Alaska lawmakers mull measure calling abortion ‘child abuse’

Alaska lawmakers mull measure calling abortion ‘child abuse’

JUNEAU (AP) — A conservative lawmaker has successfully tacked an anti-abortion message onto an otherwise innocuous resolution in the Alaska House aimed at raising awareness… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska lawmakers mull measure calling abortion ‘child abuse’

Kenai may extend firework usage

Whether to expand sale and use of fireworks will be tackled on the Kenai City Council’s Wednesday night agenda. Kenai allows residents to shoot off… Continue reading

Use caution with New Year’s fireworks

As in years past, the sky over Kenai will likely be lit with fireworks as 2016 ends on Saturday night. The cheerful boom and sparkle… Continue reading

Consultant raises concerns about Alaska gas project

JUNEAU — A legislative consultant has raised red flags about Alaska taking the lead on a major proposed liquefied natural gas project, even as Gov.… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
  • Energy

Alaska LNG Project to move forward, with changes

Fieldwork in Nikiski is winding down and future plans are uncertain for the Alaska LNG Project as the summer slides into autumn. An evaluation from… Continue reading

AGDC meets in Kenai

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is moving forward with its transition into leadership of the Alaska LNG Project. The board of directors for the corporation,… Continue reading

AGDC president presents local case for LNG

With the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation officially the sole player in developing an export project for North Slope natural gas, its president Keith Meyer emphasized… Continue reading

Shanon Davis to replace Tami Murray as Soldotna Chamber of Commerce director

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Shanon Davis' name. The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will welcome a new leader,… Continue reading

Homer man arrested after Seward Highway car chase

A Homer man is in custody after leading Alaska State Troopers on a long chase Sunday along the Seward Highway near the Hope Junction. Troopers… Continue reading

Borough’s health care costs decreased in 2016

After years of escalation, the Kenai Peninsula Borough saw a decrease in its employee health care costs in 2016. Across all departments, the borough is… Continue reading

Referendum supporters seek to repeal any changes to PFD

As you now should be aware, the Legislature is about to create by law what the governor did last session to our Permanent Fund Dividend.… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2017
  • By Andrew Brewer
Soldotna woman, 75, earns black belt

Soldotna woman, 75, earns black belt

The test began and ended with a moment of meditative silence, infused with intense focus and anticipation. Six Tang Soo Do practitioners stood at attention… Continue reading

Soldotna woman, 75, earns black belt

Murkowski, groups want to see Gulf of Alaska military exercise moved to fall

Environmental activists, coastal Alaskans and Sen. Lisa Murkowski are all asking the U.S. Navy to move a biennial training exercise in the Gulf of Alaska… Continue reading

Connor McKamy, a graduate of the Kenai Peninsula College’s welding program, shows fourth-graders from Mountain View Elementary an example of the work he does. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Fourth-grade going on Freshman

Here is what fourth-graders know about college. “College helps you get a better job,” “there’s a lot of knowledge there and you can make things”… Continue reading

Connor McKamy, a graduate of the Kenai Peninsula College’s welding program, shows fourth-graders from Mountain View Elementary an example of the work he does. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Bobbie Larrivee, a special education teacher at West Homer High School, waits to receive a certificate honoring her as one of the 2017 BP Teachers of Excellence at an awards banquet Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. BP recognized five teachers from around the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for excellence in teaching with certificates, $500 gift cards and $500 donations to their schools. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

BP honors Kenai Peninsula teachers

Five teachers from Kenai Peninsula Borough School District were honored Thursday at the annual BP Teachers of Excellence awards banquet. Stephanie Cronin of Seward High… Continue reading

Bobbie Larrivee, a special education teacher at West Homer High School, waits to receive a certificate honoring her as one of the 2017 BP Teachers of Excellence at an awards banquet Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. BP recognized five teachers from around the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for excellence in teaching with certificates, $500 gift cards and $500 donations to their schools. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Linguist James Kari, who worked with Dena’ina speaker Peter Kalifornsky on preserving the vanishing Dena’ina language in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, speaks at a Kenai Peninsula History Conference panel on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Kenai Peninsula College near Soldotna, Alaska. Kari presented his work at both last week’s history conference and the one that preceded it in 1974. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Peninsula Historical Conference sheds light on Russian, Native history

Like the history it examined, the weekend’s history conference at Kenai Peninsula College was many things to many people. For Michael Skinner, who gives summer… Continue reading

Linguist James Kari, who worked with Dena’ina speaker Peter Kalifornsky on preserving the vanishing Dena’ina language in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, speaks at a Kenai Peninsula History Conference panel on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Kenai Peninsula College near Soldotna, Alaska. Kari presented his work at both last week’s history conference and the one that preceded it in 1974. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai gets prescription drug drop-off box

Kenai gets prescription drug drop-off box

Central Peninsula Health Foundation Director Kathy Gensel, Kenai Police School Resource Officer Dan Smith, Lauren Baker, a Serenity House client, Serenity House Intake Coordinator Shari… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2017
Kenai gets prescription drug drop-off box
Sherly Carroll, left, and Guangyuan Ding received a scholarship honoring the legacy of ESL teacher Kathryn Christopherson. Both were honored on April 27, 2017 at Kenai Peninsula College. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

ESL students earn memorial scholarship

Two students at Kenai Peninsula College will continue their education while honoring a late English as a Second Language instructor with the Kathryn Christopherson Memorial… Continue reading

Sherly Carroll, left, and Guangyuan Ding received a scholarship honoring the legacy of ESL teacher Kathryn Christopherson. Both were honored on April 27, 2017 at Kenai Peninsula College. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula College Professor of Anthropology, Alan Boraas, talks to a class during a walk near the college Thursday September 25, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. Boraas took students and faculty members to several historical Dena'ina sites along Slikok Creek and the Kenai River.

KPC class takes a walk through Dena’ina history

Alan Boraas took 22 people for an hour-long walk through a thousand years of history Thursday in the woods near Kenai Peninsula College. It’s a… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula College Professor of Anthropology, Alan Boraas, talks to a class during a walk near the college Thursday September 25, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. Boraas took students and faculty members to several historical Dena'ina sites along Slikok Creek and the Kenai River.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/The Peninsula Clarion The approximately 40 people who attended the Dena'ina language forum on Thursday heard about the basics of the language and the efforts to revive it.

KPC hosts Dena’ina language forum

Four sentences written nearly two centuries ago by a homesick man on a lonely California beach are being used in the efforts to revive the… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/The Peninsula Clarion The approximately 40 people who attended the Dena'ina language forum on Thursday heard about the basics of the language and the efforts to revive it.