Friends of Ares the rescue K-9 turn out to show support

Friends of Ares the rescue K-9 turn out to show support

Ares the K-9 rescue dog has a fan club and support base in the local community ever since his funding collared his training several years… Continue reading

Friends of Ares the rescue K-9 turn out to show support
Friends of the Library bid farewell... Kenai proclaims Neda Evenson Day

Friends of the Library bid farewell… Kenai proclaims Neda Evenson Day

Jim and Nedra Evenson are leaving their homestead in Nikiski where they have resided since the late 50’s and returning to Anchorage. “We came up… Continue reading

Friends of the Library bid farewell... Kenai proclaims Neda Evenson Day

Soldotna talks budget, mill rate increase

Soldotna City Council members have begun to weigh their options for balancing the city’s budget in light of falling revenue.City Manager Mark Dixson and Finance… Continue reading

Borough, employee union reach agreement

The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration and its employees’ union have reached a new collective bargaining agreement that will last until 2019.The borough assembly approved the… Continue reading

Assembly fails grocery tax, marijuana buffers

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly failed two ordinances Tuesday: one that would have extended the nonprepared food tax and another that would have required more… Continue reading

Agency: Eagle hit plane before crash that killed 4

ANCHORAGE (AP) — A small airplane hit a bald eagle before it crashed and burst into flames just north of Anchorage last month, killing all… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2016
Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, right, chats with a colleague after a state Senate floor session, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. Coghill championed a massive criminal justice overhaul bill this session but its prospects for passing seem increasingly slim as lawmakers continue to amend and add new provisions to the bill. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

Prospects diminish for criminal justice overhaul

JUNEAU — An Alaska lawmaker’s efforts to halt the rapid growth of the state’s prison population may not come to fruition.When it was introduced, North… Continue reading

Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, right, chats with a colleague after a state Senate floor session, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. Coghill championed a massive criminal justice overhaul bill this session but its prospects for passing seem increasingly slim as lawmakers continue to amend and add new provisions to the bill. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

Effort to revive stalled bill with sex ed provisions falters

JUNEAU — An effort to revive a stalled education bill that limits who can teach sex education in public schools faltered in the Alaska House… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai City Manager Rick Koch speaks about the benefits of belonging to a home-rule community to residents gathered at a Soldotna Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

Charter commission candidates talk home rule

Candidates running for a seat on the charter commission that could be formed after Soldotna’s special election are urging city residents to vote for a… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai City Manager Rick Koch speaks about the benefits of belonging to a home-rule community to residents gathered at a Soldotna Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

State cancels Cook Inlet, Alaska Peninsula oi lease sale

With no stated interest from oil companies, the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas announced Tuesday that it would cancel its 2016 lease sale bid… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a primary night news conference, Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump virtually clinches Republican presidential nomination

INDIANAPOLIS — In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2016
  • By JULIE PACE and SCOTT BAUER
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a primary night news conference, Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Negotiators advance bill with sex education provisions

JUNEAU — Legislative negotiators on Tuesday adopted a state Senate rewrite of Rep. Wes Keller’s bill dealing with parental involvement in education and student testing… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2016
  • By Becky Bohrer

Oil tax credit negotiations continue

It has been three weeks since legislation to scale back Alaska’s oil and gas tax credit program took a big step backward to the House… Continue reading

Soldotna voters to readdress home rule

Editor's note: This story has bee updated to correct the spelling of Roberta O’Neill's name. Soldotna voters will revisit the idea of home rule during the… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Hazel George opens a present - side-by-side photos of her as a baby and in the present - during a birthday party Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Heritage Place in Soldotna, Alaska. George joined the other centenarians in the state when she turned 100 Sunday.

A kid at heart

The dining hall and patio of Heritage Place in Soldotna looked ready to entertain scores of young children Sunday, with bright streamers and confetti, cupcakes,… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Hazel George opens a present - side-by-side photos of her as a baby and in the present - during a birthday party Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Heritage Place in Soldotna, Alaska. George joined the other centenarians in the state when she turned 100 Sunday.

School District, Voznesenka agree on lease

Voznesenka School will remain open next fall. After nearly two years of talks, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Voznesenka Community Council Inc.,… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools

Soldotna, police union at odds over cop’s firing

The city of Soldotna is engaged in a legal struggle with the union representing its police officers over whether it unfairly fired a police officer… Continue reading

Coghill says he’s recommending lawmakers drop Medicaid suit

JUNEAU — Alaska Senate Majority Leader John Coghill said Monday he has recommended that lawmakers drop their lawsuit challenging Gov. Bill Walker’s authority to expand… Continue reading

Business Briefs

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon today at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna. A presentation on Soldotna’s charter commission special election is planned.… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2016

Around the District

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

  • May 1, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools

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