Indian Education Advisory Committee works toward goals

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s committee that oversees funds for Native students brainstormed ways to reach more students with services and how… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Lee Miller performs taps following a gun salute by the Kenai VFW Post
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Lee Miller performs taps following a gun salute by the Kenai VFW Post

Kenai Peninsula goat hunts close

To prevent overharvest, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has closed two Kenai Peninsula mountain goat hunts — one located outside of Seward, the… Continue reading

  • Nov 10, 2016

State issues first marijuana warning to licensed business

An Anchorage marijuana business that ran afoul of state regulations will be let off with a warning.On Thursday, the Alaska Marijuana Control Board heard from… Continue reading

Walker fires back after getting ‘D’ for business grade

Gov. Bill Walker took umbrage with the conclusion drawn by Alaska business groups that his policies have almost failed the state’s private sector.The governor wrote… Continue reading

  • Nov 10, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Front row, from left, Reps. Chris Tuck, Gabrielle LeDoux, Bryce Edgmon and Paul Seaton answer questions during a press conference with the new House Majority Wednesday in Anchorage. (Photo by Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce)

Three Republicans join Democrats to form new Alaska House Majority

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Alaska still has a bipartisan House Majority caucus, but it will be led by Democrats… Continue reading

Front row, from left, Reps. Chris Tuck, Gabrielle LeDoux, Bryce Edgmon and Paul Seaton answer questions during a press conference with the new House Majority Wednesday in Anchorage. (Photo by Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce)

Soldotna to seek public input on annexation

Some concerned Kenai Peninsula Borough residents got a head start weighing in on the city of Soldotna’s latest efforts to explore annexation of surrounding areas… Continue reading

District begins school budgeting with Oct. count

The Kenai Peninsula School District starts calculating its future budget by calculating its future students. At a work session prior to Monday’s Board of Education… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula Board of Education approves employee contracts

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education approved agreements with its employee associations at its Monday meeting, finishing the approximately 18-month long negotiation between the… Continue reading

Murkowski fends off crowded field

ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski won her bid for re-election, fending off a crowded field of challengers that included the man who beat her… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Kenai Peninsula Board of Education approves employee agreements

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education approved agreements with its employee associations at its meeting Monday, finishing the approximately 18-month long negotiation between the… Continue reading

Knopp wins District 30 race

Gary Knopp will represent the residents of Kenai and Soldotna in the Alaska Legislature for the next session, according to unofficial election results. In a… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski resident Richard Marquez casts his vote Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at the North Peninsula Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska.

Peninsula voters share views

As cars flew through the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling highways around noon on Election Day, about half of the drivers honked or… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By MEGAN PACER, ELIZABETH EARL and BEN BOETTGER
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski resident Richard Marquez casts his vote Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at the North Peninsula Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska.
President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump vows to unify a deeply divided nation

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and ROBERT FURLOW
President-elect Donald Trump waves as he arrives at his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Young wins 23rd term in Congress

ANCHORAGE — Alaska voters have given the longest serving Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives more years in office.Rep. Don Young, who was first… Continue reading

  • Nov 9, 2016
  • By Mark Thiessen
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion The road to Gray Cliff and Moose Point extends past the pavement in Captain Cook State Park, shown on Monday, April 11, 2016. Apache Corporation, which was exploring for oil and gas in the area, had announced plans to extend the road to Gray Cliff before the company's withdrawal from Alaska in March 2016. The company is engaged in talks with the Kenai Peninsula Borough to potentially donate its preliminary environmental and engineering work to the borough so it could pick up the project.

Borough moves forward on North Road extension plans

Plans are moving forward for the long-awaited Kenai Spur Highway extension past the current terminus at Captain Cook State Recreation Area. The road would provide… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion The road to Gray Cliff and Moose Point extends past the pavement in Captain Cook State Park, shown on Monday, April 11, 2016. Apache Corporation, which was exploring for oil and gas in the area, had announced plans to extend the road to Gray Cliff before the company's withdrawal from Alaska in March 2016. The company is engaged in talks with the Kenai Peninsula Borough to potentially donate its preliminary environmental and engineering work to the borough so it could pick up the project.

State opioid task force issues recommendations

The task force considering how to address the growing opioid addiction crisis in Alaska is seeking public comment on its first draft of recommendations. The… Continue reading

In this Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, photo, Fairbanks Police Department Sgt. Allen Brandt's uniform appears on stage during the funeral for Brandt at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of the Fairbanks police officer killed in the line of duty. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)

Fairbanks mourns slain police officer

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of a Fairbanks police officer killed in the… Continue reading

  • Nov 7, 2016
In this Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, photo, Fairbanks Police Department Sgt. Allen Brandt's uniform appears on stage during the funeral for Brandt at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of the Fairbanks police officer killed in the line of duty. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kareasa McElwain of Soldotna paints the front windows of the Kenai Specialty Clinics on Trading Bay Road on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. McElwain, who teaches painting classes through her business K Maria Arts, began offering custom window decoration for businesses this winter. She said she's done about 10 so far this season.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kareasa McElwain of Soldotna paints the front windows of the Kenai Specialty Clinics on Trading Bay Road on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. McElwain, who teaches painting classes through her business K Maria Arts, began offering custom window decoration for businesses this winter. She said she's done about 10 so far this season.

Senate race features party twists

ANCHORAGE — When’s a Republican not a Republican, or a Libertarian for that matter? And could Alaska be turning blue? Here are some things to… Continue reading

  • Nov 7, 2016
  • By Mark Thiessen