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A still from the short film “Seriously North,” which will be playing at Saturday’s International Fly Fishing Festival in Kenai. (Photo Courtesy of Bird Marketing Group)

Fly fishing film festival this Saturday

The Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited Chapter will be hosting the International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) this Saturday at the Kenai Visitor’s Center. The annual… Continue reading

  • Apr 18, 2018
  • By KAT SORENSEN
A still from the short film “Seriously North,” which will be playing at Saturday’s International Fly Fishing Festival in Kenai. (Photo Courtesy of Bird Marketing Group)

Tackling spring cleaning

On the Kenai Peninsula, spring cleaning creeps from the living room to the garage to the tackle box. With warmer weather, it’s time to start… Continue reading

  • Apr 18, 2018
  • By KAT SORENSEN

Borough passes tax exemption code, targeting Nutrien plant

The borough administration and assembly are dangling a tax exemption carrot in front of fertilizer company Nutrien as an incentive to reopen the shuttered Nikiski… Continue reading

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows John Krasinski, left, and Noah Jupe in a scene from “A Quiet Place.” (Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures via AP)

Reeling it in: ‘A Quiet Place’ will make you scream

“A Quiet Place” Paramount Pictures 1 hour, 30 minutes This week on the radio show I co-host where we talk all about the movies, the… Continue reading

  • Apr 18, 2018
  • By Chris Jenness
This image released by Paramount Pictures shows John Krasinski, left, and Noah Jupe in a scene from “A Quiet Place.” (Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures via AP)

Two men accused of Wildwood drug smuggling

Two detention center inmates are facing drugs charges after security guards reported finding heroin under a cell mattress. Willam S. Kindt, 45, and Donald J.… Continue reading

  • Apr 18, 2018

Safety, PFD high on Republican governor candidates’ talking points

Crime, the Permanent Fund Dividend and state budget solutions are three of the top line items in the contested Republican primary race for the governor’s… Continue reading

Icefield hikers rescued

State Troopers rescued two stranded Soldotna hikers on the Skilak River Delta Monday. Donald Joachim, 41, and Benjamin Nabinger, 34, hiked across the Harding Icefield… Continue reading

Stolen Anchorage truck tracked to Kenai

An Anchorage man and his uncle were arrested Monday after troopers tracked a vehicle reported stolen in Anchorage to a Kenai address. After receiving descriptions… Continue reading

Diabetes prevention program to launch on peninsula

A state-led health program to prevent diabetes in rural areas will launch a pilot program on the Kenai Peninsula this summer. The PrevenT2 program targets… Continue reading

Anya Hondel of Soldotna took top prize at last year’s Caring for the Kenai competition with her project, a puppet named Captain Conservation. Hondel will be a judge on this year’s panel. (Photo courtesy Caring for the Kenai)

Caring for the Kenai takes stage Thursday

Twelve high school students from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will take the stage Thursday night during the annual Caring for the Kenai… Continue reading

Anya Hondel of Soldotna took top prize at last year’s Caring for the Kenai competition with her project, a puppet named Captain Conservation. Hondel will be a judge on this year’s panel. (Photo courtesy Caring for the Kenai)
In this Nov. 10, 2015 file photo, John Oliver performs at the 9th Annual Stand Up For Heroes event in New York. John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is trying to give one of the last Blockbuster Video locations in the world in Alaska a little help in drawing customers instead of streaming movies online. Oliver offered Sunday, April 15, 2018, to send the store the jockstrap that Russell Crowe wore in “Cinderella Man” and other movie clothing obtained by the show at a celebrity auction. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)

Soldotna too small for big Blockbuster promise

John Oliver made a promise to Anchorage’s last Blockbuster Video, but despite the fervor of the Soldotna community, all of Russell Crowe’s memorabilia will stay… Continue reading

In this Nov. 10, 2015 file photo, John Oliver performs at the 9th Annual Stand Up For Heroes event in New York. John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is trying to give one of the last Blockbuster Video locations in the world in Alaska a little help in drawing customers instead of streaming movies online. Oliver offered Sunday, April 15, 2018, to send the store the jockstrap that Russell Crowe wore in “Cinderella Man” and other movie clothing obtained by the show at a celebrity auction. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Snow-covered mountains provide a backdrop for Cooper Landing in this April 11 photo. The Sterling Highway, the main corridor to and from the Kenai Peninsula, winds through the little community of Cooper Landing, often bringing dense traffic and car accidents with it, particularly in the summer. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Resolution would ask DOT to lower Cooper Landing speed limit

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly may ask the state to drop the speed limit on part of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing. The assembly… Continue reading

Snow-covered mountains provide a backdrop for Cooper Landing in this April 11 photo. The Sterling Highway, the main corridor to and from the Kenai Peninsula, winds through the little community of Cooper Landing, often bringing dense traffic and car accidents with it, particularly in the summer. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Man accused of stalking cop, threatening to kill law enforcement

Man accused of stalking cop, threatening to kill law enforcement

A man who reportedly followed an unmarked police vehicle through Kenai streets, confronted officers with a handgun and told police he wanted to “kill law… Continue reading

Man accused of stalking cop, threatening to kill law enforcement
Judge delays ruling on car wreck plea agreement

Judge delays ruling on car wreck plea agreement

A Kenai judge has delayed ruling on a plea deal that would have given a two-year suspended sentence to the driver involved in a 2016… Continue reading

Judge delays ruling on car wreck plea agreement
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) speaks to constituents after addressing the members of three Kenai- and Soldotna-area Rotary Club chapters at Froso’s Restaurant on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Sullivan, entering his third year as U.S. Senator for the state, said he found reasons to be optimistic about federal actions regarding the state in 2018. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Senators look back on productive year

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that the land exchange between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Cook Inlet Region, Inc.… Continue reading

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) speaks to constituents after addressing the members of three Kenai- and Soldotna-area Rotary Club chapters at Froso’s Restaurant on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Sullivan, entering his third year as U.S. Senator for the state, said he found reasons to be optimistic about federal actions regarding the state in 2018. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Jen Showalter of Kenai navigates her fatbike through a deep icy puddle on the Wolverine Trail during the 2018 Choose Your Weapon race at Tsalteshi Trails on Sunday, April 15, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Racers completed two 5-kilometer laps around the lower trails by running, biking or skiing, with the option of switching between laps for extra points. Most of the trails had some snow with patches of wet mud sprinkled throughout as spring temperatures begin to dominate the central Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Choose Your Weapon returns to Tsalteshi Trails

On Earth Day, April 20, 2013, Mike Crawford had a vision. Sunday, almost a full five years later, that vision finally became reality. The vision… Continue reading

Jen Showalter of Kenai navigates her fatbike through a deep icy puddle on the Wolverine Trail during the 2018 Choose Your Weapon race at Tsalteshi Trails on Sunday, April 15, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Racers completed two 5-kilometer laps around the lower trails by running, biking or skiing, with the option of switching between laps for extra points. Most of the trails had some snow with patches of wet mud sprinkled throughout as spring temperatures begin to dominate the central Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

A Soldotna man is facing multiple charges of criminal mischief and a charge of driving drunk after damaging athletic fields at two schools on Sunday.… Continue reading

Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

House struggles could risk Permanent Fund Corp. in long term

As the Alaska Legislature careens toward the end of its 2018 regular session, the head of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation is urging lawmakers to… Continue reading

Peninsula sheds 234 jobs from 2017–2018

The Kenai Peninsula lost about 234 jobs in the third quarter of the fiscal year compared to the year before it. Between January 2017 and… Continue reading

This Friday, March 9, 2018 photo shows the space beneath Nikiski resident Kimbra Mensch’s home, which is currently being torn down, in Nikiski, Alaska. The contractor Mensch hired to build her home left her with 48 building violations, resulting in an unsafe building she is having to pay to have torn down and start over. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Homeowners can be left holding the bag if they hire unlicensed contractors

A thin layer of snow shifted across the bare plywood floor of the unfinished house when construction contractor Ward Adams lifted one of the panels… Continue reading

This Friday, March 9, 2018 photo shows the space beneath Nikiski resident Kimbra Mensch’s home, which is currently being torn down, in Nikiski, Alaska. The contractor Mensch hired to build her home left her with 48 building violations, resulting in an unsafe building she is having to pay to have torn down and start over. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)