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Photo courtesy Rashah McChesney Anglers race up the river after trolling for king salmon on the Kenai River on Sunday, July 24, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska.

Inch by inch

Each summer for the past several years, Kenai River anglers have noticed that the river’s famous king salmon are both fewer and smaller. The trend… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Rashah McChesney Anglers race up the river after trolling for king salmon on the Kenai River on Sunday, July 24, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska.

Group sues over lack of info in Alaska Railroad LNG project

ANCHORAGE — An environmental group filed a lawsuit Monday against the Federal Railroad Administration for failing to disclose the approval process for the Alaska Railroad’s… Continue reading

  • Nov 21, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro
This pilgrim and turkey sculpture was created by students in Robert Stitt's class at Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna using food items brought in by students for the school's "Canstruction" competition Thursday. Food items collected during the event will be donated to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)

Redoubt students show ‘can-do’ attitude

Students at Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna helped out their community and had some fun in the process Thursday during a “Canstruction” competition at the… Continue reading

This pilgrim and turkey sculpture was created by students in Robert Stitt's class at Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna using food items brought in by students for the school's "Canstruction" competition Thursday. Food items collected during the event will be donated to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sharps Billiards, 11888 Kenai Spur Highway, has reopened under new management after closing in 2014.

Newcomers seek to make pool hall a safe community space

Two weeks, some planning and a little financial help was all it took for three Kenai residents to get the doors of Sharps Billiards open… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sharps Billiards, 11888 Kenai Spur Highway, has reopened under new management after closing in 2014.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Adam Trujillo lets off a shot at a pie plate for a chance at winning a turkey at the Snowshoe Gun Club on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The club, located on the Kenai Spur Highway between Kenai and Soldotna, hosted a series of events Sunday, including an "Annie Oakley" trap-shooting game and the pie-plate shooting. The club, which is always open for members, will host its annual membership meeting on Sunday, Dec. 3.

Photo: Ready, aim, fire

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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Adam Trujillo lets off a shot at a pie plate for a chance at winning a turkey at the Snowshoe Gun Club on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The club, located on the Kenai Spur Highway between Kenai and Soldotna, hosted a series of events Sunday, including an "Annie Oakley" trap-shooting game and the pie-plate shooting. The club, which is always open for members, will host its annual membership meeting on Sunday, Dec. 3.

Seaton joins bipartisan caucus

The day after he was elected to an eighth term representing District 31 in the Alaska House, Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, joined two other Republicans,… Continue reading

Marijuana money already reaching state coffers, but industry isn’t yet self-funding

The state of Alaska will begin to collect its first marijuana taxes this month, but records from the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office show… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

Instructor Bob Amundson has announced that he will again offer Humanities A220: Film as/and Literature this spring. The popular 3-credit, online course focuses on Film… Continue reading

  • Nov 20, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools

School News for Nov. 21

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna (unless… Continue reading

FILE - In this 2007 file photo, an oil transit pipeline runs across the tundra to flow station at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope.The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm marine mammals and exacerbate global warming. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Obama administration culls Arctic OCS from five-year lease plan

Interior Secretary Sally Jewel reversed course and pulled Alaska’s Arctic waters from the latest federal outer continental shelf oil and gas leasing plan released Friday… Continue reading

  • Nov 19, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
FILE - In this 2007 file photo, an oil transit pipeline runs across the tundra to flow station at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska's North Slope.The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm marine mammals and exacerbate global warming. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

ASRC’s Nikiski fabrication plant to close

The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation’s Nikiski fabrication facility, located just north of the ConocoPhillips LNG facility on the Kenai Spur Highway, will shut down within… Continue reading

  • Nov 19, 2016
  • By ELIZABETH EARL and BEN BOETTGER
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A scrapbook details the history of Hospice of the Central Peninsula at the nonprofit's 30th anniversary event at Central Peninsula Hospital on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Hospice celebrates 30 years

Grief is a living thing, developing through a process and staying with the affected person forever. Lee Coray-Ludden describes progressing through grief like an injury… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A scrapbook details the history of Hospice of the Central Peninsula at the nonprofit's 30th anniversary event at Central Peninsula Hospital on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.

After internal investigation, Blood Bank clears itself

The Blood Bank of Alaska leadership has investigated itself and found nothing wrong. Board of directors chairman Ryan York and chief executive officer Bob Scanlon… Continue reading

  • Nov 19, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Ideas, thoughts and feelings about being a female veteran cover a poster during a facilitated conversation held Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 at Peninsula Community Health Services in Soldotna, Alaska. The meeting was held through the Alaska Veterans' Organization for Women, a program run through YWCA Alaska, which is based in Anchorage.

‘Stand up and be counted’

Local veterans got the chance to add their voices to a project that seeks to identify issues specifically facing female veterans, and work toward solutions… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Ideas, thoughts and feelings about being a female veteran cover a poster during a facilitated conversation held Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 at Peninsula Community Health Services in Soldotna, Alaska. The meeting was held through the Alaska Veterans' Organization for Women, a program run through YWCA Alaska, which is based in Anchorage.

Study aims to help small farmers sell bigger

How does food grown by farmers on the Kenai Peninsula find its way into residents’ mouths — and how much, in what varieties, and for… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, FIle In this July 20, 2016 photo, a dipnetter walks along the southern bank of the Kenai River near the Warren Ames Bridge in Kenai, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation plans to repair the riverbanks in the area and install elevated light-penetrating boardwalks to combat some of the vegetation and bank loss due to high levels of foot traffic.

Parks plans riverbank repair work on Kenai Peninsula

Trampled riverbanks on several Kenai Peninsula rivers will get a $2 million cash infusion to help mitigate some of the damage. The Exxon Valdez Oil… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, FIle In this July 20, 2016 photo, a dipnetter walks along the southern bank of the Kenai River near the Warren Ames Bridge in Kenai, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation plans to repair the riverbanks in the area and install elevated light-penetrating boardwalks to combat some of the vegetation and bank loss due to high levels of foot traffic.

Governor has power over PFD, judge rules

Gov. Bill Walker had every right to cut Alaskans’ Permanent Fund Dividend in half, according to a state court judge.The court has ruled in favor… Continue reading

  • Nov 17, 2016
  • By STEPHANIE PROKOP

Conoco puts Kenai LNG plant up for sale

ConocoPhillips is looking to leave the natural gas business in Cook Inlet.The Houston-based company said Thursday it is putting its Kenai LNG plant up for… Continue reading

  • Nov 17, 2016

Walker gives Whitaker a new role, names new chief of staff

JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Bill Walker announced Wednesday that Scott Kendall will become his new chief of staff, replacing longtime aide Jim Whitaker.Whitaker, meanwhile, will… Continue reading

  • Nov 16, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Stay warm, and safe, this winter

As temperatures drop and Kenai Peninsula residents gravitate indoors toward the comfort of their furnaces and fireplaces, firefighting professionals have some tips on how to… Continue reading