State marijuana worker rules could be strictest in nation

A hip new industry is attracting excited workers, but ongoing regulations might block some from the new field.To work in a licensed cannabis business in… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
School District hosts 7th Annual college Fair at SoHi

School District hosts 7th Annual college Fair at SoHi

Over 270 students from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District including Cook Inlet Academy and IDEA attended the 7th Annual College Fair held at… Continue reading

School District hosts 7th Annual college Fair at SoHi
The "Pay it Forward Trade" offers a hand up at Artfully Delicious boutique

The “Pay it Forward Trade” offers a hand up at Artfully Delicious boutique

While “Artfully Delicious” may conjure up the thought of a chocolate confection or gourmet entre presentation, it also describes a new boutique in Kenai where… Continue reading

The "Pay it Forward Trade" offers a hand up at Artfully Delicious boutique
Kenai First Responders Fill their Boots for MDA

Kenai First Responders Fill their Boots for MDA

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon the first responders of Kenai and Nikiski Fire Departments parked their big red ladder truck at the corner of the… Continue reading

Kenai First Responders Fill their Boots for MDA
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion January's Iniskin earthquake, a 7.1-magnitude quake, damaged the Kenai City Dock, pictured Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai City Council passed an ordinance in September authorizing the city administration to spend $35,000 to study the engineering required to repair it.

Kenai dock to have minor repairs

In addition to a gasline rupture and subsequent explosions on Kenai’s Lilac Lane, the 7.1-magnitude Iniskin earthquake that hit the Cook Inlet region on Jan.… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion January's Iniskin earthquake, a 7.1-magnitude quake, damaged the Kenai City Dock, pictured Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai City Council passed an ordinance in September authorizing the city administration to spend $35,000 to study the engineering required to repair it.
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Ivy Howland (left) and Kenai Community Library children's librarian James Adcox work on pumpkin sculptures during a pumpkin-carving session on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Kenai. Other Halloween activities at the Kenai library include a literary haunted house - inspired by horror classics such as "Frankenstein," "Dracula," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" - open from 4 p.m to 6 p.m on Wednesday and Monday, and from 4 p.m to 5:30 p.m on Friday.
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Ivy Howland (left) and Kenai Community Library children's librarian James Adcox work on pumpkin sculptures during a pumpkin-carving session on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Kenai. Other Halloween activities at the Kenai library include a literary haunted house - inspired by horror classics such as "Frankenstein," "Dracula," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" - open from 4 p.m to 6 p.m on Wednesday and Monday, and from 4 p.m to 5:30 p.m on Friday.

Peninsula Crime Stoppers provide safe place to send tips

Kenai Peninsula law enforcement officers have a tool they can call on when leads on a particular crime are few and far between or just… Continue reading

Whittier tunnel closed due to rock fall

The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, also known as the Whittier Tunnel, is closed until further notice due to a rock fall hazard inside the tunnel,… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2016

What’s killing Shell Lake’s sockeye salmon?

If any fish population in Upper Cook Inlet could be considered in trouble, Shell Lake’s sockeye could.The lake in the Matanuska-Susitna region, located northwest of… Continue reading

Murkowski attorney: Contributions to Alaska GOP were legal

JUNEAU — An attorney for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s campaign said Tuesday that contributions the campaign made to the Alaska Republican party were legal.Attorney Timothy… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Walker puts hold on pension bond sale

The Walker administration has put its plan to sell up to $3.3 billion in pension obligation bonds on hold.Gov. Bill Walker said Tuesday in a… Continue reading

Teacher, support staff unions vote to ratify contract

Editor's note: This story has been updated to show that the tentative agreement reached by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, the Kenai Peninsula Educational… Continue reading

Paying to work

Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife, Lanmon-Freeman now delivers two to three babies per month… Continue reading

In this April 1, 2009, photo provided by the USGS Alaska Science Center shows a black-capped chickadee with a deformed beak in Anchorage, Alaska. Researchers are hoping they've found what's causing beaks of some bird species to grow twice as fast as normal. The disease is called avian keratin disorder. Affected birds grow beaks that are freakishly long and that sometimes curve up or down. (Handel Colleen/USGS Alaska Science Center via AP)

Researchers link virus to birds with deformed beaks

ANCHORAGE — Biologist Colleen Handel saw her first black-capped chickadee with the heartrending disorder in 1998.The tiny birds showed up at birdfeeders in Alaska’s largest… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2016
  • By Dan Joling
In this April 1, 2009, photo provided by the USGS Alaska Science Center shows a black-capped chickadee with a deformed beak in Anchorage, Alaska. Researchers are hoping they've found what's causing beaks of some bird species to grow twice as fast as normal. The disease is called avian keratin disorder. Affected birds grow beaks that are freakishly long and that sometimes curve up or down. (Handel Colleen/USGS Alaska Science Center via AP)

GOP chair files election complaint against Miller

JUNEAU (AP) — The chairman of the Alaska Republican Party has filed an election complaint against Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, claiming Miller effectively… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2016

First marijuana testing lab opens in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s first marijuana testing laboratory opened for business Monday, offering cannabis analysis for retail outlets and commercial or private growers.CannTest LLC, operating in… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2016
  • By Dan Joling

Around the District

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

As one of three surviving delegates to the 1955 Alaska Constitutional Convention, Vic Fischer is uniquely qualified to shed light on the intent of the… Continue reading

  • Oct 23, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools
Kaye Fariday helps a boy /name??// from Fireweed Academy bag food at the Homer Food Pantry on Sept. 26 at Homer United Methodist Church.

Homer Food Pantry use increasing

The Homer Community Food Pantry experienced a 115 percent increase in people seeking food assistance between 2013 and 2015. Though the food pantry’s customers have… Continue reading

Kaye Fariday helps a boy /name??// from Fireweed Academy bag food at the Homer Food Pantry on Sept. 26 at Homer United Methodist Church.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Mountain View Elementary second graders Elsa Meyer, 7, and Devin Seaton, 7, wait under their desks with their head and necks covered during this year's Great Alaska ShakeOut earthquake drill Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at the school in Kenai, Alaska.

Shake it up: Mountain View joins district in Great Alaska ShakeOut drill

Students in Renee Christensen’s second grade class at Mountain View Elementary in Kenai had just finished their morning snack and were eagerly rattling off answers… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Mountain View Elementary second graders Elsa Meyer, 7, and Devin Seaton, 7, wait under their desks with their head and necks covered during this year's Great Alaska ShakeOut earthquake drill Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at the school in Kenai, Alaska.