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Crime Stoppers launch app, seek more community involvement

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that Peninsula Crime Stoppers is 35 years old. Though it has celebrated its 35th birthday, the… Continue reading

Owner Jeanie Carter of the Curiosity Shop poses among her merchandise on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Like many small business owners in Kenai and Soldotna, Carter said the Thanksgiving weekend drew a lot of customers to her store, which offers gifts with local history that aren’t available in larger chain stores. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Gift-seekers visit local businesses on Thanksgiving weekend

A very chilly Black Friday found crowds peering into handmade pottery mugs, flipping through racks of hand-sewn scarves and jackets and chatting with artists at… Continue reading

Owner Jeanie Carter of the Curiosity Shop poses among her merchandise on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Like many small business owners in Kenai and Soldotna, Carter said the Thanksgiving weekend drew a lot of customers to her store, which offers gifts with local history that aren’t available in larger chain stores. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Assembly approves sale of land in Seward floodplain

After a prolonged debate and opposition from the borough administration and the Planning Commission, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved the sale of a small… Continue reading

Mist rises over the broken ice on the bank of the Kenai River just downstream of the Warren Ames Bridge on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai River downstream of the bridge was completely frozen Sunday morning. The weekend brought deep freezing temperatures to the central Kenai Peninsula, plunging to -4 degrees Fahrenheit Sunday morning with a high of 17 degrees during the day. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures to increase tomorrow and continue in the upper 20s and low 30s through the week, with increased chances of snow through Thursday. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Icy sunrise

Mist rises over the broken ice on the bank of the Kenai River just downstream of the Warren Ames Bridge on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017… Continue reading

Mist rises over the broken ice on the bank of the Kenai River just downstream of the Warren Ames Bridge on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai River downstream of the bridge was completely frozen Sunday morning. The weekend brought deep freezing temperatures to the central Kenai Peninsula, plunging to -4 degrees Fahrenheit Sunday morning with a high of 17 degrees during the day. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures to increase tomorrow and continue in the upper 20s and low 30s through the week, with increased chances of snow through Thursday. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Juneau’s rape kit backlog is ‘one of the worst’ nationwide

Juneau’s rape kit backlog is ‘one of the worst’ nationwide

Since April, Vanessa Nason has been trying to track rape. More specifically, the researcher and journalist with the news site MuckRock has been trying to… Continue reading

Juneau’s rape kit backlog is ‘one of the worst’ nationwide

Report says 6 percent of patients account for $148M in ER spending

About 6,600 people in the state accounted for $148 million in hospital emergency department spending in 2016, or about 6 percent of total patients that… Continue reading

Soup-er holiday

Soup-er holiday

Matt Conner takes his pick of soups at the Sterling Elementary School’s annual family day on Wednesday, before the start of the Thanksgiving holiday. The… Continue reading

  • Nov 26, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN
Soup-er holiday

Local author shares empathy and family history

At Friday’s annual post-Thanksgiving gifts bazaar, Mary Haakenson Perry sat among the local merchants and craftspeople in Kenai’s Challenger Learning Center. Her table held copies… Continue reading

Mental Health Trust to continue exploration at Icy Cape

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is preparing for another season of exploration for heavy minerals on its land northwest of Yakutat. It… Continue reading

  • Nov 25, 2017
  • By The Associated Press
In this Nov. 13, 2017, photo, Cliff Cook stands next to his pick-up truck in downtown Eagle River, Alaska. Cook, who started the Eagle River Community Patrol in early November, 2017, said the patrol is needed due to a recent increase in crime in the area. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)

Eagle River man starts community patrol

EAGLE RIVER — On his own time and his own dime, an Eagle River man has recently started driving around town as part of a… Continue reading

In this Nov. 13, 2017, photo, Cliff Cook stands next to his pick-up truck in downtown Eagle River, Alaska. Cook, who started the Eagle River Community Patrol in early November, 2017, said the patrol is needed due to a recent increase in crime in the area. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)
Carly Reimer pins a bib on her son Gus Reimer, 4, for the 1-mile run at the Turkey Trot run held at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Runners work up an appetite at Turkey Trot fundraiser

One piece of pumpkin pie has about 350 calories in it. The runners at the revived Soldotna Turkey Trot race earned at least that on… Continue reading

Carly Reimer pins a bib on her son Gus Reimer, 4, for the 1-mile run at the Turkey Trot run held at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Kitchen manager Beau Jamison of the Duck Inn slices the breast meat of one of the twelve turkeys he prepared for the restuarant’s Thanksgiving dinner at the Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 near Soldotna, Alaska. This Thanksgiving — the twelfth for which that Jamison has prepared the Duck Inn’s traditional meal, closes a year of hardship for Jamison — in August he recieved a clean diagnosis after struggling with lymphoma since October 2016, and it’s his first year as a single father after his wife’s death. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

After cancer, wife’s death, Duck Inn kitchen manager keeps serving Thanksgiving

As the Duck Inn restaurant served its 11th annual all-you-can-eat Thanksgiving dinner Thursday, owner Lela Rosin said she’s thankful for one specific thing: the Duck’s… Continue reading

Kitchen manager Beau Jamison of the Duck Inn slices the breast meat of one of the twelve turkeys he prepared for the restuarant’s Thanksgiving dinner at the Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 near Soldotna, Alaska. This Thanksgiving — the twelfth for which that Jamison has prepared the Duck Inn’s traditional meal, closes a year of hardship for Jamison — in August he recieved a clean diagnosis after struggling with lymphoma since October 2016, and it’s his first year as a single father after his wife’s death. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital

Accident in Turnagain Pass sends 4 to hospital

A car accident in Turnagain Pass on Wednesday sent four people to the hospital in Anchorage with serious injuries. Alaska State Troopers and first responders… Continue reading

Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital
In this November 2016 file photo, a peak in the Chugach Mountains looms above a spruce forest near Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Public lands open for Christmas tree cutting

With Thanksgiving over and the floodgates officially open for Christmas décor, many people will be looking for that perfect spruce tree for their living rooms.… Continue reading

In this November 2016 file photo, a peak in the Chugach Mountains looms above a spruce forest near Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
This March 29, 2017 photo shows Central Peninsula Hospital’s River Tower, which houses specialty medical services, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

CPH moves forward with expansion project

Central Peninsula Hospital is moving forward with the plans for an expansion of its obstetrics wing and the construction of a new catheterization lab. The… Continue reading

This March 29, 2017 photo shows Central Peninsula Hospital’s River Tower, which houses specialty medical services, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
Volunteers pack up the Homer Senior Citizens Center’s new Subaru outback with meals to be delivered through its Meals on Wheels program Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 at the center in Homer, Alaska. The center got the vehicle through a grant specifically to help with meal deliveries. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Homer’s Meals on Wheels program gets new Subaru after winning grant

Those who are signed up to get daily deliveries from the Homer Senior Citizens Center’s Meals on Wheels program may start seeing their food brought… Continue reading

Volunteers pack up the Homer Senior Citizens Center’s new Subaru outback with meals to be delivered through its Meals on Wheels program Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 at the center in Homer, Alaska. The center got the vehicle through a grant specifically to help with meal deliveries. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
“I’m most grateful for my family, friends and probably growing up in Alaska is one of the things that I’m most grateful for. I think about how people grow up in cities and don’t get to experience what we experience.” Emily Glaves, Soldotna, 20

Giving thanks

Clarion staff ask what Kenai Peninsula residents are thankful for.… Continue reading

  • Nov 22, 2017
  • By Peninsula Clarion staff
“I’m most grateful for my family, friends and probably growing up in Alaska is one of the things that I’m most grateful for. I think about how people grow up in cities and don’t get to experience what we experience.” Emily Glaves, Soldotna, 20

Trees caused HEA outages in Sterling

Birch trees laden with snow and ice will — as poet Robert Frost memorialized in his piece “Birches” — often “bend to left and right/across… Continue reading

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file

Legislators launch secret internal investigation

The Alaska Legislature’s internal Legislative Council is opening an internal investigation, but after a six-hour closed-door meeting, lawmakers on Tuesday refused to reveal the subject… Continue reading

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file

Bed tax decision delayed until March

The proposed bed tax before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly won’t go anywhere until at least March. The assembly approved an amendment at its Tuesday… Continue reading