Mark Thiessen / associated press                                 Vic Fischer (left), Meda DeWitt (center) and Aaron Welterlen, leaders of an effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy, await paperwork at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Anchorage on Thursday. Recall organizers say they submitted 49,006 signatures in an attempt to force the recall election of the first-term governor.

Recall Dunleavy campaign submits 49,000 signatures

If the application is certified, it would trigger another signature-gathering phase.

  • Sep 6, 2019
  • By Becky Bohrer Associated Press
Mark Thiessen / associated press                                 Vic Fischer (left), Meda DeWitt (center) and Aaron Welterlen, leaders of an effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy, await paperwork at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Anchorage on Thursday. Recall organizers say they submitted 49,006 signatures in an attempt to force the recall election of the first-term governor.
Sterling man arrested in 2001 sexual assault case

Sterling man arrested in 2001 sexual assault case

Authorities say DNA from the sexual assault kit matched the man’s DNA profile

Sterling man arrested in 2001 sexual assault case
Victoria Petersen / Peninsula Clarion                                 A message opposing annexation is visible on an electronic sign at Lucky Raven Tobacco, located inside one of the proposed areas for annexation near Soldotna on Thursday.

Community to weigh in on Soldotna annexation

The city is holding a public hearing at 2 p.m., Saturday at Soldotna High School.

Victoria Petersen / Peninsula Clarion                                 A message opposing annexation is visible on an electronic sign at Lucky Raven Tobacco, located inside one of the proposed areas for annexation near Soldotna on Thursday.
The Snake River Valley fire crew makes their way to their assignment expanding containment lines off Skilak Lake Road southeast of Sterling, Alaska on Aug. 30, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Swan Lake Fire management begins transition to Type II team

The Northern Rockies Type II team will assume command of the fire Tuesday morning

The Snake River Valley fire crew makes their way to their assignment expanding containment lines off Skilak Lake Road southeast of Sterling, Alaska on Aug. 30, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Assembly approves cost of printing for ballot information

Assembly approves cost of printing for ballot information

The information relating to the ballot proposition is intended to be factual and objective.

Assembly approves cost of printing for ballot information
A contractor plows snow down Forest Drive in Kenai on Jan. 17, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Reduced funds close road maintenance station on Seward Highway

Turnagain Pass maintenance will now fall on Girdwood and Crown Point maintenance stations.

A contractor plows snow down Forest Drive in Kenai on Jan. 17, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Anna Devolld, right, presents her Promote Our Pollinators project to attendees of Industry Appreciation Day at the Kenai Park Strip in Kenai, Alaska on Aug. 24, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna youth scientist puts pollinators in the spotlight

Devolld is targeting butterflies, bees, bats, ladybugs and hummingbirds.

Anna Devolld, right, presents her Promote Our Pollinators project to attendees of Industry Appreciation Day at the Kenai Park Strip in Kenai, Alaska on Aug. 24, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna resident Tyson Cox speaks in support of a joint resolution that recognizes recommendations made by the Election Stakeholders Group and tasks the borough clerk with exploring implementation of those recommendations at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Assembly OKs exploration of election reform recommendations

The Election Stakeholders Group offered six recommendations to the borough assembly.

Soldotna resident Tyson Cox speaks in support of a joint resolution that recognizes recommendations made by the Election Stakeholders Group and tasks the borough clerk with exploring implementation of those recommendations at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
A quilt by local artist Betty Ames hangs on the wall Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at the Kenai Fine Arts Center in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

‘This is their expression’

September art auction exhibit showcases local talent

A quilt by local artist Betty Ames hangs on the wall Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at the Kenai Fine Arts Center in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai river partially reopens to boating after Swan Lake Fire shows minimal growth

Kenai river partially reopens to boating after Swan Lake Fire shows minimal growth

The fire is currently at 162,328 acres — an increase of only 149 acres since yesterday

Kenai river partially reopens to boating after Swan Lake Fire shows minimal growth
Judy Connolly, mother of murdered teenager Shelley Connolly, spoke to the media after the Alaska State Troopers announced on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska, that Oregon resident Donald F. McQuade, 62, has been arrested and charged with murdering Shelley Connolly in the 1978 cold case. She noted it had been 41 years since Shelley’s death, which completely altered her family’s lives. Shelley’s younger brother James Connolly is at left. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Oregon man arrested in 1978 death of Alaska teenager

Police: ‘This guy was never on the radar’

  • Sep 3, 2019
  • By Rachel D’Oro Associated Press
Judy Connolly, mother of murdered teenager Shelley Connolly, spoke to the media after the Alaska State Troopers announced on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska, that Oregon resident Donald F. McQuade, 62, has been arrested and charged with murdering Shelley Connolly in the 1978 cold case. She noted it had been 41 years since Shelley’s death, which completely altered her family’s lives. Shelley’s younger brother James Connolly is at left. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
Ammo Can Coffee owner Jason Floyd, left, and his son Liam, right, are seen here at their coffee shop in Soldotna, Alaska on Aug. 16, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Coffee, blended well with a side of conservatism

Ammo Can Coffee aims to fill a niche for the ‘shotgun-carrying’ crowd

Ammo Can Coffee owner Jason Floyd, left, and his son Liam, right, are seen here at their coffee shop in Soldotna, Alaska on Aug. 16, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Chum salmon swim beneath the surface of Salmon Creek on Aug. 3, 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Alaska Board of Fisheries to take new vote on finfish meeting

State ombudsman found the Board of Fisheries violated the act when they decided to relocate the meeting from the peninsula to Anchorage

Chum salmon swim beneath the surface of Salmon Creek on Aug. 3, 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent John O’Brien. (Photo courtesy of the Pegge Erkeneff/Kenai Peninsula Borough School District)                                 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent John O’Brien. (Photo courtesy of the Pegge Erkeneff/Kenai Peninsula Borough School District)

Superintendent: Plan for possible strike

O’Brien’s letter asks parents and guardians to prepare contingency plans for children.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent John O’Brien. (Photo courtesy of the Pegge Erkeneff/Kenai Peninsula Borough School District)                                 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent John O’Brien. (Photo courtesy of the Pegge Erkeneff/Kenai Peninsula Borough School District)
Bruce Wall, a planner with the Kenai Peninsula Borough, answers Kalifornsky residents’ questions regarding the creation of a new advisory planning commission for the area, on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the Betty J. Glick Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Assembly looks to establish Kalifornsky Advisory Planning Commission

Borough has active advisory planning commissions in Moose Pass, Cooper Landing, Anchor Point, Hope.

Bruce Wall, a planner with the Kenai Peninsula Borough, answers Kalifornsky residents’ questions regarding the creation of a new advisory planning commission for the area, on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the Betty J. Glick Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Public safety briefs for Sept. 2, 2019
Public safety briefs for Sept. 2, 2019
Court reports for Sept. 2, 2019
Court reports for Sept. 2, 2019
A map of the Swan Lake Fire as of Sept. 3, 2019. (Courtesy Great Basin Incident Management Team)

Continued rains lead to scaling back of evacuation statuses for Cooper Landing and Sterling

Normal highway operations have resumed without pilot cars

A map of the Swan Lake Fire as of Sept. 3, 2019. (Courtesy Great Basin Incident Management Team)
Local Anchor Point residents view the presentation and chat with Carrie Connaker from Solstice Alaska Consulting, Inc., at the open house for the Anchor River Bridge replacement project on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

Anchor River Bridge replacement is on the horizon

Residents learn about proposed project at open house

Local Anchor Point residents view the presentation and chat with Carrie Connaker from Solstice Alaska Consulting, Inc., at the open house for the Anchor River Bridge replacement project on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occured at a depth of less than a kilometer 100km northwest of Juneau on August 31. (Screenshot from USGS)
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occured at a depth of less than a kilometer 100km northwest of Juneau on August 31. (Screenshot from USGS)