Familiar face to take Kenai Senior Center reins

Regular visitors going to the Kenai Senior Center for lunch, games, Thursday evening bluegrass jam sessions, and other activities will be seeing a new face… Continue reading

East side setnets, drifters closed again Thursday

Commercial fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet’s central district will stay on the beaches again Thursday to allow more sockeye to enter the Kenai River. The… Continue reading

Tayla Cole plays with a program called “Banana Piano,” running on a Raspberry Pi computer, as Taylor Crista (right) and Amy Sevast look on during a Raspberry Pi demonstration on Monday, July 24, 2017 at the Kenai Public Library in Kenai, Alaska. The program uses the fruit’s electrical conductivity, and the conductivity of human skin, to make bannas — wired through an input device called Makey Makey — produce digital tones when touched. Kenai Library intern Kianna Steadman used the Bannana Piano and other inventions to introduce the Kenai Library’s twelve Raspberry Pi computers, which will be the subject of three workshops at the library next week, and a club that will meet weekly thereafter. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai library starts do-it-yourself computer club

In the world of consumer electronics, the Raspberry Pi is meant to be a project more than a product: a computer consisting of single programmable… Continue reading

Tayla Cole plays with a program called “Banana Piano,” running on a Raspberry Pi computer, as Taylor Crista (right) and Amy Sevast look on during a Raspberry Pi demonstration on Monday, July 24, 2017 at the Kenai Public Library in Kenai, Alaska. The program uses the fruit’s electrical conductivity, and the conductivity of human skin, to make bannas — wired through an input device called Makey Makey — produce digital tones when touched. Kenai Library intern Kianna Steadman used the Bannana Piano and other inventions to introduce the Kenai Library’s twelve Raspberry Pi computers, which will be the subject of three workshops at the library next week, and a club that will meet weekly thereafter. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

AirBNB hosted over 15,000 on peninsula last year

When the river is crowded, Fred Meyer is packed and traffic is backed up, it’s a sure sign that tourist season on the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

US Senate looks to renew ‘Frankenfish’ import ban

With support from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Congress is preparing to renew a ban on the importation of genetically engineered salmon. On Friday, the U.S. Senate… Continue reading

In this July 2016 photo, anglers cast their lines into the Kenai River from the bank above the Sterling Highway Bridge in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Sportfishing licenses jump in 2016

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game sold nearly 50,000 more sportfishing licenses and stamps and hunting licenses in 2016 than it did in 2015,… Continue reading

In this July 2016 photo, anglers cast their lines into the Kenai River from the bank above the Sterling Highway Bridge in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Oil workers celebrate 60 years of Swanson River

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the name of Bobbi O'Neill, originally referred to by her maiden name of Burns. Three generations… Continue reading

More sockeye enter Kenai, Thursday commercial opening still on table

More sockeye salmon passed the sonar into the Kenai River on Monday, but it’s still up in the air whether commercial fishermen will go out… Continue reading

Summer attire

Summer attire

Summer fashion A caribou grazes along the side of the Forest Lane in Soldotna on Friday. The coat of the caribou changes with the seasons. During… Continue reading

Summer attire

Peninsula represented at Acceleration Academy

Alaska Native students from across the state are continuing their education this summer through several programs at the University of Alaska Anchorage in conjunction with… Continue reading

Kendra Stevenson, a Connections homeschool student, works at the front desk of the Blue Moose Bed and Biscuit this summer in Soldotna, Alaska. Stevenson was one of six students that participated in a summer work program through Peninsula Community Health Services for high school students with disabilities to gain work experience. (Photo courtesy Margaret Mercer)

Students pick up job skills with summer work program

Instead of sleeping in and relaxing over summer vacation, Seth Meyer got up at 4 a.m. to learn the art of making bagels. The Kenai… Continue reading

Kendra Stevenson, a Connections homeschool student, works at the front desk of the Blue Moose Bed and Biscuit this summer in Soldotna, Alaska. Stevenson was one of six students that participated in a summer work program through Peninsula Community Health Services for high school students with disabilities to gain work experience. (Photo courtesy Margaret Mercer)

Kenai Fire responds to fewer boat accidents this dipnet season

The Kenai Fire Department hasn’t had to rescue as many swamped boats in the Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishery this year as last year. So… Continue reading

In this photo submitted to Fish for the Future, a young angler holds up the king salmon he caught and released. Fish for the Future, a program begun by two central Kenai Peninsula guides, offers prizes for people who submit photographs of king salmon they caught and released on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers in June and July as a way to encourage people to release fish and conserve the fishery over time. (Photo courtesy Fish for the Future)

‘Fish for the Future’ program seeks to encourage catch and release for kings

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Mark Wackler's name. Nearly every day this summer, someone has posted a photo… Continue reading

In this photo submitted to Fish for the Future, a young angler holds up the king salmon he caught and released. Fish for the Future, a program begun by two central Kenai Peninsula guides, offers prizes for people who submit photographs of king salmon they caught and released on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers in June and July as a way to encourage people to release fish and conserve the fishery over time. (Photo courtesy Fish for the Future)

Kenai man drowns in Johnson Lake

A man drowned in Johnson Lake on Sunday after his boat drifted away from him. Nickolas Thornton, 24, of Kenai, was swimming near his paddleboat… Continue reading

Rear Admiral Michael McAllister, Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s 17th District, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, July 20, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Admiral: Juneau in running to host new Coast Guard cutter

The head of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska said Thursday that Alaska’s capital may host a new cutter. Rear Adm. Michael McAllister told the… Continue reading

Rear Admiral Michael McAllister, Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s 17th District, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, July 20, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Annie Cromwell of Anchorage brings in a sockeye salmon Sunday, June 23, while dipnetting on the north beach in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Word on the beach: Red run is slow but steady

No matter where they travel from, what their technique is or if they have fish in the cooler or not, one thing all the dipnetters… Continue reading

Annie Cromwell of Anchorage brings in a sockeye salmon Sunday, June 23, while dipnetting on the north beach in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
A sockeye salmon’s tail protrudes above the edge of a bin on a setnet site in this July 11, 2016 photo near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Commercial salmon fishery closures for Monday

Commercial salmon fishing will be closed on Monday to set gillnets in the Kenai, Kasilof and East Forelands sections of the Upper Cook Inlet and… Continue reading

A sockeye salmon’s tail protrudes above the edge of a bin on a setnet site in this July 11, 2016 photo near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
Daschund owners walk in the Soldotna Progress Days Parade, as they have for the past 24 years, as part of the group “Wieners on Parade,” on Saturday, July 22, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Progress days keep progressing

For sixty years, the annual Progress Days parade has marched forward, in step with the city, growing and bringing together the community. On Saturday, community… Continue reading

Daschund owners walk in the Soldotna Progress Days Parade, as they have for the past 24 years, as part of the group “Wieners on Parade,” on Saturday, July 22, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Unpacking House Bill 111

Once Gov. Bill Walker signs House Bill 111 into law, cashable tax credits to oil and gas companies working in Alaska will be a thing… Continue reading

  • Jul 22, 2017
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Ordinance would place bonds for borough building on ballot

Kenai Peninsula voters may get a chance to decide whether the Kenai Peninsula Borough should issue bonds to pay for renovations to the borough administration… Continue reading