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Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

For more than a quarter century, the KPC Showcase, a lecture, entertainment and arts series, has promoted the humanities on the Peninsula. In recent years,… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock program Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Nybakken, who regularly makes home visits to care for farm animals, helps out with the efforts to get the market livestock that the kids raise to the fair in Ninilchik each year. At the annual 4-H awards banquet, the participants presented him with a signed photo and board thanking him for his work.

Photo: A moment of gratitude

Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2016
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Jerry Nybakken, a local veterinarian, walks up amid applause to receive a commendation from the participants in the local 4-H Club's Junior Market Livestock program Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 in Nikiski, Alaska. Nybakken, who regularly makes home visits to care for farm animals, helps out with the efforts to get the market livestock that the kids raise to the fair in Ninilchik each year. At the annual 4-H awards banquet, the participants presented him with a signed photo and board thanking him for his work.

Soldotna introduces ordinance to reinstate grocery tax

Soldotna residents will soon have the chance to weigh in on whether the city brings back its year-round grocery tax.The Soldotna City Council introduced an… Continue reading

Division of Forestry asks residents not to burn Sunday, Monday

The Alaska Division of Forestry is asking residents in the Southcentral and Interior regions to avoid burning, both in open debris fires and burn barrels,… Continue reading

Homer Folk School shares skills with community

Homer Folk School is here to stay and provide intergenerational learning of folk arts — from homesteading to maritime skills — to Homer and the… Continue reading

  • Oct 16, 2016
  • By ANNA FROST

ConocoPhillips economist: Lower oil prices may be here to stay

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect that Marianne Kah asked for the state to provide fiscal stability. The lower oil prices that… Continue reading

Panel: No indication of Russian aggression in Arctic

ANCHORAGE (AP) — While Russia has built up its military on its side of the Arctic, there is no evidence of Russian aggression in the… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2016

Teaching panel proposes protections for transgender students

ANCHORAGE (AP) — An Alaska educational commission wants to add transgender students to a list of protected categories in its code of ethics.The Professional Teaching… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2016

Accidental shootings kill, injure children in Alaska

ANCHORAGE — A state trooper’s young son died after he inadvertently shot himself with a gun he found in the house. A boy in a… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornski Beach Elementary fifth grader Avery Ciufo, 10, signs her name after her team, the Caribou Creators, let their mouse trap vehicle loose in competition, while teammate Nicholas Rackley, 11, and Elizabeth Morris, a judge, look on during the annual Mind A-Mazes competition at Soldotna Prep in Soldotna, Alaska. The 44 teams that registered from across the school district this year had about six weeks to design and build their devices for the event facilitated by the district's Quest Program.

Show ’em what you’re working with

Four middle and elementary school students crouched low on the gymnasium floor — barely moving — holding their breath as one of their teammates released… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornski Beach Elementary fifth grader Avery Ciufo, 10, signs her name after her team, the Caribou Creators, let their mouse trap vehicle loose in competition, while teammate Nicholas Rackley, 11, and Elizabeth Morris, a judge, look on during the annual Mind A-Mazes competition at Soldotna Prep in Soldotna, Alaska. The 44 teams that registered from across the school district this year had about six weeks to design and build their devices for the event facilitated by the district's Quest Program.

School district meetings consider budget options

Staff in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, teachers and members of the public began brainstorming how to reconcile an expected budget cut last week.At… Continue reading

Donna's Country Victorian Gifts has a new location

Donna’s Country Victorian Gifts has a new location

For year’s Donna’s Victorian Gifts in the Blazy Mall has been a destination for unique gifts from all over the world and a delightful place… Continue reading

Donna's Country Victorian Gifts has a new location
October proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness

October proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness

For nearly a quarter century October has taken on a special meaning for Alaskans who live in the state that leads the nation for domestic… Continue reading

October proclaimed Domestic Violence Awareness
Kenai walks and rolls for recovery

Kenai walks and rolls for recovery

As September gave up her final day of 2016, Change 4 Kenai supporters took advantage of the perfect autumn afternoon to increase community awareness of… Continue reading

Kenai walks and rolls for recovery
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Republican U.S. senator Lisa Murkowski addresses a crowd during a keynote speech during the Alaska Chamber's 2016 Fall Forum on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at the Kenai Shopping Center in Kenai, Alaska. She was one of several speakers throughout the Alaska Chamber's 2015 Fall Forum hosted in Kenai this week.

Photo: Looking Ahead

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Republican U.S. senator Lisa Murkowski addresses a crowd during a keynote speech during the Alaska Chamber’s 2016 Fall Forum on… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2016
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Republican U.S. senator Lisa Murkowski addresses a crowd during a keynote speech during the Alaska Chamber's 2016 Fall Forum on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 at the Kenai Shopping Center in Kenai, Alaska. She was one of several speakers throughout the Alaska Chamber's 2015 Fall Forum hosted in Kenai this week.

Soldotna Airport to get facelift

Aging asphalt covering the Soldotna Airport’s taxiways will get some much needed attention through an upcoming rehabilitation project.The Soldotna City Council passed an ordinance at… Continue reading

Assembly reduces Planning Commission membership

The number of Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission members will decrease to 11, but not until 2020.After initially voting it down, the Kenai Peninsula Borough… Continue reading

Agrium reconsiders Nikiski plant, but needs natural gas

JUNEAU (AP) — Owners of shuttered fertilizer plant in Nikiski have taken steps to reopen the facility but face the hurdle of obtaining a reliable… Continue reading

  • Oct 13, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Mayor Pat Porter, who is finishing her 12 years as mayor and flying to her new home in Texas Thursday morning, speaks to attendees at her farewell party Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in the Kenai City Council Chambers in Kenai, Alaska. Prior to her speech, council members Tim Navarre and Brian Gabriel presented Porter with an appreciation tropy, (pictured closest to Porter) created by Scott Hamman of Kenai's Metal Magic welding and blacksmith shop, and a blown-glass "Spirit of Industry" trophy awarded during Kenai's Industry Appreciation Days in August but given Wednesday. Porter told listeners she began public life in Kenai as a Girl Scout leader, later serving as Director of the Kenai Senior Center, a city council member, and mayor since 2004. She told the crowd politics had never been an ambition of hers - in high school, she wanted to be a flight attendent. Along with Kenai employees and members of the public, the party was attended by Kenai council member Henry Knackstedt and Alaska Governor Bill Walker, who was in town for a State Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday.

Photo: Stepping down

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  • Oct 12, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Mayor Pat Porter, who is finishing her 12 years as mayor and flying to her new home in Texas Thursday morning, speaks to attendees at her farewell party Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in the Kenai City Council Chambers in Kenai, Alaska. Prior to her speech, council members Tim Navarre and Brian Gabriel presented Porter with an appreciation tropy, (pictured closest to Porter) created by Scott Hamman of Kenai's Metal Magic welding and blacksmith shop, and a blown-glass "Spirit of Industry" trophy awarded during Kenai's Industry Appreciation Days in August but given Wednesday. Porter told listeners she began public life in Kenai as a Girl Scout leader, later serving as Director of the Kenai Senior Center, a city council member, and mayor since 2004. She told the crowd politics had never been an ambition of hers - in high school, she wanted to be a flight attendent. Along with Kenai employees and members of the public, the party was attended by Kenai council member Henry Knackstedt and Alaska Governor Bill Walker, who was in town for a State Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A flashing yellow arrow indicates that drivers can turn left at the intersection of Walker Lane/Airport Way and the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities recently installed the new flashing yellow arrow signals, designed to help improve left-hand turn safety in intersections, in Kenai and Soldotna.

DOT installs new flashing yellow arrow traffic signals in Kenai, Soldotna

Drivers in Kenai and Soldotna have had to follow a new directive since the completion of construction earlier this fall — a flashing yellow arrow.… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A flashing yellow arrow indicates that drivers can turn left at the intersection of Walker Lane/Airport Way and the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities recently installed the new flashing yellow arrow signals, designed to help improve left-hand turn safety in intersections, in Kenai and Soldotna.