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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

Hilcorp to monitor Cook Inlet gas leak

Hilcorp plans to observe the methane release from its leaking Cook Inlet pipeline by using sensor buoys to make weekly water quality samples and twice-monthly… Continue reading

Forthcoming economic strategy takes a look at plan for Alaska

A coalition of state and business leaders is working on a five-year economic strategy for Alaska. The strategy is not the first — individual regional… Continue reading

Troopers arrest man wanted for kidnapping

Alaska State Troopers have arrested a Kasilof man charged with kidnapping and assault who had evaded police. Troopers arrested Frank E. Bush, 29, at a… Continue reading

Tom Redmond distributed candy to parade goers at the Soldotna St. Paddy’s Day Parade on Friday, March 17, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. The parade has become a family tradition, with three generations of the Redmond family attending each year. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna’s pot of gold: Residents turn out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

The Kenai Spur Highway was lined with green at the 26th annual Soldotna St. Patrick’s Day parade. The parade kicked off at 4:30p.m. Friday, when… Continue reading

Tom Redmond distributed candy to parade goers at the Soldotna St. Paddy’s Day Parade on Friday, March 17, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. The parade has become a family tradition, with three generations of the Redmond family attending each year. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Central Emergency Services responded to a fire at Cad-Re Feeds in Soldotna on Thursday, March 16, 2017 in addition to a second fire that took place on Swanson River Road earlier that evening. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

CES douses two structure fires

Central Emergency Services responded to two structure fires Thursday night, one at Cad-Re Feed in Soldotna and the other on Swanson River Road in Sterling,… Continue reading

Central Emergency Services responded to a fire at Cad-Re Feeds in Soldotna on Thursday, March 16, 2017 in addition to a second fire that took place on Swanson River Road earlier that evening. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Analysis: Trump learning that in White House, words matter

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is learning a harsh lesson: In the White House, words matter. The new president’s rhetoric, along with commentary from his advisers… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2017
  • By JULIE PACE
Proposals for the Homeland Security Department in President Donald Trump’s first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington, Thursday, March, 16, 2017. President Donald Trump’s budget proposals on immigration enforcement read like a wish list for his most ardent supporters. The budget requests for the Homeland Security and Justice departments call for billions of dollars for some of Trump’s most high-profile and contentious campaign promises, including a $2.6 billion down payment for a border wall he insisted Mexico would pay for. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Winners and losers in Trump’s first budget plan

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON — Military spending would get the biggest boost in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget. Environmental programs, medical research, Amtrak… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2017
Proposals for the Homeland Security Department in President Donald Trump’s first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington, Thursday, March, 16, 2017. President Donald Trump’s budget proposals on immigration enforcement read like a wish list for his most ardent supporters. The budget requests for the Homeland Security and Justice departments call for billions of dollars for some of Trump’s most high-profile and contentious campaign promises, including a $2.6 billion down payment for a border wall he insisted Mexico would pay for. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Petersburg may consider letting ATVs on Mitkof Island roads

PETERSBURG (AP) — Voters in southern Alaska may find a question about whether to allow all-terrain vehicles on the roads of Mitkof island on this… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2017

Fairbanks bus driver shortage making kids late to class

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Another dog connected to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has died. Race officials say a 3-year-old male named Shilling from musher… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2017

Judge denies assembly member’s request for expedited hearing in complaint against borough

An Alaska Superior Court judge has denied a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member’s request for an expedited hearing to block the borough from blocking him… Continue reading

After Board of Fish, few changes to conflict between drifters, northern sport fishermen

The Board of Fisheries wrapped up its Upper Cook Inlet meeting in Anchorage with few changes for the inlet’s commercial drift gillnet fleet, with small… Continue reading

A moose looks for a bite to eat in a lawn on Beaver Loop Road in this photo taken Tuesday Nov. 24, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Biologists: Avoid grumpy moose during winter’s end

Alaska’s moose are big, beautiful and currently quite cranky — and biologists are warning people to be extra careful around them for the time being.… Continue reading

A moose looks for a bite to eat in a lawn on Beaver Loop Road in this photo taken Tuesday Nov. 24, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion, file)