Associations make school district new offer

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is considering proposals from the teacher and support staff associations before it decides if entering arbitration is still necessary.… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Interior Department curbs future Arctic offshore drilling

ANCHORAGE — Three weeks after Royal Dutch Shell announced it was walking away from exploratory drilling in U.S. Arctic waters, the Obama administration has taken… Continue reading

  • Oct 17, 2015
  • By Dan Joling

Judge: Hiker liable for springing traps, but trapper did not prove damages

A Juneau hiker was not justified in setting off two fur-bearing traps after she rescued an ensnared bald eagle, but she won’t owe the trapper… Continue reading

Impaired, naked woman trashes Anchorage restaurant

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A woman suspected of being impaired by the synthetic drug known as spice removed her clothes in an Anchorage restaurant and… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015

Soldotna man charged with animal cruelty

A Soldotna man has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after troopers say he beat a dog Wednesday afternoon. Alaska State Troopers say they… Continue reading

Kenai Change making progress

Kenai Change is on the move.The citizen’s coalition responsible for March’s Kenai Climate Conference held a public meeting Wednesday, where they decided to maintain their… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
A SeaLife Alaska Center volunteer responds to a report of a sick female otter and pup stranding. The volunteers were able to save the pup, but the mother was too sick to save.

Scientists ask for public help with sick otters in Alaska

HOMER, Alaska (AP) — Scientists are turning to the public for help dealing with sick and dead otters in Alaska.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015
A SeaLife Alaska Center volunteer responds to a report of a sick female otter and pup stranding. The volunteers were able to save the pup, but the mother was too sick to save.

AFN Convention speakers lament recent village suicides

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Amid the celebratory mood, some speakers at Alaska’s largest yearly gathering of indigenous people lamented the disproportionately high rate of suicides… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015
  • By Rachel D'oro
After election, Soldotna seeks council member

After election, Soldotna seeks council member

With the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s municipal election results on the books, Soldotna City Council member Pete Sprague has been promoted to mayor, but that means… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
After election, Soldotna seeks council member

Prop 1 fails in Kenai, council races unchanged

A proposition that would have allowed Kenai City Council candidates to run for designated seats failed with the inclusion of absentee votes, so council races… Continue reading

Dinner theater expected to surprise

Attendees of the Kenai Performer’s dinner theater are in for quite the contradiction this weekend, unless one considers comedic, murder mysteries commonplace.The three-act, interactive performance… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

No emergency listing for wolves on Princes of Wales Island

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A request to get the declining population of wolves on Prince of Wales Island an emergency listing on the Endangered Species… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015

Alaska oil industry defends tax credit program

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s oil industry trade group has launched an advertising campaign in an effort to defend the state’s oil and gas tax… Continue reading

  • Oct 15, 2015

Man sentenced in Kenai graffiti case eager to move on

After months of legal proceedings and a public apology to the City of Kenai, Mark Maserra has been sentenced for a charge relating to graffiti… Continue reading

Pratt museum seeks expansion funding

After 45 years in the same space, the Pratt Museum is planning an expansion in the near future. The museum, which features exhibits from the… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Wayne Cowan said he attended a teachers rally Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, on Main Street Loop in Kenai, Alaska. The gathering was organize by representatives from the Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations prior to a meeting between the two group's negotiating teams and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District that same evening.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Wayne Cowan said he attended a teachers rally Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, on Main Street Loop in Kenai, Alaska. The gathering was organize by representatives from the Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations prior to a meeting between the two group's negotiating teams and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District that same evening.

Kasilof man dies from accidental gunshot

A Kasilof man was accidentally shot and killed with his own gun while working on a vehicle Tuesday morning, according to troopers.Alaska State Troopers responded… Continue reading

State, feds won’t pursue $92M more in ’89 Exxon Valdez spill

JUNEAU — The state and federal governments have decided not to pursue $92 million in additional damages from ExxonMobil Corp., citing the recovery of ducks… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Ready or not, here comes the gasline special session

Hopefully the latest special legislative session will go smoother than the first two.Lawmakers will convene in Juneau Oct. 24 for the third time this year,… Continue reading

  • Oct 14, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER