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Alaska’s purchase celebrated in upcoming Triumvirate show

The Triumvirate Theatre and Nikiski students have come together to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska in a unique way, by combining… Continue reading

  • Mar 2, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN

DEC: Hilcorp must sample and monitor underwater gas leak

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is requiring Hilcorp Energy Company to begin sampling and environmental monitoring of its damaged underwater natural gas pipeline, which… Continue reading

Ice could delay Hilcorp leak response until late March

Hilcorp’s plan to send divers to repair a damaged underwater gas pipeline — which is leaking between 210,000 and 310,000 cubic feet of methane a… Continue reading

Kaitlin Vadla, left, of Cook Inletkeeper, returned Monica Zappa’s boot full of donations and tips for winning her fourth Iditarod at the Stand For Salmon send-off event on Tuesday, Feb. 28 2017, at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Zappa sent off to fourth Iditarod with salmon message

Before leaving for her fourth Iditarod, musher Monica Zappa spoke to a group of well-wishers about her connection to Alaska fisheries and the Stand for… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2017
  • By KAT SORENSEN
Kaitlin Vadla, left, of Cook Inletkeeper, returned Monica Zappa’s boot full of donations and tips for winning her fourth Iditarod at the Stand For Salmon send-off event on Tuesday, Feb. 28 2017, at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Soldotna woman hopes to add to local dance community

One area woman is hoping to bring together the Kenai Peninsula’s community of dance lovers into one easy-to-reach place and create more casual, social dance… Continue reading

Poet’s Corner: In a Future Tense

In A Future Tense By Brent Johnson, Clam Gulch Time can fly I’ve seen it go by with a joy that’s always fleeting. And so… Continue reading

  • Mar 1, 2017

Board of Fish takes steps to prevent Kasilof terminal harvest area use

Managers, Board of Fisheries members and the public agree on at least one thing about the Kasilof River commercial fisheries management: Stay out of the… Continue reading

A firefighter aims water at a burning building Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at a residence on Bastien Drive in Nikiski, Alaska. The Nikiski and Kenai fire departments responded to a house fire Wednesday afternoon, in which no one was hurt. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Firefighters douse Nikiski blaze

No one was hurt in a house fire Wednesday in Nikiski, though the home was destroyed. Members of the Nikiski Fire Department were called out… Continue reading

A firefighter aims water at a burning building Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at a residence on Bastien Drive in Nikiski, Alaska. The Nikiski and Kenai fire departments responded to a house fire Wednesday afternoon, in which no one was hurt. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)
Attendees of various user groups crowd near the front of the room during a break at the Board of Fisheries’ Upper Cook Inlet meeting Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. (DJ Summers/Alaska Journal of Commerce)

Board loosens some season restrictions on setnetters

Upper Cook Inlet’s east side setnetters may get more fishing time next season. The Board of Fisheries passed two proposals Tuesday that relaxed some of… Continue reading

Attendees of various user groups crowd near the front of the room during a break at the Board of Fisheries’ Upper Cook Inlet meeting Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. (DJ Summers/Alaska Journal of Commerce)

Board rewrites Kenai late-run king plan

After a day of heavy clashes and divided votes, the Board of Fisheries reformed late-run king salmon management on the Kenai River to loosen restrictions… Continue reading

President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Presidential Trump says ‘join forces’ for new greatness

WASHINGTON — Heralding a “new chapter of American greatness,” President Donald Trump issued a broad call for overhauling the nation’s health care system and significantly… Continue reading

  • Feb 28, 2017
  • By JULIE PACE
President Donald Trump gestures as he addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A group of commercial east side setnetters gather to discuss proposals at the Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meeting on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Truth in numbers: Board of Fisheries debates sockeye escapement, increases inriver goal

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to reflect that the Board of Fisheries changed the upper tier of the inriver goal from 1.3 million… Continue reading

A group of commercial east side setnetters gather to discuss proposals at the Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meeting on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Third grader Ryder Lagerson, left, uses his headlight to help his Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Sciences classmate and Josiah Holloway, right, try to catch a fish during an ice fishing outing Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at Sport Lake in Soldotna, Alaska. Hundreds of students from multiple Kenai Peninsula School District schools take part in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's "Salmon in the Classroom" program each year, which includes three ice fishing outings in the winter. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

From eggs to eating: Students get schooled on salmon life cycle

It’s that time of year again when the resident fish of Sport Lake and Johnshon Lake get some visitors: hundreds of children intent on catching… Continue reading

Third grader Ryder Lagerson, left, uses his headlight to help his Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Sciences classmate and Josiah Holloway, right, try to catch a fish during an ice fishing outing Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 at Sport Lake in Soldotna, Alaska. Hundreds of students from multiple Kenai Peninsula School District schools take part in the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's "Salmon in the Classroom" program each year, which includes three ice fishing outings in the winter. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)
The sun sets over Cook Inlet, near the mouth of the Kenai River, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The central Kenai Peninsula is gaining more than five minutes of daylight each day. The sun will rise today at 8:07 a.m. and set at 6:29 p.m. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Longer days

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  • Feb 27, 2017
The sun sets over Cook Inlet, near the mouth of the Kenai River, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The central Kenai Peninsula is gaining more than five minutes of daylight each day. The sun will rise today at 8:07 a.m. and set at 6:29 p.m. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Delayed information leads to confusion over king goals

One common thread running through the discussion over the new large-fish Kenai king salmon goals: Frustration at being late to the game. Members of the… Continue reading

Rare disease sufferer to hold awareness event

If you’ve never heard of stiff person syndrome, you’re far from alone. The neurological disorder — characterized by progressively stiffening muscles and intermittent, painful spasms… Continue reading

Project SEARCH interns work behind the scenes at hospital

Six Kenai Peninsula Borough School District students and graduates who spent part of this year working at Central Peninsula Hospital — folding linens, stocking and… Continue reading

Three seek assembly appointment to replace Homdahl

The eastern Kenai Peninsula will have a new representative on the nine-member Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly after assembly members choose from three applicants to replace… Continue reading

Some question value of Kenai sockeye optimum escapement goal

There’s one thing that people at the Board of Fisheries agreed on on Sunday — the escapement goal management for the Kenai River late-run sockeye… Continue reading

In this May 23, 2015, photo the welcome sign is displayed on the outskirts of Homer, Alaska. The fishing town is the latest U.S. city to consider affirming its commitment to inclusion amid national concerns about the treatment of immigrants, religious minorities and others. Homer city leaders are expected to weigh a resolution Monday that says Homer will resist any efforts to profile “vulnerable populations.” (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Inclusivity measure stirs debate in Homer

JUNEAU — The small Alaska fishing community of Homer is no stranger to political activism. In the 1970s, a landmark legal case involving one of… Continue reading

In this May 23, 2015, photo the welcome sign is displayed on the outskirts of Homer, Alaska. The fishing town is the latest U.S. city to consider affirming its commitment to inclusion amid national concerns about the treatment of immigrants, religious minorities and others. Homer city leaders are expected to weigh a resolution Monday that says Homer will resist any efforts to profile “vulnerable populations.” (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)