Clarion reporter Victoria Petersen holds Alaska Press Club awards on Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Victoria Petersen)

Clarion takes home press club awards

The awards were given out last Saturday.

Clarion reporter Victoria Petersen holds Alaska Press Club awards on Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Victoria Petersen)
Public safety briefs for April 29, 2019

Public safety briefs for April 29, 2019

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Public safety briefs for April 29, 2019
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Schools briefs for the week of April 29-May 5

What’s happening this week

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Seward to welcome new city manager

Seward to welcome new city manager

Seward City Council approved a three-year contract with Scott Mezaros.

Seward to welcome new city manager
Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, works a calculator as he and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, listen to public testimony on the state budget in the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Friday, April 12, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Capitol priorities

As session heads into final weeks, Sen. Micciche talks budget, crime bills and PFD

Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, works a calculator as he and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, listen to public testimony on the state budget in the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Friday, April 12, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Alaskan Hotel & Bar is featured in the first episode of the new Travel Channel TV show “Portals to Hell.” (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Alaskan Hotel & Bar is featured in the first episode of the new Travel Channel TV show “Portals to Hell.” (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Meet the Clarion: Designer Tim Millings

Meet the Clarion: Designer Tim Millings

“I spend most of my summers waiting for winter to come.”

Meet the Clarion: Designer Tim Millings
The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)

Senate panel puts full dividend in budget draft with caveat

The House’s version of the budget did not include a dividend amount.

  • Apr 27, 2019
  • By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)
Bruce Wall, a planner with the Kenai Peninsula Borough, answers Kalifornsky residents’ questions about the creation of a new advisory planning commission for the area, on Wednesday, at the Betty J. Glick Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Kalifornsky on track for its own advisory planning commission

The commissions help advise the borough on borough-owned lands.

Bruce Wall, a planner with the Kenai Peninsula Borough, answers Kalifornsky residents’ questions about the creation of a new advisory planning commission for the area, on Wednesday, at the Betty J. Glick Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, questions Angela Rodell, Chief Executive Officer of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, during a House State Affairs Committee meeting about House Bill 139 at the Capitol on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, questions Angela Rodell, Chief Executive Officer of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, during a House State Affairs Committee meeting about House Bill 139 at the Capitol on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Kachemak Selo Middle-High School building sits against a backdrop of the ridge separating the village from the Kenai Peninsula Borough road system Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Kachemak Selo. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

K-Selo grants gets two-year extension

The borough has two more years to find around $5 million to fulfill the 35% match required.

The Kachemak Selo Middle-High School building sits against a backdrop of the ridge separating the village from the Kenai Peninsula Borough road system Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Kachemak Selo. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
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Soldotna library receives donation

The donation will be split up for several different uses.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek stands next to BP Teachers of Excellence honorees, Wendy Todd, a teacher at Paul Banks Elementary in Homer, Julie Doepken, a teacher at William H. Seward High School in Seward, Martha Fleming of Seward High School and Jennifer Hornung, a teacher at Nikiski Middle/High School at the BP Teachers of Excellence reception in Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (Photo courtesy of BP Teachers of Excellence.)

Peninsula educators recognized as BP Teachers of Excellence

Thirteen teachers across the state were awarded the teachers of excellence award.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek stands next to BP Teachers of Excellence honorees, Wendy Todd, a teacher at Paul Banks Elementary in Homer, Julie Doepken, a teacher at William H. Seward High School in Seward, Martha Fleming of Seward High School and Jennifer Hornung, a teacher at Nikiski Middle/High School at the BP Teachers of Excellence reception in Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (Photo courtesy of BP Teachers of Excellence.)
The cast of “Newsies” sings during rehearsal on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the Nikiski High School auditorium. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski students ‘Seize the Day’

‘Newsies’ comes to Nikiski High School

The cast of “Newsies” sings during rehearsal on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the Nikiski High School auditorium. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, listens to Finance Division Director David Teal answers questions from the Senate Finance Committee on the state’s budget at the Capitol on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, listens to Finance Division Director David Teal answers questions from the Senate Finance Committee on the state’s budget at the Capitol on Thursday, April 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Katie Schwartz (right) trades lines with Jaron Swanson during rehearsal for “Rosie” Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

‘Rosie’ makes debut at SoHi

The story follows Rosie as she looks for work in the American World War II efforts.

Katie Schwartz (right) trades lines with Jaron Swanson during rehearsal for “Rosie” Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
The covered porch at the end of the Windjammer Suites building at 320 W. Pioneer Ave. is shown in a photograph taken April 23, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. In 2014 the Homer Advisory Planning Commission granted a conditional use permit for the porch to be in a 20-foot setback, a decision citizen activist Frank Griswold attempted to appeal before the Homer Board of Adjustment. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Alaska Supreme Court finds Griswold has standing in zoning case

The City will be incorporating the court’s interpretation in all of Homer’s pending proceedings.

The covered porch at the end of the Windjammer Suites building at 320 W. Pioneer Ave. is shown in a photograph taken April 23, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. In 2014 the Homer Advisory Planning Commission granted a conditional use permit for the porch to be in a 20-foot setback, a decision citizen activist Frank Griswold attempted to appeal before the Homer Board of Adjustment. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Public safety briefs for April 25, 2019
Public safety briefs for April 25, 2019
Court reports for April 25, 2019
Court reports for April 25, 2019
Gov. Mike Dunleavy. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Dunleavy not planning marijuana board repeal this session

The decision was based session time left and Dunleavy’s focus on other legislative priorities.

  • Apr 24, 2019
  • By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
Gov. Mike Dunleavy. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)