Education, employment agencies see shrinking funds, usage

Some Kenai Peninsula training and education programs are threatened both by an increasing reluctance of individuals to invest in training and decreased demand for personnel… Continue reading

Photo: Cooking up creativity

Photo: Cooking up creativity

Shannon Sumner (left) stirs together a melting mix of butters and essential oils while talking to Katie Cronce at a do-it-yourself body butter-making class on… Continue reading

  • Jan 12, 2017
Photo: Cooking up creativity
Esteban Santiago is taken from the Broward County main jail as he is transported to the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Santiago is accused of fatally shooting several people at a crowded Florida airport baggage claim and faces airport violence and firearms charges that could mean the death penalty if he's convicted. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Suspected airport gunman’s life unraveled over past year

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Esteban Santiago stood alone in the cold one day last month outside Mom & Pop’s liquor store in Anchorage. He was… Continue reading

  • Jan 12, 2017
  • By RACHEL D’ORO
Esteban Santiago is taken from the Broward County main jail as he is transported to the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. Santiago is accused of fatally shooting several people at a crowded Florida airport baggage claim and faces airport violence and firearms charges that could mean the death penalty if he's convicted. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Sober living home advances toward opening

One nail and screw at a time, a local nonprofit is inching its way toward opening a sober living home in Soldotna now that its… Continue reading

Members of Soldotna Y Towing Inc. prepare a vehicle to be taken away from the scene of a four-vehicle accident on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 on the David Douthit Veterans Memorial Bridge in Soldotna, Alaska. One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

1 hurt in 4-vehicle crash

Update 7:30 p.m. The accident on the David Douthit Veterans Memorial Bridge in Soldotna on Wednesday involved four vehicles, according to Soldotna Police Chief Peter… Continue reading

Members of Soldotna Y Towing Inc. prepare a vehicle to be taken away from the scene of a four-vehicle accident on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 on the David Douthit Veterans Memorial Bridge in Soldotna, Alaska. One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Nikiski battles North Road fires

Nikiski firefighters were kept busy Tuesday and into Wednesday morning with two house fires. First responders from the Nikiski Fire Department were first called out… Continue reading

Peninsula economy still better than state, economist says

The economy of the Kenai Peninsula is a little better off than the state as it heads into a year with steeper predicted job losses… Continue reading

Jeremy Anderson, former Nikiski Middle-High School student music teacher accused of sexually abusing one of his students, walks out of a Kenai courtroom Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Sex abuse trial for former teacher postponed

The trial for a former Nikiski teacher accused of having sex with a student has been pushed back to this spring. Jeremy Anderson, 39, was… Continue reading

Jeremy Anderson, former Nikiski Middle-High School student music teacher accused of sexually abusing one of his students, walks out of a Kenai courtroom Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion, file)

State verifies Nikiski petition to incorporate

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that Seldovia is a first-class city, not a home-rule city. The Local Boundary Commission is seeking… Continue reading

The blank grantite panels of a new 100-niche columbarium — a structure built to house cremated ashes — stand ready to be inscribed with names on Tuesday, Jan. 10 in the Kenai Cemetery. The columbarium’s construction finished in August 2015, and niches will be available after the Kenai city council sets a price. A tentative policy presented to the Kenai Parks and Recreation commission by Parks and Rec Director Bob Frates proposed $1000 for a columbarium niche. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai to decide cemetery fees, price of new columbarium

Alaska is well-known for its high cost of living. Kenai now plans to re-evaluate one of the costs of dying. A proposal from the Kenai… Continue reading

The blank grantite panels of a new 100-niche columbarium — a structure built to house cremated ashes — stand ready to be inscribed with names on Tuesday, Jan. 10 in the Kenai Cemetery. The columbarium’s construction finished in August 2015, and niches will be available after the Kenai city council sets a price. A tentative policy presented to the Kenai Parks and Recreation commission by Parks and Rec Director Bob Frates proposed $1000 for a columbarium niche. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
In this July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska, sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Study shows Cook Inlet sockeye harvested in Kodiak

New genetic data indicates that many of the sockeye harvested by Kodiak’s commercial fishery may originate from Cook Inlet streams. The Alaska Department of Fish… Continue reading

In this July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska, sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
A member of the Catholic Church holds her rosary as she prays near a Planned Parenthood clinic in this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Members of the church gathered at the clinic before walking to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building to pray after a Satanic invocation was given to open the Aug. 9 borough assembly meeting. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, File)

Invocation policy lawsuit moves to federal court

A lawsuit over the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s invocation policy has moved to a federal court. The lawsuit, Hunt v. Kenai Peninsula Borough, was filed… Continue reading

A member of the Catholic Church holds her rosary as she prays near a Planned Parenthood clinic in this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Members of the church gathered at the clinic before walking to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building to pray after a Satanic invocation was given to open the Aug. 9 borough assembly meeting. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, File)
The moon peers through trees at the edge of Ryan's Creek on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The sun rose at 10:05 a.m. and set at 4:21 p.m. in Kenai for a total of 6 hours and 16 minutes of daylight Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Kenai residents will gain a few minutes every day in January as the sun rises a minute or two earlier and sets a minute or two later. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
The moon peers through trees at the edge of Ryan's Creek on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The sun rose at 10:05 a.m. and set at 4:21 p.m. in Kenai for a total of 6 hours and 16 minutes of daylight Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Kenai residents will gain a few minutes every day in January as the sun rises a minute or two earlier and sets a minute or two later. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Budget would cut funds from Alaska Construction Academies

The Alaska Construction Academies might see a steep decline in funding next year if the Legislature accepts Gov. Bill Walker’s proposed budget cuts.The governor’s fiscal… Continue reading

Critics say polar bear recovery plan lacks teeth

ANCHORAGE — Five years ago, in a meeting room in Alaska, two dozen federal wildlife biologists joined other experts to begin formulating a recovery plan… Continue reading

  • Jan 9, 2017
  • By Dan Joling

Bills filed to restore PFD payout cut by governor

JUNEAU — Bills that would restore the portion of Alaskans’ oil wealth checks that were cut by Gov. Bill Walker last year were filed Monday,… Continue reading

Kasilof electrical fire caused by overloaded extension cord

An electrical fire on Sunday evening caused approximately $10,000 worth of damage to a single-family wood-frame home in Kasilof, according to Central Emergency Services Captain… Continue reading

Coast Guard rescues 4 from fishing vessel

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Coast Guard says four people have been safely airlifted from a disabled fishing vessel in heavy seas Friday. Petty Officer… Continue reading

  • Jan 8, 2017
Photo courtesy Joe Kashi The remains of the Clam Shell Lodge smolder in this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 in Clam Gulch, Alaska. The building, which had not been open since 2011, burned down Friday night.

CES douses three fires over weekend

The Central Emergency Services firefighters kept busy this weekend with a series of structure fires around the central Kenai Peninsula. The first call came for… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Joe Kashi The remains of the Clam Shell Lodge smolder in this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 in Clam Gulch, Alaska. The building, which had not been open since 2011, burned down Friday night.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Don Poole measures the circumference of a mule deer's antler duing a Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club trophy measuring day on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at Sportsman's Warehouse in Soldotna, Alaska. Poole has been an official measurer for both clubs since 1980. Hunters brought in game they'd killed for Poole to measure and score for potential recording by the Boone and Crockett Club, now more than a century old. Store patrons and workers walked by and stopped to admire the various racks and mounted heads waiting to be measured, exchanging stories. All trophies have to be dried for at least 60 days from the date of kill and pre-measured by the owner to check that it makes minimum scores. Score sheets and instructions for measuring can be found online on the Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young websites. Trophy measuring will aslo take place Feb. 12 and March 12 from 1 p.m.- 3 p.m.

Photo: Measuring up

Don Poole measures the circumference of a mule deer's antler duing a Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club trophy measuring day on… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Don Poole measures the circumference of a mule deer's antler duing a Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club trophy measuring day on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at Sportsman's Warehouse in Soldotna, Alaska. Poole has been an official measurer for both clubs since 1980. Hunters brought in game they'd killed for Poole to measure and score for potential recording by the Boone and Crockett Club, now more than a century old. Store patrons and workers walked by and stopped to admire the various racks and mounted heads waiting to be measured, exchanging stories. All trophies have to be dried for at least 60 days from the date of kill and pre-measured by the owner to check that it makes minimum scores. Score sheets and instructions for measuring can be found online on the Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young websites. Trophy measuring will aslo take place Feb. 12 and March 12 from 1 p.m.- 3 p.m.

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