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Log construction seminar offered at KRC

KRC student Joe Meloche, owner and operator of JMC Log Home Institute, will provide a free log construction seminar at 7 p.m. on April 27… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Members of the math club were asked the probability of pulling various shapes and cookie colors from the bag before advisor David Thomas agreed to hand over the goods Thursday, April 21, 2016, at the school in Kenai, Alaska.

A good probability: math club members take state competition

Members of the Kenai Middle School math club add up to a formidable bunch. A team formed from the group, sixth grader Hayden Hanson, seventh… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Members of the math club were asked the probability of pulling various shapes and cookie colors from the bag before advisor David Thomas agreed to hand over the goods Thursday, April 21, 2016, at the school in Kenai, Alaska.

Associations ready for arbitration

The Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations say they are ready for advisory arbitration with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.The meeting… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Marijuana Task Force, Planning Commission reject setback ordinance

A proposed ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly would put more buffer distance between marijuana establishments in the borough and particular types of operations.The… Continue reading

Consumer confidence falls as Alaska economy struggles

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Consumer confidence has fallen to a five-year low as Alaksa continues to struggle with a weak oil sector, budget cuts and… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016

Juneau district court judge to retire later this year

JUNEAU, Alaska — Sometimes when Keith Levy rounds a corner in the grocery aisle, he’ll see someone he’s sent to prison. The encounter isn’t an… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016
  • By PAULA ANN SOLIS
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Freshman Victoria Giles from Soldotna Prep demonstrates her project that converts organic matter into energy before a panel of judges for this year's Caring for the Kenai oral presentations Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. From more than 300 applicants, 12 students were chosen to present their projects in a final round, after which six runners up won fixed prizes and another six won prizes varying from $550-$1,600.

Kids change Kenai one idea at a time

Marguerite and Evangeline Cox drew excited gasps from the crowd as they brought their small, fluffy dog onstage to help demonstrate animal oxygen masks. The… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Freshman Victoria Giles from Soldotna Prep demonstrates her project that converts organic matter into energy before a panel of judges for this year's Caring for the Kenai oral presentations Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. From more than 300 applicants, 12 students were chosen to present their projects in a final round, after which six runners up won fixed prizes and another six won prizes varying from $550-$1,600.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sherra Pritchard, a public health nurse at the Kenai Public Health Center in Kenai, Alaska, listens for a heartbeat on Jude Stillwell, 6 months, during a wellness check on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

National Immunization Week emphasizes vaccination

Whooping cough is a fairly preventable disease, but once in a while it resurfaces and makes inroads into communities in Alaska.Health care workers started noticing… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sherra Pritchard, a public health nurse at the Kenai Public Health Center in Kenai, Alaska, listens for a heartbeat on Jude Stillwell, 6 months, during a wellness check on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Northern District setnet fishing time trimmed by 6 hours

The directed king salmon fishery in the Northern District of Upper Cook Inlet will be restricted to six hours on its first day of the… Continue reading

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, Elin Lunoe, and Pilot, a Steller sea lion, check each other out at a tank at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Since January 2016, the Alaska aquarium has replaced 98 percent of its fossil fuel heating requirements with a system that draws heat from seawater.(AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

SeaLife Center replaces fossil fuel with seawater system

ANCHORAGE — Thousands of people visit the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward for a look at Steller sea lions or harlequin ducks.What’s in the basement… Continue reading

  • Apr 23, 2016
  • By Dan Joling
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, Elin Lunoe, and Pilot, a Steller sea lion, check each other out at a tank at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Since January 2016, the Alaska aquarium has replaced 98 percent of its fossil fuel heating requirements with a system that draws heat from seawater.(AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)
Members of the Alaska Division of Forestry finish putting out a fire that consumed two sheds and a chicken coop Thursday, April 21, 2016 on North Dogwood Road in Kenai. The fire, which took about a half hour to extinguish, also burnt the outside of a home, but harmed no one.

Fire consumes sheds, chicken coop in Kenai

A structure fire drew responses from five agencies in Kenai on Thursday afternoon, but harmed no one.The Kenai Fire Department, Central Emergency Services, Kenai Police,… Continue reading

Members of the Alaska Division of Forestry finish putting out a fire that consumed two sheds and a chicken coop Thursday, April 21, 2016 on North Dogwood Road in Kenai. The fire, which took about a half hour to extinguish, also burnt the outside of a home, but harmed no one.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Fire Department firefighters work to put out a structure fire on North Dogwood Road on Thursday, April 22, 2016.

Fire damages sheds, chicken coop in Kenai

A structure fire drew responses from five organizations in Kenai on Thursday afternoon. Central Emergency Services, Kenai Fire Department, Kenai Police, the Alaska Division of… Continue reading

  • Apr 21, 2016
  • By Staff reports
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Fire Department firefighters work to put out a structure fire on North Dogwood Road on Thursday, April 22, 2016.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Jeremy Anderson, former Nikiski Middle-High School student music teacher accused of raping one of his students, walks out of a Kenai courtroom Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Former teacher, accused of raping student, released on bail

A former music teacher accused of repeatedly sexually abusing one of his Nikiski Middle-High School students has been released from jail. Jeremy Anderson was released… Continue reading

  • Jun 30, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Jeremy Anderson, former Nikiski Middle-High School student music teacher accused of raping one of his students, walks out of a Kenai courtroom Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Former Nikiski teacher faces several new charges in sexual abuse case

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Jeremy Anderson is accused of sexual abuse of a minor, not assault.  A former Nikiski… Continue reading

  • Nov 24, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Nikiski teacher accused of sexually abusing student

Editor's note: This story has been edited to show that the woman who called to report that a man was threatening to commit suicide in… Continue reading

  • May 13, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Agrium credit passes legislature

If Nikiski’s Agrium ammonia plant were to re-start in the future, the company could be eligible for a corporate income tax credit when it begins… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Jeremy Anderson, former Nikiski Middle-High School student music teacher accused of sexually abusing one of his students, walks out of a Kenai courtroom Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Nikiski sex abuse case not ready for trial

The trial for a former Nikiski teacher accused of sexual abuse of a minor may be pushed back again. Jeremy Anderson, a former music teacher… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Jeremy Anderson, former Nikiski Middle-High School student music teacher accused of sexually abusing one of his students, walks out of a Kenai courtroom Tuesday Nov. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Work planned for Clarion email system

Work on the Peninsula Clarion’s email systems is planned for Saturday and Sunday. As a result, certain email addresses will not be working over the… Continue reading

  • Apr 20, 2016

Borough assembly withdraws marijuana ordinance

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday opted not to introduce a controversial ordinance to ask voters whether commercial marijuana operations should be legal outside… Continue reading

This Friday, April 8, 2016, photo provided by Jenny Neyman shows the view from the Harding Ice Field south of Seward on the Kenai Peninsula at about 5,000 feet elevation, overlooking Aialik Glacier, in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Two skiers stranded for four nights on the Alaska ice field braved cold and hunger but also claustrophobia as the ceiling of snow cave they dug for shelter sagged close to their faces. Chris Hanna and Jenny Neyman say they thought the cave Hanna tunneled under 4 feet of snow might collapse before rescuers could reach them. (Jenny Neyman via AP)

Stranded trekkers worried they’d be trapped in snow cave

ANCHORAGE — By their third day in a tiny snow cave under 4 feet of snow, Chris Hanna and Jenny Neyman thought the shelter in… Continue reading

  • Apr 20, 2016
  • By Dan Joling
This Friday, April 8, 2016, photo provided by Jenny Neyman shows the view from the Harding Ice Field south of Seward on the Kenai Peninsula at about 5,000 feet elevation, overlooking Aialik Glacier, in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Two skiers stranded for four nights on the Alaska ice field braved cold and hunger but also claustrophobia as the ceiling of snow cave they dug for shelter sagged close to their faces. Chris Hanna and Jenny Neyman say they thought the cave Hanna tunneled under 4 feet of snow might collapse before rescuers could reach them. (Jenny Neyman via AP)