna annexation petition

The commission will receive written comments on the petition until 4:30 p.m. Feb. 24, 2020.

Tammie Willis is seen here at Kenai Peninsula College on Dec. 19, 2019. The bandage on her arm covers some of the cuts Willis received while being attacked at her home on Dec. 9. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘I don’t want it to be about me’

After series of attacks, local woman fears LGBTQ community is being targeted.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File In this file photo from June 25, 2019, Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office.

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Final impact statement for Pebble Mine delayed for three months

Army Corps of Engineers says it will take the time to review public comments.

Steve Walli speaks Dec. 12, 2019, at “Homestead Kids 3,” at the annual meeting of the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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‘Homestead Kids’ remember early days

“We called her ‘hillbillies’ and we were fishermen, but she called us ‘beach rats.’”

Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion The front of the Kenai Police Department as seen on Dec. 10, 2019.

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Kenai police to get raises

City council made several changes to the pay structure for Kenai Police Officers.

State posts online unsolved missing persons registry

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State posts online unsolved missing persons registry

Missing Persons Clearinghouse compiles data from law enforcement agencies across the state.

Victoria Petersen / Peninsula Clarion The entrance to Soldotna Community Memorial Park off Redoubt Avenue.

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Soldotna looks to expand cemetery

The city of Soldotna is looking to expand its cemetery, which is reaching maximum capacity.

Photo courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory Redoubt erupting April 27, 1990.

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‘Like a nuclear weapon went off’

Starting Dec. 14, 1989, 30 years ago last week, Mount Redoubt erupted.

Bunny Swan performs at Soldotna Creek Park on July 3, 2019 as part of the Levitt Amp Soldotna Music Series. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna gets concert series again

Kenai Peninsula residents can expect another slate of free concerts at Soldotna Creek Park this summer.

Salli Sterrett receives race bibs from her daughter, Sheilah-Margaret Pothast, in Arizona in late October. Pothast is doing 50 races in her 50th year for her mother. (Photo provided by Sheilah-Margaret Pothast)

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Inspired to run

Driven by her ‘Miracle Mom,’ Sheilah-Margaret Pothast nears goal of 50 races in 50th year

Smoke can be seen rising from areas scarred by the Swan Lake Fire on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 at Mile 10 of Skilak Loop Road, on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Transmission line damaged by Swan Lake Fire repaired, re-energized

The line had been out of commission since August.

Resurrection Bay is photographed from Seward, Alaska, in March, 2018. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fisheries discusses aquatic plants

Two proposals were on the docket.

Longshore workers picket on the Homer Spit by Freight Dock Road on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. They were part of a group of about 20 Alaska International Longshore and Warehouse Union members or supporters holding an “area standards” picket in response to Chumley’s Inc. use of workers to load a sulfur hauler ship the ILWU alleges are paid substandard wages. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Longshore workers picket sulfur-ship loading

The “area standards” picket called for comparable wages and benefits for workers.

Lt. Michael Zweifel / Alaska State Troopers Capt. Maurice Hughes (left), Amanda Millay and retired Lt. Dane Gilmore celebrate Millay’s completion of the Alaska State Trooper Citizen Academy in this undated photo.

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Deadline approaching for 2020 State Trooper Citizen Academy

The series of weekly classes provides citizens a look at the life of an Alaska State Trooper.

Alaska Waste team in Kenai builds more than 60 bikes to give to area children this holiday season. (Photo by Alaska Waste Kenai operations manager Josue Rivera-Cruz/provided by Alaska Waste) Alaska Waste team in Kenai builds more than 60 bikes to give to area children this holiday season. (Photo by Alaska Waste Kenai operations manager Josue Rivera-Cruz/provided by Alaska Waste)

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Bicycles built for 62

The waste services company held its Christmas Promise Bike Build for the second year in a row.