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.

School News for Oct. 17

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

For more than a quarter century, the KPC Showcase, a lecture, entertainment and arts series, has promoted the humanities on the Peninsula. In recent years,… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock program Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Nybakken, who regularly makes home visits to care for farm animals, helps out with the efforts to get the market livestock that the kids raise to the fair in Ninilchik each year. At the annual 4-H awards banquet, the participants presented him with a signed photo and board thanking him for his work.

Photo: A moment of gratitude

Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2016
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock program Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Nybakken, who regularly makes home visits to care for farm animals, helps out with the efforts to get the market livestock that the kids raise to the fair in Ninilchik each year. At the annual 4-H awards banquet, the participants presented him with a signed photo and board thanking him for his work.

Soldotna introduces ordinance to reinstate grocery tax

Soldotna residents will soon have the chance to weigh in on whether the city brings back its year-round grocery tax.The Soldotna City Council introduced an… Continue reading

Division of Forestry asks residents not to burn Sunday, Monday

The Alaska Division of Forestry is asking residents in the Southcentral and Interior regions to avoid burning, both in open debris fires and burn barrels,… Continue reading

Homer Folk School shares skills with community

Homer Folk School is here to stay and provide intergenerational learning of folk arts — from homesteading to maritime skills — to Homer and the… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2016
  • By ANNA FROST

ConocoPhillips economist: Lower oil prices may be here to stay

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that Marianne Kah asked for the state to provide fiscal stability. The lower oil prices that… Continue reading

Panel: No indication of Russian aggression in Arctic

ANCHORAGE (AP) — While Russia has built up its military on its side of the Arctic, there is no evidence of Russian aggression in the… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2016

Teaching panel proposes protections for transgender students

ANCHORAGE (AP) — An Alaska educational commission wants to add transgender students to a list of protected categories in its code of ethics.The Professional Teaching… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2016

Accidental shootings kill, injure children in Alaska

ANCHORAGE — A state trooper’s young son died after he inadvertently shot himself with a gun he found in the house. A boy in a… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornski Beach Elementary fifth grader Avery Ciufo, 10, signs her name after her team, the Caribou Creators, let their mouse trap vehicle loose in competition, while teammate Nicholas Rackley, 11, and Elizabeth Morris, a judge, look on during the annual Mind A-Mazes competition at Soldotna Prep in Soldotna, Alaska. The 44 teams that registered from across the school district this year had about six weeks to design and build their devices for the event facilitated by the district's Quest Program.

Show ’em what you’re working with

Four middle and elementary school students crouched low on the gymnasium floor — barely moving — holding their breath as one of their teammates released… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornski Beach Elementary fifth grader Avery Ciufo, 10, signs her name after her team, the Caribou Creators, let their mouse trap vehicle loose in competition, while teammate Nicholas Rackley, 11, and Elizabeth Morris, a judge, look on during the annual Mind A-Mazes competition at Soldotna Prep in Soldotna, Alaska. The 44 teams that registered from across the school district this year had about six weeks to design and build their devices for the event facilitated by the district's Quest Program.

School district meetings consider budget options

Staff in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, teachers and members of the public began brainstorming how to reconcile an expected budget cut last week.At… Continue reading