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Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Leslie Meyer smiles as she speaks about her project for this year's National Novel Writing Month on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska. The worldwide creative writing challenge kicks off at the beginning of November and asks participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days. The library in Soldotna will host writing days each Saturday where participants can get together to work and share ideas.

Photo: Literary legwork

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Leslie Meyer smiles as she speaks about her project for this year’s National Novel Writing Month on Saturday,… Continue reading

  • Nov 5, 2016
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Leslie Meyer smiles as she speaks about her project for this year's National Novel Writing Month on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska. The worldwide creative writing challenge kicks off at the beginning of November and asks participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days. The library in Soldotna will host writing days each Saturday where participants can get together to work and share ideas.

Knopp combines past, present experience in office

When Gary Knopp returned to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in October 2015, he didn’t waste any time jumping back into leadership roles. Within the… Continue reading

Thornton brings energetic, giving attitude to race

Most of Shauna Thornton’s afternoon on Oct. 29 was spent spinning out cotton candy. The next day, she manned a station on the Tsalteshi Trails… Continue reading

Lynch makes nonpartisan run at House seat

Soldotna resident Daniel Lynch originally had no plans to come out of retirement — or his armchair, as he puts it. But the combination of… Continue reading

Photo by Elwood Brehmner/Alaska Journal of Commerce Surrounded by family, Gov. Bill Walker announces to Alaskans that he has been diagnosed with cancer during a briefing Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at his office in Anchorage, Alaska.

Gov. Walker has ‘treatable’ form of cancer

Gov. Bill Walker stood with his family and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott to explain his prostate cancer diagnosis to Alaskans during a Friday afternoon briefing… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Photo by Elwood Brehmner/Alaska Journal of Commerce Surrounded by family, Gov. Bill Walker announces to Alaskans that he has been diagnosed with cancer during a briefing Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at his office in Anchorage, Alaska.

Chenault runs against write-in candidate Pedro Fernandez

Republican Mike Chenault is running for his eighth term as the Alaska State House Representative for the northern Kenai Peninsula, opposed by a write-in campaign… Continue reading

Public weighs in on restoring Soldotna’s year-round sales tax

The city of Soldotna is eschewing the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s wintertime exemption on collecting sales tax on nonprepared food items and will collect the 3… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Christie Abbott's "Skinny Salmon" necklaces hang on display at the Central Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Abbott makes the jewelry out of real salmon skin that she treats, colors and sets into the necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets herself. The skin comes from salmon she and her husband catch - depending on how the season goes, it's mostly either sockeye or coho salmon, she said. The necklaces are also regularly for sale at Trustworthy Hardware and Fishing in Soldotna. The bazaar continues Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Photo: Tis the season

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Christie Abbott’s “Skinny Salmon” necklaces hang on display at the Central Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Christie Abbott's "Skinny Salmon" necklaces hang on display at the Central Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary Bazaar on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Abbott makes the jewelry out of real salmon skin that she treats, colors and sets into the necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets herself. The skin comes from salmon she and her husband catch - depending on how the season goes, it's mostly either sockeye or coho salmon, she said. The necklaces are also regularly for sale at Trustworthy Hardware and Fishing in Soldotna. The bazaar continues Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Photo courtesy Russell Campbell/Wandering Nomad Photography The Linda Kay burns in the Spit Harbor around 2 a.m. Thursday, November 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska.

Photos: Smoke in the harbor

Photo courtesy Russell Campbell/Wandering Nomad Photography The Linda Kay burns in the Homer Harbor around 2 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska.… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2016
Photo courtesy Russell Campbell/Wandering Nomad Photography The Linda Kay burns in the Spit Harbor around 2 a.m. Thursday, November 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula residents chat with Marcheta Moulton, the small federal programs manager for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, during an open house Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2016 at Soldotna High School. DOT is hosting public meetings around the state to gather input for a new Alaska Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.

One step at a time: Alaska looks to improve plan for bikes, pedestrians

Between mouthfuls of coffee and cookies, about 20 Kenai Peninsula residents weighed in on improvements they think can be made to the state’s policy and… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula residents chat with Marcheta Moulton, the small federal programs manager for the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, during an open house Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2016 at Soldotna High School. DOT is hosting public meetings around the state to gather input for a new Alaska Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.

Sterling teen dies in single vehicle crash

Editor's note: This story has been updated since Alaska State Troopers verified the spelling of Mykha Slater's name. A teenager from Sterling was killed Wednesday… Continue reading

Police note quiet Halloween weekend

This year’s Halloween weekend was not so spooky for the officers overseeing it.Local and statewide police noted few crimes and injuries related to the holiday,… Continue reading

Did the new Blood Bank cost too much?

Employees and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aren’t the only ones with questions for the Blood Bank of Alaska.Blood Bank of Alaska leadership is… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Mountain goat hunting season extended on parts of Kenai Peninsula

On Tuesday the Alaska Department of Fish and Game opened the south side of Kachemak Bay to a late season mountain goat hunt until Nov.… Continue reading

Artist Sarah Davies stands near statues in a new public art installation Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, Alaska. Davies was also the lead artist in an art installation that included the sculptures, which have been restored for the exhibit opening Friday after they were damaged by tides and high winds last year. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)

Statues damaged by elements return for new exhibit

ANCHORAGE — The creators of a public art installation damaged by tides and high winds at a beach in Alaska’s largest city have returned with… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro
Artist Sarah Davies stands near statues in a new public art installation Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, Alaska. Davies was also the lead artist in an art installation that included the sculptures, which have been restored for the exhibit opening Friday after they were damaged by tides and high winds last year. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)

‘You know you’re an Alaskan if…’

One relative newcomer to the Last Frontier wants to know what it is that makes Alaskans inherently, well, Alaskan.Hedy-Jo Huss recently moved to the 49th… Continue reading

Alaska GOP, Miller clash in state’s US Senate race

JUNEAU — The waning days of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race have been marked by fighting between the state Republican party and Libertarian candidate Joe Miller.Miller… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Troopers investigate sexual assault at Seward correctional center

The Alaska State Troopers are investigating a case of sexual assault between two inmates at the Spring Creek Correctional Center. Troopers responded to a report… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2016

Clinton, Trump warn of dire consequences if rival wins

DADE CITY, Fla. — Donald Trump could draw the United States into nuclear war, Hillary Clinton warns. Clinton would plunge the country into a constitutional… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and JONATHAN LEMIRE

Two die in mobile home fire

Two people died early Tuesday morning in a fire that engulfed their mobile home.Alaska State Troopers responded just after 2:17 a.m. to a report of… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2016