Kristina Fitzgerald, resident manager of Freedom House in Soldotna, talks with John Walker and Mike Meredith of the VFW during the sober living home’s open house Friday, May 5, 2017 at the house on Shady Lane in Soldotna, Alaska. Freedom House is an eight-bed, faith-based transitional living home for women recovering from addictions. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Sober living home Freedom House nears opening in Soldotna

After months of work leading right up to its open house this weekend, faith-based sober living home Freedom House in Soldotna is largely complete. The… Continue reading

Kristina Fitzgerald, resident manager of Freedom House in Soldotna, talks with John Walker and Mike Meredith of the VFW during the sober living home’s open house Friday, May 5, 2017 at the house on Shady Lane in Soldotna, Alaska. Freedom House is an eight-bed, faith-based transitional living home for women recovering from addictions. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)
Quilters work on quilts for charity at the Funny River Community Center on Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Funny River, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

State cuts ripple through borough budget

Quilts covered the walls at the Funny River Community Center, the result of hours of work by charity-minded community members. But on a Thursday afternoon,… Continue reading

Quilters work on quilts for charity at the Funny River Community Center on Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Funny River, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Alaska lawmaker under fire after ‘free trip’ abortion claim

Alaska lawmaker under fire after ‘free trip’ abortion claim

JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers on Friday demanded a public apology from a Republican legislator who said there are women in Alaska who try to get… Continue reading

  • May 6, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska lawmaker under fire after ‘free trip’ abortion claim

1 of 3 incumbents unseated in HEA election

In an election that concluded Thursday, Homer Electric Association members chose between six candidates for the three open seats on the cooperative’s board of directors.… Continue reading

Moderate quake shakes peninsula

Information is still being processed on a moderate earthquake that shook up the Kenai Peninsula Saturday night. The Alaska Earthquake Center noted a quake with… Continue reading

Snow River dam project scrapped

Four weeks after federal regulators gave Chugach Electric Association a three-year permit to investigate the feasibility of putting a hydroelectric dam on the eastern Kenai… Continue reading

Clarion file photo Louis Cassens, a project engineer with Heartland Technology Partners, works on a leachate thermal evaporation unit Monday March 17, 2014 at the Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna. The landfill is commissioning a feasibility study to expaine other uses for the gas that the machine currently evaporates, one of which could be to operate the machine itself.

Landfill plans for expansion, gas use

A few changes proposed for the Central Peninsula Landfill will not only make it bigger but possibly provide a way to harness its gas that’s… Continue reading

Clarion file photo Louis Cassens, a project engineer with Heartland Technology Partners, works on a leachate thermal evaporation unit Monday March 17, 2014 at the Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna. The landfill is commissioning a feasibility study to expaine other uses for the gas that the machine currently evaporates, one of which could be to operate the machine itself.

HEA members file complaint

Two Homer Electric Association members last week filed a complaint with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska regarding a petition by the Alaska Electric and Energy… Continue reading

HEA to hold meeting, election

The 22,892 member-owners of Homer Electric Association will have a chance to vote for three representatives on the electrical co-operative’s nine-person board of directors in… Continue reading

HEA briefs members on current, upcoming business

Issues discussed in Homer Electric Association’s annual members meeting, held Wednesday at Kenai Central High School, include what the electric cooperative is doing to reduce… Continue reading

HEA answers questions on withdraw from RCA regulation

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the dates of election events. Homer Electric Association’s 22,892 members will decide whether their cooperative’s pricing… Continue reading

Utility regulators to investigate HEA subsidiary’s deregulation election

In an order issued Wednesday, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska opened an investigation into whether the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors or HEA members… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke presents his arguments for HEA's deregulation to members of the Kenai Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Kenai Visitor's Center in Kenai, Alaska.

HEA Manager presents case for deregulation

Homer Electric Association’s General Manager Brad Janorschke made his case for deregulating the utility cooperative — the sole supplier of electricity to about 22,892 members… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke presents his arguments for HEA's deregulation to members of the Kenai Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at the Kenai Visitor's Center in Kenai, Alaska.

HEA subsidiary to also have deregulation election

As Homer Electric Association proceeds with its election to withdraw from the oversight of the state utilities regulator, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the HEA… Continue reading

HEA will not deregulate

Homer Electric Association will remain under the oversight of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, the agency which oversees the pricing practices of public utilities in… Continue reading

HEA directors look at regulated future

Editor's note: This story has been updated to add the amount HEA spent on the deregulation campaign.  After Homer Electric Association failed to deregulate, with… Continue reading

Permit may delay Sport Lake elodea killing

Elodea could be eliminated from Sport Lake near Soldotna before native vegetation emerges and before the summer crowd of pilots and boaters arrive, but only… Continue reading

A firework explodes in the sky above the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center during the finale of this year’s Christmas Comes to Kenai celebration on Nov. 25, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Kenai ultimately decided not to extend the use period for fireworks or allow sales within the city. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai firework ordinance fizzles

Legal fireworks in Kenai will remain confined to the 48 hours between Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 and the city will stay closed to firework… Continue reading

A firework explodes in the sky above the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center during the finale of this year’s Christmas Comes to Kenai celebration on Nov. 25, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Kenai ultimately decided not to extend the use period for fireworks or allow sales within the city. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Alaska’s Young votes for health care law overhaul

JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young was among a majority of House members who voted Thursday to change the Obama-era health care law,… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2017

District holds back after borough funding announced

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is one step closer to having a certain budget, but not a step in the direction the district had… Continue reading