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Dawson Lockwood lets off a shot at a flying clay target through filtering snow during an event at the Snowshoe Gun Club on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. A group of shooters gathered at the shooting range Sunday as part of the club’s annual Thanksgiving event, which features “Annie Oakley” trap shooting game as well as several other events. Despite the snow, a number of people turned out to try the shooting games and to enjoy the warm central building on a chilly Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Target practice

Dawson Lockwood lets off a shot at a flying clay target through filtering snow during an event at the Snowshoe Gun Club on Sunday in… Continue reading

Dawson Lockwood lets off a shot at a flying clay target through filtering snow during an event at the Snowshoe Gun Club on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. A group of shooters gathered at the shooting range Sunday as part of the club’s annual Thanksgiving event, which features “Annie Oakley” trap shooting game as well as several other events. Despite the snow, a number of people turned out to try the shooting games and to enjoy the warm central building on a chilly Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
In this November 2015 photo, a diner gathers a plate of food for the Thanksgiving meal at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Fireweed Diner near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Community organizations, volunteers offer Thanksgiving dinner

Not everyone has the traditional combination of family, food and friends for Thanksgiving within reach at Thanksgiving. Volunteers are stepping up to make dinner all… Continue reading

In this November 2015 photo, a diner gathers a plate of food for the Thanksgiving meal at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Fireweed Diner near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Alaska VA to expand, continue work on wait time issues

Leaders at Alaska’s veterans health care system are planning to expand the agency’s workforce in the state. The agency, which provides health care services to… Continue reading

Kimani Nyambura, foreground, signs to a deaf student from Nanwalek while the school skypes into his presentation with human rights lawyer Chris Mburu Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 at Port Graham School in Port Graham, Alaska. The pair, who are the subject of a documentary called “A Small Act,” presented about their journeys to education from a small village in Kenai to several Kenai Peninsula schools this week. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

A small act

A small act changed Chris Mburu’s life. Hilde Back, a holocaust survivor living in Sweden, decided to sponsor the education of a student in Kenya… Continue reading

Kimani Nyambura, foreground, signs to a deaf student from Nanwalek while the school skypes into his presentation with human rights lawyer Chris Mburu Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 at Port Graham School in Port Graham, Alaska. The pair, who are the subject of a documentary called “A Small Act,” presented about their journeys to education from a small village in Kenai to several Kenai Peninsula schools this week. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Anchorage port gets new name, but problems remain

ANCHORAGE — The Port of Anchorage is no more. No, it did not slough off into Cook Inlet overnight, though parts of it have. Rather,… Continue reading

  • Nov 18, 2017
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Alaska Native graduation rates rise

Graduation rates for Native Alaskan students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District continue to rise, with 91 percent of Native students graduating in fiscal… Continue reading

Special legislative session staggers toward end

JUNEAU — The special legislative session is staggering toward its end scheduled for Tuesday, with a small contingent of lawmakers holding so-called technical sessions to… Continue reading

Kenai acquiring land for bluff erosion

Kenai’s municipal government is steadily buying the land necessary for a planned mile-long rock berm meant to halt the three-feet-per-year erosion wearing away the ground… Continue reading

Light quake shakes Central Peninsula

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was felt throughout the central peninsula on Friday afternoon. The quake occurred at 12:16 p.m. and was followed by two smaller… Continue reading

A herd of Dall sheep graze on the side of one of the peaks in the Mystery Hills above the Skyline Trail in September 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Board of Game takes no action on permit requirement for domestic sheep, goats

Owners of domestic sheep and goats won’t have to get permits for their animals for now, though members of the state Board of Game urged… Continue reading

A herd of Dall sheep graze on the side of one of the peaks in the Mystery Hills above the Skyline Trail in September 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Zac Buckbee works on the ‘canstruction’ of Puncity while classmates visit the small city, made of donated food in the hallways of Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna on Thursday. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

‘Canstruction’ continues at Redoubt Elementary

Puncity seems like a nice place, it really has it all. Just past a corn field of canned corn is the ranch, marked by a… Continue reading

Zac Buckbee works on the ‘canstruction’ of Puncity while classmates visit the small city, made of donated food in the hallways of Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna on Thursday. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. A showdown is looming in the nation’s capital over whether to open America’s largest wildlife refuge to oil drilling. A budget measure approved by the Republican-controlled Congress allows lawmakers to pursue legislation that would allow drilling on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge takes up an area nearly the size of South Carolina in Alaska’s northeast corner. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

Congress debates oil drilling in largest US wildlife refuge

ANCHORAGE — Sometime next April, pregnant cows in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada will take the lead in an annual migration of nearly 200,000… Continue reading

  • Nov 16, 2017
  • By Dan Joling
In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. A showdown is looming in the nation’s capital over whether to open America’s largest wildlife refuge to oil drilling. A budget measure approved by the Republican-controlled Congress allows lawmakers to pursue legislation that would allow drilling on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge takes up an area nearly the size of South Carolina in Alaska’s northeast corner. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

Kenai Peninsula Food Bank director Linda Swarner to retire

After 15 years as Executive Director of the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, Linda Swarner will be retiring from the position in spring 2018. Swarner announced… Continue reading

Culinary king to be crowned at food bank fundraiser

Move over “Chopped.” This Saturday, three peninsula chefs will face off against each other in the first-ever Clash of the Culinary Kings. The competition, which… Continue reading

Poet’s Corner: Preparing the Heart For Winter

Preparing the Heart For Winter By Norm Olson A huge gust thrust through the naked trees Void of leaves branches become musical A freakish whistle… Continue reading

  • Nov 16, 2017

What’s Happening

Events and Exhibitions n KDLL’s Adventure Talks program visits the Valley of 10,000 Smokes in Katmai National Park and Preserve this month. Come to a… Continue reading

  • Nov 16, 2017
The Bookworm Sez: Let’s make a deal

The Bookworm Sez: Let’s make a deal

A banana for a cupcake was always a good trade. When you were in grade school, Mom was great about packing lunch with foods you… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: Let’s make a deal
The Kachemak Bay Quilters recently started making quilts to give to local veterans, like the one pictured here during a First Friday exhibit Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. The quilting group donates much of its product to others. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

In their first First Friday showcase, Kachemak Bay Quilters focus on giving back to others

Some people make art to have a creative outlet, something just for themselves. Others, like the Kachemak Bay Quilters, take a more altruistic approach. The… Continue reading

The Kachemak Bay Quilters recently started making quilts to give to local veterans, like the one pictured here during a First Friday exhibit Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. The quilting group donates much of its product to others. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Superintendent answers questions online, live

Thumbs up, smiles and comments scrolled across the bottom of the screen as Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek fielded questions from the… Continue reading

In this April 2017 photo, the Sterling HIghway crosses the Kenai River and runs through the community of Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Mountains to Sea Partnership looks to conserve river corridors

A new partnership between conservation-minded government agencies and nonprofits is aiming to comprehensively protect 20 major river corridors on the Kenai Peninsula. The Kenai Mountains… Continue reading

In this April 2017 photo, the Sterling HIghway crosses the Kenai River and runs through the community of Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)