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Contracts and power pooling issues in HEA’s future

The three people elected this year to the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors will be part of decisions about the utility’s natural gas supply… Continue reading

Top 12 selected for Caring for the Kenai competition

Twelve high school students from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District have been selected as finalists in this year’s Caring for the Kenai competition. A… Continue reading

Brenner Furlong presents a check for $1,000 to Boys & Girls Club president Tim Redder.

A champion on and off the field

Soldotna High School junior Brenner Furlong has proven himself to be an amazing athlete as a running back for the SoHi Stars, being named the… Continue reading

Brenner Furlong presents a check for $1,000 to Boys & Girls Club president Tim Redder.
A precision ring saw cutting at Standerfer Stoneworks makes any cut possible.

Standerfer Stoneworks for rock solid service, creativity

Dave and Audrey Standerfer agree with the Nobel Prize winning poet Boy Dylan that “everybody must get stoned” — as in granite and quartz that… Continue reading

A precision ring saw cutting at Standerfer Stoneworks makes any cut possible.
Kindergarten students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science acted out a scene from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Thursday, March 9, 2017 as the culmination of Artist In Residence Elizabeth Ware’s work with the students. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Kaleidoscope students channel the Bard

All the world’s a stage, and on Thursday afternoon, the students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science were the players. After two weeks with… Continue reading

Kindergarten students at Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science acted out a scene from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Thursday, March 9, 2017 as the culmination of Artist In Residence Elizabeth Ware’s work with the students. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
Ice Fishing Derby kid’s division winners claim prizes at awards ceremony, including 8-month-old Ariel Voight, the Derby’s youngest participant.

Ice Fishing Derby records first Royal Flush, youngest participant

There have been two decades of family ice fishing memories on the Kenai Peninsula thanks to the family-owned Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware &Fishing. And as the… Continue reading

Ice Fishing Derby kid’s division winners claim prizes at awards ceremony, including 8-month-old Ariel Voight, the Derby’s youngest participant.
Stephen Stringham talks to a small group of people about bear safety techniques during a presentation Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska.

Biologist shares dos and don’ts of bear encounters

Ever wonder what a grizzly is thinking when it wanders into a back yard, or comes face to face with a hiker somewhere in Alaska’s… Continue reading

Stephen Stringham talks to a small group of people about bear safety techniques during a presentation Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska.
In this May 2016 photo, harvested eulachon float in a personal use fisherman’s bucket on the north bank of the Kenai River in Kenai, Alaska. Eulachon, also called hooligan, are a type of smelt that returns in schools to rivers all over Southcentral Alaska each spring. The state Board of Fisheries recently approved a measure doubling the quota a small comercial fishery in Upper Cook Inlet takes from 100 tons to 200 tons each year, a small fraction of the total estimated biomass of about 48,000 tons, according to a Feb. 9 memo from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Board of Fisheries doubles commercial smelt quota

Every spring, a few commercial fishermen jump out of their boats and net for eulachon by hand in the lower Susitna River. Eulachon, a type… Continue reading

In this May 2016 photo, harvested eulachon float in a personal use fisherman’s bucket on the north bank of the Kenai River in Kenai, Alaska. Eulachon, also called hooligan, are a type of smelt that returns in schools to rivers all over Southcentral Alaska each spring. The state Board of Fisheries recently approved a measure doubling the quota a small comercial fishery in Upper Cook Inlet takes from 100 tons to 200 tons each year, a small fraction of the total estimated biomass of about 48,000 tons, according to a Feb. 9 memo from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Connections student invited to STEM congress

A Funny River Connections home-school student will travel to Massachusetts this summer as an Alaska delegate to the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders.… Continue reading

Mitch Seavey, of Sterling, Alaska, runs towards the finish line under the Burled Arch, winning the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in Nome, Alaska, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping cement his family’s position as mushing royalty. (AP Photo/Diana Haecker)

Mitch Seavey becomes oldest, fastest musher to win Iditarod

ANCHORAGE — Mitch Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping… Continue reading

  • Mar 14, 2017
  • By Mark Thiessen
Mitch Seavey, of Sterling, Alaska, runs towards the finish line under the Burled Arch, winning the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in Nome, Alaska, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Seavey won his third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, becoming the fastest and oldest champion at age 57 and helping cement his family’s position as mushing royalty. (AP Photo/Diana Haecker)
Former trooper wins civil suit from 2012 crash

Former trooper wins civil suit from 2012 crash

A former Alaska State Trooper who was involved in two major accidents was found not responsible for the harm caused to him by the first… Continue reading

Former trooper wins civil suit from 2012 crash

Assembly member files complaint against borough

A Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member is challenging a clause included in a legal nonprofit’s contract to defend the borough in an ongoing lawsuit over… Continue reading

No injuries in Soldotna trailer fire

Central Emergency Services extinguished a burning trailer in Soldotna’s River Terrace mobile home park on Monday afternoon. The trailer was a total loss, though according… Continue reading

Program certifies green tourism businesses

Tourism businesses in Alaska are getting certified for green practices, both as a way to move toward sustainability and a way to attract customers. The… Continue reading

This Dec. 11, 2004 photo provided by Marlene Minnette show reindeer from the herd owned by the Native village of Mekoryuk on Alaska’s Nunivak Island. The tribal government is expanding its commercial reindeer subsidiary with $1.8 million in federal grants, with plans to include sales of the meat to larger urban markets. (Marlene Minnette via AP)

Village aims to serve up reindeer meat far and wide

ANCHORAGE — A remote Eskimo village on a tundra-covered island in western Alaska is hoping to counter its steep unemployment rate and achieve greater self-sufficiency… Continue reading

This Dec. 11, 2004 photo provided by Marlene Minnette show reindeer from the herd owned by the Native village of Mekoryuk on Alaska’s Nunivak Island. The tribal government is expanding its commercial reindeer subsidiary with $1.8 million in federal grants, with plans to include sales of the meat to larger urban markets. (Marlene Minnette via AP)

Fairbanks to implement stricter air quality regulations

FAIRBANKS (AP) — The Fairbanks North Star Borough is preparing to enforce more burn bans as part of stricter rules aimed at cleaning the city’s… Continue reading

  • Mar 12, 2017

New burn permits required starting next month

As winter rolls reluctantly into spring, residents of the Kenai Peninsula have another item to add to their to do list: get an updated burn… Continue reading

Karen Stroh, shelter manager at the LeeShore Center, shows guests around the shelter’s recently remodeled kitchen Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

LeeShore unveils remodel thanks to statewide shelter rehab project

The remodel to Kenai's LeeShore Center kitchen and other upgrades at the shelter are thanks to a project that targeted deferred maintenance at 17 shelters… Continue reading

Karen Stroh, shelter manager at the LeeShore Center, shows guests around the shelter’s recently remodeled kitchen Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2014, file photo, snow falls around a sign in Barrow, Alaska. A court hearing is set for Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Alaska for the two sides in a lawsuit challenging the new Inupiat Eskimo name of the nation’s northernmost town. A judge in Alaska has dealt a legal blow to opponents of the new Inupiat Eskimo name approved by voters in the nation’s northernmost town. Superior Court Judge Paul Roetman on Friday, March 10, 2017, denied a request to halt implementation of the transition from the old name of Barrow to Utqiagvik until a lawsuit filed by a local Alaska Native corporation is resolved. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Judge rules against halting town’s new name

ANCHORAGE — A judge in Alaska dealt a legal blow Friday to opponents of the new Inupiat Eskimo name approved by voters for the northernmost… Continue reading

  • Mar 11, 2017
  • By RACHEL D’ORO
FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2014, file photo, snow falls around a sign in Barrow, Alaska. A court hearing is set for Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Alaska for the two sides in a lawsuit challenging the new Inupiat Eskimo name of the nation’s northernmost town. A judge in Alaska has dealt a legal blow to opponents of the new Inupiat Eskimo name approved by voters in the nation’s northernmost town. Superior Court Judge Paul Roetman on Friday, March 10, 2017, denied a request to halt implementation of the transition from the old name of Barrow to Utqiagvik until a lawsuit filed by a local Alaska Native corporation is resolved. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Senate panel moves bill to use permanent fund money

JUNEAU — A state Senate committee advanced legislation Friday calling for structured draws from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund to help pay for government as the state… Continue reading