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
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Brad Carver of Beemun's Bike and Ski Loft lubes a bike chain as part of a spring tune-up on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

Learn the basics of tuning up a bike for spring

When pulling mountain bikes out for the first time this spring, remember the ABCs: air, brakes, chain.With the spring setting in and the ice clear… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Brad Carver of Beemun's Bike and Ski Loft lubes a bike chain as part of a spring tune-up on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Rascal the Raven, the mascot for the 2006 Arctic Winter Games, posed with former organizers and participants in front of the George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna, Alaska on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. The borough assembly designed Tuesday a "day of celebration" in commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the Arctic Winter Games being held on the Kenai Peninsula.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Rascal the Raven, the mascot for the 2006 Arctic Winter Games, posed with former organizers and participants in front of the George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna, Alaska on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. The borough assembly designed Tuesday a "day of celebration" in commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of the Arctic Winter Games being held on the Kenai Peninsula.

CES douses fire in less than an hour

Firefighters from Central Emergency Services took less than an hour to extinguish a structure fire in a duplex Wednesday morning.CES Captain Terry Bookey said the… Continue reading

Local students will not take AMP this year

Students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and their peers statewide will not be taking the Alaska Measures of Progress and Alaska Alternative assessments… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Ordinance would put commercial marijuana up for vote

People rushed to beat each other to the podium at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting Tuesday, eager to voice their opinions about whether commercial… Continue reading

Additional bill restricting Planned Parenthood in schools introduced

JUNEAU — Two Wasilla Republicans are working to limit special interest groups like Planned Parenthood from teaching in Alaska’s public schools.Republican Rep. Lynn Gattis introduced… Continue reading

Feds reject prosecution of witness in Ted Stevens trial

ANCHORAGE — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has denied a request by the prosecutors for the state of Alaska who want to use federal laws… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2016
  • By Dan Joling
Making the case for a Plan4Alaska

Making the case for a Plan4Alaska

Several hundred people interested in the future of Alaska and the current budget deficit gathered for a free lunch at the Challenger Learning Center of… Continue reading

Making the case for a Plan4Alaska

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