Soldotna karate instructor arrested on child porn charges

A Soldotna man was arrested Friday on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography.Alaska State Troopers arrested Michael Dean Hancock, 57, on Friday morning on… Continue reading

Juneau Walmart to close Feb. 5

By Feb. 4, Juneau’s Walmart will be closed. By the end of the following week — once all of the remaining merchandise has been removed… Continue reading

  • Jan 16, 2016
  • By Sam DeGrave
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Emaline Cruickshank, left, helps her younger brother, Tyler Cruickshank, prepare balls of corn flour dough to be made into fresh tortillas during a workshop on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.

Rolling out the dough

Kenai residents found out they can create the taste of authentic, fresh corn tortillas in their own kitchens through a class at the local library.… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Emaline Cruickshank, left, helps her younger brother, Tyler Cruickshank, prepare balls of corn flour dough to be made into fresh tortillas during a workshop on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.

Cook Inlet might have more oil

Cook Inlet may have more oil and gas to give, but developing it could present a challenge. Though there is active development on oil fields… Continue reading

Focus shifts to reducing costs, risks for Alaska LNG Project

“Cost is everything.”No longer a concept, nearly everything done on the Alaska LNG Project from here forward will be focused on moving the prospective project… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

School district, associations still stuck on health care

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, support staff and teacher associations met again on Wednesday to discuss the unresolved issue of health care for contract… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
In this Feb. 10, 2014 file photo Roland Maw walks into a conference room during an Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting. Maw has been charged with falsifying his residency. (Clarion file photo)

Maw charged with falsifying residency

Roland Maw, a Kenai Peninsula commercial fishing advocate and the former executive director of the United Cook Inlet Drift Association, was charged on Wednesday with… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By ELIZABETH EARL and DJ SUMMERS
In this Feb. 10, 2014 file photo Roland Maw walks into a conference room during an Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting. Maw has been charged with falsifying his residency. (Clarion file photo)
Photo courtesy City of Kenai This satellite image showing a possible arrangement of the stage complex planned for Kenai's Millennium Square is included in a draft report of he Kenai Outdoor Opportunity Location Committee, a group planning development in the vacant feild east of the Kenai Senior Center.

Millennium Square plans developed by Kenai subcommittee

Development plans for the bluff-top lot east of the Kenai Senior Center may be closer to reality than they’ve been since the Kenai City Council… Continue reading

Photo courtesy City of Kenai This satellite image showing a possible arrangement of the stage complex planned for Kenai's Millennium Square is included in a draft report of he Kenai Outdoor Opportunity Location Committee, a group planning development in the vacant feild east of the Kenai Senior Center.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Abbie Madrid gives a treat to her 6-year-old Lab mix Willow as the two walk a trail on Wednesday Jan. 13 in Kenai's municipal park.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Abbie Madrid gives a treat to her 6-year-old Lab mix Willow as the two walk a trail on Wednesday Jan. 13 in Kenai's municipal park.

Maw charged for falsifying residency

Roland Maw, a Kenai Peninsula commercial fishing advocate, was charged with falsifying his Alaska residency on Wednesday.Maw is facing up to 17 charges. Of those,… Continue reading

  • Jan 13, 2016
  • By Staff reports

Soldotna Downtown Improvement Plan approved

Downtown Soldotna is poised to be home to new signage, in addition to other changes.The Soldotna City Council voted unanimously at its Wednesday meeting to… Continue reading

School district stands behind small schools

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and Board of Education are standing behind small schools and the communities that hinge on their doors staying open.The… Continue reading

  • Jan 13, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
FILE - In this July 13, 2007 file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma. A watchdog has found no evidence of bias in how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted a study on the potential effects of large-scale mining on a world-premier salmon fishery in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The inspector general for the EPA also concluded in a report released Wednesday, Jan. 13, that the agency did not predetermine the study's outcome. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Watchdog: No bias in EPA’s study on mining in Bristol Bay

JUNEAU — A government watchdog found no evidence of bias in how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted a study on the potential effects of… Continue reading

  • Jan 13, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer
FILE - In this July 13, 2007 file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma. A watchdog has found no evidence of bias in how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted a study on the potential effects of large-scale mining on a world-premier salmon fishery in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The inspector general for the EPA also concluded in a report released Wednesday, Jan. 13, that the agency did not predetermine the study's outcome. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Smaller budget means Fish and Game can’t address faulty Susitna counts

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game cannot undo a set of Cook Inlet driftnet restrictions in place over the last 25 years.Cook Inlet driftnetters… Continue reading

  • Jan 13, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Sterling woman’s sexual assault case delayed again

The trial for a Sterling woman accused of sexually assaulting a minor more than a year ago has been postponed again.Laurel Lee, 52, was charged… Continue reading

Geologists find tsunami hazard in eastern Aleutian Islands

ANCHORAGE — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes… Continue reading

  • Jan 13, 2016
  • By Dan Joling

BP to cut workforce by 13 percent

BP is cutting 4,000 jobs worldwide and some of those reductions will be in Alaska.An intra-company email obtained by the Journal sent to BP Alaska… Continue reading

  • Jan 12, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Soldotna man arraigned following Spice bust

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that William Dooley was present at Tobacco Distress in October when Alaska State Troopers originally investigated… Continue reading

Kenai revives 2013 comprehensive plan

The Kenai Comprehensive Plan that voters rejected in a 2013 ballot proposal will be used as the draft for an upcoming comprehensive plan revision. After… Continue reading

Deadline to apply for school board seat extended

Interested applicants still have time to apply for the open Board of Education District 9-South Peninsula seat that serves some areas of Homer, Nanwalek, Port… Continue reading

  • Jan 12, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan