Illustration courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation This map illustrates the routes each of the four Cooper Landing Bypass alternatives would take, along with the existing Sterling Highway route. The project would likely cost between $250 and $304 million with construction beginning in 2018.

DOT unveils options for Cooper Landing Bypass

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities wants feedback on plans to move the Sterling Highway around Cooper Landing. DOT released a draft supplemental… Continue reading

Illustration courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation This map illustrates the routes each of the four Cooper Landing Bypass alternatives would take, along with the existing Sterling Highway route. The project would likely cost between $250 and $304 million with construction beginning in 2018.
Alaska Department of Transportation This map from an Alaska Department of Transportation website shows the preferred route of the 5.5-mile Cooper Landing bypass, expected to be added to the Sterling Highway around 2018.

Borough opposes DOT Cooper Landing bypass route

Several organizations, including the Kenai Peninsula Borough, have come out in opposition to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities’ selected route for a… Continue reading

Alaska Department of Transportation This map from an Alaska Department of Transportation website shows the preferred route of the 5.5-mile Cooper Landing bypass, expected to be added to the Sterling Highway around 2018.
Alaska Department of Transportation This map from an Alaska Department of Transportation website shows the preferred route of the 5.5-mile Cooper Landing bypass, expected to be added to the Sterling Highway around 2018.

Path chosen for Cooper Landing bypass

After considering several possible paths for a new highway section around Cooper Landing, the Alaska Department of Transportation named its preferred path for the new… Continue reading

Alaska Department of Transportation This map from an Alaska Department of Transportation website shows the preferred route of the 5.5-mile Cooper Landing bypass, expected to be added to the Sterling Highway around 2018.

Juneau Creek route for bypass unlikely

The state and the stakeholders are stuck between a rock and a number of legal hard places on the long-awaited Cooper Landing Bypass project. The… Continue reading

A young rider returns from a 50-mile loop of the Caribou Hills as part of the Way Out Women Ride, which raises money for cancer patients, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 near Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Riders with a cause

Although born out of loss, the annual Way Out Women Ride is a celebration of life — and snowmachining. “We try to combine our love… Continue reading

A young rider returns from a 50-mile loop of the Caribou Hills as part of the Way Out Women Ride, which raises money for cancer patients, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 near Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
D.A.R.E. grads receive goodie bags and congratulations from community leaders.

D.A.R.E., not scare

In the 1980s political leaders attempted to address the drug crisis among youth with a simple answer to a complex problem: “Just say No!” Programs… Continue reading

D.A.R.E. grads receive goodie bags and congratulations from community leaders.
Kristeena Negus and Pamela Parker show Molly Nusbaum the art of making New York style bagels.

Broadening horizons: Kenai students get hands-on look at careers

While efforts continue to broaden Alaska’s economic base and create more job opportunities for Alaskans, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce Job Shadow program is an… Continue reading

Kristeena Negus and Pamela Parker show Molly Nusbaum the art of making New York style bagels.
Callie Giordano, a teacher at Mountain View Elementary, participated in a rally on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the corner of Swires Road and the Kenai Spur Highway to support fully funding education. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

District facing budget, asks borough to fund to cap

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is facing a deficit for fiscal year 2019, and while state and borough funding has not yet been decided,… Continue reading

Callie Giordano, a teacher at Mountain View Elementary, participated in a rally on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the corner of Swires Road and the Kenai Spur Highway to support fully funding education. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Fish board approves rotenone use in Tote Road lakes

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has the first stamp of approval for its project to eliminate the last known populations of northern pike… Continue reading

Forest service to start prescribed burns in Chugach National Forest

Forest service to start prescribed burns in Chugach National Forest

A prescribed burn to improve moose habitat and reduce wildfire risk will begin later this month in the Chugach National Forest. Slash piles created in… Continue reading

Forest service to start prescribed burns in Chugach National Forest
File photo contributed by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation The Arness Septage Site in Nikiski, shown here from the air in September 1985. The site was contaminated with thousands of gallons of oil and other industry wastes.

Nikiski water study underway

In addition to Alaska LNG project managers, and planners from Trans-Foreland Pipeline Company, Nikiski landowners will soon have another group of surveyors knocking on their… Continue reading

File photo contributed by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation The Arness Septage Site in Nikiski, shown here from the air in September 1985. The site was contaminated with thousands of gallons of oil and other industry wastes.
This June 2016 photo shows a king salmon caught in a personal-use set gillnet on the beach north of the mouth of the Kasilof River near Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion) In this July 24, 2016 file photo, a guide boat motors upstream on the Kenai River near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Rashah McChesney, file)

Forecast shows both Kenai king runs within escapement goals

The early and late runs of Kenai River king salmon are projected to be within the escapement goals for 2018, according to the Alaska Department… Continue reading

This June 2016 photo shows a king salmon caught in a personal-use set gillnet on the beach north of the mouth of the Kasilof River near Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion) In this July 24, 2016 file photo, a guide boat motors upstream on the Kenai River near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Rashah McChesney, file)

LNG project to use Kenai city water

If the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation builds its planned liquefaction plant and export terminal in Nikiski, its water will come from the city of Kenai,… Continue reading

Theft of electricity leads to charges

Man arrested after alleged power theft A Kenai man was charged with criminal mischief and theft last week after allegedly illegally siphoning approximately $600 worth… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of Nikiski residents gathered at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center on Thursday, April 14, 2016 for an update from the Alaska LNG Project team about updates to the project designs and the planned field work for the summer.

Alaska LNG plans water testing, drilling for summer work

The managers of the Alaska LNG Project are moving forward on field work planned for this summer, including water tests, offshore work and borehole drilling… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of Nikiski residents gathered at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center on Thursday, April 14, 2016 for an update from the Alaska LNG Project team about updates to the project designs and the planned field work for the summer.

Alaska LNG Project water testing to occur in August

The Alaska LNG Project is moving forward with an aquifer pump test on its land in Nikiski this summer. The project, a collaborative effort between… Continue reading

Author explores ecological, historical and personal change

Author explores ecological, historical and personal change

“I walked the beaches, attuning my meanderings to the tidal cycles. The rocks lurking beneath the water were exposed by the ebbing tides, and they… Continue reading

  • Feb 28, 2018
  • By KAT SORENSEN
Author explores ecological, historical and personal change
Lincoln Kimbell works out of a textbook during Nikiski North Star’s ‘screen-free’ week Friday in Nikiski. Students and staff unplugged their technology for the entire week, giving the students a chance to compare their educational experience with and without technology. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Students, staff put technology away for a screen-free week

All the students in Ms. Barnes’ class agreed, the worst part about a technology free week was that they couldn’t listen to music. Other than… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2018
  • By KAT SORENSEN
Lincoln Kimbell works out of a textbook during Nikiski North Star’s ‘screen-free’ week Friday in Nikiski. Students and staff unplugged their technology for the entire week, giving the students a chance to compare their educational experience with and without technology. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Man arrested after crashing vehicle discovered to be stolen

School bus collides with moose, no one hurt

A collision with a moose on the way to school Thursday morning left a school bus driver and 24 students unhurt. Kasilof resident Elizabeth Chase… Continue reading

Man arrested after crashing vehicle discovered to be stolen

Soldotna to study feasibility of moving sewage discharge

Soldotna City Council approved an ordinance appropriating funds to conduct a feasibility study on different options for disposing of liquid waste from the wastewater treatment… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2018
  • By KAT SORENSEN