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A herd of Dall sheep graze on the side of one of the peaks in the Mystery Hills above the Skyline Trail in September 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Board of Game upholds restriction on sheep spotting by plane

Using an airplane to spot Dall sheep while hunting will stay illegal in the state for now. The Board of Game on Tuesday reaffirmed its… Continue reading

A herd of Dall sheep graze on the side of one of the peaks in the Mystery Hills above the Skyline Trail in September 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Peninsula groups offer help to quit tobacco

In 2016, about 20 percent of Alaska adults identified as smokers, according to Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. On Thursday, local groups, in… Continue reading

Electric vehicles raise more questions than answers

Though electric cars are finding enthusiastic users in Alaska’s Southeast, how they would perform on the Kenai Peninsula is largely a speculative matter. To date,… Continue reading

A goalie from Soldotna High School’s Soldotna Stars hockey team prepares to block a teammate’s shot during a practice on Monday, Nov. 13 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Approaching the goal

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A goalie from Soldotna High School’s Soldotna Stars hockey team prepares to block a teammate’s shot during a practice on Monday, Nov. 13 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
Trial for Kasilof woman charged with manslaughter pushed back

Trial for Kasilof woman charged with manslaughter pushed back

The trial for a woman charged with manslaughter after a car accident that left a Sterling teenager dead has been pushed back to next year.… Continue reading

Trial for Kasilof woman charged with manslaughter pushed back

Pond plan along the Kenai River draws concern

A Kenai landowner’s plan to excavate two ponds on his property near the Kenai River has some residents concerned about flooding and the impact on… Continue reading

House keeps session alive after Senate calls it quits

JUNEAU — The Alaska House isn’t giving up on the special legislative session, even though the Senate has called it quits. The House majority coalition… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer

Control board to clarify ‘fun’ events at Alaska distilleries

FAIRBANKS (AP) — The Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office will be meeting to clarify whether breweries and distilleries are allowed to host extracurricular activities.… Continue reading

  • Nov 13, 2017

Soldotna receives matching grant for erosion prevention

Soldotna will install three sets of stairs at Swiftwater Park after receiving a grant from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for erosion prevention… Continue reading

  • Nov 12, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN

HEA holds first energy technology workshops

Conversations at Homer Electric Association (HEA)’s first Energy Technology Workshop on Thursday at Kenai Peninsula College ranged from very practical — increasing home energy efficiency… Continue reading

Teachers and students at Nikiski North Star Elementary in Nikiski, Alaska filled the library on Thursday, Nov. 9 morning at the first Stories with Style, a weekly event that transforms the library into a hair salon. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Stories with style

Ribbons, combs and hair gel lined the counter of Nikiski North Star’s library on Thursday while a group of volunteers waited for their first clients… Continue reading

Teachers and students at Nikiski North Star Elementary in Nikiski, Alaska filled the library on Thursday, Nov. 9 morning at the first Stories with Style, a weekly event that transforms the library into a hair salon. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
In this Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 photo, Martin Buser unfastens theater seats in the theater at the Alaska Fine Arts Academy in Eagle River, Alaska. The seats were being removed as the theater vacated the space, which had been its home for 11 years. A board member said the arts academy is in the process of looking for a new permanent home. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)

Alaska Fine Arts Academy in search of a new home

EAGLE RIVER — Theater seats at the Alaska Fine Arts Academy will get a new home while the Eagle River nonprofit looks for one of… Continue reading

In this Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 photo, Martin Buser unfastens theater seats in the theater at the Alaska Fine Arts Academy in Eagle River, Alaska. The seats were being removed as the theater vacated the space, which had been its home for 11 years. A board member said the arts academy is in the process of looking for a new permanent home. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)
Herb Stettler reads the poem “In Flanders Fields” as wreaths are laid during a Veterans Day ceremony Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Dan Balmer/For the Clarion)

‘Today we put veterans first’

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, about 150 people gathered at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Saturday to pay… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2017
  • By DAN BALMER
Herb Stettler reads the poem “In Flanders Fields” as wreaths are laid during a Veterans Day ceremony Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Dan Balmer/For the Clarion)
Travis Burnett (right) takes a shot with a dart at The Place Bar and Motel on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 near Nikiski, Alaska. Burnett is part of a team that shoots darts at various bars around the central Kenai Peninsula, with his team headquartered at the Main Street Tap and Grill in Kenai. They rotate around other bars on an every-other-week basis. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

New owners take over at Nikiski’s The Place Bar

Bears peek out from various corners of the inside of the bar at The Place Bar and Motel — a wooden one from near a… Continue reading

Travis Burnett (right) takes a shot with a dart at The Place Bar and Motel on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 near Nikiski, Alaska. Burnett is part of a team that shoots darts at various bars around the central Kenai Peninsula, with his team headquartered at the Main Street Tap and Grill in Kenai. They rotate around other bars on an every-other-week basis. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Frances Leach, pictured here in this undated photo, has been named the new executive director of the United Fishermen of Alaska, effective Jan. 5, 2018. (Photo courtesy the United Fishermen of Alaska)

UFA names new executive director

The biggest commercial fishing organization in the state will have a new executive director in January. The United Fishermen of Alaska, a statewide umbrella trade… Continue reading

Frances Leach, pictured here in this undated photo, has been named the new executive director of the United Fishermen of Alaska, effective Jan. 5, 2018. (Photo courtesy the United Fishermen of Alaska)

Senate adjourns session after passing crime bill

JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate set aside constitutional concerns and approved a crime bill Friday, but it sidestepped taxes when ending the special legislative session.… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
First lady Melania Trump listens as children tell her about 3D printing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Trump visited with children taking part in programs for the children of military members at the base in Anchorage, Alaska, before flying back to Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Melania Trump visits military families

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Melania Trump might have been a fashion model at one time in her life, but she had no qualms ripping off… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2017
  • By Mark Thiessen
First lady Melania Trump listens as children tell her about 3D printing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Trump visited with children taking part in programs for the children of military members at the base in Anchorage, Alaska, before flying back to Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
This aerial photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a herd of caribou on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says her legislation to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling would generate $2 billion in royalties over the next decade _ with half the money going to her home state. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

Murkowski sees financial boon in refuge drilling

WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says her legislation to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling would generate $2 billion… Continue reading

  • Nov 11, 2017
  • By MATTHEW DALY
This aerial photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a herd of caribou on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says her legislation to open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling would generate $2 billion in royalties over the next decade _ with half the money going to her home state. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

KESA medic treated 19 patients after Las Vegas mass shooting

A Homer-area first responder deployed by the American Red Cross to help in the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass shooting found that the best… Continue reading

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary School 2nd grade teacher Kelly Brewer helps student Levi Kirby into his judge’s robes before the class begins its mock trial of “Arthur T. Grinch” based on the Dr. Seuss classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The class has been studying civics and learning about the court process and put on a mock sentencing hearing, complete with witnesses and a jury composed of students’ parents and K-Beach Elementary Principal Nate Crabtree. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Photo: The youth court of Whoville

Right: Kelly Brewer’s second grade class at Kalifornsky Beach Elementary School took over the courtroom for the morning to put on a mock sentencing hearing… Continue reading

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary School 2nd grade teacher Kelly Brewer helps student Levi Kirby into his judge’s robes before the class begins its mock trial of “Arthur T. Grinch” based on the Dr. Seuss classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The class has been studying civics and learning about the court process and put on a mock sentencing hearing, complete with witnesses and a jury composed of students’ parents and K-Beach Elementary Principal Nate Crabtree. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)