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This Oct. 17, 2016 photo shows exposed cottonwood tree roots after European nightcrawler earthworms and two other earthworm species ate through the upper soil layers near Stormy Lake in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Matt Bowser/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Coho salmon adapt to chow down on earthworms

Baby coho salmon have to last all winter in Kenai Peninsula streams without much to eat, but in recent years, they’ve been getting a new… Continue reading

This Oct. 17, 2016 photo shows exposed cottonwood tree roots after European nightcrawler earthworms and two other earthworm species ate through the upper soil layers near Stormy Lake in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Matt Bowser/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
Photo: End of the deep freeze

Photo: End of the deep freeze

Icicles hang from the roof of Veronica’s Cafe in Old Town on Monday in Kenai. After a deep freeze last week, the Kenai Peninsula is… Continue reading

Photo: End of the deep freeze
Alaska state Sen. Tom Begich poses in his Capitol office on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Begich, a Democrat, has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation that would restore the portion of Alaskans’ oil wealth checks cut by Gov. Bill Walker last year. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Dividend bill draws support from unusual allies

JUNEAU — Legislators on opposite ends of the political spectrum are supporting an Alaska Senate bill to restore the portion of Alaskans’ oil wealth checks… Continue reading

  • Jan 23, 2017
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska state Sen. Tom Begich poses in his Capitol office on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Juneau, Alaska. Begich, a Democrat, has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation that would restore the portion of Alaskans’ oil wealth checks cut by Gov. Bill Walker last year. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Home invasion, shooting reported in Soldotna

Update, 6 p.m. Monday: The Alask Bureau of Investigation is conducting a homicide investigation on the incident, according to an updated online dispatch. Because of… Continue reading

Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Board of Fish finalizes recommendations on fish habitat permitting

Add to the Legislature’s agenda this session a request for reconsideration of the state’s fish habitat permitting process. The state Board of Fisheries, the body… Continue reading

Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
Photo: Open for business

Photo: Open for business

Devon Gonzalez, a Medicenter employee, works at the reception desk at the medical center’s new Integrative Medicine Clinic on Trading Bay Road on Saturday in… Continue reading

Photo: Open for business

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

Even though the spring semester got underway last week, anyone who has not yet registered can still do so, with an instructor’s permission, through the… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2017
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools

Unique agreement allows Ahtna group to manage harvests, habitat

A new agreement between an Alaska Native Tribal group and the U.S. Department of the Interior sets up the first framework for joint-management of subsistence… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2017
  • By Tim Bradner

School district responds to inflammatory tweets posted by hockey player

A pair of tweets from the account of a Soldotna High School hockey player, one coming on Thursday and the other on Friday, created a… Continue reading

Area residents wave at cars passing by while they march down Binkley Street during a Women's March held Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Marchers held signs advocating for a number of issues, from women's reproductive rights to clean water. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Solidarity: Women’s March, community gathering bring hundreds out in Soldotna

While hundreds of thousands of people converged on the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., on Saturday, a few hundred trudged happily… Continue reading

Area residents wave at cars passing by while they march down Binkley Street during a Women's March held Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Marchers held signs advocating for a number of issues, from women's reproductive rights to clean water. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

Alaska governor proposes pay freeze bill amid state deficit

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has proposed freezing his own salary, along with the salaries of the lieutenant governor,… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2017

Diverse local reactions to Trump presidency

After President Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States, politically active Kenai Peninsula residents still have varying perspectives on what his… Continue reading

President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Analysis: Trump speech shows America getting what it ordered

By NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON — America is getting what it ordered on Election Day. If anyone was expecting an evolution from Donald Trump… Continue reading

  • Jan 20, 2017
President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Transcript: Donald Trump’s presidential inaugural address

By The Associated Press A transcript of Donald Trump’s inaugural address, delivered Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after his swearing-in as the 45th president of the… Continue reading

  • Jan 20, 2017

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