Drivers should expect Seward Highway delay on Friday

Motorists heading between Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula can expect a delay Friday night. Alaska 511 posted a warning Friday afternoon, and an Anchorage Police… Continue reading

Oil industry pays real taxes

For 14 years Rep. Les Gara has skewed the facts to support his personal agenda: Tax the oil industry out of existence to pay for… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2017
  • By Patrick Reilly
Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion New Habitat for Humanity homeowner Crystal Stonecipher, left, chats with Ramon and Eduviges Carreon at a groundbreaking event in Kenai on June 14. The Carreons recently paid off the mortgage on their Habitat home, which they moved into in 1995.

Building for the future: Construction begins on new Habitat home

Sawdust sprayed into the 66-degree air around Bill Radtke and Nathon Stonecipher as they sliced into a thick strip of wood. After the whirring table… Continue reading

Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion New Habitat for Humanity homeowner Crystal Stonecipher, left, chats with Ramon and Eduviges Carreon at a groundbreaking event in Kenai on June 14. The Carreons recently paid off the mortgage on their Habitat home, which they moved into in 1995.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Rebecca Trickel, Charles Trickel and Destin Trickel open presents on Christmas Day in their new Habitat for Humanity home Thursday, Dec, 25, 2014, in Kenai, Alaska. They had moved into the home less than two weeks before the holiday.

Family spends first holiday in Habitat for Humanity home

Christmas Day in the nineteenth Habitat for Humanity Home built on the Central Kenai Peninsula was the first holiday to be celebrated by the family… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Rebecca Trickel, Charles Trickel and Destin Trickel open presents on Christmas Day in their new Habitat for Humanity home Thursday, Dec, 25, 2014, in Kenai, Alaska. They had moved into the home less than two weeks before the holiday.

School district, Habitat for Humanity forge partnership

Students on the Kenai Peninsula will get a shot at some hands-on learning as soon as this summer, courtesy of a partnership between the Kenai… Continue reading

This photo taken during an agency overflight and provided by Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc. shows pan ice near a Hilcorp Alaska offshore platform in Cook Inlet on April 3, 2017. Officials said an underwater pipeline spill between two production platforms owned by Hilcorp dumped less than three gallons. The oil incident and a separate, and still leaking, natural gas line have highlighted the challenges of responding to spills in Cook Inlet caused by ice floes, wind and some of the strongest tidal currents in the world. (AP Photo/Derek Samora/CISPRI)

Incidents highlight spill response challenges in Cook Inlet

Thankfully, the Anna platform oil spill was not worse. Hilcorp Alaska LLC, which owns the west Cook Inlet production platform and reported the spill from… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2017
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
This photo taken during an agency overflight and provided by Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc. shows pan ice near a Hilcorp Alaska offshore platform in Cook Inlet on April 3, 2017. Officials said an underwater pipeline spill between two production platforms owned by Hilcorp dumped less than three gallons. The oil incident and a separate, and still leaking, natural gas line have highlighted the challenges of responding to spills in Cook Inlet caused by ice floes, wind and some of the strongest tidal currents in the world. (AP Photo/Derek Samora/CISPRI)

Fairbanks could get new sobering center this summer

FAIRBANKS (AP) — A tribal nonprofit organization is moving forward with plans to open up a sobering center in Fairbanks for severely intoxicated people. Leaders… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2017

Senate transforms Education Transformation Act

The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 96 on Thursday morning with a changes to a controversial section that called for the consolidation of schools… Continue reading

Soldotna, business owners talk electric sign regulation

City staff in Soldotna are learning more about how business owners feel about electronic signs — a relatively new way to advertise business in the… Continue reading

A warrant has been issued for Kevin Thibodeau in connection with the incident that closed the Seward Highway overnight.

Warrant issued for highway shooting suspect

Update: ANCHORAGE (AP) — A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man suspected of firing shots south of Anchorage, leading law enforcement… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2017
A warrant has been issued for Kevin Thibodeau in connection with the incident that closed the Seward Highway overnight.
Pat Foley, Senior Vice President of Alaska Operations for North Slope oil producer Caelus Energy, speaks on the oil industry's importance to Alaska's fiscal recovery during a talk on Wednesday, April 5 at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor's Center. "We're all in the oil business," Foley told his audience, speaking of oil's central place in Alaska's economy. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Caelus seeks to invest locals in Smith Bay oil

Under Alaska’s current oil tax and incentive program, the state “is really a co-investor” in oil and gas development, according to Pat Foley, Senior Vice… Continue reading

Pat Foley, Senior Vice President of Alaska Operations for North Slope oil producer Caelus Energy, speaks on the oil industry's importance to Alaska's fiscal recovery during a talk on Wednesday, April 5 at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor's Center. "We're all in the oil business," Foley told his audience, speaking of oil's central place in Alaska's economy. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
Live streaming: Fifth-graders visit Slikok Creek

Live streaming: Fifth-graders visit Slikok Creek

Fifth-grade students at Kalifornsky Beach Elementary trekked along a trail, across the road, down a hill and over a small stream to Slikok Creek on… Continue reading

Live streaming: Fifth-graders visit Slikok Creek
Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, speaks in the House chambers on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Rep. LeDoux is sponsoring HB 200 that would establish a top two nonpartisan open primary election system for elective state executive and state and national legislative offices. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Alaska lawmaker wants primary elections to be more like California

The chairwoman of the powerful House Rules Committee believes she has a plan to drive Alaska politics toward the center. Her Republican critics say it’s… Continue reading

Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, speaks in the House chambers on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Rep. LeDoux is sponsoring HB 200 that would establish a top two nonpartisan open primary election system for elective state executive and state and national legislative offices. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Soldotna man accused of sexually abusing a minor

A Soldotna man is facing a charge of sexual abuse of a minor for an incident alleged to have taken place last month. Thomas Hill,… Continue reading

Assembly won’t budge on invocation

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly wants to let the courts decide on what to do about the invocation policy. At its Tuesday meeting, the assembly… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Best Bets n The Performing Arts Society presents the Rick Zelinsky Jazz Quintet at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Tickets… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2017

State cuts loom over KPBSD budget

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education passed a preliminary fiscal year 2018 budget Monday that assumes status quo funding, despite the district’s… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN

Borough kicks off comprehensive plan work

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is wading into the long process of revising its comprehensive plan. The plan, which is the foundation document of reference for… Continue reading

The Escopeta Oil and Gas Spartan 151 jack-up rig lies at anchor in Kachemak Bay on Monday morning, Aug. 8, 2011. Three Foss Maritime tugboats towed it from Vancouver, B.C., to Homer. The rig left Vancouver July 19 and arrived about 5 p.m. Aug. 7 in Kachemak Bay.

Furie settles Jones Act violation for $10M fine

The U.S. Justice Department announced a settlement and agreement April 4 for a $10 million fine against Houston-based Furie Operating Alaska LLC over the company’s… Continue reading

  • Apr 4, 2017
  • By Tim Bradner
The Escopeta Oil and Gas Spartan 151 jack-up rig lies at anchor in Kachemak Bay on Monday morning, Aug. 8, 2011. Three Foss Maritime tugboats towed it from Vancouver, B.C., to Homer. The rig left Vancouver July 19 and arrived about 5 p.m. Aug. 7 in Kachemak Bay.

Chuitna documentary to premier February 3

Two developments in the ongoing controversy over the proposed Chuitna coal project are expected to happen soon after one another. In the first weeks of… Continue reading