Photo courtesy Nikiski Fire Department This map provided by the Nikiski Fire Department shows the service area's two exisiting fire stations and the proposed location of a third station at the intersection of Escape Route and Holt-Lamplight Road. The station was originally planned to be built in the early 2000s but was tabled because of the economy. Now, the Nikiski Fire Service Area Advisory Board has enough money to pay for the project out of pocket.

Third Nikiski fire station planned

The Nikiski Fire Department is dusting off plans for a project that first began more than 13 years ago. A third fire station long been… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Nikiski Fire Department This map provided by the Nikiski Fire Department shows the service area's two exisiting fire stations and the proposed location of a third station at the intersection of Escape Route and Holt-Lamplight Road. The station was originally planned to be built in the early 2000s but was tabled because of the economy. Now, the Nikiski Fire Service Area Advisory Board has enough money to pay for the project out of pocket.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Karbon Lindley, 18 months, dressed up as an Alaska State Trooper, sneaks a look at his candy stash on a walk through the trails system during the annual Tsalteshi Trails Spook Night on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Families walked through the trail system and visited at stations sponsored by local businesses, government agencies and political candidates, collecting every kind of goodie from candy to keychains to reflective shoelaces - handed out by the City of Soldotna - just before a group of runners took off into the trails for a 5K.

Photo: Sneaking a peek

Karbon Lindley, 18 months, dressed up as an Alaska State Trooper, sneaks a look at his candy stash on a walk through the trails system… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Karbon Lindley, 18 months, dressed up as an Alaska State Trooper, sneaks a look at his candy stash on a walk through the trails system during the annual Tsalteshi Trails Spook Night on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Families walked through the trail system and visited at stations sponsored by local businesses, government agencies and political candidates, collecting every kind of goodie from candy to keychains to reflective shoelaces - handed out by the City of Soldotna - just before a group of runners took off into the trails for a 5K.

Fake ‘trooper’ scamming peninsula residents

Alaska State Troopers are warning Kenai Peninsula residents to be aware of a scam in which a caller pretends to be a trooper.Recently, a number… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion An F-22 Raptor fighter jet takes off from the Kenai airport on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.

Fighter planes land at Kenai Airport

A pair of F-22 “Raptor” fighter jets — from the U.S. Air Force’s 525 squadron and the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd squadron, both based at… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion An F-22 Raptor fighter jet takes off from the Kenai airport on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.

Local school warns of advertising scam

Staff at Cook Inlet Academy are warning community members to be wary of an Idaho-based company soliciting money on the school’s behalf.Mary Rowley, the school… Continue reading

Homer man indicted on murder, robbery charges in 2013 case

A Kenai grand jury on Oct. 20 indicted Lee John Henry, 55, on murder and robbery charges in the 2013 death of Mark Matthews. The… Continue reading

Shot Fairbanks officer dies after complications from surgery

FAIRBANKS (AP) — A Fairbanks Police sergeant who was shot in the line of duty last week died Friday after complications from surgery, the department… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2016

Short-lived outage hits thousands of HEA customers

Update 2:30 p.m.:Bruce Shelley of Homer Electric Associaton, Inc., clarified that the Friday afternoon power outage was discovered around 12:45 p.m. Staff does not know… Continue reading

Oregon case jury delivers blow to government in lands fight

PORTLAND, Ore. — A jury delivered an extraordinary blow to the government in a long-running battle over the use of public lands when it acquitted… Continue reading

  • Oct 28, 2016
  • By STEVEN DuBOIS and GILLIAN FLACCUS

Seward man mauled by bear

Update: Friday Alaska news sources have reported that the man mauled by a bear Thursday while walking his dogs at the Seward Airport was Ronn Hemstock,… Continue reading

Anchorage zoning laws force cannabis shops to cluster

Legal cannabis sales are about to happen in Alaska, maybe even within the week. Flower and bud and wax and shatter won’t have a wide… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Central Emergency Services first responders retrieve belongings from the inside of an overturned vehicle on Carver Drive near the intersection of Gene Street on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers and CES responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover around 5 p.m. Wednesday. The car's seven occupants got out safely, though CES transported one to Central Peninsula Hospital as a precautionary measure.

Photo: Shake, rattle and roll

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Shake, rattle and roll Central Emergency Services first responders retrieve belongings from the inside of an overturned vehicle on Carver… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Central Emergency Services first responders retrieve belongings from the inside of an overturned vehicle on Carver Drive near the intersection of Gene Street on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers and CES responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover around 5 p.m. Wednesday. The car's seven occupants got out safely, though CES transported one to Central Peninsula Hospital as a precautionary measure.

Healthcare Task Force finalizes recommendations

The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s task force on health care reached a set of final recommendations to the borough Wednesday night.The Healthcare Task Force, which has… Continue reading

State Chamber of Commerce draws hundreds to Kenai for Fall Forum

State Chamber of Commerce draws hundreds to Kenai for Fall Forum

This year it was Kenai’s turn to host the annual Alaska Chamber of Commerce forum. Conference theme this year was “Illuminating the Path Forward” and… Continue reading

State Chamber of Commerce draws hundreds to Kenai for Fall Forum
Kenai to negiotiate city manager contract with Paul Ostrander

Kenai to negiotiate city manager contract with Paul Ostrander

Kenai city council members decided Tuesday to negotiate an employment contract with Paul Ostrander, presently chief of staff to Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre,… Continue reading

Kenai to negiotiate city manager contract with Paul Ostrander

U.S. seafood consumption increases

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The average American ate nearly a pound more seafood in 2015 than he or she did the previous year, the federal… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2016

Soldotna woman found dead in apartment

A Soldotna woman was found dead in her apartment after having been reported missing for more than a week.Louise Tall-Burgess, 34, was found Tuesday by… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2016

Winter sales tax returns to Soldotna

Soldotna’s year-round sales tax on nonprepared food items is back on the books.Soldotna City Council members unanimously voted at their Wednesday meeting to enact an… Continue reading

Assembly overturns mayor’s veto of invocation policy

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will keep its invocation policy for now.The assembly passed a policy at its Oct. 11 meeting outlining who can give… Continue reading

Murkowski faces several rivals in debate on Arctic issues

JUNEAU — Voters weighing who they will support for president should consider issues such as energy development and opportunities for developing Alaska’s resources, U.S. Sen.… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer