Alaska LNG submits second draft of resource reports

Members of the public can get another look at the results of years of fieldwork conducted by the Alaska LNG Project now in the reports… Continue reading

Murkowski easily defeats challengers in Alaska GOP primary

ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski handily defeated her Republican challengers Tuesday to win her party’s primary and advance to the November general election.Despite facing… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Young, Lindbeck easy House primary winners

ANCHORAGE — Republican Don Young and Democrat Steve Lindbeck easily won their primary U.S. House races Tuesday night, setting up a showdown in the general… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2016
  • By Mark Thiessen
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A once-hooked sockeye salmon bares its teeth after being caught in the Ninilchik Traditional Council's subsistence gillnet on the Kenai River on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 near Soldotna, Alaska. The tribe gained approval for the controversial net on July 27 and was able to fish it until Aug. 15.

Ninilchik tribe wraps up subsistence gillnet season

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to show that the Ninilchik Tribe operates the only subsistence gillnet in the Kenai River. The heads of… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A once-hooked sockeye salmon bares its teeth after being caught in the Ninilchik Traditional Council's subsistence gillnet on the Kenai River on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 near Soldotna, Alaska. The tribe gained approval for the controversial net on July 27 and was able to fish it until Aug. 15.

End of associations, school district negotiations in sight

Negotiations between the Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District may only have a few months… Continue reading

  • Aug 15, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Alaska bids farwell to Dirty D

Alaska bids farwell to Dirty D

It seemed as though even Mother Nature was shedding tears of farewell to Dan “Dirty D” Pascucci at his farewell picnic at Soldotna Creek Park.… Continue reading

Alaska bids farwell to Dirty D
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Attendees of the Farm to Table Supper event chow down on menu items made 100 percent from local ingredients by the Willow King, owner of the Where It's At! food bus, and her team of cooks for the Kenai Local Food Connection's third annual Harvest Moon Festival on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Farm to Table

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  • Aug 14, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Attendees of the Farm to Table Supper event chow down on menu items made 100 percent from local ingredients by the Willow King, owner of the Where It's At! food bus, and her team of cooks for the Kenai Local Food Connection's third annual Harvest Moon Festival on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.

School district soon to start antidiscrimination policy review

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will soon seek public input on the decision to add the terms “sex,” “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” into… Continue reading

  • Aug 14, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Courtesy the Kenai Peninsula Borough

Borough marks land near Crown Point as recreational

More than 1,000 acres of borough land near Crown Point will now be classified as recreational.The land, a variety of parcels in the Crown Point… Continue reading

Courtesy the Kenai Peninsula Borough

Trump: The Entertainment Candidate

Donald Trump is running a top-notch campaign to be a conservative media celebrity.Unfortunately for him, and especially for the Republican Party, this isn’t the same… Continue reading

  • Aug 14, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion After making a trot through the neighborhood, a caribou stops to munch on some fresh greens near Kenai Central High School on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.

Photo: Breakfast on the town

After making a trot through the neighborhood, a caribou stops to munch on some fresh greens near Kenai Central High School on Saturday, Aug. 13,… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion After making a trot through the neighborhood, a caribou stops to munch on some fresh greens near Kenai Central High School on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.

Moose season has later start date

While area big game hunters may be itching to start out on the moose season, some have a little longer to wait this year. Both… Continue reading

Chelsea Johnson works on a sketch for her team's 3D design of a mold for a biodegradable insulation brick at the ANSEP Acceleration Academy at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Students explore science, math on summer break

Homer High School senior Eryn Gillam and Nikolaevsk School sophomore Chelsea Johnson chose to spend five weeks of their summer learning. The girls are in… Continue reading

  • Aug 13, 2016
  • By ANNA FROST
Chelsea Johnson works on a sketch for her team's 3D design of a mold for a biodegradable insulation brick at the ANSEP Acceleration Academy at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

CARTS cuts back on service

In response to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and the City of Soldotna withdrawing their financial support, the Central Area Rural Transit System will eliminate… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Jaden Garner unloads the three salmon he caught from the boat at Centennial Campground's boat launch during the annual "Take Our Kids Fishing" event sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club and the Kenai River Foundation on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The free event offers kids a chance to learn about the river and go out fishing with guides who volunteer their time.

Hooking ’em young

Hooking ‘em young   Groups of young anglers crowded the boat launch Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 at Centennial Campground in Soldotna, Alaska during the annual… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Jaden Garner unloads the three salmon he caught from the boat at Centennial Campground's boat launch during the annual "Take Our Kids Fishing" event sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club and the Kenai River Foundation on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The free event offers kids a chance to learn about the river and go out fishing with guides who volunteer their time.

Kenai teen hurt in crash, flown to Anchorage

A Kenai teen has been airlifted to Anchorage with serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning on the Kenai Spur Highway.Alaska State Troopers got… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2016
Shauna Thornton makes run for public office

Shauna Thornton makes run for public office

Shauna Thornton is one of five candidates making a run for the Alaska House of Representatives. It will be the Soldotna resident’s first time in… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Shauna Thornton makes run for public office

Mike Chenault looks forward to next legislative session

Incumbent Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives Mike Chenault (R-Nikiski) is the sole candidate running for District 29 with barely enough time to recover… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Assembly won’t reconsider hospital service area boundary move

Voters won’t be asked whether a group of residents between Ninilchik and Clam Gulch should be moved into the Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Water smartweed (Polygonum amphibium) grows on the surface of Daniels Lake in Nikiski.

Refuge notebook: What puts the ‘smart’ in Water Smartweed?

It was a beautiful sunny day and we were well into surveying for the hybrid Elodea on Daniels Lake. The sun was beating down on… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2016
  • By MARIAH MCINNIS
Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Water smartweed (Polygonum amphibium) grows on the surface of Daniels Lake in Nikiski.