Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsla Clarion Signs for various businesses line the Sterling Highway on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. City staff in Soldotna have begun the process to revise the town's sign code, which could mean a few changes down the road for business owners.

Soldotna launches sign code revision

The many banners, marquees and signs, illuminated and otherwise, that direct people moving through Soldotna to the town’s various businesses could see some potential tweaks… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsla Clarion Signs for various businesses line the Sterling Highway on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. City staff in Soldotna have begun the process to revise the town's sign code, which could mean a few changes down the road for business owners.

Feds agree to new deadline for Fairbanks air cleanup plan

ANCHORAGE — The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to an August deadline on whether to accept or reject a state plan to clean up heavily… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2017
  • By Dan Joling

Labor Department: Oil industry will top job losses again in 2017

Alaska’s economy is going to get worse before it gets better, state economists predict.The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development is projecting the state… Continue reading

  • Jan 5, 2017
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Second body found in burned car identified

Alaska State Troopers have identified the second of two bodies found Nov. 27 in a burned Ford Bronco near Soldotna. The Alaska Medical Examiner’s office… Continue reading

Gilman resigns from assembly

Kenai residents have a chance this month to apply to represent their district on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. Assembly member Blaine Gilman submitted his… Continue reading

Assembly declines to change invocation policy

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted not to change its invocation policy during its Tuesday night meeting.The policy, which the assembly passed in October, is… Continue reading

NOAA releases plan for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales

ANCHORAGE — A federal plan for the recovery of an endangered Alaska beluga whale calls for a reduction in threats of high concern while scientists… Continue reading

  • Jan 4, 2017
  • By Dan Joling

Budget director: proposed budget brings Alaska to 2011 spending level

The Alaska Office of Management and Budget released Gov. Bill Walker’s proposed fiscal 2018 budget on Dec. 15, 2016. On Tuesday, Office of Management and… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Laurie Speakman This photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 on Kalifornsky Beach Road between Kenai and Soldotna shows under the hood of a snowmobile that caught fire and was put out by passerby Laurie Speakman, a volunteer driver for the Alaska Moose Federation on the Kenai Peninsula. She used two fire extinguishers to subdue the flames, one from home and one from her truck used to salvage moose, when she noticed a teen in distress on the side of the road.

Right place, right time: Moose Federation driver aids snowmachiner

Quick thinking and the proper safety equipment helped Kenai Peninsula resident Laurie Speakman come to the aid of a teen whose snowmobile caught fire Tuesday.… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Laurie Speakman This photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 on Kalifornsky Beach Road between Kenai and Soldotna shows under the hood of a snowmobile that caught fire and was put out by passerby Laurie Speakman, a volunteer driver for the Alaska Moose Federation on the Kenai Peninsula. She used two fire extinguishers to subdue the flames, one from home and one from her truck used to salvage moose, when she noticed a teen in distress on the side of the road.

Beneath the waves or underground, warming Alaska poses multiple threats

When you talk to climatologists about 2016, the phrase “mind-boggling” comes up a lot.“For crying out loud, yesterday it was 36 degrees in Barrow, Alaska,… Continue reading

Hibbert to replace Knopp on assembly

Brent Hibbert will step into a seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly representing District 1, effective Wednesday. Gary Knopp, the current assembly member from… Continue reading

Watching prices, production, exploration in 2017

2017 will start with hope in Alaska’s oil industry as prices continue to inch towards $60 per barrel. But where prices will go is anyone’s… Continue reading

  • Jan 3, 2017
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Getting back to a normal winter. It's been looking good so far. People are happier when we have a real winter. They get out and play. When it's just dark and icey, nobody has any fun. - Brad Carver
Getting back to a normal winter. It's been looking good so far. People are happier when we have a real winter. They get out and play. When it's just dark and icey, nobody has any fun. - Brad Carver

Proposal would reauthorize wolf management on lower peninsula

The Board of Game plans to debate a proposal at its Bethel meeting that would reauthorize a program allowing the Alaska Department of Fish and… Continue reading

Assembly to consider invocation policy revisions

With a lawsuit filed in court against its standing invocation policy, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will again consider an amendment to the rules at… Continue reading

Kenai may set flat smoking fines

Kenai’s fines for public smoking may drop if the city council passes a measure, suggested by Kenai’s legal department, to cut costs created by a… Continue reading

Bird Count

Bird Count

More typical Alaska weather greeted birders participating in the 117th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count in Soldotna. Jack Sinclair, executive director of the Kenai Watershed… Continue reading

Bird Count
Democracy winner

Democracy winner

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Jerry V. Horn Memorial Post 10046 and its Auxiliary announced recently the local winners of this year’s Voice of Democracy… Continue reading

Democracy winner
TRIVIA

TRIVIA

A huge crowd turned out Tuesday, December 20th at Odie’s to play trivia and find out who would be the winner of the 2016 Un-Wrap… Continue reading

TRIVIA

Fentanyl disguised as oxycodone found

A person arrested for driving under the influence of drugs in Juneau was in possession of a pill made with fentanyl — a powerful synthetic… Continue reading

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