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Kids race into the woods in search of Easter eggs during an Easter party hosted by the Kenai Elks Lodge

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Kids race into the woods in search of Easter eggs during an Easter party hosted by the Kenai Elks Lodge
Tehya Nichols performs on stage in the one-act play “HDYMTWBT,” written by Mike Druce, a former Soldotna High School teacher. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

One act at a time

The drama department at Soldotna High School presented their annual “One-Act Play Festival” this past weekend, which included four different plays at three different showings… Continue reading

Tehya Nichols performs on stage in the one-act play “HDYMTWBT,” written by Mike Druce, a former Soldotna High School teacher. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Members of the Yukon Fire Crew, highly trained hotshot wildland firefighters, perform mop up work on the Kenai Peninsula in 2015. The Type 2 Hand Crew is based on the peninsula for a large part of the year in trailers parked on land leased to the nonprofit Chugachmiut, Inc. by the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Chugachmiut is seeking a grant that would allow the organization to build a permanent camp on land it bought in 2011. (Photo courtesy Nathan Lojewski)

Nonprofit seeks grant to house fire crew

An Alaska Native nonprofit wants to improve living conditions for the highly-trained wildland firefighters it supports, who spend their days tucked away on call on… Continue reading

Members of the Yukon Fire Crew, highly trained hotshot wildland firefighters, perform mop up work on the Kenai Peninsula in 2015. The Type 2 Hand Crew is based on the peninsula for a large part of the year in trailers parked on land leased to the nonprofit Chugachmiut, Inc. by the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Chugachmiut is seeking a grant that would allow the organization to build a permanent camp on land it bought in 2011. (Photo courtesy Nathan Lojewski)

In email, BP Alaska president detail 2016 losses

BP Alaska President Janet Weiss has offered additional financial information about the company’s 2016 income after a reported $85 million profit became part of the… Continue reading

House approves income tax

It was tax day. On April 15, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 22-17 to impose Alaska’s first income tax in 37 years. Rep. Paul… Continue reading

Alaskan oil well leaking gas

ANCHORAGE (AP) — A federal official says crews in Alaska are trying to shut down an oil well that is leaking explosive natural gas on… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2017
In this March 15, 2017 photo, Bonnin Jarvill, who fishes with her husband and young daughter, shovels snow from the boat that doubles as home and workplace in Juneau, Alaska. Jarvill says health care costs are a constant concern for her. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

In Alaska, anxiety grows as debate over health care rages

JUNEAU — Going without health insurance is a risk. Going without it in Alaska can be a gamble of a much higher order, for this… Continue reading

In this March 15, 2017 photo, Bonnin Jarvill, who fishes with her husband and young daughter, shovels snow from the boat that doubles as home and workplace in Juneau, Alaska. Jarvill says health care costs are a constant concern for her. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Official: Call for fiscal plan stands amid new forecast

JUNEAU — A forecast calling for higher-than-expected revenue this year and next will help Alaska’s fiscal situation, but it doesn’t eliminate the need for a… Continue reading

  • Apr 15, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
  • State

Peninsula hungry for locally grown food

The time is ripe for central Kenai Peninsula farmers, according to a market study that found an overwhelming demand for locally grown food in the… Continue reading

Hilcorp gas leak found, oil source still being investigated

Last weekend contracted dive crews from Homer visited Hilcorp’s underwater fuel gas pipeline in Cook Inlet's Middle Ground Shoal area and located the source of the… Continue reading

Hilcorp to reduce flow in leaking gasline, halting production on two platforms

Editor's note: This story has been updated with an estimated future leak rate as a result of the pressure decrease. Hilcorp announced plans on Saturday… Continue reading

Hilcorp gas pipeline leaking into Cook Inlet

A damaged underwater pipeline is leaking between 210,000 and 310,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day into Cook Inlet, according to estimates by the… Continue reading

This April 2016 photo shows City of Soldotna crew cleaning along the Sterling Highway under ‘wet’ conditions. An ordinance passed last summer sets standards for clearing sand from streets and parking lots in order to reduce the amount of dust that gets into the air. (Photo courtesy Scott Sundberg, Soldotna Maintenance Department Manager)

New regulations in effect for dust control in Soldotna

With the snow gone and sand lining the peninsula’s streets and parking lots, new regulations in Soldotna seek to reduce how much of that sand… Continue reading

This April 2016 photo shows City of Soldotna crew cleaning along the Sterling Highway under ‘wet’ conditions. An ordinance passed last summer sets standards for clearing sand from streets and parking lots in order to reduce the amount of dust that gets into the air. (Photo courtesy Scott Sundberg, Soldotna Maintenance Department Manager)
Alaska Senate President Pete Kelly speaks to reporters during a Senate majority news conference on Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Senate leaders discussed their priorities for the rest of the legislative session. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska Senate, House at odds with session poised to run long

JUNEAU — Leaders of the Republican-led Alaska Senate said Thursday they aren’t interested in instituting an income tax or raising oil industry taxes as a… Continue reading

  • Apr 13, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska Senate President Pete Kelly speaks to reporters during a Senate majority news conference on Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Senate leaders discussed their priorities for the rest of the legislative session. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
In this July 2016 photo, the Russian River rushes under a bridge along the Russian River Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

HB 199 gets hearing, won’t pass this year

The push a group of fisheries activists made to get a section of Alaska law overhauled is making its way through the Legislature, but won’t… Continue reading

In this July 2016 photo, the Russian River rushes under a bridge along the Russian River Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
Three agencies work together to spread fluridone pellets to eradicate elodea. Scott Schuler, SePRO, works the hose, John Morton, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, drives and Matt Steffy, Homer Soil and Water Conservation District, fills the hopper for pellet spreader. Photo courtesy of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Elodea eradication begins

Crews began eradicating elodea — an invasive aquatic plant — in two Nikiski-area lakes this week. Staff from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, a representative… Continue reading

  • Jun 5, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
  • Elodea
Three agencies work together to spread fluridone pellets to eradicate elodea. Scott Schuler, SePRO, works the hose, John Morton, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, drives and Matt Steffy, Homer Soil and Water Conservation District, fills the hopper for pellet spreader. Photo courtesy of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Photo courtesy/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Invasive plant elodea in one of the many ways it is transported from lake to lake.

Kenai Peninsula leads fight against elodea

A bill to help control Alaska’s elodea infestation was pulled out of the legislature on Monday after the Alaska Division of Agriculture quarantined the invasive… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
  • Elodea
Photo courtesy/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Invasive plant elodea in one of the many ways it is transported from lake to lake.

Kenai Peninsula leads statewide elodea fight

Although elodea wasn’t discovered on the Kenai Peninsula until 2012, the peninsula is at the forefront of eradicating it. The invasive aquatic plant was discovered… Continue reading

John Morton/Kenai Wildlife Refuge Andrew Skibo (left) of chemical manufacturer SePRO oversees application of the herbicide Diquat at Daniels Lake, in a boat piloted by Kenai Wildlife Refuge Biologist Todd Eskelin (right) on Tuesday, June 3 2014. After being mixed with lake water, liquid Diquat enters the lake from a spray-hose on the rear of the boat.

Group declares partial victory over elodea

In a public presentation on Thursday, Kenai Wildlife Refuge Supervising Biologist John Morton said that herbicide treatments have eliminated elodea from two of the three… Continue reading

John Morton/Kenai Wildlife Refuge Andrew Skibo (left) of chemical manufacturer SePRO oversees application of the herbicide Diquat at Daniels Lake, in a boat piloted by Kenai Wildlife Refuge Biologist Todd Eskelin (right) on Tuesday, June 3 2014. After being mixed with lake water, liquid Diquat enters the lake from a spray-hose on the rear of the boat.
Fragments of the invasive water weed elodea lay in the snow beside an auger hole drilled on Sport Lake in February 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists found a small amount of elodea when drilling auger holes in preparation for an ice fishing event for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. (Photo courtesy Rob Massengill/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Invasive elodea found in Sport Lake

The invasive water weed elodea has been identified in Soldotna’s Sport Lake. The lake is one of the most popular on the central Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Fragments of the invasive water weed elodea lay in the snow beside an auger hole drilled on Sport Lake in February 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists found a small amount of elodea when drilling auger holes in preparation for an ice fishing event for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. (Photo courtesy Rob Massengill/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)