Peninsula employment down 2.4%

Peninsula employment down 2.4%

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that Brandii Holmdahl also has a background in the sportfishing industry. The Kenai Peninsula has seen… Continue reading

Peninsula employment down 2.4%

School News for Dec. 12

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

KPC has received the gift of a lifetime of artwork by renowned Alaskan artist James Evenson. The collection of 20 original stone lithograph prints, an… Continue reading

  • Dec 11, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools
Quinton Beplat, 6, picks out cookies during a cookie exchange at the Kenai Community Library on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The library hosted a one-for-one cookie exchange on Sunday, attracting about six attendees.

Photo: Cookies aren’t just for Santa

Quinton Beplat, 6, picks out cookies during a cookie exchange at the Kenai Community Library on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The library… Continue reading

Quinton Beplat, 6, picks out cookies during a cookie exchange at the Kenai Community Library on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The library hosted a one-for-one cookie exchange on Sunday, attracting about six attendees.

Bergmann Hotel gets another chance

The Bergmann Hotel may have found its savior in a gritty ex-con and recovering addict who hopes to turn the blighted, century-old building into a… Continue reading

  • Dec 11, 2016
  • By Sam DeGrave

Troopers involved in shooting identified

The Alaska Department of Public Safety has identified the four Alaska State Troopers involved in a shooting in Nikiski on Wednesday.Lt. Dane Gilmore, the deputy… Continue reading

Man dies in snowmachine accident in Nikiski

An Anchorage man has died after his snowmachine ran into a tree in Nikiski.Alaska State Troopers received a report of a missing person last Friday.… Continue reading

  • Dec 11, 2016
  • By Staff reports

BlueCrest starts drilling, gets state loan modification

BlueCrest Energy got its $30 million loan with the state reworked days after the rig at the center of the deal began drilling its first… Continue reading

  • Dec 10, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Feds expand areas where ballots will be in Native languages

JUNEAU, Alaska — More people who speak Alaska Native languages will be able to receive translated election material thanks to changes made by the U.S.… Continue reading

  • Dec 10, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger Kelly Bookey, as Santa Claus, replenishes his stock of candy canes between visitors Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 at the Kenai Peninsula Harley-Davidson store in Soldotna, Alaska. Bookey estimated that he has been appearing as Santa at the store for about 10 years, sitting on a motorcycle to distribute candy canes and pose for free photos. The Harley store is also hosting a Toys-for-Tots toy drive this year.

Photo: Make a list, he’ll check it twice

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kelly Bookey, as Santa Claus, listens to the Christmas wishes of Riley Smith Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 at the Kenai… Continue reading

  • Dec 10, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger Kelly Bookey, as Santa Claus, replenishes his stock of candy canes between visitors Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 at the Kenai Peninsula Harley-Davidson store in Soldotna, Alaska. Bookey estimated that he has been appearing as Santa at the store for about 10 years, sitting on a motorcycle to distribute candy canes and pose for free photos. The Harley store is also hosting a Toys-for-Tots toy drive this year.

Troopers identify 1 of 2 bodies found in burned car

Alaska State Troopers have identified one of the two bodies found Nov. 27 in a burned Ford Bronco near Soldotna. The Alaska Medical Examiner’s office… Continue reading

  • Dec 9, 2016
  • By BEN BOETTGER and MEGAN PACER

Missing plane likely crashed into Alaska lake, officials say

ANCHORAGE — A small airplane ferrying a father and his two teenage children to Anchorage presumably plunged into an expansive Alaska lake shortly after taking… Continue reading

  • Dec 10, 2016
  • By Mark Thiessen

School board to examine health care costs

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education will take a look at the district’s rising spending on employee health care through an advisory… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Skiers practice on Headquarters Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 30, 2016 near Soldotna.

Groomed for success

The generous helping of snow that saturated the Kenai Peninsula within the past week has given new life to the winter wonderland, and it appears… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Skiers practice on Headquarters Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 30, 2016 near Soldotna.

Man shot by troopers still being treated for injuries

Alaska State Troopers have released the identity of the man shot by troopers Wednesday in Nikiski.Troopers and Kenai Police Department officers went to a home… Continue reading

Board of Fish drafts support for habitat permitting reform

The Board of Fisheries is working toward a formal motion lending its support to a citizen-generated request for the Legislature to review the state’s fish… Continue reading

FILE - In this May 4, 2005 file photo, Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Fairbanks debates an amendment to a retirement bill on the floor of the House of Representatives at the Capitol Building in Juneau, Alaska. A man killed in a plane crash Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in Alaska's interior has been identified by his wife as former Republican state Rep. Mike Kelly, 74, of Fairbanks. Cherie Kelly told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that her husband's body will be flown to Anchorage. Clint Johnson, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska division, says the private plane crashed 17 miles southeast of Fairbanks with just one person on board.  (AP Photo/Seanna O'Sullivan, File)

Ex-state Rep. Mike Kelly dies in Alaska plane crash

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Former Republican state Rep. Mike Kelly of Fairbanks was killed Wednesday in a plane crash in Alaska’s interior, his wife has confirmed.Cherie… Continue reading

  • Dec 8, 2016
FILE - In this May 4, 2005 file photo, Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Fairbanks debates an amendment to a retirement bill on the floor of the House of Representatives at the Capitol Building in Juneau, Alaska. A man killed in a plane crash Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in Alaska's interior has been identified by his wife as former Republican state Rep. Mike Kelly, 74, of Fairbanks. Cherie Kelly told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that her husband's body will be flown to Anchorage. Clint Johnson, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska division, says the private plane crashed 17 miles southeast of Fairbanks with just one person on board.  (AP Photo/Seanna O'Sullivan, File)

Missing small Alaska plane rented by the pilot

ANCHORAGE — A small plane that’s missing in Alaska with four people on board was rented by a pilot described as a man who makes… Continue reading

  • Dec 8, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Traffic backs up along the Sterling Highway following a two-vehicle collision Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 near the intersection of the highway and Mackey Lake Road in Soldotna, Alaska. One person was killed in the crash and the other taken to Central Peninsula Hospital to be treated for injuries.

1 dead in two-vehicle collision

  Update 5:30 p.m.: The Soldotna Police Department has identified the two drivers involved in a two-vehicle collision Thursday in Soldotna, in which one of… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Traffic backs up along the Sterling Highway following a two-vehicle collision Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 near the intersection of the highway and Mackey Lake Road in Soldotna, Alaska. One person was killed in the crash and the other taken to Central Peninsula Hospital to be treated for injuries.

Troopers involved in shooting in Nikiski

A branch of the Alaska State Troopers is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Wednesday afternoon in Nikiski Troopers at the Soldotna post got a… Continue reading