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In this August 2016 photo, an angler lands a pink salmon on the docks at Centennial Park in Soldotna, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Pink salmon forecasts look up for 2017

After last year’s disastrously low pink salmon runs to drainages all across the Gulf of Alaska, the forecasts offer a little more hope for the… Continue reading

In this August 2016 photo, an angler lands a pink salmon on the docks at Centennial Park in Soldotna, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
KPC students fold good fortune

KPC students fold good fortune

The Kenai Senior Center received a special gift from Kenai Peninsula College students on Tuesday in the form of 1,000 origami cranes. Each crane was… Continue reading

KPC students fold good fortune

Assembly members vote against marijuana license based on personal objection

Local governments in Alaska have the right to object to proposed marijuana licenses, but only if the marijuana business violates state or local law. So… Continue reading

In this image provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA, shows how low sea ice levels were in the Arctic this winter, alarming climate scientists. During the winter, Arctic sea ice grew to 5.57 million square miles (14.42 million square kilometers) at its peak, but that’s the smallest amount of winter sea ice in 38 years of record keeping, beating the record set in 2015 and tied last year. Sea ice in March of this year was smaller than last year by an area about the size of the state of Maine. (National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA via AP)

Arctic sea ice dips to record low for winter

WASHINGTON — The frigid top of the Earth just set yet another record for low levels of sea ice in what scientists say is a… Continue reading

In this image provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA, shows how low sea ice levels were in the Arctic this winter, alarming climate scientists. During the winter, Arctic sea ice grew to 5.57 million square miles (14.42 million square kilometers) at its peak, but that’s the smallest amount of winter sea ice in 38 years of record keeping, beating the record set in 2015 and tied last year. Sea ice in March of this year was smaller than last year by an area about the size of the state of Maine. (National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA via AP)

Assembly denies ordinance to drop invocation, lawsuit, controversy go on

After reams of public comments, dozens of emails and a legal challenge still wending its way through the state court system, the Kenai Peninsula Borough… Continue reading

No injuries in two-car accident on Kenai Spur

No injuries in Kenai collision A two-car accident at the intersection of Kenai’s Main Street Loop Road and the Kenai Spur Highway drew responders from… Continue reading

Gina Keith, office manager at Kachemak Electric, spoke with job seekers on March 22 at Kenai Peninsula Job Fair held at Peninsula Job Center. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Local employers attend annual job fair

More than 50 employers attended the Peninsula Job Center at Old Carrs Mall yesterday for the annual Kenai Peninsula Job Fair, hosted by Alaska Department… Continue reading

Gina Keith, office manager at Kachemak Electric, spoke with job seekers on March 22 at Kenai Peninsula Job Fair held at Peninsula Job Center. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
‘Mangrove Lightning’ both heart-pounding, silly

‘Mangrove Lightning’ both heart-pounding, silly

A storm is coming. You feel it in the air, and you can smell it as thunder grumbles in the distance. It was in the… Continue reading

‘Mangrove Lightning’ both heart-pounding, silly
Ben Affleck and Sienna Miller in "Live by Night." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Reeling it in: Affleck drags down ‘Live by Night’

“Live by Night” Warner Bros. 2 hours, 9 minutes The big movie this weekend was — and this is probably not news to most of… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2017
  • By Chris Jenness
Ben Affleck and Sienna Miller in "Live by Night." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Poet’s Corner: See the swamp, how big it’s grown

See the swamp, how big it’s grown But friend it hasn’t been too long. (Title thanks to Bobby Goldsboro) By Brent Johnson, Clam Gulch The… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2017
  • By Brent Johnson
Dancers from the Soldotna-based studio Forever Dance Alaska pose in a scene from their upcoming show “Be Light, Be Love” on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in Kenai Central High School’s Renee C. Henderson Auditorium. “Be Light, Be Love” will show Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m at Kenai Central High. Tickets are $10 or $15, depending on seat location.

Dancers take up social message with ‘Be Light, Be Love’

The dancers onstage at Forever Dance Alaska’s upcoming show hope to start a dialogue without saying much at all. The Soldotna-based dance studio’s Aurora Dance… Continue reading

Dancers from the Soldotna-based studio Forever Dance Alaska pose in a scene from their upcoming show “Be Light, Be Love” on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in Kenai Central High School’s Renee C. Henderson Auditorium. “Be Light, Be Love” will show Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m at Kenai Central High. Tickets are $10 or $15, depending on seat location.

KPBSD faces budget deficits, dropping enrollment

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education sought to explain why district costs continue to rise, even though student enrollment has dropped, to… Continue reading

Hal Taylor (left) seeks an escape from check in a chess game against Andy Veh on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in the Kenai Community Library. Taylor helped organize a chess club that plays in the Kenai Library every Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Chess club meets in Kenai Library

Hal Taylor (left) seeks an escape from check in a chess game against Andy Veh on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in the Kenai Community Library.… Continue reading

  • Mar 21, 2017
Hal Taylor (left) seeks an escape from check in a chess game against Andy Veh on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in the Kenai Community Library. Taylor helped organize a chess club that plays in the Kenai Library every Tuesday at 4 p.m.
In this Sunday, March 19, 2017 photo, a flight attendant holds a snake found on a Ravn Alaska flight between Aniak, Alaska and Anchorage. The snake escaped from a passenger on a previous flight. The flight attendant captured the reptile and placed it in a trash bag and stowed it in an overhead luggage compartment. (Anna McConnaughy via AP)

That’s not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight

ANCHORAGE — Anna McConnaughy was flying to Alaska’s largest city when the announcement came over the intercom: a passenger on a previous flight had brought… Continue reading

In this Sunday, March 19, 2017 photo, a flight attendant holds a snake found on a Ravn Alaska flight between Aniak, Alaska and Anchorage. The snake escaped from a passenger on a previous flight. The flight attendant captured the reptile and placed it in a trash bag and stowed it in an overhead luggage compartment. (Anna McConnaughy via AP)

Without both commercial and sport funding, UAF declines research donation

The University of Alaska Fairbanks turned down an offer for funding for research on Kenai River king salmon because it would only come from one… Continue reading

HEA to pay out credits to members

Homer Electric Association plans to start paying out credits to approximately 10,000 members who bought electricity from the utility cooperative between 1986 and 1987. As… Continue reading

Despite colder winter, ‘blob’ may not be gone yet

A more normal winter has helped to dispel a warm water patch in the North Pacific, but it hasn’t disappeared entirely. The warm patch, nicknamed… Continue reading

Donated dresses line the walls of the Soldotna Prep School’s Choir Room, transforming the room into Cinderella’s Closet, a charitable event that offers prom dresses and accessories to high school students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. (Photo courtesy Emanuela Pokryfki/Kenai Peninsula Borough School District)

Cinderella’s Closet gives dresses to KPBSD girls

Kenai Peninsula high school students have the chance to find their own glass slippers thanks to Cinderella’s Closet, a charitable program that hopes to provide… Continue reading

Donated dresses line the walls of the Soldotna Prep School’s Choir Room, transforming the room into Cinderella’s Closet, a charitable event that offers prom dresses and accessories to high school students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. (Photo courtesy Emanuela Pokryfki/Kenai Peninsula Borough School District)
Grave markers stand in Kenai’s cemetery on Friday, March 17, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. With the number of open plots in the cemetery shrinking, the Kenai City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a moratorium on purchasing graves in advance for those still living. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai passes moratorium on grave reservations

Kenai’s cemetery plots can belong only to the dead, following the Kenai City Council’s unanimous decision on Wednesday to put a moratorium on gravesite reservations… Continue reading

Grave markers stand in Kenai’s cemetery on Friday, March 17, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. With the number of open plots in the cemetery shrinking, the Kenai City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a moratorium on purchasing graves in advance for those still living. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

KPC to offer classes to non-native English speakers

A new Career Pathways course geared toward non-native English speakers is being offered at the Kenai River Campus Learning Center at Kenai Peninsula College (KPC)… Continue reading