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Seldovia Wild Seafood to move back home

Since its inception, Seldovia Wild Seafood’s owners have wanted to bring their business back to the little city on Kachemak Bay. This year, their dream… Continue reading

Survey: 1 in 3 Alaska women are stalked

One third of all women in Alaska have been stalked in their lifetimes. That’s the estimate released by the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center… Continue reading

Gov. Bill Walker speaks during his State of the State address before a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitolon Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, left, and Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, watch from the Speakers desk in the background. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)

Walker says Alaska is in the ‘gravest fiscal crisis in state history’

Speaking to the Alaska Legislature Wednesday night, Gov. Bill Walker referenced the words of the director of the Legislative Finance Division and called the state’s… Continue reading

Gov. Bill Walker speaks during his State of the State address before a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitolon Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, left, and Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, watch from the Speakers desk in the background. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)
Ice crystals shower down on Courtney Moore Agnes after she flung a pot of boiling water into the air Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Tanana, Alaska. The temperature Wednesday at the Tanana airport reached 54 below zero Fahrenheit (-48 Celsius), the coldest recorded in the state, and was 5 degrees colder at -59 F (-51 C) along the river. (Cynthia Erickson via AP)

In Alaska, minus 59 takes toll on cars, pipes, state of mind

By DAN JOLING Associated Press ANCHORAGE — Cynthia Erickson woke up early, hoping her four furnaces were working. She owns a grocery store and the building… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017
Ice crystals shower down on Courtney Moore Agnes after she flung a pot of boiling water into the air Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Tanana, Alaska. The temperature Wednesday at the Tanana airport reached 54 below zero Fahrenheit (-48 Celsius), the coldest recorded in the state, and was 5 degrees colder at -59 F (-51 C) along the river. (Cynthia Erickson via AP)

Photo: Nothing gold can stay

By Ben Boettger Peninsula Clarion… Continue reading

Sentencing reset for Alaska strip club owner in dumping case

By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press ANCHORAGE — A sentencing hearing has been rescheduled for an Alaska man who was found guilty of illegally dumping human… Continue reading

  • Jan 19, 2017

Kenaitze greenhouse to sprout in Old Town Kenai

A grassy spot in Old Town Kenai next to the parking lot of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Dena’ina Wellness Center may be occupied next summer… Continue reading

Charge dismissed in child porn case against Soldotna man

A charge has been dismissed in the case against a Soldotna man accused of possessing child pornography. Remy Spring, 27, was arrested Jan. 11 at… Continue reading

State sues feds over predator control restrictions

The State of Alaska has taken the Obama administration to court one last time. State attorneys filed a lawsuit against outgoing Department of the Interior… Continue reading

  • Jan 18, 2017
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Photo: Cold front

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The time is now: Ice fishing

The time is now: Ice fishing

It had been a grueling though breathtakingly beautiful afternoon, skiing, breaking trail for nearly six hours in order to reach a remote Kenai National Wildlife… Continue reading

The time is now: Ice fishing

Assembly passes resolution clarifying intent on invocation policy

The debate over the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s controversial invocation policy continued Tuesday, though not much actually changed. The assembly voted to adopt a resolution… Continue reading

Mayor addresses state, borough outlook

Though the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the state are separate entities in charge of their own finances, the two are so intertwined that the future… Continue reading

Kenai Central High School ninth grader Chelsea Plagge, 15, tests out the height of a hanging ball just before a practice run of a high kick game Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at the Yaghanen Youth Programs building off of Kalifornsky Beach Road near Soldotna, Alaska. She and dozens of other local kids will participate in the 2017 Peninsula Winter Games Native Youth Olympics Invitational which features traditional Native games this weekend. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Kids gear up for annual Native Youth Olympics

Culture and friendly competition will collide this weekend in the annual Peninsula Winter Games Native Youth Olympics Invitational, during which kids from all over Southcentral… Continue reading

Kenai Central High School ninth grader Chelsea Plagge, 15, tests out the height of a hanging ball just before a practice run of a high kick game Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 at the Yaghanen Youth Programs building off of Kalifornsky Beach Road near Soldotna, Alaska. She and dozens of other local kids will participate in the 2017 Peninsula Winter Games Native Youth Olympics Invitational which features traditional Native games this weekend. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)
This map generated by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge shows the areas that are open and closed to snowmachining on the Kenai Peninsula. The refuge opened all areas traditionally allowed for snowmachining Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 after the peninsula got enough snowfall over the weekend. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge opens to snowmachining

Snowmachiners of the Kenai Peninaula can rejoice for the first time in three years — the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has opened every area where… Continue reading

This map generated by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge shows the areas that are open and closed to snowmachining on the Kenai Peninsula. The refuge opened all areas traditionally allowed for snowmachining Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 after the peninsula got enough snowfall over the weekend. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Deficit is distant thunder as Legislature convenes

For one day, there were smiles. At times resembling students returning for the first day of a new high school year, the 30th Alaska Legislature… Continue reading

Police seek man suspected of stealing car with child inside

Police search for man who stole car with child inside ANCHORAGE (AP) — A warrant has been issued for a man suspected of stealing a… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2017

School district continues work on transgender policy

School district administrators and board members are working on guidelines for how the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District should accommodate transgender students. National controversy arose… Continue reading

Delegation revs up for another ANWR fight

Alaska’s congressional delegation is hoping the 13th time will be the lucky one for legislation to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and… Continue reading

  • Jan 16, 2017
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Republican Representative-elect Gary Knopp sits in his office at the Alaska Capitol on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Knopp is among the newly elected legislators who will be sworn in Tuesday. Among Alaska’s newest legislators, there is optimism and an eagerness to get to work on addressing the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Optimism, eagerness among newest legislators

JUNEAU — Among Alaska’s newest legislators, there is optimism and an eagerness to get to work on addressing the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Rep.-elect George… Continue reading

Republican Representative-elect Gary Knopp sits in his office at the Alaska Capitol on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Knopp is among the newly elected legislators who will be sworn in Tuesday. Among Alaska’s newest legislators, there is optimism and an eagerness to get to work on addressing the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)