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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion In this June 2016 photo, a guide rows clients on the Kasilof River near the confluence with Crooked Creek in Kasilof, Alaska.

Board of Fish approves guide regulations

The Board of Fisheries on Saturday reinstated the logbook and licensing program for sportfishing guides around the state. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion In this June 2016 photo, a guide rows clients on the Kasilof River near the confluence with Crooked Creek in Kasilof, Alaska.
In this June 6, 2013 photo provided by the USS Arizona Memorial Foundation, Lauren Bruner, one of five remaining survivors of the USS Arizona from the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, is joined by Capt. Jeffry W. James, right, then the commander of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and Daniel Martinez, chief historian for the National Park Service, as they look at the Arizona Memorial's Shrine Wall with names of every man aboard the ship when it was attacked. More than 2,300 servicemen died in the Japanese attack that plunged the United States into World War II. Nearly half of those killed were on the Arizona, most still entombed in the wreckage. (Mark Comon/USS Arizona Memorial Foundation via AP)

USS Arizona survivor heads to Pearl Harbor 75 years later

HONOLULU — Lauren Bruner was getting ready for church in 1941 on his battleship, the USS Arizona, when the alarm sounded.The Japanese attack on Pearl… Continue reading

  • Dec 6, 2016
  • By AUDREY McAVOY
In this June 6, 2013 photo provided by the USS Arizona Memorial Foundation, Lauren Bruner, one of five remaining survivors of the USS Arizona from the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, is joined by Capt. Jeffry W. James, right, then the commander of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, and Daniel Martinez, chief historian for the National Park Service, as they look at the Arizona Memorial's Shrine Wall with names of every man aboard the ship when it was attacked. More than 2,300 servicemen died in the Japanese attack that plunged the United States into World War II. Nearly half of those killed were on the Arizona, most still entombed in the wreckage. (Mark Comon/USS Arizona Memorial Foundation via AP)

Alaska Air gets OK to buy Virgin America

WASHINGTON — Alaska Airlines has won government approval to buy rival Virgin America after agreeing to reduce its flight-selling partnership with American Airlines.Parent company Alaska… Continue reading

  • Dec 6, 2016
  • By DAVID KOENIG and ERIC TUCKER

Public weighs in on Kenai judge candidates

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that Brooke Browning Alowa was a magistrate judge in Kotzebue. There’s going to be a new… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kaidence Shaeffer, one of the skaters who will perform in the annual "Christmas Lights and Holiday Nights" skating recital, runs through one of her routines at the Soldotna Public Library on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The recital, scheduled for Dec. 17 at 1:15 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, will feature a number of holiday ice skating performances, followed by a free public skate from 5-7 p.m. The organizers will also be accepting donations of holiday dinner items. The donations will go to families in need of a holiday dinner.

Photo: Christmas on ice

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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kaidence Shaeffer, one of the skaters who will perform in the annual "Christmas Lights and Holiday Nights" skating recital, runs through one of her routines at the Soldotna Public Library on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The recital, scheduled for Dec. 17 at 1:15 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex, will feature a number of holiday ice skating performances, followed by a free public skate from 5-7 p.m. The organizers will also be accepting donations of holiday dinner items. The donations will go to families in need of a holiday dinner.

Board of Fish extends Ninilchik king season

King salmon anglers on the Ninilchik River will get a little more time to target hatchery fish in the summer.The Ninilchik River, which flows across… Continue reading

Commercial cod fishermen get more space in Kachemak Bay

Commercial groundfish fishermen in Kachemak Bay will get more space to operate after the Board of Fisheries redefined the closed waters in the area.In Lower… Continue reading

Birdsall, watercolor painter of Alaska scenes, dies

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Byron Birdsall, a prolific painter who spent decades capturing Alaska scenes in watercolors, has died. He was 78.Birdsall died Sunday, his stepdaughter,… Continue reading

  • Dec 5, 2016

Fights over oil taxes and the fiscal cliff

The incoming Alaska Legislature is going to face the same daunting fiscal issues as its predecessor, but the Walker administration is hoping the impending session… Continue reading

  • Dec 5, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Investigator: Missing Palmer teen was beaten, shot to death

ANCHORAGE (AP) — A missing Palmer teenager was pistol-whipped by an acquaintance, driven to a remote location and shot to death, according to an Alaska… Continue reading

  • Dec 5, 2016
St. Nick up on the firetruck

St. Nick up on the firetruck

Hundreds of folks turned out on the day after Thanksgiving to kick off Christmas Comes to Kenai in a traditional celebration that goes back to… Continue reading

St. Nick up on the firetruck
Small Business Saturday is a smach for Holiday shoppers

Small Business Saturday is a smach for Holiday shoppers

Following Black Friday it was National Small Business Day and in Soldotna it was a big day at The Market (where the red mushrooms grow)… Continue reading

Small Business Saturday is a smach for Holiday shoppers
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Dave Caswell, portraying Santa Claus, poses with children during Soldotna's Christmas in the Park event on Saturday, Dec. 3 in Soldotna Creek Park. A crowd gathered in the park after sunset on Saturday to socialize around campfires, sing carols, light the park's artificial metal Christmas tree, and watch the Christmas film "The Polar Express."

Photo: ‘Tis the Season

This caption has been changed to correct the name of the man portraying Santa Claus. Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Alan Auxier, portraying Santa Claus,… Continue reading

  • Dec 3, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Dave Caswell, portraying Santa Claus, poses with children during Soldotna's Christmas in the Park event on Saturday, Dec. 3 in Soldotna Creek Park. A crowd gathered in the park after sunset on Saturday to socialize around campfires, sing carols, light the park's artificial metal Christmas tree, and watch the Christmas film "The Polar Express."

Vendors, swamped boats, drop-off fee discussed at Kenai dipnet meeting

Editor's note: This story has been changed to show that Glenn Arundell did not himself propose a 50 horsepower motor limit on dipnetting boats to… Continue reading

The Sm'algyax Language Learners group sings a Christmas carol in Sm'algyax, the language of the Tsimshian people, on the one-year anniversary celebration of the group's beginning. Standing is Nancy Barnes, one of the group's organizers.

Sm’algyax group celebrates year

A year ago this time, the students in the Sm’algyax Language Learners group in Juneau were reviewing vocabulary in the language of the Tsimshian people.… Continue reading

  • Dec 5, 2016
  • By MARY CATHARINE MARTIN
  • Schools
The Sm'algyax Language Learners group sings a Christmas carol in Sm'algyax, the language of the Tsimshian people, on the one-year anniversary celebration of the group's beginning. Standing is Nancy Barnes, one of the group's organizers.

Kenai Peninsula College: Around campus

KPC is offering a six hour, non-credit, non-shooting course that offers basic fundamentals, skills and rules for safe handling of firearms. Jason Gahm, NRA certified… Continue reading

School News for Dec. 5

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

NOAA officer’s truck damaged by snowballs in Seward

A federal worker got dragged into a one-sided snowball fight near Seward on Black Friday, resulting in damage to his truck. At approximately 11:15 p.m.… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Two people walk their dog across Bishop's Beach on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska. Homer got several inches of snow between Wednesday and Saturday, and while the clouds broke Saturday to provide a little sunshine, the wind was preparing to roll in across Kachemak Bay. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the wind will keep blowing in the area for the remainder of the week, with winds about 20 knots on Monday, according to the NOAA marine forecast.

Photo: A little winter sun

Two people walk their dog across Bishop's Beach on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska. Homer got several inches of snow between Wednesday and… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Two people walk their dog across Bishop's Beach on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska. Homer got several inches of snow between Wednesday and Saturday, and while the clouds broke Saturday to provide a little sunshine, the wind was preparing to roll in across Kachemak Bay. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the wind will keep blowing in the area for the remainder of the week, with winds about 20 knots on Monday, according to the NOAA marine forecast.

State drops most jobs since 1980s recession

New statistics reveal the state of Alaska’s job market is in the worst shape since the recession of the late 1980s.In a report released Friday,… Continue reading