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Red Cross hosts training this weekend

The American Red Cross of Alaska will host a two-day training session this weekend for Kenai Peninsula residents interested in volunteering. When disaster strikes, members… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion James Kari, a linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, speaks to a large crowd packed into the McLane Commons for a presentation on Alaska Native languages and linguistics during Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the college in Soldotna. Kari discussed the revised second addition of "Shem Pete's Alaska," which includes hundreds of Alaska Native place names.

Photo: What’s in a name?

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion James Kari, a linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, speaks to a large crowd packed into… Continue reading

  • Dec 1, 2016
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion James Kari, a linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, speaks to a large crowd packed into the McLane Commons for a presentation on Alaska Native languages and linguistics during Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the college in Soldotna. Kari discussed the revised second addition of "Shem Pete's Alaska," which includes hundreds of Alaska Native place names.

Assembly both helps, hinders affordable housing battle

The Juneau Assembly recently took one step forward and at least half a step back in its fight to make housing more affordable in the… Continue reading

  • Dec 1, 2016
  • By Sam DeGrave

Fish and Game recommends lower goals in Lower Cook Inlet

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is reevaluating many of the sustainable escapement goals it has set around the state using a new method… Continue reading

Proposals would limit aquaculture’s cost recovery harvest

Staff kept busy Thursday at the Board of Fisheries meeting in Homer running microphones around the room to keep up with the public wanting to… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Members of the Board of Fisheries listen during public testimony from members of Cook Inlet Recreational Fishermen urging them to pass some proposals liberalizing regulations on the winter marine king salmon fishery in Lower Cook Inlet during the board's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the Islands and Oceans Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. The board is scheduled to meet Wednesday through Sunday in Homer to consider fisheries regulations affecting the Lower Cook Inlet area, which stretches from Central Cook Inlet south to include Kamishak Bay and Kachemak Bay and wraps around the peninsula to stretch to Cape Fairfield, approximately 15 miles east of Seward.

Public weighs in on winter kings in Homer

Much of the conversation before the Board of Fisheries on Wednesday afternoon in Homer went back and forth on whether to liberalize the winter salt… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Members of the Board of Fisheries listen during public testimony from members of Cook Inlet Recreational Fishermen urging them to pass some proposals liberalizing regulations on the winter marine king salmon fishery in Lower Cook Inlet during the board's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 at the Islands and Oceans Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. The board is scheduled to meet Wednesday through Sunday in Homer to consider fisheries regulations affecting the Lower Cook Inlet area, which stretches from Central Cook Inlet south to include Kamishak Bay and Kachemak Bay and wraps around the peninsula to stretch to Cape Fairfield, approximately 15 miles east of Seward.

Lawsuits challenge abortion restrictions in Alaska, two other states

NEW YORK — Taking the offensive after Election Day setbacks, Planned Parenthood and its allies filed lawsuits Wednesday in North Carolina, Missouri and Alaska challenging… Continue reading

  • Nov 30, 2016
  • By DAVID CRARY

Kodiak aerospace complex expects next launch in 2017

KODIAK (AP) — Operators of the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak say the facility’s next launch won’t take place before the end of the year… Continue reading

  • Nov 30, 2016

Alaska collecting first tax deposits from pot businesses

ANCHORAGE (AP) — The state has begun receiving its first tax payments from marijuana businesses, one month after the start of legal pot sales in… Continue reading

  • Nov 30, 2016

Man charged with drug crimes working toward recovery

A Kenai man accused of manslaughter and several charges of misconduct involving controlled substances is working toward recovery, according to his legal counsel. Richard Paul… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Wildlife Refuge ecologist Mark Laker takes an afternoon ski on the Refuge's frozen Headquarters Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 29 near the Kenai Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center in Soldotna.

Photo: Making tracks

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  • Nov 29, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Wildlife Refuge ecologist Mark Laker takes an afternoon ski on the Refuge's frozen Headquarters Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 29 near the Kenai Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center in Soldotna.

Tribes receive funds for substance abuse, mental health programs

Two Alaska Native tribes on the Kenai Peninsula will receive approximately $1 million over the next five years to help address substance abuse and mental… Continue reading

This undated photo provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shows Caribou in the Western Arctic in Alaska. The size of an Arctic caribou herd in Alaska has been cut in half in just the last three years, and researchers are trying to understand why. (Jim Dau/Alaska Department of Fish and Game via AP)

Biologists research mystery of declining caribou herd

JUNEAU — The size of a large caribou herd in Alaska’s Arctic region has dropped by more 50 percent over the last three years, and… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer
This undated photo provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shows Caribou in the Western Arctic in Alaska. The size of an Arctic caribou herd in Alaska has been cut in half in just the last three years, and researchers are trying to understand why. (Jim Dau/Alaska Department of Fish and Game via AP)

Permanent Fund starts fiscal year with 3.86 percent return

Alaska’s money managers are off to a solid start in the first months of the state fiscal year.The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. announced Monday that… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Invasive strep outbreak claims lives of 4 Alaskans

ANCHORAGE — Four Alaskans have died this year in an outbreak of invasive strep bacteria that has mostly affected the homeless and Alaska Natives in… Continue reading

  • Nov 29, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro

Administration schedules sales tax workshops

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that the Nov. 30 meeting in Soldotna will be held at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Bridger Edwards of Kenai paddleboards up a section of the Kenai River just below the Warren Ames Bridge on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Edwards said he regularly paddles the Kenai River at flood tides and was wearing a dry suit to guard against the freezing temperatures Monday. Seals bobbed up through the river behind him, and icy slush lapped at the snowy shore. Edwards said he paddled up the estuary to the south of the river toward Kalifornsky Beach Road and was breaking through ice.

Photo: Float on

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Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Bridger Edwards of Kenai paddleboards up a section of the Kenai River just below the Warren Ames Bridge on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Edwards said he regularly paddles the Kenai River at flood tides and was wearing a dry suit to guard against the freezing temperatures Monday. Seals bobbed up through the river behind him, and icy slush lapped at the snowy shore. Edwards said he paddled up the estuary to the south of the river toward Kalifornsky Beach Road and was breaking through ice.

Voter turnout up slightly from last presidential election

JUNEAU — Voter turnout in this month’s general election hit 60.7 percent, up slightly from the previous presidential election in 2012.According to the Division of… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Bristol Bay sockeye forecast in line with recent average

Bristol Bay can look forward to a regular season in 2017 after two years of hard work, if the forecast is to be believed.Alaska’s largest… Continue reading

  • Nov 28, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Mark Hutton and Dave Peterson carve numerous turkeys for the Salvation Army community dinner.

Community helps Salvation Army with turkey dinner

It was a great Thanksgiving holiday on the Kenai Peninsula with efforts community wide to make sure that everyone shared in the many blessings we… Continue reading

Mark Hutton and Dave Peterson carve numerous turkeys for the Salvation Army community dinner.