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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fresh salmon on ice wait to be delivered to Kenai Wild Salmon Co. customers on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Chuck Lindsay, one of the owners, is a direct seafood marketer, taking part of his catch directly to customers rather than going through a processor.

From sea to sale: Fishermen skip processors, go straight to buyers

Many of the salmon that wind up in the nets of the fishing vessel Ounce have their buyer’s name on them from the moment they… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fresh salmon on ice wait to be delivered to Kenai Wild Salmon Co. customers on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Chuck Lindsay, one of the owners, is a direct seafood marketer, taking part of his catch directly to customers rather than going through a processor.

Soldotna simplifies code enforcement

The Soldotna City Council has updated its code to simplify enforcing city ordinances.Council members unanimously enacted an ordinance at their Wednesday meeting that changes the… Continue reading

Soldotna home-rule charter makes election ballot

Soldotna voters will decide whether they want to be part of a home-rule city during the upcoming October regular election.The home-rule charter that Soldotna commission… Continue reading

Ninilchik subsistence gillnet is in the Kenai River

A year and half later, the Ninilchik Traditional Council may set its subsistence sockeye gillnet in the Kenai River in 2016.On July 27, the Federal… Continue reading

  • Jul 30, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Centrol Emergency Services personnel inspect a Chevrolet HHR that collided with a GMC Yukon on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Diamond M Ranch resort on Saturday, July 30 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. The drivers of the HHR and the Yukon were both killed and a female passenger in the Yukon was transported to Central Peninsula Hospital with injuries. Alaska Troopers on scene did not release the victims' names because their families hadn't yet been notified.

Two die in K-Beach collision

  Update 7 p.m.: Alaska State Troopers have released the names of two men who died this afternoon in a head-on collision on Kalifornsky Beach… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Centrol Emergency Services personnel inspect a Chevrolet HHR that collided with a GMC Yukon on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Diamond M Ranch resort on Saturday, July 30 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. The drivers of the HHR and the Yukon were both killed and a female passenger in the Yukon was transported to Central Peninsula Hospital with injuries. Alaska Troopers on scene did not release the victims' names because their families hadn't yet been notified.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Members of Ptarmigan Ptrials worked to make sure the new singletrack going in at Tsalteshi Trails, picutred Wednesday, July 27, 2016, has a flow that will make it enjoyable for bikers to ride. Though the trail is optimized for bikers, it will be multiuse.

Tsalteshi singletrack construction underway

Avid bikers and others can look forward to riding a new singletrack that will stretch from Kalifornsky Beach Road to Skyview Middle School, well underway… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Members of Ptarmigan Ptrials worked to make sure the new singletrack going in at Tsalteshi Trails, picutred Wednesday, July 27, 2016, has a flow that will make it enjoyable for bikers to ride. Though the trail is optimized for bikers, it will be multiuse.

Kenai purchases land for South Beach access road

Editor's note: The house in an image that previously appeared with this story was mistakenly identified as the house Kenai acquired with its land purchase.… Continue reading

Independent U.S Senate Candidate Margaret Stock poses for a campaign portrait in February 2016.

U.S Senate candidate Margaret Stock running as independent

Independent U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock — one of 13 candidates challenging Lisa Murkowski in this year’s Senate race — spent last Sunday at her… Continue reading

Independent U.S Senate Candidate Margaret Stock poses for a campaign portrait in February 2016.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cathy Cline, a project technician with the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, displays an otolith she extracted from a hatchery-raised chinook to children dissecting fish at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge's "Get Out and Get Dirty" daycamp on Thursday, July 28 at the Kenai National Wildlife headquarters in Soldotna. An otolith is a fish's earbone, which grows in layers of varying thickness dependent on the fish's water temperature. Hatcheries vary water temperature to produce an otolithic "signature" identifying the fish's origin. Cline, who describes herself as CIAA's "otolith reader" said she microscopically examines around 10,000 otoliths per year - sampled from fish delivered to processors - to learn about the fish's environment and the sucesses of various hatcheries.

Fish guts

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cathy Cline, a project technician with the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, displays an otolith she extracted from a hatchery-raised king salmon to… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cathy Cline, a project technician with the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, displays an otolith she extracted from a hatchery-raised chinook to children dissecting fish at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge's "Get Out and Get Dirty" daycamp on Thursday, July 28 at the Kenai National Wildlife headquarters in Soldotna. An otolith is a fish's earbone, which grows in layers of varying thickness dependent on the fish's water temperature. Hatcheries vary water temperature to produce an otolithic "signature" identifying the fish's origin. Cline, who describes herself as CIAA's "otolith reader" said she microscopically examines around 10,000 otoliths per year - sampled from fish delivered to processors - to learn about the fish's environment and the sucesses of various hatcheries.

Clinton takes Democratic nomination

PHILADELPHIA — Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, steeled for a volatile world by… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and ROBERT FURLOW

Food Directory helps support local farms

Many local farmers report a lack of visibility. Word-of-mouth marketing was enough for Matt Applehanz, who co-owns M & M Produce with his wife Mary… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Senior exemption reducton goes to ballot

Kenai Peninsula voters will decide whether to continue the borough’s optional senior property tax exemption in this fall’s election.The proposal comes out of a comprehensive… Continue reading

Sales tax cap increase goes to ballot

Editor's note: This article has been updated to show that the borough's optional senior property tax exemption would be phased out under a proposed borough… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dipnetters haul a salmon onto the north Kenai beach on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The popular Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery, which opened July 10, will close Sunday for the year. Thousands of Alaskans have come to the beaches and camped in tents, tarps and RVs to get their annual limit of sockeye salmon from the Kenai River.

Seeing reds

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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dipnetters haul a salmon onto the north Kenai beach on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The popular Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery, which opened July 10, will close Sunday for the year. Thousands of Alaskans have come to the beaches and camped in tents, tarps and RVs to get their annual limit of sockeye salmon from the Kenai River.

Deadline comes for bill restricting sex education

A controversial bill passed by the Alaska Legislature will reach its day of decision today.House Bill 156, sponsored by Rep. Wes Keller, R-Wasilla and significantly… Continue reading

In this Tuesday, July 26, 2016 frame from video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, crew from a sinking fishing boat, left, board life rafts off Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea. When the Alaska Juris started taking on water Tuesday, crew members donned survival suits and got into rafts. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Problem in engine room led to flooding on boat

ANCHORAGE — A problem in the engine room led to flooding on board a fishing boat off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, forcing the crew to abandon… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro
In this Tuesday, July 26, 2016 frame from video provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, crew from a sinking fishing boat, left, board life rafts off Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the Bering Sea. When the Alaska Juris started taking on water Tuesday, crew members donned survival suits and got into rafts. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Marijuana Control Board chair gathers signatures for borough ban

The recently elected chairman of Marijuana Control Board, Peter Mlynarik, is a registered signature gatherer for a Kenai Peninsula Borough petition that would put a… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
President Barack Obama and Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wave to delegates after President Obama's speech during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama boosts Clinton: Carry her like you carried me

PHILADELPHIA — His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, casting her as a… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and CATHERINE LUCEY
President Barack Obama and Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wave to delegates after President Obama's speech during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Photo courtesy Rashah McChesney Anglers race up the river after trolling for king salmon on the Kenai River on Sunday, July 24, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska.

Fishing report: Kenai king fishing season approaches end

Anyone looking for a king salmon stamp in Soldotna after last weekend might be hard-pressed to find one.The three big-box stores in Soldotna — Fred… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Rashah McChesney Anglers race up the river after trolling for king salmon on the Kenai River on Sunday, July 24, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fish waste accumulates along the tide line at the Kenai River's north beach on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The City of Kenai rakes the waste out to ocean every night and local groups contribute to cleanup efforts, but the waste still builds up on the tideline when the water washes it back in.

Keeping an eye on fish waste

At any given point, there are several lines drawn across the Kenai beach — the drag poles of dipnets, footprints on their way to the… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fish waste accumulates along the tide line at the Kenai River's north beach on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The City of Kenai rakes the waste out to ocean every night and local groups contribute to cleanup efforts, but the waste still builds up on the tideline when the water washes it back in.