Assembly passes sales tax changes

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed a number of revisions to update and clarify the borough’s sales tax code Tuesday night. Borough Mayor Mike Navarre’s… Continue reading

Trump: US generals ‘reduced to rubble,’ he’d replace some

NEW YORK — Leveling unusually harsh criticism against the military, Republican Donald Trump said Wednesday night that America’s generals have been “reduced to rubble” under… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and STEVE PEOPLES

Regulators delay deciding rules for pot use in stores

JUNEAU — The board regulating Alaska’s fledgling legal marijuana industry started a two-day meeting Wednesday during which it was expected to approve licenses for the… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Primary results certified; recount likely

JUNEAU (AP) — A recount is likely after the results of a northern Alaska legislative race showed incumbent Rep. Benjamin Nageak lost by only four… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2016

30-year-old inmate dies at Wildwood

An inmate from Soldotna died yesterday at the Wildwood Correctional Complex in Kenai.Alaska State Troopers are investigating after 30-year-old Walter Shade was pronounced dead by… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2016
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Walker, an older male cat, stretches his legs outside of his kennel Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at the City of Kenai Animal Shelter in Kenai, Alaska. Walker is one of 14 felines being housed at the shelter right now, said Animal Control Officer Stacie Mallette. Having up to 17 cats at a time is the most comfortable, she said, though the shelter can hold more. It is common to see many cats and dogs being turned in to the shelter as temperatures begin to drop and send animals to sheds and porches to keep warm, Mallette said.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Walker, an older male cat, stretches his legs outside of his kennel Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 at the City of Kenai Animal Shelter in Kenai, Alaska. Walker is one of 14 felines being housed at the shelter right now, said Animal Control Officer Stacie Mallette. Having up to 17 cats at a time is the most comfortable, she said, though the shelter can hold more. It is common to see many cats and dogs being turned in to the shelter as temperatures begin to drop and send animals to sheds and porches to keep warm, Mallette said.

Troopers investigate related thefts from vehicles

Alaska State Troopers are investigating the theft of thousands of dollars in property from two parked vehicles in Soldotna. Both incidents occurred on Iditarod Street… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

School district, education associations to meet

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and Kenai Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations will sit down Wednesday for the first time since Oregon-based… Continue reading

  • Sep 5, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Alaska Libertarians select Joe Miller as Senate candidate

JUNEAU — Joe Miller wants to again attempt to unseat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, but this time he’s planning to try it as a Libertarian.Miller… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

University of Alaska: Hacker breached data system

ANCHORAGE (AP) — University of Alaska officials say someone used an employee’s credentials to hack into a network drive that contained private information like Social… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2016

BP: No gas marketing information to share

In a cover letter to state Division of Oil and Gas Director Corri Feige about the latest plan document submitted Sept. 1, BP Alaska Reservoir… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
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K-Beach students skype with Olympian, do decathlon games

Editor's note: This story has been changed to add the name of K-Beach fourth grade teacher and decathlon co-organizer Darcy Marcou. After a final summer… Continue reading

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An Alaska Airlines cargo/passenger jet lifts off from the Juneau International Airport on Friday.

The disaster that taught us to fly safely: 45 years after Flight 1866

In the first week of September, 45 years ago, Robert Mottram flew by helicopter to the Chilkat Mountains west of Admiralty Island. It was not… Continue reading

An Alaska Airlines cargo/passenger jet lifts off from the Juneau International Airport on Friday.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Middle) Nicole Erb chats with a friend while event organizer Kamrei Riley, and individual fashion consultant for California-based clothing company LulaRoe, rings up their purchases at the fundraiser for Kathleen Harrison on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

Friends fundraise for medical bills

In July, Kathleen Harrison’s doctors discovered her breast cancer — thought to have been wiped out by a previous round of chemotherapy — had spread… Continue reading

  • Sep 5, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Middle) Nicole Erb chats with a friend while event organizer Kamrei Riley, and individual fashion consultant for California-based clothing company LulaRoe, rings up their purchases at the fundraiser for Kathleen Harrison on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

USFS releases Chugach plan scoping report

The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with revisions to its management plan for the Chugach National Forest.The plan outlines strategies for managing the approximately… Continue reading

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

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Cheryl Laudent and her dog Porter race through the weaving portion of the agility competition Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 at the Kenai Little Fields in Kenai, Alaska.

The dog show must go on

This weekend, members of the Kenai Kennel Club braved courses made treacherous by adverse weather for their shot at stocking qualifications for the 2016 American… Continue reading

  • Sep 4, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Cheryl Laudent and her dog Porter race through the weaving portion of the agility competition Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 at the Kenai Little Fields in Kenai, Alaska.

Avian influenza found in Fairbanks mallard

Editor’s note: This story was inadvertently cut in Sunday’s edition and is being republished in its entirety. As Alaska’s wild waterfowl start to migrate south… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Michael Dean Hancock is led out of the courtroom Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at after his change of plea hearing at the Kenai Courthouse.  The former Soldotna area karate teacher pleaded guilty to second degree sexual abuse of a minor and unlawful exploitation of a minor in a plea agreement tied to his case in Anchorage, where he faces charges of child pornography.

Former karate teacher pleads guilty to sex abuse

A Soldotna man has changed his plea in a sexual abuse of a minor case and accepted an agreement that is also tied to his… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Michael Dean Hancock is led out of the courtroom Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 at after his change of plea hearing at the Kenai Courthouse.  The former Soldotna area karate teacher pleaded guilty to second degree sexual abuse of a minor and unlawful exploitation of a minor in a plea agreement tied to his case in Anchorage, where he faces charges of child pornography.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Alaska Waste driver Will Bunch navigate's a dump truck's arms as he deposits the contents of a bin into the back of the truck on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.

Waste not want not

Alaska Waste driver Will Bunch nodded at the mud as he navigated a heavy truck through milling crowds of seagulls. “Back in January, we were… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Alaska Waste driver Will Bunch navigate's a dump truck's arms as he deposits the contents of a bin into the back of the truck on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.