Industry Outlook Forum looks to diversity

Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct Alaska Oil and Gas Association President and CEO Kara Moriarty's title. Next month’s Industry Outlook Forum… Continue reading

A broken black spruce tree lies in the middle of Baron Park Road behind the old Lowe’s building on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Gusts of wind up to 55 miles per hour whipped across the western Kenai Peninsula on Monday afternoon, knocking power lines and trees down and keeping first responders busy. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Fallen trees cause power outages across central peninsula

High winds brought down trees across the Kenai Peninsula on Monday. In many cases, those trees also brought down power lines. By 2 p.m, Central… Continue reading

A broken black spruce tree lies in the middle of Baron Park Road behind the old Lowe’s building on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Gusts of wind up to 55 miles per hour whipped across the western Kenai Peninsula on Monday afternoon, knocking power lines and trees down and keeping first responders busy. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
This June 26, 2014, file photo, shows a cruise ship docked in Juneau, while a paraglider soars above. The tax bill approved Saturday by the U.S. Senate will open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. The measure also struck down a proposed cruise ship tax that Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said would have disproportionately affected her state. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Senators tout tax bill provisions as beneficial

JUNEAU — The cruise industry has dodged a tax increase after Alaska’s U.S. senators helped strike the provision from the tax bill that passed the… Continue reading

  • Dec 4, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
This June 26, 2014, file photo, shows a cruise ship docked in Juneau, while a paraglider soars above. The tax bill approved Saturday by the U.S. Senate will open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. The measure also struck down a proposed cruise ship tax that Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said would have disproportionately affected her state. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Caring for my Backyard

Each year students across the Kenai Peninsula are tasked with finding a way to care for the place that they call home in the annual… Continue reading

Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital

Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital

A car accident in the Turnagain Pass on Sunday afternoon due to slushy road conditions sent a man to the hospital. Alaska State Troopers responded… Continue reading

Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital

Winter warmup

Cars carefully make their way through the slushy snow around the bend in the Kenai Spur Highway near Christmas light-filled Leif Hansen Park on Sunday in Kenai. After a chilly fall and several thick blankets of snow, temperatures rose sharply on the western Kenai Peninsula, climbing above freezing Sunday and converting the falling snow to rain. Small lakes formed from the snow on the Kenai flats and the ice built up along the shores of the lower Kenai River moved out. The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement Sunday, forecasting the warm weather to continue throughout the day Monday as a developing storm system brings “unsettled weather” to Southcentral Alaska. Strong wints are expected on the western Kenai Peninsula, with the strongest of the winds arriving in the Turnagain Pass area and in the Portage Valley, clocking in at up to 70 miles per hour Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service. Rain is expected in Seward and along the gulf coast, with temperatures remaining in the mid- to high 30s throughout the week. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)… Continue reading

Walker touts trade relations with China after gasline talks

Gov. Bill Walker is hopeful the inroads his administration has made with top-level officials in the Chinese government through cooperation on the Alaska LNG Project… Continue reading

A look at the changes in SB54

One week ago, Gov. Bill Walker signed Senate Bill 54 after an extended special session. Crafted by lawmakers in response to a statewide crime wave,… Continue reading

Agencies work on public transportation projects, funding

With less money available amid an ongoing state fiscal crisis, the various agencies providing low-cost transportation across the Kenai Peninsula are working to make the… Continue reading

Premera returns $25M to state reinsurance program

Alaska’s sole individual market health insurer says it has paid $25 million to the state as part of a reinsurance plan meant to stabilize the… Continue reading

Soldotna’s winter wonderland

Soldotna’s winter wonderland

There is no shortage of hot chocolate and Christmas trees on the Kenai Peninsula this holiday season, especially at Soldotna’s Christmas in the Park. On… Continue reading

Soldotna’s winter wonderland
This map, included in a report presented at Kenai’s Nov. 29 worksession on land management, highlights in blue the 353 lots of land owned by Kenai’s city government - equal to about a third of the city’s area. Policy reforms proposed at the worksession may lead to a plan for selling unused city land.

Land reforms possible for Kenai in 2018

Land policy revisions that the Kenai city council will be considering next year could bring big changes in Kenai’s dealings with those seeking to use… Continue reading

This map, included in a report presented at Kenai’s Nov. 29 worksession on land management, highlights in blue the 353 lots of land owned by Kenai’s city government - equal to about a third of the city’s area. Policy reforms proposed at the worksession may lead to a plan for selling unused city land.
This aerial photograph shows the intentional neighborhood being built by Hope Community Resources as a future community for individuals with disabilities on Oct. 31, 2017 near Sterling, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Roy Scheller/Hope Community Resources)

Hope intentional community aims for January opening

At the end of a road tucked into the woods near Sterling, a group of adults with developmental disabilities will soon find a home. A… Continue reading

This aerial photograph shows the intentional neighborhood being built by Hope Community Resources as a future community for individuals with disabilities on Oct. 31, 2017 near Sterling, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Roy Scheller/Hope Community Resources)
Christine Carlson of Kasilof shows off one of her quilted creations during the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints monthly humanitarian potluck meeting at the LDS Church in Soldotna, Alaska on Nov. 30, 2017. Carlson has been quilting since an early age and has made 35 quilts this year for different charities and organizations. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

A humanitarian afternoon

Soldotna may be 500 miles south of North Pole, but “workshop” seems to be a fitting word to describe the cinnamon scented room where the… Continue reading

  • Nov 30, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN
Christine Carlson of Kasilof shows off one of her quilted creations during the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints monthly humanitarian potluck meeting at the LDS Church in Soldotna, Alaska on Nov. 30, 2017. Carlson has been quilting since an early age and has made 35 quilts this year for different charities and organizations. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Police warn of phone scam

Police warn of phone scam

The Soldotna Police Department is warning people to hang up the phone in light of a new scam circulating the area. Members of the public… Continue reading

Police warn of phone scam
Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital

Seward man arrested for firing shots at neighbors while intoxicated

Seward man arrested for firing shots at neighbors while intoxicated A Seward man has been arrested after firing a shotgun multiple times at his neighbors… Continue reading

Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital
Jason Rainwater of Dutch Boy Landscaping mounts a string of Christmas lights to the edge of the Salamatof Native Association building’s roof on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. All around the central Kenai Peninsula, homes and businesses are lighting up after the Thanksgiving holiday in time for Christmas. Rainwater said the workers install the lights on a timer to come on in the morning and evening and turn off during the day. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion) 

Up on the housetop

Jason Rainwater of Dutch Boy Landscaping mounts a string of Christmas lights to the edge of the Salamatof Native Association building’s roof on Wednesday, Nov.… Continue reading

Jason Rainwater of Dutch Boy Landscaping mounts a string of Christmas lights to the edge of the Salamatof Native Association building’s roof on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. All around the central Kenai Peninsula, homes and businesses are lighting up after the Thanksgiving holiday in time for Christmas. Rainwater said the workers install the lights on a timer to come on in the morning and evening and turn off during the day. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion) 
Luann McVey, right, joins about a dozen people to protest the U.S. Senate’s proposed tax reform bill in front of Juneau’s Congressional Delegation Office on Glacier Avenue on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Murkowski will vote for GOP tax bill

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, will support the Republican tax reform plan, she announced in a written statement Wednesday afternoon. “After thoroughly reviewing the good… Continue reading

Luann McVey, right, joins about a dozen people to protest the U.S. Senate’s proposed tax reform bill in front of Juneau’s Congressional Delegation Office on Glacier Avenue on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Bookworm Sez: Even Santa needs a little help sometimes

The Bookworm Sez: Even Santa needs a little help sometimes

You’re always Mom’s Best Helper. You bring her things when she needs them. You keep your room clean and you do chores around the rest… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Even Santa needs a little help sometimes

Christmas is coming to Soldotna Creek Park

Christmas celebrations throughout the Kenai Peninsula continue this weekend with Soldotna’s Christmas in the Park on Saturday. The event, which starts at 4:30 p.m., will… Continue reading