Joint board of fish, game considers meeting

The two boards regulating fisheries and game in the state are considering a joint meeting next spring. The Joint Board, which brings together the members… Continue reading

Freedom House brings support to women seeking sobriety

Freedom House brings support to women seeking sobriety

Each woman staying at Soldotna’s Freedom House has a different story. She may have been homeless, have lost her kids, damaged relationships with friends and… Continue reading

Freedom House brings support to women seeking sobriety

East side beaches remain closed to clamming in 2018

Summer 2018 will be the fourth year in a row with no clamming on Cook Inlet’s east side beaches. The Alaska Department of Fish and… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2017
  • By ELIZABETH EARL and BEN BOETTGER
Halibut hang from the display rack at North Country Charters on the Homer Spit on Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Commission to consider cutting halibut catch quotas

Halibut fishermen may see a reduction in the total amount of fish they’re allowed to catch in 2018. Data presented to the International Pacific Halibut… Continue reading

Halibut hang from the display rack at North Country Charters on the Homer Spit on Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Aud Walaszek, Heritage Place activities coordinator introduces Bethlehem players.

A visit from Bethlehem

Revisiting Bethlehem is a local Christmas tradition that started nine years ago when Becky Moore had a Bethlehem revisited experience at a church in the… Continue reading

Aud Walaszek, Heritage Place activities coordinator introduces Bethlehem players.
Hale Holiday house on Henrich Street in Soldotna.

Lighting up the holidays

The Hale House in Soldotna on Henrich Street off Redoubt once again is over the top for holiday night lights. As an added bonus, tune… Continue reading

Hale Holiday house on Henrich Street in Soldotna.
John Walker, Commander Jerry V. Horn Memorial Post 10046 VFW places a wreath on a veteran’s grave in Soldotna.

Wreaths across America honors veterans

December 16 was the National Wreaths Across America Day. The day’s mission is to Remember, Honor and Teach, carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at… Continue reading

John Walker, Commander Jerry V. Horn Memorial Post 10046 VFW places a wreath on a veteran’s grave in Soldotna.
Orca Theatre manager Jordan Gruber makes popcorn for the next rush of movie-goers on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017 at the Orca Theatre on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Christmas at the Orca

While the muffled sounds of lightsabers buzzing and TIE fighters screaming came through one wall of the lobby and jungle drums through the other, the… Continue reading

Orca Theatre manager Jordan Gruber makes popcorn for the next rush of movie-goers on Monday, Dec. 25, 2017 at the Orca Theatre on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
Man arrested after crashing vehicle discovered to be stolen

Troopers shoot man after he pulls handgun in back of patrol car

A man was sent to Central Peninsula Hospital on Saturday after Alaska State Troopers shot him following a confrontation in the back of a patrol… Continue reading

Man arrested after crashing vehicle discovered to be stolen
Melia Harding, from left, Elan Krull and Alyeska Krull work through a typical order while training for the grand opening of Brew@602 on Kleeb Loop Road, a coffee and waffle shop located inside a double decker rail car. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

On track: Brew@602 scheduled to open Thursday

Everything at Brew@602 is on track for a Thursday opening, including the coffeehouse itself. Since guiding two train cars to the top of Kleeb Loop,… Continue reading

  • Dec 23, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN
Melia Harding, from left, Elan Krull and Alyeska Krull work through a typical order while training for the grand opening of Brew@602 on Kleeb Loop Road, a coffee and waffle shop located inside a double decker rail car. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Winter fun at the refuge

After all the presents are unwrapped, but before the holiday season is over and school is back in session, kids have a lot of time… Continue reading

The life-changing magic of being bad at things

The stubborn part of me keeps thinking I’ll find something I’m a prodigy at — that the first time I try, sparks will fly. Skiing… Continue reading

Caribou Hills open to snowmachine use

Caribou Hills open to snowmachine use

The Caribou Hills area within Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is now open to snowmachine use. Effective immediately, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening… Continue reading

Caribou Hills open to snowmachine use
Alaska Gasline Development Corporation President Keith Meyer addresses the attendees at a joint luncheon of the Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Meyer explained some of the details of the recently signed Joint Development Agreement between the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and several Chinese investors to develop the Alaska LNG Project, an 800-mile pipeline and liquefaction facility terminating in Nikiski designed to monetize the natural gas reserves on the North Slope. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Despite uncertainties, state moves forward with LNG

When Alaska Governor Bill Walker spoke Tuesday to members of the Soldotna and Kenai Chambers of Commerce, he wore an Alaska-shaped lapel pin marked with… Continue reading

Alaska Gasline Development Corporation President Keith Meyer addresses the attendees at a joint luncheon of the Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Meyer explained some of the details of the recently signed Joint Development Agreement between the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and several Chinese investors to develop the Alaska LNG Project, an 800-mile pipeline and liquefaction facility terminating in Nikiski designed to monetize the natural gas reserves on the North Slope. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Jasmine Koster and Jimmy Starkloff perform alongside local musician George Demientieff Holly (right) during a Dec. 21 winter solstice performance at Dena’ina Wellness Center in Old Town Kenai. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Local musician celebrates winter solstice with song

On the darkest day of winter, with a barely risen sun setting behind him, local musician George Demientieff Holly brought a little light to the… Continue reading

Jasmine Koster and Jimmy Starkloff perform alongside local musician George Demientieff Holly (right) during a Dec. 21 winter solstice performance at Dena’ina Wellness Center in Old Town Kenai. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
The Kenai River flows by the newly restored riverbank of Dow Island on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in Funny River, Alaska. A group of four property owners banded together this spring to install the extensive project to protect the bank of the island in the Kenai River from rapid erosion. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Hearing officer orders fines, removal of rock in Dow Island gravel case

A state hearing officer has decided that the two men accused of illegally dumping gravel in the Kenai River this summer have to remove the… Continue reading

The Kenai River flows by the newly restored riverbank of Dow Island on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in Funny River, Alaska. A group of four property owners banded together this spring to install the extensive project to protect the bank of the island in the Kenai River from rapid erosion. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Pebble Mine backers seek to advance project

JUNEAU — Backers of a proposed copper and gold mine near a major salmon fishery in Alaska are taking another step toward advancing the project,… Continue reading

  • Dec 21, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
Locker room burglary suspect gets trial date

Locker room burglary suspect gets trial date

The trial for a man accused of trying to steal girls’ underwear from a high school locker room is slated for the week of Feb.… Continue reading

Locker room burglary suspect gets trial date

Murkowski introduces bill to study ocean acidification

Global warming is causing ocean water to become less like baking soda and more like milk, chemically speaking. It’s a pHenomena called ocean acidification (OA)… Continue reading

Poet’s Corner: Deposit

Deposit By Steve M Schoonmaker, Kasilof What of Human investments, what do they mean? What are the gifts that come in from the Streams? And… Continue reading

  • Dec 20, 2017