Alaska Supreme Court rules for Westlake

Dean Westlake was ebullient and seemed a little stunned Wednesday, an hour after learning the Alaska Supreme Court had upheld his August primary-election victory over… Continue reading

Borough assembly passes invocation policy

Those wishing to give an invocation before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly now have to be either a chaplain or a member of a religious… Continue reading

State moves to sell pension bonds despite S&P warning

The State of Alaska is continuing the process to sell up to $3.3 billion in pension obligation bonds after receiving mixed reviews from the major… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Evan Butcher, a member of the Kenai River Brown Bears hockey team, helps a Kenai firefighter carry a volunteer victim on a stretcher to safety during a mass casualty drill Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at the Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska. The airport is required by the Federal Aviation Administration to hold the drill every three years to test its emergency planning.

Keep calm and triage on

Bailey Seagraves reclined as comfortably as he could into the moss and brambles in a marshy field at the Kenai Municipal Airport, his sweatpants, crew… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Evan Butcher, a member of the Kenai River Brown Bears hockey team, helps a Kenai firefighter carry a volunteer victim on a stretcher to safety during a mass casualty drill Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at the Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska. The airport is required by the Federal Aviation Administration to hold the drill every three years to test its emergency planning.

Flu season kicks off

The flu season is officially under way in Alaska, and while it’s impossible to say what exactly the season will look like, local health agencies… Continue reading

Murkowski, Sullivan resign GOP posts after denouncing Trump

JUNEAU — Alaska’s two U.S. senators resigned leadership posts in the state Republican party after denouncing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and saying he should… Continue reading

  • Oct 11, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Report: Alaska’s Permanent Fund a model for other states

JUNEAU (AP) — Researchers are recommending other states look to Alaska’s Permanent Fund to learn how to grow funds supported by natural resource extraction.The Pew… Continue reading

  • Oct 11, 2016

Kenai Totem Tracers get crash course in DNA testing

Several community genealogy enthusiasts learned about another tool they can use to dig deeper into their pasts during a presentation from one of their own… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sunrise peeks over the top of the mountains to light up Bridge Access Road on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Sunrise is migrating later in the morning as the winter approaches. The sun rose at 7:35 a.m. in Kenai on Monday and will rise two to three minutes later every morning until the winter solstice on Dec. 22, when the days will get longer again, according to the U.S. Navy's sunrise and sunset tables.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sunrise peeks over the top of the mountains to light up Bridge Access Road on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Sunrise is migrating later in the morning as the winter approaches. The sun rose at 7:35 a.m. in Kenai on Monday and will rise two to three minutes later every morning until the winter solstice on Dec. 22, when the days will get longer again, according to the U.S. Navy's sunrise and sunset tables.

Indian Education Advisory Committee sets goals

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that ANSEP offers high school academies, but that middle school students from the Kenai Peninsula Borough… Continue reading

District 30 candidates gear up for last month of campaigning

With less than a month to go until the general election, the four candidates for the Alaska House of Representatives seat for District 30 are… Continue reading

Commissioner turns down challenge of predator control rules

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game commissioner has rejected calls from petitioners critical of the state’s predator control rules to change the… Continue reading

S&P puts Alaska back on CreditWatch negative

The State of Alaska is continuing the process to sell up to $3.3 billion in pension obligation bonds after receiving mixed reviews from the major… Continue reading

School district to hold budget meetings

At a series of public meetings on Oct. 13, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will begin confronting a budget for next year that may… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kathryn Dunagan (right) embraces longtime Amundsen Educational Center instructor Judi Walgenbach (left) at a retirement party for Walgenbach on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Walgenbach, who founded the New Frontiers vocational learning center before it merged with the Amundson Educational Center, is retiring after 30 years of teaching. Former students, board members and friends swirled around her at the retirement party Thursday with gifts, handshakes and hugs.

Photo: Old friends, new adventures

Judi Walgenbach (left) receives an embrace from former student Kathryn Dunagan at a retirement party for Walgenbach on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kathryn Dunagan (right) embraces longtime Amundsen Educational Center instructor Judi Walgenbach (left) at a retirement party for Walgenbach on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Walgenbach, who founded the New Frontiers vocational learning center before it merged with the Amundson Educational Center, is retiring after 30 years of teaching. Former students, board members and friends swirled around her at the retirement party Thursday with gifts, handshakes and hugs.

Plane makes emergency landing in Sterling, pilot unhurt

A cockpit full of smoke forced a pilot to make an emergency landing near Sterling on Sunday.Central Emergency Services responded to a call for help… Continue reading

Mallott, British Columbia ink MOU over transboundary mines

Mallott, British Columbia ink MOU over transboundary mines

Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott signed an agreement with Canadian officials Thursday, marking a step toward cooperation in protecting Southeast Alaska’s border-straddling rivers from proposed… Continue reading

Mallott, British Columbia ink MOU over transboundary mines

Schools News

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna (unless… Continue reading

Around Campus: KPC recruiter hits the ground running

Emily Knight, KPC’s new and first ever recruiter, started her employment on Aug. 1 and hasn’t slowed down since. Knight comes to the position with… Continue reading

  • Oct 9, 2016
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Bob Patterson and his daughter Rowen Patterson, both Kenai, wait in the lobby of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's Dena'ina Wellness Center on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. With an Americorps grant, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe will soon add a legal fellow to its center, with free services available to low-income and some qualifying customers.

Alaska Legal Services, Kenaitze partnership places lawyer in health clinic

A patient at Kenai’s Dena’ina Wellness Center may present with anxiety, but sometimes underlying that anxiety is a social problem like impending homelessness. Doctors sometimes… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Bob Patterson and his daughter Rowen Patterson, both Kenai, wait in the lobby of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's Dena'ina Wellness Center on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. With an Americorps grant, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe will soon add a legal fellow to its center, with free services available to low-income and some qualifying customers.