Central Kenai Peninsula sees more rain this summer than usual

Central Kenai Peninsula residents have gotten practice at being prepared for less than perfect weather this summer. Steady rain has led to canceled Peninsula Oilers… Continue reading

Man arrested for DUI after spilling screws on Seward Highway

Man arrested for DUI after spilling screws on Seward Highway A man was arrested near Seward last Saturday after he spilled a load of 3-inch… Continue reading

Casting their nets The sun peeks through cloud cover to light up the mouth of the Kenai River as personal-use dipnetters fish from the north Kenai beach Sunday. After several days of heavy rain across the central Kenai Peninsula, the weather began to clear Wednesday, with clouds expected to make way for some sunshine, with temperatures in the mid-60s, according to the National Weather Service. Find more fishing coverage on Page A10. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Casting their nets

The sun peeks through cloud cover to light up the mouth of the Kenai River as personal-use dipnetters fish from the northKenai beach Sunday. After… Continue reading

Casting their nets The sun peeks through cloud cover to light up the mouth of the Kenai River as personal-use dipnetters fish from the north Kenai beach Sunday. After several days of heavy rain across the central Kenai Peninsula, the weather began to clear Wednesday, with clouds expected to make way for some sunshine, with temperatures in the mid-60s, according to the National Weather Service. Find more fishing coverage on Page A10. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Salmonfest attendees parade through the festival grounds carrying a large, handmade salmon at the 2016 festival in Ninilchik. (Clarion file photo)

Salmonfest hopes to minimize waste

Salmonfest hopes to leave festivalgoers with memories of fish, love and music while leaving behind as little waste as possible. The three-day festival, from Aug.… Continue reading

  • Jul 19, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN
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Salmonfest attendees parade through the festival grounds carrying a large, handmade salmon at the 2016 festival in Ninilchik. (Clarion file photo)
The Bookworm Sez: A post-Apocalyptic Amish novel? Yes!

The Bookworm Sez: A post-Apocalyptic Amish novel? Yes!

Your parents taught you to share. You have enough to give some away. Don’t be stingy or selfish. Be good. Be generous. Be friends. Share… Continue reading

The Bookworm Sez: A post-Apocalyptic Amish novel? Yes!

What’s Happening

First Thursday n Soldotna Progress Days are Saturday and Sunday, with music, food and vendors at Soldotna Creek Park from 11 a.m-5 p.m. Saturday and… Continue reading

  • Jul 19, 2017

Poet’s Corner: In the Shade of the Woods

In the Shade of the Woods By Dave Thompson, Kenai In the shade of the woods I taste sweet waters Where the creek runs slow… Continue reading

  • Jul 19, 2017
  • By Dave Thompson

Reeling it in: Ready to rock?

“School of Rock” Paramount Pictures 1 hour, 49 minutes For nearly two decades I’ve been writing reviews for this paper, and I pride myself on… Continue reading

  • Jul 19, 2017
  • By Chris Jenness

Assembly introduced bed tax ordinance

Voters may get to decide whether Kenai Peninsula Borough hotels and bed-and-breakfasts should have to charge a bed tax in the fall election. The Kenai… Continue reading

Commercial fishermen to fish Thursday

Commercial fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet will head out as usual Thursday, but with restricted area for the drift fleet and restricted gear in the… Continue reading

Managers reining back Upper Cook Inlet commercial fishing

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that 2017's Kenai River inriver goal is 900,000–1.1 million sockeye salmon. Commercial fishing managers in Upper… Continue reading

Minor earthquake felt on Tuesday

At 3:47 p.m. on Tuesday, a 3.7 magnitude earthquake was felt throughout the Kenai Peninsula region. The minor earthquake’s epicenter was located at a depth… Continue reading

Setbacks complicate Kenai marijuana permitting

The question of how to measure the minimum distance Kenai code mandates between marijuana businesses and churches, schools, recreational facilities and substance abuse treatment centers… Continue reading

Construction season under way on the Kenai Peninsula

Kenai Peninsula residents and visitors should plan a little more time behind the wheel to account for some road construction projects this year. Drivers in… Continue reading

Karl Danielson (left), a senior at Kenai Central High School and a member of the KCHS Cross Country Ski Team, his mom Teresa Danielson (center) and coach Brad Nyquist (right) empty out their garbage bags into a bin at the north Kenai Beach on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Members of the ski team helped clean up the beach Tuesday as a fundraiser for the team’s activities. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

KCHS ski team cleans up dipnet beach

One of the sorest points for Kenai residents about the personal-use dipnet fishery is the trash left on the beaches — cigarette butts, plastic cups,… Continue reading

Karl Danielson (left), a senior at Kenai Central High School and a member of the KCHS Cross Country Ski Team, his mom Teresa Danielson (center) and coach Brad Nyquist (right) empty out their garbage bags into a bin at the north Kenai Beach on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. Members of the ski team helped clean up the beach Tuesday as a fundraiser for the team’s activities. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Council may trim proposed marijuana setbacks

Setbacks for commercial marijuana establishments may become more tightly regulated in Kenai than they are at the state level. Alaska’s regulations for commercial marijuana require… Continue reading

Silas Wendt, 5, plays among the goats at his family’s farm, Karluk Acres, on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion) 

Getting your goat: Karluk Acres farm finds niche

The goats at Karluk Acres are starting to wean and will be heading to destinations across Alaska starting this week. The farm, which has been… Continue reading

  • Jul 17, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN
Silas Wendt, 5, plays among the goats at his family’s farm, Karluk Acres, on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion) 

Peninsula voters wary of legal pot

It appears the third time is the charm for Alaskans’ bid to legalize marijuana. After failed voter initiatives in 2000 and 2004, on Tuesday Alaskans… Continue reading

Two people walk their dog across Bishop’s Beach on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Cook Inlet to have a noncommercial Tanner crab season this winter

Recreational and subsistence users will get a chance to fish for Tanner crab again in Cook Inlet this winter. Cook Inlet’s noncommercial season for Tanner… Continue reading

Two people walk their dog across Bishop’s Beach on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly listen to testimony Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 in Soldonta on the introduction of an ordinance that would be put to a vote if the borough should ban marijuana cultivation in the rural areas. The assembly set public hearing for the ordinance for Feb. 24 - the day marijuana legalization goes into effect.

Public speaks on marijuana cultivation ordinance

Kenai Peninsula residents may have a ballot measure on marijuana cultivation to consider if an ordinance introduced at Tuesday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting is… Continue reading

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly listen to testimony Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 in Soldonta on the introduction of an ordinance that would be put to a vote if the borough should ban marijuana cultivation in the rural areas. The assembly set public hearing for the ordinance for Feb. 24 - the day marijuana legalization goes into effect.