Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Charlie's Pizza faces the Kenai Spur Highway in this Wednesday, June 15, 2016 photo in Nikiski, Alaska. Owner Steve Chamberlain will close the restaurant in December and begin work to open greenhouses and a nursery on the property.

From flour to flowers

Steve Chamberlain has toiled over cutting boards and piping hot ovens for the last decade to bake what many residents of Nikiski call the best… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Charlie's Pizza faces the Kenai Spur Highway in this Wednesday, June 15, 2016 photo in Nikiski, Alaska. Owner Steve Chamberlain will close the restaurant in December and begin work to open greenhouses and a nursery on the property.
Rotary club honors the service of others with honorary Paul Harris Fellowships

Rotary club honors the service of others with honorary Paul Harris Fellowships

We hear a lot about Rotary Clubs around the world these days. If you’ve flown on a major airline, watched TV, listened to radio or… Continue reading

Rotary club honors the service of others with honorary Paul Harris Fellowships
Redoubt Realty shows off new facilities on K-Beach Rd.

Redoubt Realty shows off new facilities on K-Beach Rd.

The efforts of Peninsula born Debbie and Dale Bagley to build their new office building for Redoubt Realty on K-Beach Rd. turned out a huge… Continue reading

Redoubt Realty shows off new facilities on K-Beach Rd.
Artists "Keen of Kenai" open summer show at Kenai Visitor Center

Artists “Keen of Kenai” open summer show at Kenai Visitor Center

The annual summer art show preview and reception was held at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center (KCCVC) Thursday, June 2nd. Guests not… Continue reading

Artists "Keen of Kenai" open summer show at Kenai Visitor Center
Super heroes fight back to find a cure for cancer

Super heroes fight back to find a cure for cancer

As rainclouds circled most of the horizon, up the hill at Skyview Middle School field the sun shined on those who gathered to join the… Continue reading

Super heroes fight back to find a cure for cancer
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Firefighters finish up work on a vehicle that rolled over and caught fire Wednesday, June 15, 2016 on Marathon Road between Nikiski and Kenai. The burning vehicle caught a small area of grass of fire, which was also put out.

Single rollover sparks small grass fire

First responders put out a small grass fire Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle went off the gravel Marathon Road between Nikiski and Kenai and caught… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Firefighters finish up work on a vehicle that rolled over and caught fire Wednesday, June 15, 2016 on Marathon Road between Nikiski and Kenai. The burning vehicle caught a small area of grass of fire, which was also put out.

Walker wants balky House to act on using Fund earnings

All eyes are on the House Finance Committee.The only legislative committee meeting late in the special session, it met for nearly seven hours on June… Continue reading

  • Jun 15, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kathleen Mize pulls out photographs from when she served as a nurse in Alaska and Calif. during World War II on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, in Sterling, Alaska.

Biannual flights honor veterans

Bystanders lined the Kenai Municipal Airport sidewalks with reeling flags and raucous fanfare last month to welcome home three local veterans. They flew along with… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kathleen Mize pulls out photographs from when she served as a nurse in Alaska and Calif. during World War II on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, in Sterling, Alaska.
Photo: Lunch with Mom

Photo: Lunch with Mom

A mother moose and her calf graze in the green space near the intersection of Fidalgo Avenue and South Willow Street on Monday, June 13,… Continue reading

Photo: Lunch with Mom

Homer man accused of sexual abuse of a minor

A Homer man accused of sexual abuse of a minor led police on a foot chase before being arrested last week.Cim Joel Blair, 34, was… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2016
  • By MEGAN PACER and MICHAEL ARMSTRONG

House appears hostile to Permanent Fund bill

Members of the Alaska House Finance Committee continue to express uncertainty and hostility toward a measure that would use money from the earnings of the… Continue reading

Adult smoking generally declines, still higher among Alaska Natives

Smoking rates continue to decline in Alaska, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.Between 1996 and 2013, the number of adult smokers… Continue reading

State to seek AMP waiver

Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development will soon ask the U.S. Department of Education to waive administration of the 2015-2016 Alaska Measures of Progress… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Smoke-free law dies during legislative session

The Kenai Peninsula along with the rest of Alaska will not collectively become smoke-free, at least this year. The “Take it Outside Act,” or SB1,… Continue reading

  • Jun 5, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

The Longest Day to raise funds for Alzheimer’s

Members of Alaska’s nine teams participating in the Alzheimer Associations’ 2016 The Longest Day Fundraiser will some have more time — 19 hours of daylight… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Legislature hits final week of special session

The Alaska Legislature is entering the final week of its 30-day special session with the biggest item of the year still unresolved.The ball is largely… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fishermen on the Kenai River near the Russian River ferry cast for sockeye salmon on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The river opened for sockeye fishing at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 11.

Fish on

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  • Jun 13, 2016
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Fishermen on the Kenai River near the Russian River ferry cast for sockeye salmon on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The river opened for sockeye fishing at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, June 11.

Hospital examines plans for OB redesign

Central Peninsula Hospital is in the preliminary planning stages of a project that could expand its obstetrics department and bring a catheterization lab to the… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A flagger redirects traffic off the Kenai Spur Highway for a construction project at approximately Mile 10.2. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is replacing a fish passage culvert under the highway, which could close that section until as late as July 1.

Kenai Spur Highway blocked for construction at Coral Street

Traffic is being redirected from the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai to avoid some construction in town.Workers contracted by the Alaska Department of Transportation and… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A flagger redirects traffic off the Kenai Spur Highway for a construction project at approximately Mile 10.2. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is replacing a fish passage culvert under the highway, which could close that section until as late as July 1.

Judge allows part of Kenai subsistence suit to proceed

The Ninilchik Traditional Council’s battle for a Kenai River subsistence gillnet will run into the 2016 salmon season, with a lawsuit over last year’s operational… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS