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Assembly to consider bonds for K-Selo school

Kachemak Selo still waiting on state

The staff and students at Kachemak Selo School are still waiting to hear whether there will be room in next year’s budget for a new… Continue reading

  • Mar 21, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Assembly to consider bonds for K-Selo school
Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Randall Hoffbeck talks to reporters about the revenue forecast he released on Monday, March 21, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. His department projects nearly $300 million less in revenue in the current fiscal year and $600 million next year due to continued low oil prices. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

Governor may call special legislative session over budget

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker said he is willing to call the Legislature into a special session if lawmakers don’t pass any revenue proposals… Continue reading

  • Mar 21, 2016
  • By Rashah McChesney
Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Randall Hoffbeck talks to reporters about the revenue forecast he released on Monday, March 21, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. His department projects nearly $300 million less in revenue in the current fiscal year and $600 million next year due to continued low oil prices. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)
FILE - In this April 12, 2012 file photo, a red flag is whipped by wind on a tripod sitting on the frozen Nenana River on, in Nenana, Alaska. The tripod serves as the basis for Alaska's biggest guessing game, with people buying tickets to guess when the ice will give out and the tripod will fall into the river. Some states have a lottery. In Interior Alaska, it's the Ice Classic, the annual guessing game of when the Tanana River ice goes out. The spring tradition is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Nenana Ice Classic celebrates 100 years

FAIRBANKS — One of the best days of Joe Dinkins’ 73 years alive is when he won the Nenana Ice Classic 10 years ago.“I got… Continue reading

  • Mar 21, 2016
  • By AMANDA BOHMAN
FILE - In this April 12, 2012 file photo, a red flag is whipped by wind on a tripod sitting on the frozen Nenana River on, in Nenana, Alaska. The tripod serves as the basis for Alaska's biggest guessing game, with people buying tickets to guess when the ice will give out and the tripod will fall into the river. Some states have a lottery. In Interior Alaska, it's the Ice Classic, the annual guessing game of when the Tanana River ice goes out. The spring tradition is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Business Briefs

■ The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on March 22 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. A… Continue reading

  • Mar 21, 2016
volunteers lend a hand

volunteers lend a hand

Dr. Bote M.D. Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon at SportsMed Alaska in Kenai understands that being part of a community’s health care means providing volunteer services… Continue reading

volunteers lend a hand
Library brings 3.7 million new titles

Library brings 3.7 million new titles

Libraries have always been community centers where people of all ages go to learn, communicate and stimulate their imaginations. The Joyce K Carver memorial library… Continue reading

Library brings 3.7 million new titles
Otters at Sealife center

Otters at Sealife center

From now until June 1st the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) is offering a unique opportunity for people to see some of Alaska’s wild sea life… Continue reading

Otters at Sealife center
Dmitry Marlowe, 9, and Lydia Marlowe, 14, put the finishing touches on a snowman on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Kenai Golf Course in Kenai, Alaska. The first day of Spring found Kenai coated in a layer of wet, sticky snow after several days of sunshine.

Photo: Spring starts with a snow

Photo: Spring starts with a snow Dmitry Marlowe, 9, and Lydia Marlowe, 14, put the finishing touches on a snowman on Sunday, March 20, 2016… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2016
Dmitry Marlowe, 9, and Lydia Marlowe, 14, put the finishing touches on a snowman on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Kenai Golf Course in Kenai, Alaska. The first day of Spring found Kenai coated in a layer of wet, sticky snow after several days of sunshine.
St. Pat's parade sets record crowd

St. Pat’s parade sets record crowd

Another mild St. Patrick’s Day in the month of March made for the largest and longest parade in its 25 year history. Thousands lined the… Continue reading

St. Pat's parade sets record crowd

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

Fall schedule posted online today

Planning is paramount to success when working toward a degree or certificate. Both current and prospective KPC students are urged to start researching required and… Continue reading

New law aims at child abuse prevention

For the next year, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District along with the state’s 53 other public school districts will work on implementing stricter curricula… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Amanda Metivier, left, and her foster daughter, Rachel Bedsworth, 19, walk to a meeting with a legislator in the Capitol on Thursday. Metivier is director of the nonprofit Facing Foster Care in Alaska. The pair are part of 22 members of foster families who came to Juneau this week to lobby legislators for more support for the foster care system.

Number of foster children in Alaska at a record high

As a foster care youth, 19-year-old Rachel Bedsworth has been placed in 47 different homes.“Part of it was my fault just because I didn’t listen… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2016
  • By LISA PHU
Amanda Metivier, left, and her foster daughter, Rachel Bedsworth, 19, walk to a meeting with a legislator in the Capitol on Thursday. Metivier is director of the nonprofit Facing Foster Care in Alaska. The pair are part of 22 members of foster families who came to Juneau this week to lobby legislators for more support for the foster care system.
Lilac Lane resident Jared Clay (left) talks with Kenai Fire Marshal Tommy Carver about his apartment's smoke detectors and his family's fire escape on Saturday, March 19 in Kenai. Carver and other members of the Kenai Fire Department, along with volunteers from the American Red Cross, were going door-to-door Saturday to install free smoke detectors in homes.

An ounce of prevention

On Saturday American Red Cross volunteers and Kenai Firefighters visited homes to install free smoke detectors. Their fire safety education effort concentrated on the neighborhoods… Continue reading

  • Mar 19, 2016
  • By By BEN BOETTGER
Lilac Lane resident Jared Clay (left) talks with Kenai Fire Marshal Tommy Carver about his apartment's smoke detectors and his family's fire escape on Saturday, March 19 in Kenai. Carver and other members of the Kenai Fire Department, along with volunteers from the American Red Cross, were going door-to-door Saturday to install free smoke detectors in homes.
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND MARCH 19-20, 2016 AND THEREAFTER -- In this March 4, 2016 photo, Dr. Susan Hunter-Joerns takes Sammy the Wonder Pony on a walk at the Fairweather Equestrian Center in Juneau, Alaska. Sammy turned 42 in February, which is anywhere between 120-160 years in human years, Hunter-Joerns said. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire via AP)

‘Wild, woolly, free, sneaky’ wonder pony turns 42

JUNEAU (AP) — On a recent sunny morning at Fairweather Equestrian Center, Sammy the Wonder Pony follows his owner, neurologist Dr. Susan Hunter-Joerns, right to… Continue reading

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND MARCH 19-20, 2016 AND THEREAFTER -- In this March 4, 2016 photo, Dr. Susan Hunter-Joerns takes Sammy the Wonder Pony on a walk at the Fairweather Equestrian Center in Juneau, Alaska. Sammy turned 42 in February, which is anywhere between 120-160 years in human years, Hunter-Joerns said. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire via AP)

House approves bill fighting ‘rock vomit’ and other invasive species

The Alaska House has voted 26-7 in favor of a bill that aims to fight invasive species in Alaska’s waters.House Bill 38, brought by Rep.… Continue reading

An Outdoor View: When I went fishing

(Author’s note: This column, about springtime fishing for king salmon and halibut in Cook Inlet, first appeared in the Clarion on May 17, 2002. Dennis… Continue reading

Tom (left) and Sonja Redmond distribute smiles and green pepermints during the Soldotna St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday, March 17 in Soldotna. Sonja Redmond said the couple have marched in the parade almost every year since it began 25 years ago. Their grandchildren, Anna and Sara DeVolld, have joined them since Anna was "just old enough to sit up in a wagon," Sonja said. Asked why they had first joined the parade, Sonja said "I don't remember — seems like we always have."

Going green

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Tom (left) and Sonja Redmond distribute smiles and green pepermints during the Soldotna St. Patrick's Day parade on Thursday, March 17 in Soldotna. Sonja Redmond said the couple have marched in the parade almost every year since it began 25 years ago. Their grandchildren, Anna and Sara DeVolld, have joined them since Anna was "just old enough to sit up in a wagon," Sonja said. Asked why they had first joined the parade, Sonja said "I don't remember — seems like we always have."
SeaLife Center preps for otter loss

SeaLife Center preps for otter loss

After a record year of otter strandings, the Alaska SeaLife Center’s veterinarians are gearing up for another busy year. The Seward nonprofit received 300 reports… Continue reading

SeaLife Center preps for otter loss

Feds file to dismiss suit over Kenai River subsistence gillnet

The Ninilchik Traditional Council filed a response March 3 to a motion by the Federal Subsistence Board and U.S. Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS