Letters to the Editor

Time to eliminate Daylight Saving Time

I was just doing some research with my son for a persuasive speech on repealing Daylight Saving Time. The intensity of those holding on to… Continue reading

  • Mar 24, 2015
  • By Teresa Danielson

Medicaid expansion would benefit community

I support the expansion of Medicaid. To use a cliché, Alaska’s refusal to insure this group of people is pennywise and pound foolish. When I… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2015
  • By Susan Smalley

Regarding the assembly and the grocery tax exemption

I want to start off by saying that it is your sworn duty as a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Member to uphold the constitution and… Continue reading

  • Mar 23, 2015
  • By Justin Arnold

ENSTAR reminds drivers to be cautious along Bridge Access

ENSTAR is currently working in the City of Kenai off Bridge Access Road to directly tie the natural gas storage facility into ENSTAR’s transmission lines.… Continue reading

  • Mar 18, 2015
  • By Lindsay Hobson

Local schools need our support

On Tuesday, March 17 at 6:00 p.m. the Borough Assembly is meeting and one of the issues they will vote on is to do away… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By David Brighton

Borough needs to bring roads up to its own standards

This letter is in response to the article in the March 11 edition of the Clarion by Kelly Sullivan. I agree with Road Service Area… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2015
  • By Scott Mobley

Residents should be concerned about annexation

Once again, the City of Soldotna has brought annexation to the table. Should this be of concern to borough residents? Absolutely! Borough residents should be… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2015
  • By Brian Olson

Alaska’s leaders should embrace free markets

Alaska boasts a proud constitution that requires current and future generations to reap the maximum benefit from our oil and gas wealth. Yet today, we… Continue reading

  • Mar 8, 2015
  • By Bob Shavelson

Time to act on Medicaid expansion

I fully support the expansion of Medicaid in Alaska. The reason is quite simple: 40,000 of my fellow Alaskans will receive health care coverage. How… Continue reading

  • Mar 9, 2015
  • By Michele Vasquez

Establishments should have a choice in smoking rules

With some age and workplace restrictions, using tobacco products in this country is legal. And, with the proper permits, selling tobacco products is legal. I… Continue reading

  • Mar 2, 2015
  • By Dean Hill

Kenai River conservation efforts long overdue

A tree fell in the woods and made a noise and Les Palmer did not hear it. He witnessed dead canaries floating down stream and… Continue reading

  • Mar 3, 2015
  • By John McCombs

Submit your comment: Wild salmon or coal?

The Chuitna River, home to all five species of wild Pacific salmon, needs your help. Between Feb. 23 and Mar. 10, the Alaska Department of Natural… Continue reading

  • Feb 26, 2015
  • By Edgar Javier Guerron Orejuela

Wishful thinking doesn’t change facts

Two recent letters to the editor printed in the Peninsula Clarion got my attention. On Wednesday, you printed a letter from Don Johnson critical of… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2015
  • By Jerry Brookman

Alaska should work on laws to save lives

I read in the paper Feb. 10 that Democratic Rep. Harriet Drummond introduced legistation Monday that would give terminally ill patients the right to decide… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2015
  • By Audrey Hoffman

Time to weigh in on salmon vs. coal

Now is the time to tell the Department of Natural Resources what you think about the “Salmon vs. Coal” issue. A strip mine is being… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2015
  • By Kate Veh

Hospital Career Fair a benefit for KPBSD students

On Feb. 24, KPBSD students from the central peninsula had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Hospital Career Fair (HCF) at Central Peninsula Hospital. The… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2015
  • By Sara Moore

Alaska’s delegation is part of Washington, D.C. problems

Well, there they were, our three knuckleheads from Washington, D.C., standing there trying to convince us what Alaskans they are. The old man of the… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2015
  • By Neil Robinson

No recourse to deal with aggressive dogs

I live outside city limits and have a neighbor who has three dogs. On Jan. 11 his three dogs attacked my dog as he was… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2015
  • By Robert White

Appointment process not following the rules

Jay Hammond must be rolling in his grave at the current shenanigans in Juneau. In his first term as Senator, the young Jay Hammond sought… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2015
  • By David Nees

Cooperation drives Frozen River Fest

February 7, 2015 marked the first of what we hope is an annual event at Soldotna Creek Park. Even though Mother Nature gave us the… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2015
  • By Tami Murray