Seafood groups pick up $5.9M tab for hatchery salmon research

Processors and seven hatcheries have agreed to pony up millions to keep an Alaska Department of Fish and Game research project going. Pacific Seafood Processors… Continue reading

  • Feb 12, 2017
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, listens to Rep. Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, make a statement about the new majority’s procedures during a House session on Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

House’s majority coalition unveils budget fix, including income tax and Permanent Fund spending

The coalition leading the Alaska House of Representatives has unveiled the core of its plan to erase Alaska’s $2.7 billion annual deficit. On Friday, members… Continue reading

Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, listens to Rep. Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, make a statement about the new majority’s procedures during a House session on Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

State raids cannabis shops, seizes CBD oil

Several retailers have confirmed that Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office enforcement seized thousands of dollars worth of imported cannabidiol oils on Feb. 9. “The Marijuana… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2017
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Trump transition team limits EPA at environmental forum

ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency halved the number of staffers attending an annual Anchorage forum on issues like climate change in response to… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2017

3 arrested in Nikiski drug bust

Three people were arrested this week during a drug bust in Nikiski. The Alaska State Troopers Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit began an investigation of a… Continue reading

1 hurt in 3-vehicle crash

One person was hurt in the three-vehicle car accident on the Sterling Highway on Friday. First responders from Central Emergency Services and the Soldotna Police… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Tyrrel Corveia, 14, had her parents drop her off near the 150-foot crack on Kalifornsky Beach road near Kasilof Sunday in Kasilof, Alaska. Corveia lives in a yurt and said she woke up to the structure shaking on its stilts, but said at the end her home sustained no damages.

Shaken awake

Kenai Peninsula residents got a rude awakening early Sunday morning when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Lower Cook Inlet. No injuries have been reported… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Tyrrel Corveia, 14, had her parents drop her off near the 150-foot crack on Kalifornsky Beach road near Kasilof Sunday in Kasilof, Alaska. Corveia lives in a yurt and said she woke up to the structure shaking on its stilts, but said at the end her home sustained no damages.
Mt. Redoubt looms over the icy Cook Inlet near the bluff on the southern shore of the Kenai River on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Mt. Redoubt looms over the icy Cook Inlet near the bluff on the southern shore of the Kenai River on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Activity is seen outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in San Francisco on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, dealing another legal setback to the new administration's immigration policy. The states said Trump's travel ban harmed individuals, businesses and universities. Citing Trump's campaign promise to stop Muslims from entering the U.S., they said the ban unconstitutionally blocked entry to people based on religion. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Federal appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2017
Activity is seen outside the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in San Francisco on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A federal appeals court refused Thursday to reinstate President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations, dealing another legal setback to the new administration's immigration policy. The states said Trump's travel ban harmed individuals, businesses and universities. Citing Trump's campaign promise to stop Muslims from entering the U.S., they said the ban unconstitutionally blocked entry to people based on religion. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Local magistrate named to Kenai Superior Court

Jennifer Wells is the newest addition to the Kenai Superior Court bench. Her selection to fill the seat being left open by retiring Superior Court… Continue reading

Assembly to consider eliminating invocation, again

For the third time in a year, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider an ordinance to eliminate the invocation before its meetings. An ordinance… Continue reading

Gas line damaged near Nikiski

Enstar Natural Gas Co. is working on repairing a gas line that was damaged in the Nikiski area. Lindsay Hobson, communications manager for Enstar, said… Continue reading

Tyler Payment and Kate Schwarzer act out a scene from the play “Almost, Maine,” during a rehearsal Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 at the Triumvirate Theatre in North Kenai, Alaska. The play is set to run Friday and Saturday.

Love, laughs abound in upcoming Triumvirate show

Those looking to cast off the cold and gloom of the winter season will have a good opportunity with an upcoming Triumvirate Theatre show that… Continue reading

Tyler Payment and Kate Schwarzer act out a scene from the play “Almost, Maine,” during a rehearsal Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 at the Triumvirate Theatre in North Kenai, Alaska. The play is set to run Friday and Saturday.
Sticky notes with ideas and suggestions written by participants in a Native Leaders Gathering cover a poster at the meeting Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 at the Dena’ina Wellness Center in Kenai, Alaska. Tribal representatives and members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and other organizations met to discuss the gaps in education for the district’s Native students as well as possible solutions. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Native leaders workshop to address education barriers

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s advisory committee on Native education is looking for suggestions on how to fill the various educational gaps the district’s… Continue reading

Sticky notes with ideas and suggestions written by participants in a Native Leaders Gathering cover a poster at the meeting Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 at the Dena’ina Wellness Center in Kenai, Alaska. Tribal representatives and members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and other organizations met to discuss the gaps in education for the district’s Native students as well as possible solutions. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

1 hurt when small plane crashes near Sterling

Thursday update: The pilot who was hurt Wednesday when her plane went down in the Kenai River near Sterling was having mechanical issues before the… Continue reading

  • Feb 8, 2017
  • By Staff reports
House bill would change Alaska oil tax credit system

House bill would change Alaska oil tax credit system

JUNEAU — Democratic House majority members on Wednesday proposed changes to an Alaska tax credit program that financially rewards oil exploration and production but is… Continue reading

  • Feb 8, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
House bill would change Alaska oil tax credit system

Alaska chief justice expects another 3.5 percent drop in court system budget

Alaska’s chief justice told lawmakers Wednesday that he’s optimistic and hopes they will find a solution to the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Then again, “Candidly,… Continue reading

School district plans changes to English language learners program

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the titles of Board of Education Vice-President Penny Vadla and Board of Education Clerk Bill Holt.… Continue reading

Kay Aull, from left, holds a sign and chants with Beth Kohn, Paul Paz y Mino and Karen Shore outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. President Donald Trump’s travel ban faced its biggest legal test yet Tuesday as a panel of federal judges prepared to hear arguments from the administration and its opponents about two fundamentally divergent views of the executive branch and the court system. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Judges hammer attorneys on both sides of travel ban case

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump’s travel ban faced its toughest test yet Tuesday as a panel of appeals court judges hammered away at the… Continue reading

  • Feb 7, 2017
  • By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Kay Aull, from left, holds a sign and chants with Beth Kohn, Paul Paz y Mino and Karen Shore outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. President Donald Trump’s travel ban faced its biggest legal test yet Tuesday as a panel of federal judges prepared to hear arguments from the administration and its opponents about two fundamentally divergent views of the executive branch and the court system. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Boaters crowd the Kenai River near the Kenai City Dock on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Proposals would change dipnet fishery area, season

Like most fisheries issues in Upper Cook Inlet, there’s a lot of disagreement about what to do with the Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishery. The… Continue reading

Boaters crowd the Kenai River near the Kenai City Dock on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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