Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Wildlife Refuge ecologist Mark Laker takes an afternoon ski on the Refuge's frozen Headquarters Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 29 near the Kenai Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center in Soldotna.
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Wildlife Refuge ecologist Mark Laker takes an afternoon ski on the Refuge's frozen Headquarters Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 29 near the Kenai Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center in Soldotna.

Tribes receive funds for substance abuse, mental health programs

Two Alaska Native tribes on the Kenai Peninsula will receive approximately $1 million over the next five years to help address substance abuse and mental… Continue reading

This undated photo provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shows Caribou in the Western Arctic in Alaska. The size of an Arctic caribou herd in Alaska has been cut in half in just the last three years, and researchers are trying to understand why. (Jim Dau/Alaska Department of Fish and Game via AP)

Biologists research mystery of declining caribou herd

JUNEAU — The size of a large caribou herd in Alaska’s Arctic region has dropped by more 50 percent over the last three years, and… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer
This undated photo provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shows Caribou in the Western Arctic in Alaska. The size of an Arctic caribou herd in Alaska has been cut in half in just the last three years, and researchers are trying to understand why. (Jim Dau/Alaska Department of Fish and Game via AP)

Permanent Fund starts fiscal year with 3.86 percent return

Alaska’s money managers are off to a solid start in the first months of the state fiscal year.The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. announced Monday that… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Invasive strep outbreak claims lives of 4 Alaskans

ANCHORAGE — Four Alaskans have died this year in an outbreak of invasive strep bacteria that has mostly affected the homeless and Alaska Natives in… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro

Administration schedules sales tax workshops

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that the Nov. 30 meeting in Soldotna will be held at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Bridger Edwards of Kenai paddleboards up a section of the Kenai River just below the Warren Ames Bridge on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Edwards said he regularly paddles the Kenai River at flood tides and was wearing a dry suit to guard against the freezing temperatures Monday. Seals bobbed up through the river behind him, and icy slush lapped at the snowy shore. Edwards said he paddled up the estuary to the south of the river toward Kalifornsky Beach Road and was breaking through ice.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Bridger Edwards of Kenai paddleboards up a section of the Kenai River just below the Warren Ames Bridge on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Edwards said he regularly paddles the Kenai River at flood tides and was wearing a dry suit to guard against the freezing temperatures Monday. Seals bobbed up through the river behind him, and icy slush lapped at the snowy shore. Edwards said he paddled up the estuary to the south of the river toward Kalifornsky Beach Road and was breaking through ice.

Voter turnout up slightly from last presidential election

JUNEAU — Voter turnout in this month’s general election hit 60.7 percent, up slightly from the previous presidential election in 2012.According to the Division of… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Bristol Bay sockeye forecast in line with recent average

Bristol Bay can look forward to a regular season in 2017 after two years of hard work, if the forecast is to be believed.Alaska’s largest… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Mark Hutton and Dave Peterson carve numerous turkeys for the Salvation Army community dinner.

Community helps Salvation Army with turkey dinner

It was a great Thanksgiving holiday on the Kenai Peninsula with efforts community wide to make sure that everyone shared in the many blessings we… Continue reading

Mark Hutton and Dave Peterson carve numerous turkeys for the Salvation Army community dinner.
Donna Peterson was the lucky winner of an ATV Side by Side  at Boys & Girls Club Gala.

Gala raises funds for Boys & Girls Club

The Greatest Gala on Earth was a totally sold out event as the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Kenai Peninsula presented their 29th Annual… Continue reading

Donna Peterson was the lucky winner of an ATV Side by Side  at Boys & Girls Club Gala.
Volunteers clean up what fishers left behind at Rotary Park.

Rotary Park gets an autumn cleaning

Over two decades ago a Soldotna Rotarian had an idea to create handicapped access to the Kenai River so wounded veterans and others with physical… Continue reading

Volunteers clean up what fishers left behind at Rotary Park.

Waiting for the snow: Peninsula recreationists find other ways to get outside

During recent winters on the central Kenai Peninsula, ice has become the new snow.Following the trend of several consecutive abnormal winters that have left winter… Continue reading

2 bodies found in burned car near Soldotna

Update 4 p.m.: The two bodies found in a burned car near Soldotna on Sunday have arrived at the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage.… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

General registration for the upcoming semester opened to the public this morning. KPC’s spring 2017 searchable schedule is accessible from the homepage under the Academics… Continue reading

  • Nov 27, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools

School News for Nov. 28

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

New sales taxes may be delayed

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that the ordinance to delay sales taxes for nonprofits and vendors that do not accept food… Continue reading

Seward Elementary teacher Jason Leslie counts students before crossing a creek to Manitoba cabin during a field trip on Tuesday, Nov. 11 near the Seward Highway.

Seward class tries gold panning

Manitoba cabin sits on a wooded hill overlooking a creek about three quarters of a mile from the Seward Highway. For much of the winter… Continue reading

Seward Elementary teacher Jason Leslie counts students before crossing a creek to Manitoba cabin during a field trip on Tuesday, Nov. 11 near the Seward Highway.

Talking in code: How the Navajo tribes helped end WWII

Thirty-three Native American tribes had members who served as World War II code talkers, amounting between 400-500 men. But for decades, it was classified information… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Santa greets a crowd of excited families as he cruises into the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center parking lot on a Kenai Fire Deoartment engine Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.

Santa, sales, spirit descend on Kenai for annual celebration

It’s here. Christmas, that is. It arrived on the heels of Thanksgiving with a bang and a smattering of holiday spirit in the form of… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Santa greets a crowd of excited families as he cruises into the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center parking lot on a Kenai Fire Deoartment engine Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.