Ellen adam inducted

Ellen adam inducted

Ellen Adlam, a Board Member of Peninsula Community Health Services (PCHS), in Soldotna, Alaska, and the first Consumer Representative to be elected to the Alaska… Continue reading

Ellen adam inducted
Clash of culinary kings

Clash of culinary kings

The 2nd Annual Clash of the Culinary Kings to benefit the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank was even bigger than last year’s event with over 125… Continue reading

Clash of culinary kings
Day of Celebration

Day of Celebration

A long evening for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly began with Mayor Mike Navarre proclaiming “A Day of Celebration” commemorating the 10th Anniversary of hosting… Continue reading

Day of Celebration

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

KPC showcases award winning photographer

Popular award winning author and photographer featured The public is invited to a free presentation by author, photographer and conservationist Kim Heacox at 6:30 p.m.… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Jacque White greets Sweet Soul, a 20-year-old draft mule she rescued from a kill pen in Pennsylvania, on Sunday, April 10, 2016 at her home off of Kalifornski Beach Road.

Woman moves mule cross country through equine rescue network

When Jacque White came across a greying draft mule on a Facebook page dedicated to relocating large animals sent to “kill pens,” she said she… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Jacque White greets Sweet Soul, a 20-year-old draft mule she rescued from a kill pen in Pennsylvania, on Sunday, April 10, 2016 at her home off of Kalifornski Beach Road.

Heroin addiction hooks Homer

Homer has a heroin problem, and it is growing. Similar to the fable of the blind men each touching different parts of an elephant and… Continue reading

  • Apr 10, 2016
  • By ANNA FROST

Assembly hears complaints, support on local option zone proposal

The very basics of local option zoning districts came up for debate at Tuesday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting.The assembly has been discussing a rewrite… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Tomato plants from the Kenai Peninsula Garden Club greeted visitors to the club's booth at the 37th Annual Home Show at the Soldotna Sports Complex on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The show, which features more than 100 exhibitors, will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, with a $5 admission fee for adults.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Tomato plants from the Kenai Peninsula Garden Club greeted visitors to the club's booth at the 37th Annual Home Show at the Soldotna Sports Complex on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The show, which features more than 100 exhibitors, will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, with a $5 admission fee for adults.

Analysis: 28 water systems in Alaska exceed EPA lead limit

ANCHORAGE — The only school in one of Alaska’s most eroded communities is among 28 public and private entities in the state whose water systems… Continue reading

  • Apr 9, 2016
  • By Rachel D'oro

Tobacco bill passes senate, with mixed reviews

The Alaska Senate passed Senate Bill 1, the “Take it Outside Act,” sponsored by Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, the bill that would restrict smoking and… Continue reading

  • Apr 9, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Senate reshapes criminal justice landscape

In a landmark 16-2 vote, the Alaska Senate has approved one of the most sweeping changes to the 49th state’s criminal sentencing structure since statehood.Senate… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Shaleenah Marion bags a drink for a customer at IGA in Kenai, Alaska on Friday, April 8, 2016. The Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly is considering an ordinance to expand the amount of time in which sales tax applies on nonprepared food items, sometimes called the grocery tax, from three months to six months.

Proposed ordinance would extend grocery tax

A proposed ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly would make groceries subject to sales tax for six months instead of three.Currently, nonprepared food items… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Shaleenah Marion bags a drink for a customer at IGA in Kenai, Alaska on Friday, April 8, 2016. The Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly is considering an ordinance to expand the amount of time in which sales tax applies on nonprepared food items, sometimes called the grocery tax, from three months to six months.

Study: Pensions underfunded, underperforming

The back-and-forth over who will pay what to state retirement plans has caused plenty of consternation in Juneau the last two weeks, but a new… Continue reading

Senate committee hears case for sockeye stamp

Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct Sen. Bill Wielechowski's political party. He is a Democrat from Anchorage. A proposed sockeye salmon stamp… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Paul Vermillion, 32, and a member of his defense team listen to his defense attorney, Andrew Lambert, moments before being led out of the courtroom during a remand hearing on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Vermillion pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter on Monday, April 4, for the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox in Cooper Landing.

Vermillion remanded to jail

Paul Vermillion was remanded to jail in Kenai on Thursday after having pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox in Cooper… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Paul Vermillion, 32, and a member of his defense team listen to his defense attorney, Andrew Lambert, moments before being led out of the courtroom during a remand hearing on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Vermillion pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter on Monday, April 4, for the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox in Cooper Landing.

Soldotna daycare review approved

A year after a Soldotna daycare was approved amid controversy and appeals to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission, it came under review from the… Continue reading

Associations accept school district’s original health care offer

The Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations have accepted the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s original health care offer.The two-tier plan from… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Gov. Bill Walker visited Kenai Thursday to update the public on the state's fiscal situation and answer questions about the particulars of his administration's goals to address the budget deficit. He spoke to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce and then to the general public at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center in Kenai.

Walker: This year is to ‘fix Alaska’

Gov. Bill Walker is calling this year’s legislative session the “fix Alaska” session and next year’s the “build Alaska” session.On a visit to the Kenai… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Gov. Bill Walker visited Kenai Thursday to update the public on the state's fiscal situation and answer questions about the particulars of his administration's goals to address the budget deficit. He spoke to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce and then to the general public at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center in Kenai.

UA president has big ideas to manage smaller budgets

There are major changes coming to the University of Alaska.Many of the changes will, unsurprisingly, be budget driven, as Alaska’s institutions of higher education absorb… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2016
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER