Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Tim Dillon, the former city manager of Seldovia, pictured Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska, has stepped into a new role as executive director of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, a nonprofit that supports businesses on the peninsula.

By the numbers: Tim Dillon steps in as executive director of KPEDD

Organizing the Arctic Winter Games first brought Tim Dillon to the Kenai Peninsula, and a decade later, he will take another regional role as executive… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Tim Dillon, the former city manager of Seldovia, pictured Monday, Aug. 1, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska, has stepped into a new role as executive director of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, a nonprofit that supports businesses on the peninsula.

Salmonfest continues to evolve

This weekend, thousands are expected to crowd the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik at the raucous confluence of salmon conservation advocacy and music for Salmonfest… Continue reading

  • Aug 1, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Sen. Sullivan condemns Trump comments

JUNEAU — Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan on Monday condemned comments from his party’s presidential nominee about the parents of a decorated Army captain… Continue reading

  • Aug 1, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Alaska ending election night gathering amid budget crunch

JUNEAU — It’s an election night tradition in Alaska: jubilant candidates followed by chanting, sign-waving supporters parade into a cavernous convention hall, shaking hands and… Continue reading

  • Aug 1, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Schulte uprooted from Marijuana Control Board

Gov. Bill Walker has removed Bruce Schulte from the Marijuana Control Board.Walker’s letter gives little explanation for Schulte’s removal.“While I have appreciated your willingness to… Continue reading

  • Aug 1, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Cedar dust flies

Cedar dust flies

A unique competition and art form known as Saw Fest all started with a dead tree in Scott Hanson’s yard in Sterling, “I had a… Continue reading

Cedar dust flies
salmon donated

salmon donated

In keeping with the keeping with the Peninsula Food Bank’s theme, “Because no one deserves to be hungry!” The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Assoc. donated two… Continue reading

salmon donated
PCHS of Aalaska Interim CEO has been here before.

PCHS of Aalaska Interim CEO has been here before.

Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, commonly known as PCHS is searching for a new CEO but in the interim Will Rodgers has taken the… Continue reading

PCHS of Aalaska Interim CEO has been here before.
Progress Days festival

Progress Days festival

The rain held off for two of the three Progress Days festivities. Market Daze, the new kick-off for the traditional summer festival began Thursday afternoon… Continue reading

Progress Days festival

Citizen group submits marijuana ban petition

Editor's note: This article has been corrected to reflect the correct date for the determination deadline for the petition. The Kenai Peninsula Borough clerk’s office… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Ravin Swan From left to right: Nuk'it'un Director Glenda Isham, President Ravin Swan, Director Beth Selby, Director Valerie Anderson, member Rusty Seaman and member Danna Schoof. Nuk'it'un opened a sober living home for men in recovery last month.

Local group opens sober living home for men

Whether directly or indirectly, the effects of drug abuse eventually touch everyone — that’s the philosophy on which a group of concerned community members based… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Ravin Swan From left to right: Nuk'it'un Director Glenda Isham, President Ravin Swan, Director Beth Selby, Director Valerie Anderson, member Rusty Seaman and member Danna Schoof. Nuk'it'un opened a sober living home for men in recovery last month.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Magical concoctions, spellbinding books and cobwebs adorn the snack table during a Harry Potter Birthday Bash on Friday, July 29, 2016 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.

Harry Potter Birthday Bash celebrates literacy, beloved series

Between homemade wands and wizard trivia, children who attended the Kenai Community Library’s Harry Potter Birthday Bash on Friday had their hands and imaginations full.… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Magical concoctions, spellbinding books and cobwebs adorn the snack table during a Harry Potter Birthday Bash on Friday, July 29, 2016 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.

Assembly requires member on nonprofit boards

Tourism- and public transportation-oriented nonprofits that get funding from the Kenai Peninsula Borough will have another member on their boards — an assembly representative.A resolution… Continue reading

Eroding Alaska village to vote on whether to move or stay

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A tiny island village on Alaska’s storm-battered western coast is entering a new chapter in its decades-long pursuit to move the entire… Continue reading

  • Jul 31, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fresh salmon on ice wait to be delivered to Kenai Wild Salmon Co. customers on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Chuck Lindsay, one of the owners, is a direct seafood marketer, taking part of his catch directly to customers rather than going through a processor.

From sea to sale: Fishermen skip processors, go straight to buyers

Many of the salmon that wind up in the nets of the fishing vessel Ounce have their buyer’s name on them from the moment they… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fresh salmon on ice wait to be delivered to Kenai Wild Salmon Co. customers on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. Chuck Lindsay, one of the owners, is a direct seafood marketer, taking part of his catch directly to customers rather than going through a processor.

Soldotna simplifies code enforcement

The Soldotna City Council has updated its code to simplify enforcing city ordinances.Council members unanimously enacted an ordinance at their Wednesday meeting that changes the… Continue reading

Soldotna home-rule charter makes election ballot

Soldotna voters will decide whether they want to be part of a home-rule city during the upcoming October regular election.The home-rule charter that Soldotna commission… Continue reading

Ninilchik subsistence gillnet is in the Kenai River

A year and half later, the Ninilchik Traditional Council may set its subsistence sockeye gillnet in the Kenai River in 2016.On July 27, the Federal… Continue reading

  • Jul 30, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Centrol Emergency Services personnel inspect a Chevrolet HHR that collided with a GMC Yukon on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Diamond M Ranch resort on Saturday, July 30 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. The drivers of the HHR and the Yukon were both killed and a female passenger in the Yukon was transported to Central Peninsula Hospital with injuries. Alaska Troopers on scene did not release the victims' names because their families hadn't yet been notified.

Two die in K-Beach collision

  Update 7 p.m.: Alaska State Troopers have released the names of two men who died this afternoon in a head-on collision on Kalifornsky Beach… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Centrol Emergency Services personnel inspect a Chevrolet HHR that collided with a GMC Yukon on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Diamond M Ranch resort on Saturday, July 30 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. The drivers of the HHR and the Yukon were both killed and a female passenger in the Yukon was transported to Central Peninsula Hospital with injuries. Alaska Troopers on scene did not release the victims' names because their families hadn't yet been notified.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Members of Ptarmigan Ptrials worked to make sure the new singletrack going in at Tsalteshi Trails, picutred Wednesday, July 27, 2016, has a flow that will make it enjoyable for bikers to ride. Though the trail is optimized for bikers, it will be multiuse.

Tsalteshi singletrack construction underway

Avid bikers and others can look forward to riding a new singletrack that will stretch from Kalifornsky Beach Road to Skyview Middle School, well underway… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Members of Ptarmigan Ptrials worked to make sure the new singletrack going in at Tsalteshi Trails, picutred Wednesday, July 27, 2016, has a flow that will make it enjoyable for bikers to ride. Though the trail is optimized for bikers, it will be multiuse.