In this September 2017 photo, pink salmon swim up a drainage ditch at Beluga Slough in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Data shows Prince William Sound pink salmon in Homer streams

The wash of pink salmon that showed up in streams across Lower Cook Inlet this year weren’t all local stocks — in some streams, up… Continue reading

In this September 2017 photo, pink salmon swim up a drainage ditch at Beluga Slough in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
The Kenai home school team ‘Aqua Intelligence’ won top prize for core values on Saturday at the First Lego League competition held at the Aurora Borealis Charter School in Kenai. The event recognized awards in five categories. The champion’s award, project award, core values award, robot design award and robot performance award. The core values award recognizes a team that excels in inspiration, teamwork and gracious professionalism. The ‘Aqua Intelligence’ team showed “extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit” and understand that they can “accomplish more together than they could as individuals.” (Photo by Kat Sorensen/ Peninsula Clarion)

LEGO Water World

Students from across the Kenai Peninsula took on a big challenge, innovating the field of hydrodynamics, and they did it with LEGOs. This Saturday, the… Continue reading

The Kenai home school team ‘Aqua Intelligence’ won top prize for core values on Saturday at the First Lego League competition held at the Aurora Borealis Charter School in Kenai. The event recognized awards in five categories. The champion’s award, project award, core values award, robot design award and robot performance award. The core values award recognizes a team that excels in inspiration, teamwork and gracious professionalism. The ‘Aqua Intelligence’ team showed “extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit” and understand that they can “accomplish more together than they could as individuals.” (Photo by Kat Sorensen/ Peninsula Clarion)

District releases 5 year enrollment projection

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School district is predicting a slow, but steady, decline in enrollment over the next five years. This year, the district’s projection… Continue reading

Eyes on the sky

The Kenai Municipal Airport will be getting a quartet of publicly accessible, real-time cameras, meant to allow pilots planning a flight into Kenai to see… Continue reading

Hungry heart

Everyone from my hometown has a Bruce Springsteen story. I grew up just miles away from the concert venue where The Boss got his start.… Continue reading

Peninsula legislators preview next session

With a month until legislators head back to Juneau for the next regular session, the House and Senate majorities are as far apart as last… Continue reading

Two charter schools propose changes

Two charter schools in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District are looking to the school board to amend their charter school contracts. Aurora Borealis Charter… Continue reading

Land donation still pending for Kenai Performers

In August 2015, the Kenai City Council approved the donation of two acres of city land on the corner of Evergreen Street and the Kenai… Continue reading

Alaska state Sen. David Wilson, a Republican from Wasilla, addresses reporters Thursday in Anchorage. Wilson says a legislative investigation has cleared him of any wrongdoing after allegations of inappropriate behavior surfaced in an incident involving a female House of Representatives aide. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Lawmaker says probe clears him of wrongdoing claims

JUNEAU — An Alaska state senator on Thursday called for the public release of a report and video that he says clear him of wrongdoing… Continue reading

  • Dec 7, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska state Sen. David Wilson, a Republican from Wasilla, addresses reporters Thursday in Anchorage. Wilson says a legislative investigation has cleared him of any wrongdoing after allegations of inappropriate behavior surfaced in an incident involving a female House of Representatives aide. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Kiya Hudson anticipates the pressing of her button during the Kaleidoscope School’s Wax Museum on Thursday, Dec. 7. 2017 in Kenai, Alaska, which tasked the fifth grade class with impersonating a notable historical figure and taking on their persona. When a visitor to the wax museum pushed a student’s button, they would recite their figure’s biographical information in first person. Hudson said she stepped into Jacques Cousteau’s flippers for the assignment because she wants to be a scuba diver when she grows up. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Wax Cousteau

Kiya Hudson anticipates the pressing of her button during the Kaleidoscope School’s Wax Museum on Thursday, which tasked the fifth grade class with impersonating a… Continue reading

Kiya Hudson anticipates the pressing of her button during the Kaleidoscope School’s Wax Museum on Thursday, Dec. 7. 2017 in Kenai, Alaska, which tasked the fifth grade class with impersonating a notable historical figure and taking on their persona. When a visitor to the wax museum pushed a student’s button, they would recite their figure’s biographical information in first person. Hudson said she stepped into Jacques Cousteau’s flippers for the assignment because she wants to be a scuba diver when she grows up. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Serena Funkhauser, Ava Halstead and Lance Seneff as the harlequin toys rhearse a scene at the Mariner Theatre Nov. 24 in Homer for the Nutcracker Ballet. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

Nutcracker once again dazzles in Homer-grown production

When you get to the end of the road, sometimes stuff gets jumbled around. That might explain why in Homer Tchaikovsky’s traditional Nutcracker Ballet has… Continue reading

Serena Funkhauser, Ava Halstead and Lance Seneff as the harlequin toys rhearse a scene at the Mariner Theatre Nov. 24 in Homer for the Nutcracker Ballet. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

Kenai to examine land policy Wednesday

Editor's note: This story has been changed to clarify council member Mike Boyle's 2006 vote on creating the airport reserve.  On Wednesday, Kenai city council… Continue reading

Jury finds man guilty of running heroin, meth ring in Southeast Alaska

A Washington man is facing a minimum of five years in jail after a jury found him guilty of running a drug trafficking ring in… Continue reading

Kenai Watershed Forum water quality specialist Branden Bornemann (right) talks to a visitor during the Kenai Watershed Forum’s holiday open house Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. The nonprofit held a community open house at its headquarters behind Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday night to celebrate the events of the past year. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Celebrating together

Kenai Watershed Forum GIS specialist Branden Bornemann (right) talks to a visitor during the Kenai Watershed Forum’s holiday open house Wednesday in Soldotna. The nonprofit… Continue reading

Kenai Watershed Forum water quality specialist Branden Bornemann (right) talks to a visitor during the Kenai Watershed Forum’s holiday open house Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. The nonprofit held a community open house at its headquarters behind Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday night to celebrate the events of the past year. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Kasilof neighborhood gets gas hookup

Residents of a Kasilof neighborhood now have a natural gas connection to their homes. As the final part of the improvement project, the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Legislators, Assembly look forward at school funding

The school district is on a mission to make sure that the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and Alaska Legislature are thinking about the Fiscal Year… Continue reading

Man arrested after calling in false home invasion report

An Anchorage man has been arrested after calling in an apparently false report of a home invasion. Alaska State Troopers arrested Joshua Dylan Vars, 32,… Continue reading

Spruce bark beetles returning on north peninsula

After a string of warm summers, the Kenai Peninsula’s spruce bark beetles are now hitting their highest numbers since their last outbreak in the 1990s.… Continue reading

KPBSD maintains class sizes

Compared to the other major school districts in Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has a low pupil/teacher ratio (PTR), according to the 2017-2018… Continue reading

Nikiski neighbors protest gravel pit

Nikiski neighbors protest gravel pit

Residents of several adjacent subdivisions in Nikiski will likely have a new neighbor soon: a gravel pit. Many residents in the Kenai Peninsula Borough outside… Continue reading

Nikiski neighbors protest gravel pit