Soldotna to seek public input on annexation

Some concerned Kenai Peninsula Borough residents got a head start weighing in on the city of Soldotna’s latest efforts to explore annexation of surrounding areas… Continue reading

District begins school budgeting with Oct. count

The Kenai Peninsula School District starts calculating its future budget by calculating its future students. At a work session prior to Monday’s Board of Education… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula Board of Education approves employee contracts

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education approved agreements with its employee associations at its Monday meeting, finishing the approximately 18-month long negotiation between the… Continue reading

Murkowski fends off crowded field

ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski won her bid for re-election, fending off a crowded field of challengers that included the man who beat her… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Kenai Peninsula Board of Education approves employee agreements

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education approved agreements with its employee associations at its meeting Monday, finishing the approximately 18-month long negotiation between the… Continue reading

Knopp wins District 30 race

Gary Knopp will represent the residents of Kenai and Soldotna in the Alaska Legislature for the next session, according to unofficial election results. In a… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski resident Richard Marquez casts his vote Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at the North Peninsula Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska.

Peninsula voters share views

As cars flew through the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling highways around noon on Election Day, about half of the drivers honked or… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By MEGAN PACER, ELIZABETH EARL and BEN BOETTGER
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski resident Richard Marquez casts his vote Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at the North Peninsula Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska.
President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump vows to unify a deeply divided nation

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and ROBERT FURLOW
President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Young wins 23rd term in Congress

ANCHORAGE — Alaska voters have given the longest serving Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives more years in office.Rep. Don Young, who was first… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By Mark Thiessen
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion The road to Gray Cliff and Moose Point extends past the pavement in Captain Cook State Park, shown on Monday, April 11, 2016. Apache Corporation, which was exploring for oil and gas in the area, had announced plans to extend the road to Gray Cliff before the company's withdrawal from Alaska in March 2016. The company is engaged in talks with the Kenai Peninsula Borough to potentially donate its preliminary environmental and engineering work to the borough so it could pick up the project.

Borough moves forward on North Road extension plans

Plans are moving forward for the long-awaited Kenai Spur Highway extension past the current terminus at Captain Cook State Recreation Area. The road would provide… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion The road to Gray Cliff and Moose Point extends past the pavement in Captain Cook State Park, shown on Monday, April 11, 2016. Apache Corporation, which was exploring for oil and gas in the area, had announced plans to extend the road to Gray Cliff before the company's withdrawal from Alaska in March 2016. The company is engaged in talks with the Kenai Peninsula Borough to potentially donate its preliminary environmental and engineering work to the borough so it could pick up the project.

State opioid task force issues recommendations

The task force considering how to address the growing opioid addiction crisis in Alaska is seeking public comment on its first draft of recommendations. The… Continue reading

In this Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, photo, Fairbanks Police Department Sgt. Allen Brandt's uniform appears on stage during the funeral for Brandt at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of the Fairbanks police officer killed in the line of duty. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)

Fairbanks mourns slain police officer

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of a Fairbanks police officer killed in the… Continue reading

  • Nov 7, 2016
In this Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, photo, Fairbanks Police Department Sgt. Allen Brandt's uniform appears on stage during the funeral for Brandt at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of the Fairbanks police officer killed in the line of duty. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kareasa McElwain of Soldotna paints the front windows of the Kenai Specialty Clinics on Trading Bay Road on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. McElwain, who teaches painting classes through her business K Maria Arts, began offering custom window decoration for businesses this winter. She said she's done about 10 so far this season.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kareasa McElwain of Soldotna paints the front windows of the Kenai Specialty Clinics on Trading Bay Road on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. McElwain, who teaches painting classes through her business K Maria Arts, began offering custom window decoration for businesses this winter. She said she's done about 10 so far this season.

Senate race features party twists

ANCHORAGE — When’s a Republican not a Republican, or a Libertarian for that matter? And could Alaska be turning blue? Here are some things to… Continue reading

  • Nov 7, 2016
  • By Mark Thiessen

Around Campus: ‘Gateway to the Associate Arts Degree’ program announced

Beginning in fall 2017, a residential based academic program called ‘Gateway to the AA and Beyond’ will be available to students. The program will create… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools

Around the District

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

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A new drainage outlet holds the Kenai Municipal Airport floatplane pond to its winter level of about 4 feet on Thursday, Nov. 3 in Kenai, Alaska. When filled to its summer level, the upper grate, surrounded by a ring-shaped barrier, will prevent it from overflowing.

Kenai airport finishes 2016 work with floatplane pond drainage, sinkhole filling

After a summer spent holding visiting floatplanes from around the state, the Kenai Municipal Airport’s floatplane pond is now a landing site for small groups… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A new drainage outlet holds the Kenai Municipal Airport floatplane pond to its winter level of about 4 feet on Thursday, Nov. 3 in Kenai, Alaska. When filled to its summer level, the upper grate, surrounded by a ring-shaped barrier, will prevent it from overflowing.

Agencies, organizations work to count peninsula homeless

Right now, it’s impossible to say exactly how many people are homeless on the central Kenai Peninsula at any given time.Different agencies have guesses based… Continue reading

American seafood consumption stays the course

Though the U.S. government promotes seafood as an omega-3 fat-packed ambrosia deserving two meals a week, consumers aren’t biting.Despite being the second-largest seafood consuming nation,… Continue reading

  • Nov 6, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS

First Quarter Honor Rolls

4.0 — 8th Grade: James Baisden, Vanessa Beck, Erin Blum, Taylor Carver, Kaya Cox, Emmarie Edwards-Dean, Courtney Ellis, Caden Fields, Matthew Grzybowski, Gabrielle Hansen, Karley… Continue reading