Western sandpipers, dunlins and maybe a few least sandpipers feed in Mud Bay on Tuesday night. A pulse of about 8,000 sandpipers flew in Tuesday.

Big pulse of shorebird hints at festival to come

A dramatic pulse of about 20,000 shorebirds that dazzled local birders on Sunday night gave a preview of what can be expected with the 26th… Continue reading

Western sandpipers, dunlins and maybe a few least sandpipers feed in Mud Bay on Tuesday night. A pulse of about 8,000 sandpipers flew in Tuesday.
An elementary school student accepts a rainbow trout from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Thursday during the 18th Annual Kenai Peninsula Salmon Celebration at Johnson Lake State Recreation Site in Kasilof. Approximately 950 borough students released 5,000 fish into Johnson Lake as part of the restocking effort. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Kids release rainbow trout at annual fish celebration

Students released rainbow trout into Johnson Lake during the 18th Annual Kenai Peninsula Salmon Celebration in Kasilof. Approximately 950 borough students released 5,000 fish into… Continue reading

An elementary school student accepts a rainbow trout from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Thursday during the 18th Annual Kenai Peninsula Salmon Celebration at Johnson Lake State Recreation Site in Kasilof. Approximately 950 borough students released 5,000 fish into Johnson Lake as part of the restocking effort. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski man to serve four years for illegally owning firearms

A former Nikiski man who posed as a state trooper last year will serve nearly four years in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms as… Continue reading

This July 1, 2017 photo shows the current end of the Kenai Spur Highway near Captain Cook State Recreation Area north of Nikiski, and the informal ATV trail that continues to the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Grey Cliffs and Moose Point subdivisions. On Thursday the Federal Highway Administration found that the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s plan for an 8 mile gravel extention of the road wouldn’t significantly impact the surrounding wetland environment, finishing the project’s envirnomental permiting. (Photo courtesy of the Federal Highway Administration).

North road extension environmental permitting finished

The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s plan to extend the Kenai Spur Highway north of Nikiski received its last piece of environmental permitting when Federal Highway Administration… Continue reading

This July 1, 2017 photo shows the current end of the Kenai Spur Highway near Captain Cook State Recreation Area north of Nikiski, and the informal ATV trail that continues to the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Grey Cliffs and Moose Point subdivisions. On Thursday the Federal Highway Administration found that the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s plan for an 8 mile gravel extention of the road wouldn’t significantly impact the surrounding wetland environment, finishing the project’s envirnomental permiting. (Photo courtesy of the Federal Highway Administration).

Hilcorp sole bidder for Cook Inlet hydrocarbon leases

Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas extractor, Houston, Texas-based Hilcorp, will be leasing an additional 16,636 acres of state subsurface mineral rights after it was… Continue reading

In this April 7 photo provided by John Christensen Jr., a Pacific walrus rests on a beach a few miles outside Port Heiden(John Christensen Jr./via AP)

Walrus surprise residents in remote Alaska village

ANCHORAGE — Residents of a village of 110 on the Alaska Peninsula see the occasional walrus in Bering Sea waters, but when 200 packed a… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2018
  • By Dan Joling
In this April 7 photo provided by John Christensen Jr., a Pacific walrus rests on a beach a few miles outside Port Heiden(John Christensen Jr./via AP)
Bartender Kristin Dunn pours a beer in the taproom of Kenai River Brewing Company in Soldotna Wednesday. An amendment to legislation overhauling state alcohol regulations would reduce the amount of alcohol that can be legally served at breweries and distilleries by 12 ounces. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Sponsor to pull alcohol bill if brewery serving size cuts stay

The sponsor of a bill revising state alcohol laws will quash the legislation if a recently introduced amendment lowering the amount of alcohol breweries and… Continue reading

Bartender Kristin Dunn pours a beer in the taproom of Kenai River Brewing Company in Soldotna Wednesday. An amendment to legislation overhauling state alcohol regulations would reduce the amount of alcohol that can be legally served at breweries and distilleries by 12 ounces. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
Sites selected for program aimed at expanding drone flights

Sites selected for program aimed at expanding drone flights

BISMARCK, N.D. — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao on Wednesday announced 10 sites for a test program aimed at increasing the use of unmanned… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2018
  • By JAMES MacPHERSON
Sites selected for program aimed at expanding drone flights
In this March 1, 2016, file photo, a Republican voter circles his choice for a Republican presidential candidate in Fairbanks, Alaska. Alaska officials say a hacker gained access to a server that hosts the state elections website on the morning of the 2016 general election but did not manipulate any information. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP, file)

Officials: Hacker accessed Alaska elections server in 2016

JUNEAU — Alaska officials said Wednesday a hacker gained access to a server that hosts the state elections website on the morning of the 2016… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2018
  • By Becky Bohrer
In this March 1, 2016, file photo, a Republican voter circles his choice for a Republican presidential candidate in Fairbanks, Alaska. Alaska officials say a hacker gained access to a server that hosts the state elections website on the morning of the 2016 general election but did not manipulate any information. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP, file)

Borough and municipalities contest revenue changes

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct Soldotna's yearly sales tax revenue.  City managers from around the Kenai Peninsula said Kenai Peninsula Borough… Continue reading

Snapper, long-time SeaLife Center resident, passes away

Snapper, long-time SeaLife Center resident, passes away

He was a painter and father, who dedicated his life to aquatic research and provided valuable opportunities for scientists and visitors to better understand marine… Continue reading

Snapper, long-time SeaLife Center resident, passes away
Man accused of wielding axe at woman

Man accused of wielding axe at woman

A Wasilla man currently residing in Kasilof was arrested over the weekend for wielding an axe at a woman. Ross S. Knapp Jr., 31, faces… Continue reading

Man accused of wielding axe at woman
Man charged with stealing library laptop

Man charged with stealing library laptop

A man in jail for parole violations was charged Saturday with stealing a laptop from the Kenai library in April. Brandon E. Douglass, 35, faces… Continue reading

Man charged with stealing library laptop
Glenn Beckmann of Rainproof Roofing inspects a weathered and tilting cross atop Kenai’sHoly Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church before removing it on Friday, May 4, 2018. Dorothy Gray , a Holy Assumption member and treasurer of the preservation nonprofit Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska, said the church is now looking for local craftspeople interested in making replacements for the three old crosses. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Orthodox church to get new crosses

One of the triple-armed Russian Orthodox crosses atop Kenai’s Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church was taken down by a boom-lift crew… Continue reading

Glenn Beckmann of Rainproof Roofing inspects a weathered and tilting cross atop Kenai’sHoly Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church before removing it on Friday, May 4, 2018. Dorothy Gray , a Holy Assumption member and treasurer of the preservation nonprofit Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska, said the church is now looking for local craftspeople interested in making replacements for the three old crosses. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Bill would hike fees for city, borough cars

Part of a bill introduced late in the legislative session would hike the price that municipalities pay for their license plates. The bill, HB 409,… Continue reading

HEA takes a look at electric vehicles

Of the attendees who drove from the central Kenai Peninsula to Homer for Homer Electric Association’s annual member meeting on Thursday, at least two made… Continue reading

Chanelle Frances Usvat accepts her diploma from Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna, Alaska, on Sunday, May 6. Usvat, who graduated summa cum laude, plans to attend the University of Alaska Anchorage in the fall and hopes to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Three students graduate Cook Inlet Academy

Three students from Cook Inlet Academy stepped across a commencement stage Sunday to accept their high school diplomas and begin their next journeys in life.… Continue reading

Chanelle Frances Usvat accepts her diploma from Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna, Alaska, on Sunday, May 6. Usvat, who graduated summa cum laude, plans to attend the University of Alaska Anchorage in the fall and hopes to become a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
This Sunday, May 6, 2018, image from a research camera mounted in the observation tower at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, shows the summit of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. The camera is looking south southeast towards the active vent in Halema&

Hawaii volcano destroys 26 homes, spews lava 200 feet in air

PAHOA, Hawaii — The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano jumped to 26 Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet… Continue reading

  • May 6, 2018
  • By SOPHIA YAN
This Sunday, May 6, 2018, image from a research camera mounted in the observation tower at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, shows the summit of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. The camera is looking south southeast towards the active vent in Halema&

Walker to enter Democratic primary in election bid

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Alaska’s governor and lieutenant governor are planning to run for re-election by entering into the Democratic primary in August. Gov. Bill Walker… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2018

Murkowski weighs in on Mueller’s Russia probe

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said this week that the Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller III should be allowed to… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2018