Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A new phone app called Time of Need, pictured in use Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska, collects informtion on resources that would be helpful to those who are homeless or near homeless and organizes them in order of proximity to the user. Launched earlier this year, the app uses very little data and can also be used offline. A version of the app for Android phones is future a goal of its creators.

Help at arm’s reach

A project designed to simplify finding help for Alaska’s homeless population and inspired by a former University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student’s work with homeless… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A new phone app called Time of Need, pictured in use Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska, collects informtion on resources that would be helpful to those who are homeless or near homeless and organizes them in order of proximity to the user. Launched earlier this year, the app uses very little data and can also be used offline. A version of the app for Android phones is future a goal of its creators.

DOT makes quick fix to broken Kenai traffic light

Motorists trying to get through their evening commutes found an unusual road block Thursday at the intersection of Kalifornsky Beach Road and Bridge Access Road,… Continue reading

District 30 candidates debate budget, energy

Two and a half weeks before Election Day, the four candidates for the District 30 seat in the Alaska House of Representatives debated together for… Continue reading

Mayor says Fairbanks Four deserve compensation

FAIRBANKS (AP) — The mayor of Fairbanks says the city and state should consider compensating the four indigenous men who spent nearly two decades in… Continue reading

  • Oct 22, 2016

Nikiski residents face uncertainty over Alaska gas project

JUNEAU (AP) — Nikiski residents say they’ve been left in limbo by the state and its partners’ decision to suspend plans for a giant natural… Continue reading

  • Oct 22, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Two of the five large-format books in the Soldotna's Joyce K. Caver Memorial Library's new collection of photo-books by local artists are shown on Wednesday, Oct. 19 in the Soldotna library. The five books presently in the collection - two featuring lithographs by Jim Evenson and three of photography by Joe Kashi - haven't yet been cataloged and shelved. Kashi, director of arts nonprofit ARTSpace, hopes local artists will contribute books to expand the collection by attending an art reproduction training session he's hosting at the Soldotna Library on Saturday.

ARTSpace project at Soldotna library aims to preserve local art

When a Kenai Peninsula artist finishes a piece, the work may hang for a few months on the walls of a local shop or gallery.… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Two of the five large-format books in the Soldotna's Joyce K. Caver Memorial Library's new collection of photo-books by local artists are shown on Wednesday, Oct. 19 in the Soldotna library. The five books presently in the collection - two featuring lithographs by Jim Evenson and three of photography by Joe Kashi - haven't yet been cataloged and shelved. Kashi, director of arts nonprofit ARTSpace, hopes local artists will contribute books to expand the collection by attending an art reproduction training session he's hosting at the Soldotna Library on Saturday.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Elaina Spraker lends a helping hand to Ava Gabler, 17, during a practice drill in the Teens on Target program Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at the Snowshoe Gun Club Range in Kenai, Alaska.

Teens aim high in gun class for girls

Little clouds of breath rose into the air over five teenagers standing stock-still in a row, eyes trained on the targets in front of them.… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Elaina Spraker lends a helping hand to Ava Gabler, 17, during a practice drill in the Teens on Target program Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 at the Snowshoe Gun Club Range in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Charred trees stand and cover the ground Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 in the Skilak Lake Recreation Area on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska. The refuge is turning a bulldozer line created during the 2015 Card Street wildfire into a hiking trail that incorporates education about fire ecology in the area.

Refuge to make bulldozer line into hiking trail

When last summer’s 8,000-acre Card Street wildfire tore through parts of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and looked like it might threaten the Sterling Highway,… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Charred trees stand and cover the ground Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 in the Skilak Lake Recreation Area on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska. The refuge is turning a bulldozer line created during the 2015 Card Street wildfire into a hiking trail that incorporates education about fire ecology in the area.

Joint therapeutic court nears completion

Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct that Chief Tribal Court Judge Kim Sweet signed a memorandum of understanding in Fairbanks on Thursday… Continue reading

Board of Fisheries debates board-generated proposals

The Board of Fisheries wrapped up its Soldotna worksession with the discussion of a board-generated proposal to limit the size of boats in the Kenai… Continue reading

ACLU to borough: Drop invocation policy

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska has asked the Kenai Peninsula Borough to back down from its newly passed invocation policy.The organization, which advocates… Continue reading

Fuel spill reported in interior villeage of Beaver

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska environmental regulators are monitoring the cleanup of a fuel spill in the interior village of Beaver.The state Department of Environmental Conservation… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2016

Board of Fisheries takes up, denies ACRs

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct an error. The United Cook Inlet Drift Association did not submit the agenda change request regarding… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion This Thursday, April 28, 2016 file photo shows a drop box for prescription drugs sits in the lobby of the Soldotna Police Department in Soldotna, Alaska. Drugs collected through the box are sent to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to be disposed of.

Drug take-back day scheduled for Saturday

If central Kenai Peninsula residents have been wondering what to do with their unnecessary or expired prescription or over-the-counter drugs, they need look no further… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion This Thursday, April 28, 2016 file photo shows a drop box for prescription drugs sits in the lobby of the Soldotna Police Department in Soldotna, Alaska. Drugs collected through the box are sent to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to be disposed of.

Prosecutors say suspect shot, taunted Alaska police officer

ANCHORAGE — A 29-year-old Alaska man opened fire on a Fairbanks police officer, took his gun, stomped on his head and taunted him as the… Continue reading

  • Oct 19, 2016
  • By Dan Joling
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debate during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (Mark Ralston/Pool via AP)

Debate stunner: Trump won’t say he’ll accept election result

LAS VEGAS — Threatening to upend a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday night that he will accept the results… Continue reading

  • Oct 19, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and LISA LERER
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debate during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (Mark Ralston/Pool via AP)
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Board of Fisheries will not take regulatory action at the worksession, but will discuss agenda change requests and non-regulatory proposals.

Public weighs in at Board of Fisheries

Fishermen and the fisheries-inclined turned out by the dozens Tuesday for an open hearing before the Board of Fisheries to air their concerns on a… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Board of Fisheries will not take regulatory action at the worksession, but will discuss agenda change requests and non-regulatory proposals.

Assembly votes to update comprehensive plan

The Kenai Peninsula Borough government plans to start looking for proposals to update its comprehensive plan.The Kenai Peninsula Borough Comprehensive Plan, which outlines the broad… Continue reading

Man arrested in shooting of Fairbanks police officer

ANCHORAGE — A 29-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a shooting that left an Alaska police officer seriously injured.Anthony George Jenkins-Alexie was arrested… Continue reading

  • Oct 18, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro

Kenai election results official with 24.9 percent voter turnout

The final results of Kenai’s Oct. 4 election confirm the unofficial preliminary results: Brian Gabriel beat Hal Smalley for the seat of Kenai mayor, and… Continue reading