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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 Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Gail Kennedy plays a song for a group of parents during the second annual Candlelight Remembrance Program on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna, Alaska. The local chapter of The Compassionate Friends hosts the event for parents whose children have died.

Lights that never fade

In a culture where uttering the name of one’s dead child aloud is discouraged to the point of being a conversation-stopper, a group met to… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Gail Kennedy plays a song for a group of parents during the second annual Candlelight Remembrance Program on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna, Alaska. The local chapter of The Compassionate Friends hosts the event for parents whose children have died.

Spring semester registration underway

The fall semester wrapped up last week and although students can breathe easy for a while, it is important they remember to register for next… Continue reading

Nikiski students find the ties that bind

Nikiski students find the ties that bind

For the 27 middle school students, and their attentive staff supervisors, the Grannie Wannabes — Nikiski Middle-High School’s knitting club — is about more than… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools
Nikiski students find the ties that bind

Alaska Airlines, others say hoverboards cannot fly

Alaska Airlines is banning the shipment of one of the most popular toys this Christmas. Last week, the airline decided that hoverboards are not safe… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornsky Beach Road resident Dan Sterchi on Friday Sept. 4, 2015 stands near a drainage pipe on a piece of land the borough is considering trading to a private property owner. Sterchi is adamantly opposed to the trade which he says could severely limit the borough's options for mitigating floods in the area.

Assembly rejects K-Beach land trade

After more than a year deliberating a land trade to resolve a leftover of the flooding disaster in K-Beach, the borough assembly voted it down… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornsky Beach Road resident Dan Sterchi on Friday Sept. 4, 2015 stands near a drainage pipe on a piece of land the borough is considering trading to a private property owner. Sterchi is adamantly opposed to the trade which he says could severely limit the borough's options for mitigating floods in the area.

Hilcorp plans gravel island to extract Arctic offshore oil

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Arctic offshore drilling by Royal Dutch Shell PLC drew protests on two continents this year, but a more modest proposal for extracting… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
  • By Dan Joling

Pollock fleet sees quota raised

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council raised pollock quota for 2016, but only by half the requested amount, locked in by the two million metric… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Local girl shops for less fortunate

One Kenai Peninsula girl is taking the act of Christmas shopping a step further this year and is asking for the community’s help. Sydney Jeffries… Continue reading

Photo by Elwood Brehmer/Alaska Journal of Commerce The Seward Coal Loading facility.

Permit to address coal spilled in Resurrection Bay

The Seward Coal Loading Facility has applied for a permit that will cover coal falling into Resurrection Bay. The permit, which is being reviewed by… Continue reading

Photo by Elwood Brehmer/Alaska Journal of Commerce The Seward Coal Loading facility.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clairon Riding a haywagon through a residential Kenai neighborhood, Mountain View Elementary Principal Karl Kircher (left) leans over to read a Christmas carol while singing with students, their families and other members of the community. Mountain View students and staff went caroling through a neighborhood near the school before warming up at a bonfire with hotdogs and hot chocolate Friday.

Photo: Songs of the season

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  • Dec 12, 2015
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clairon Riding a haywagon through a residential Kenai neighborhood, Mountain View Elementary Principal Karl Kircher (left) leans over to read a Christmas carol while singing with students, their families and other members of the community. Mountain View students and staff went caroling through a neighborhood near the school before warming up at a bonfire with hotdogs and hot chocolate Friday.

Marijuana Task Force postpones regulation decision

Comments and discussion stretched late into the night at the borough’s first Marijuana Task Force meeting after the statewide marijuana regulations came out.The task force… Continue reading

Fairbanks Four supporters rally in front of the Rabinowitz Courthouse in Fairbanks, Alaska, Friday morning, Dec. 11, 2015. A hearing originally scheduled for Friday on the proposed settlement between state prosecutors and the four men seeking exoneration of their murder convictions was canceled. The Four, George Frese, Kevin Pease, Eugene Vent and Marvin Roberts were convicted in the 1997 killing of John Hartman. Roberts was released on parole earlier this year. The other three men remain in custody. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Governor considers pardons in Fairbanks Four case

ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is considering whether to grant pardons or clemency to four indigenous men convicted In the 1997 death of a… Continue reading

  • Dec 12, 2015
  • By Rachel D'oro
Fairbanks Four supporters rally in front of the Rabinowitz Courthouse in Fairbanks, Alaska, Friday morning, Dec. 11, 2015. A hearing originally scheduled for Friday on the proposed settlement between state prosecutors and the four men seeking exoneration of their murder convictions was canceled. The Four, George Frese, Kevin Pease, Eugene Vent and Marvin Roberts were convicted in the 1997 killing of John Hartman. Roberts was released on parole earlier this year. The other three men remain in custody. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Three central Kenai departments respond to house fire

The Kenai Fire Department, Central Emergency Services and the Nikiski Fire Department responded to a residential fire in the Thompson subdivision Friday afternoon. The call… Continue reading

  • Dec 11, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

DOC prepares to clean house

The Alaska Criminal Justice Commission released a slew of recommendations Thursday aimed at improving Alaska’s justice system and cutting costs. Formed by Senate Bill 64… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Steve Noble (right), the vice president of engineering consulting firm DOWL, explained the details of the Sterling Highway improvement project to the public at an open house Wednesday at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center in Soldotna.

Sterling Highway to include wildlife infrastructure

The Sterling Highway through the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge may soon be a little more wildlife-friendly. As a part of the resurfacing and road improvement… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Steve Noble (right), the vice president of engineering consulting firm DOWL, explained the details of the Sterling Highway improvement project to the public at an open house Wednesday at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center in Soldotna.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cristal Barton rubs the chin of her 35-year-old horse Major outside the house she shares with her mother Kim Garretson on Nov. 4, 2015 in Kenai. On Tuesday Garretson appealled the Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission's denial of her permit to keep Major on her property in exception to Kenai's livestock code. The Kenai City Council, acting as a board of adjustment, will issue a decision within 30 days.

Kenai considers therapy horse in city

On Tuesday Kenai city council members heard the case for allowing a horse on a Kenai lot in exception to zoning code for an autistic… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cristal Barton rubs the chin of her 35-year-old horse Major outside the house she shares with her mother Kim Garretson on Nov. 4, 2015 in Kenai. On Tuesday Garretson appealled the Kenai Planning and Zoning Commission's denial of her permit to keep Major on her property in exception to Kenai's livestock code. The Kenai City Council, acting as a board of adjustment, will issue a decision within 30 days.

Assembly, public debate alcohol setback rule

Two teenagers, eight community members and a lawyer turned out for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s heated discussion of the alcohol setback rule Tuesday night.… Continue reading

Walker proposes big fix, including income tax, to solve state's budget woes

Walker proposes big fix, including income tax, to solve state’s budget woes

Gov. Bill Walker has proposed the biggest changes to Alaska’s system of taxes and revenue since Jay Hammond signed legislation eliminating the state’s income tax… Continue reading

Walker proposes big fix, including income tax, to solve state's budget woes
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Nancy Cranston, Susan Smalley, Hal Smalley enjoy sit down together and eat the biscuits and gravy they cooked Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Kenai Alternative High School in Kenai, Alaska.

The most important meal: Kenai Alternative breakfasts feed students for 20 years

For nearly two decades, Kenai Alternative High School students have been eating their home cooked morning meal at school. While the dates of origin range… Continue reading

  • Dec 9, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Nancy Cranston, Susan Smalley, Hal Smalley enjoy sit down together and eat the biscuits and gravy they cooked Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Kenai Alternative High School in Kenai, Alaska.