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Photo by DJ Summers/Alaska Journal of Commerce Cannabis clones sit on a rack in Greatland Ganja's Kasilof farm. After growing to the required size, the plants will be moved from the indoor grow room to an outdoor greenhouse. Each carries a tag that registers the plant's type and the overall quantity of plants in the facility.

Commercial marijuana ban voter initiative validated

A citizen petition to ask voters whether commercial marijuana operations should be banned in the Kenai Peninsula Borough outside the cities has received sufficient signatures… Continue reading

Photo by DJ Summers/Alaska Journal of Commerce Cannabis clones sit on a rack in Greatland Ganja's Kasilof farm. After growing to the required size, the plants will be moved from the indoor grow room to an outdoor greenhouse. Each carries a tag that registers the plant's type and the overall quantity of plants in the facility.

UnCruise owner tells story behind bear mauling

The brown bear mauling near Sitka last week that left two UnCruise Adventures guides injured took place in a matter of seconds, according to the… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2016
  • By LISA PHU
Thomas Salas holds the pink salmon he caught Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 in the Kenai River. The fish weighed in at 12 pounds, 13 ounces, beating the previous state record of 12 pounds, 9 ounces. Salas held the record for a few hours before Robert Dubar brought in his 13 pound, 10.6 ounce fish.

State pink salmon record broken twice in one day

After 42 years, the Alaska state record for a sport-caught pink salmon was broken — twice. Thomas Salas hauled a monster pink salmon out of… Continue reading

Thomas Salas holds the pink salmon he caught Monday, Aug. 22, 2016 in the Kenai River. The fish weighed in at 12 pounds, 13 ounces, beating the previous state record of 12 pounds, 9 ounces. Salas held the record for a few hours before Robert Dubar brought in his 13 pound, 10.6 ounce fish.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion David Schmitt, the COO of Industrial Hemp Manufacturing in Spring Hope, North Carolina, demonstrates how kenaf fiber can absorb spilled oil at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Economic Development District on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Schmitt said the kenaf fiber, a wood-like plant, can absorb 30 times as much as clay composite, which is regularly used to help clean up land-based oil spills.

Hemp proposed as construction, oil spill material

When an oil spill occurs, one of the first reactions is to use something to mop it up. Respondents will use clay-based absorbents on land-based… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion David Schmitt, the COO of Industrial Hemp Manufacturing in Spring Hope, North Carolina, demonstrates how kenaf fiber can absorb spilled oil at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Economic Development District on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Schmitt said the kenaf fiber, a wood-like plant, can absorb 30 times as much as clay composite, which is regularly used to help clean up land-based oil spills.
(Left to right) Kalista, Shaunzi and Kimbra Clements crouch in a patch of low bush cranberries Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 on Tsalteshi Trails' Wolverine Trail in Soldotna, Alaska. The trio attended the walk led by Janice Chumley, Integrated Pest Management Technician for the Kenai branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, for the Harvest Moon Festival. Kimbra said they wanted to learn about picking berries, and being a single mother, it helps to have extra resources.

Harvest Moon Festival focuses on local foods

This year’s Harvest Moon Festival was all about local foods — as local as they get. From bright, bulging berries to papery, soaking wet seaweed,… Continue reading

  • Aug 22, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
(Left to right) Kalista, Shaunzi and Kimbra Clements crouch in a patch of low bush cranberries Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 on Tsalteshi Trails' Wolverine Trail in Soldotna, Alaska. The trio attended the walk led by Janice Chumley, Integrated Pest Management Technician for the Kenai branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, for the Harvest Moon Festival. Kimbra said they wanted to learn about picking berries, and being a single mother, it helps to have extra resources.
This undated photo provided by the National Park Service on Aug. 19, 2016 shows the Huna Tribal House that will be dedicated on the shores of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during ceremonies beginning on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. According to the National Park Service, four Huna Tlingit clans traditionally occupied land in and around the present-day park. The building will serve as also an acknowledgment of that heritage. (Steve Schaller/National Park Service via AP)

Tribal house to mark Huna Tlingit connection to Glacier Bay

ANCHORAGE — A tribal house years in the making will be dedicated on the shores of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on Thursday, a… Continue reading

  • Aug 22, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer
This undated photo provided by the National Park Service on Aug. 19, 2016 shows the Huna Tribal House that will be dedicated on the shores of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during ceremonies beginning on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. According to the National Park Service, four Huna Tlingit clans traditionally occupied land in and around the present-day park. The building will serve as also an acknowledgment of that heritage. (Steve Schaller/National Park Service via AP)

Fairbanks to take stance on wolf hunting near Denali park

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Fairbanks officials plan to weigh in on a statewide dispute about wolf hunting rules near Denali National Park.A resolution from Fairbanks North… Continue reading

  • Aug 22, 2016

3 vie for Board of Education seats unopposed

The only expected seat swap out this fall on the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education is unrelated to the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s… Continue reading

  • Aug 21, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Belugas, infrastructure among concerns for Lower Cook Inlet oil lease

A few Kenai-area residents turned out Thursday to offer their advice on a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed oil and gas lease sale… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Children, attempting to run on the low-friction surface of water, play in inflatable spheres floating on top a wading pool at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, Aug 20, 2016 in Ninilchik, Alasaka. The bubble pool was one of several attractions in the amusment section of the fair, which also included bungee trampolines, a Tilt-a-whirl, swings, a slide and a Zipper ride.

All’s fair in Ninilchik

The cycle of summer events on the Kenai Peninsula — from the Kenai River Fest to Fourth of July to Progress Days to Salmonfest —… Continue reading

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Children, attempting to run on the low-friction surface of water, play in inflatable spheres floating on top a wading pool at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, Aug 20, 2016 in Ninilchik, Alasaka. The bubble pool was one of several attractions in the amusment section of the fair, which also included bungee trampolines, a Tilt-a-whirl, swings, a slide and a Zipper ride.
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Visitors ride the Tilt-a-whirl at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Today is the fair's last day.

Photo: Round we go

Visitors ride the Tilt-a-whirl at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Today is the fair’s last day.… Continue reading

  • Aug 20, 2016
Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Visitors ride the Tilt-a-whirl at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Today is the fair's last day.

Classic Roundtable calls for separate saltwater sportfishing regulations

While the federal government is reevaluating the Magnuson-Stevens Act for reauthorization, recreational fishing groups would like to change how marine sportfishing is regulated.The Magnuson-Stevens Act,… Continue reading

Stock picks up endorsement in battle against Murkowski

ANCHORAGE — Jeff King, a four-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, is changing political teams when it comes to Alaska’s U.S. Senate… Continue reading

  • Aug 20, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Kenai comprehensive plan vote postponed

The Kenai City Council postponed a vote on its updated comprehensive plan at its meeting Wednesday. It will now have a public hearing and vote… Continue reading

AGDC lays out timeline for state takeove of Alaska LNG Project

Alaska Gasline Development Corp. President Keith Meyer laid out an ambitious list of “to-dos” the state needs to check off if it is going to… Continue reading

  • Aug 19, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

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  • Aug 19, 2016

Wildlife professionals to host hunting workshop

Hunters gearing up for this year’s moose season will have the chance to refresh themselves on the latest regulations, as well as trade techniques and… Continue reading

Sotomayor talks Supreme Court scrutiny, offers advice

Life on a changing Supreme Court comes with fame and criticism, but it’s a little quieter without recently deceased Antonin Scalia, according to Associate Justice… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Smooth sailing for unopposed Soldotna council candidates

While four seats on the Soldotna City Council are up to be filled in the Oct. 4 regular municipal election, the candidates who filed for… Continue reading

Soldotna man accused of sex abuse released on bail

Former Soldotna karate teacher Michael Dean Hancock, 57, has posted bail in both his criminal cases relating to sexual abuse of a minor and child… Continue reading