Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, arrives for the senate’s floor session on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, arrives for the senate’s floor session on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Emergency repairs prompt overnight power outage

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Court reports for June 2, 2019

Court reports for June 2, 2019

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Court reports for June 2, 2019
Public safety briefs for June 2, 2019

Public safety briefs for June 2, 2019

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Public safety briefs for June 2, 2019
Construction crews excavate along the side of the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Long road ahead

Summer road construction on schedule, but just beginning

Construction crews excavate along the side of the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Pete Kineen, a neighbor of the proposed Beachcomber LLC gravel pit, stands on his deck and points to where the pit could be, on May 2, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Gravel pit controversy continues in Anchor Point

‘I didn’t move down from Anchorage just to look at a gravel pit.’

Pete Kineen, a neighbor of the proposed Beachcomber LLC gravel pit, stands on his deck and points to where the pit could be, on May 2, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
From left, Alaska Sens. Bert Stedman, Mia Costello, Lyman Hoffman and Peter Micciche speak during a break on the Senate floor on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. The Senate on Tuesday failed to pass a bill that would have paid a full dividend from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund, the Alaska Permanent Fund, this year. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska Senate votes down full PFD

At least 11 votes were needed for the bill to pass.

  • Jun 4, 2019
  • By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
From left, Alaska Sens. Bert Stedman, Mia Costello, Lyman Hoffman and Peter Micciche speak during a break on the Senate floor on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. The Senate on Tuesday failed to pass a bill that would have paid a full dividend from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund, the Alaska Permanent Fund, this year. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
Concertgoers listen during one of the weekly concerts in the park, put on as part of the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series in Soldotna, Alaska, in the summer of 2017. (Photo courtesy Andrew Heuiser/Soldotna Chamber of Commerce)

Weekly concerts in Soldotna start tonight

Seward band Blackwater Railroad Company will headline the 1st event

Concertgoers listen during one of the weekly concerts in the park, put on as part of the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series in Soldotna, Alaska, in the summer of 2017. (Photo courtesy Andrew Heuiser/Soldotna Chamber of Commerce)
Vaughn Johnson performs a pogo maneuver outside his home in Nikiski, Alaska on May 29, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Up in the air

Nikiski skateboarder enters the world stage

Vaughn Johnson performs a pogo maneuver outside his home in Nikiski, Alaska on May 29, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, presents SB 1002, a bill to provide a Permanent Fund Dividend of $1,600, to the Senate Rules Committee at the Capitol on Monday, June 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, presents SB 1002, a bill to provide a Permanent Fund Dividend of $1,600, to the Senate Rules Committee at the Capitol on Monday, June 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Hold music changes leave artists waiting by the telephone

Musicians surprised their tracks were cut.

(Unsplash | Pawel Czerwinski)
Participants at the 2019 Relay for Life of the Kenai Peninsula line up at Soldotna Creek Park on June 1, 2019 to start the survivor’s walk, which is designated for cancer survivors and their caretakers. All those wearing purple shirts are cancer survivors, including Joseph Yourkoski, far left, a 17 year old at Nikiski High School. Eighteen teams raised over $25,000 at this year’s event, which featured live entertainment, face painting and a pancake eating contest. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

The start of a new ‘Life’

Survivors kick off Relay for Life

Participants at the 2019 Relay for Life of the Kenai Peninsula line up at Soldotna Creek Park on June 1, 2019 to start the survivor’s walk, which is designated for cancer survivors and their caretakers. All those wearing purple shirts are cancer survivors, including Joseph Yourkoski, far left, a 17 year old at Nikiski High School. Eighteen teams raised over $25,000 at this year’s event, which featured live entertainment, face painting and a pancake eating contest. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Matthew Martinelli, a volunteer at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Spring Festival and Fundraiser, helps cook brats and hot dogs for the event’s free picnic, Friday, May 31, 2019, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

It’s a picnic

Food bank gives back to community

Matthew Martinelli, a volunteer at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Spring Festival and Fundraiser, helps cook brats and hot dogs for the event’s free picnic, Friday, May 31, 2019, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Giving trash a second life

Giving trash a second life

Salvage Art to return to Kenai River Festival

Giving trash a second life
Environmental education intern David Fink answers questions from the hikers during a guided hike on Centennial Trail in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on June 1, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Hitting the trails

What to do at the refuge this summer

Environmental education intern David Fink answers questions from the hikers during a guided hike on Centennial Trail in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on June 1, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Public to weigh in on bed tax

Public to weigh in on bed tax

The 12% bed tax would affect temporary lodging, which includes motels, hotels and B&Bs

Public to weigh in on bed tax
A spruce grouse, colloquially known as a “road chicken,” eyes the camera while perched along the Resurrection Pass Trail in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on April 29, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Bird-watchers flock to the peninsula

Among the 56 species identified were peninsula regulars like cackling geese and sandhill cranes

A spruce grouse, colloquially known as a “road chicken,” eyes the camera while perched along the Resurrection Pass Trail in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on April 29, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Raven with dart in head euthanized

Raven with dart in head euthanized

Chances are low of finding the person who shot the dart.

Raven with dart in head euthanized
The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Assembly considers repealing voter ratification on sales tax cap increase

Any increase in the maximum sales tax may not take effect until ratified by voters during borough elections.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
University officials to consider having one University of Alaska, not three
University officials to consider having one University of Alaska, not three