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Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion This Thursday, April 28, 2016 file photo shows a drop box for prescription drugs sits in the lobby of the Soldotna Police Department in Soldotna, Alaska. Drugs collected through the box are sent to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to be disposed of.

Drug take-back day scheduled for Saturday

If central Kenai Peninsula residents have been wondering what to do with their unnecessary or expired prescription or over-the-counter drugs, they need look no further… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion This Thursday, April 28, 2016 file photo shows a drop box for prescription drugs sits in the lobby of the Soldotna Police Department in Soldotna, Alaska. Drugs collected through the box are sent to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to be disposed of.

Prosecutors say suspect shot, taunted Alaska police officer

ANCHORAGE — A 29-year-old Alaska man opened fire on a Fairbanks police officer, took his gun, stomped on his head and taunted him as the… Continue reading

  • Oct 19, 2016
  • By Dan Joling
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debate during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (Mark Ralston/Pool via AP)

Debate stunner: Trump won’t say he’ll accept election result

LAS VEGAS — Threatening to upend a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday night that he will accept the results… Continue reading

  • Oct 19, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and LISA LERER
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debate during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (Mark Ralston/Pool via AP)
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Board of Fisheries will not take regulatory action at the worksession, but will discuss agenda change requests and non-regulatory proposals.

Public weighs in at Board of Fisheries

Fishermen and the fisheries-inclined turned out by the dozens Tuesday for an open hearing before the Board of Fisheries to air their concerns on a… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Board of Fisheries will not take regulatory action at the worksession, but will discuss agenda change requests and non-regulatory proposals.

Assembly votes to update comprehensive plan

The Kenai Peninsula Borough government plans to start looking for proposals to update its comprehensive plan.The Kenai Peninsula Borough Comprehensive Plan, which outlines the broad… Continue reading

Man arrested in shooting of Fairbanks police officer

ANCHORAGE — A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a shooting that left an Alaska police officer seriously injured.Anthony George Jenkins-Alexie was arrested… Continue reading

  • Oct 18, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro

Kenai election results official with 24.9 percent voter turnout

The final results of Kenai’s Oct. 4 election confirm the unofficial preliminary results: Brian Gabriel beat Hal Smalley for the seat of Kenai mayor, and… Continue reading

Murkowski: Presidential race causing down-ballot uncertainty

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said the presidential race is creating uncertainty for down-ballot races like hers that she hasn’t experienced before.The Alaska Republican… Continue reading

  • Oct 18, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Cars and trucks whizz by on the Kenai Spur Highway as a small group of caribou watch from the lawn of Trinity Christian Church on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 near Soldotna, Alaska. Snow fell in flurries in some places on Sunday evening, remaining on shady hillsides even in the middle of the cloudy day Monday. The National Weather Service has forecasted a chance of snow showers Tuesday, then again on Thursday and Friday for the central Kenai Peninsula.

Photo: Settling in for the winter

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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Cars and trucks whizz by on the Kenai Spur Highway as a small group of caribou watch from the lawn of Trinity Christian Church on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 near Soldotna, Alaska. Snow fell in flurries in some places on Sunday evening, remaining on shady hillsides even in the middle of the cloudy day Monday. The National Weather Service has forecasted a chance of snow showers Tuesday, then again on Thursday and Friday for the central Kenai Peninsula.

First snow of season leads to traffic accidents

Monday morning brought light snow to some parts of the Kenai Peninsula for the first time this season. Shortly after 6 a.m, the Alaska Department… Continue reading

Police seek suspect who shot Fairbanks police officer

ANCHORAGE — The armed assailant who opened fire on an Alaska police officer struck him five times, including once in the chest, police said Monday.Fairbanks… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2016
  • By Dan Joling

Alaska Federation of Natives celebrates 50 years

On the morning of Oct. 18, 1966, Emil Notti, an Athabascan born in Koyukuk, called the first gathering of the Alaska Federation of Natives to… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2016
  • By STEPHANIE PROKOP

Police arrest Homer man in 3-year-old murder case

Homer Police on Sunday arrested a Homer man in the death of Mark Matthews, then 61, killed July 28, 2013 off the Poopdeck Trail. Lee… Continue reading

Clarion file photo In this Feb. 14, 2014 photo, two 2013 Polaris RMK Assaults on display at Peninsula Powersports.

Snowmachine trail grants threatened by governor veto

The state funds available to snowmachine clubs around the state for trail maintenance and grooming may disappear next year.Since 1997, the registration fees that all… Continue reading

Clarion file photo In this Feb. 14, 2014 photo, two 2013 Polaris RMK Assaults on display at Peninsula Powersports.
Steve Lindbeck, left, the Democratic challenger for Alaska's sole seat in the U.S. House, talks with the Republican incumbent, Don Young, after a forum Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. Libertarian Jim McDermott also took part in the forum. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

House candidates to work with White House to advance Alaska

ANCHORAGE — The two main candidates for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat vowed Monday to work with whoever wins the presidential election to advance Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2016
  • By Mark Thiessen
Steve Lindbeck, left, the Democratic challenger for Alaska's sole seat in the U.S. House, talks with the Republican incumbent, Don Young, after a forum Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. Libertarian Jim McDermott also took part in the forum. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Grain to berries

Grain to berries

Dr. John Halligan is well known and appreciated locally for bringing Peninsula Radiation Oncology Center to the area so cancer patients don’t have to seek… Continue reading

Grain to berries
flu shots

flu shots

The 6th Annual Central Peninsula Hospital (CPH) Drive-Through Free Flu Shot Clinic was a great success and ended up being the second largest ever. According… Continue reading

flu shots
big check

big check

Members of the Kasilof Eagles aerie # 4317 landed at Frontier Community Services (FCS) on Columbus Day to present executive director Amanda Faulkner and her… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2016
big check
teacher from Voznenka

teacher from Voznenka

Now in its 27th year the Caring for the Kenai (CFK) environmental and disaster preparedness program sponsored by Tesoro held its annual science and language… Continue reading

teacher from Voznenka
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teacher for the visually-impaired Jordana Engebretson (left) helps blindfolded student Steven Smith type a message on her computer, which has a text-to-speech program that reads back the letters and words Smith types, during RIver City Academy's Blindness Challenge on Thursday, Oct. 13 in Soldotna.

Students learn about challenges of visual impairment

Of the Kenai Peninsula School District’s approximately 8,900 students, three are blind. Jordana Engebretson, the district’s teacher for the visually impaired, said this is an… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teacher for the visually-impaired Jordana Engebretson (left) helps blindfolded student Steven Smith type a message on her computer, which has a text-to-speech program that reads back the letters and words Smith types, during RIver City Academy's Blindness Challenge on Thursday, Oct. 13 in Soldotna.