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Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Steve Dahl and Louise Heite talk about plans for their property Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Eagle Glade Farm LLC., in Nikiski, Alaska.

Food hub offers local shopping online

Starting this season, Kenai Peninsula communities will have the unique option of shopping for local produce, seafood and handmade goods online. The Kenai Peninsula Food… Continue reading

  • Apr 26, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Steve Dahl and Louise Heite talk about plans for their property Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at Eagle Glade Farm LLC., in Nikiski, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this June 18, 2015 Patrick "PBun" Madros and Fred Alexi, both of Kaltag work to put out a hot spot off of Kamloops Road near the Kenai Keys in Sterling, Alaska. Last year's Card Street fire burned about 9,000 acres.

Area agencies ready for fire season

This year’s fire season is off to a strong start on the Kenai Peninsula, and the Alaska Division of Forestry and local fire departments are… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this June 18, 2015 Patrick "PBun" Madros and Fred Alexi, both of Kaltag work to put out a hot spot off of Kamloops Road near the Kenai Keys in Sterling, Alaska. Last year's Card Street fire burned about 9,000 acres.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion All logos have been taken off the shuttered Carl's Jr. building Monday, April 25, 2016, in Kenai, Alaska.

Carl’s Jr., Blockbuster employees transition after closures

It was business as usual at the Carl’s Jr. in Kenai for the last few weeks before it closed — except no meat was coming… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion All logos have been taken off the shuttered Carl's Jr. building Monday, April 25, 2016, in Kenai, Alaska.

Two Kasilof residents killed in car crash

Two Kasilof residents were killed in a fatal motor vehicle accident Friday on the Seward Highway near Girdwood.Cherise James, 25, and Jackson Moore, 36, both… Continue reading

Members of a construction crew continue to demolish the exterior of the Capitol on Monday, April 25, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. Lawmakers are scheduled to be out of the building by May 2 under the current construction schedule. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

Other meeting sites weighed as legislative session continues

JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers planned to tour potential alternate meeting sites Monday as the extended legislative session wore on and a deadline for being out… Continue reading

Members of a construction crew continue to demolish the exterior of the Capitol on Monday, April 25, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. Lawmakers are scheduled to be out of the building by May 2 under the current construction schedule. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

Subsistence group files opposition to Ninilchik gillnet

Federal subsistence groups upriver from a controversial subsistence gillnet have asked that the Federal Subsistence Board rescind its 2015 decision to allow it.The Cooper Landing… Continue reading

  • Apr 25, 2016
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Business briefs

■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon today at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna. A presentation from Dave Carey on the Iron Mike Citizens… Continue reading

  • Apr 25, 2016

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

Log construction seminar offered at KRC

KRC student Joe Meloche, owner and operator of JMC Log Home Institute, will provide a free log construction seminar at 7 p.m. on April 27… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Members of the math club were asked the probability of pulling various shapes and cookie colors from the bag before advisor David Thomas agreed to hand over the goods Thursday, April 21, 2016, at the school in Kenai, Alaska.

A good probability: math club members take state competition

Members of the Kenai Middle School math club add up to a formidable bunch. A team formed from the group, sixth grader Hayden Hanson, seventh… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Members of the math club were asked the probability of pulling various shapes and cookie colors from the bag before advisor David Thomas agreed to hand over the goods Thursday, April 21, 2016, at the school in Kenai, Alaska.

Associations ready for arbitration

The Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations say they are ready for advisory arbitration with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.The meeting… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Marijuana Task Force, Planning Commission reject setback ordinance

A proposed ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly would put more buffer distance between marijuana establishments in the borough and particular types of operations.The… Continue reading

Consumer confidence falls as Alaska economy struggles

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Consumer confidence has fallen to a five-year low as Alaksa continues to struggle with a weak oil sector, budget cuts and… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016

Juneau district court judge to retire later this year

JUNEAU, Alaska — Sometimes when Keith Levy rounds a corner in the grocery aisle, he’ll see someone he’s sent to prison. The encounter isn’t an… Continue reading

  • Apr 24, 2016
  • By PAULA ANN SOLIS
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Freshman Victoria Giles from Soldotna Prep demonstrates her project that converts organic matter into energy before a panel of judges for this year's Caring for the Kenai oral presentations Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. From more than 300 applicants, 12 students were chosen to present their projects in a final round, after which six runners up won fixed prizes and another six won prizes varying from $550-$1,600.

Kids change Kenai one idea at a time

Marguerite and Evangeline Cox drew excited gasps from the crowd as they brought their small, fluffy dog onstage to help demonstrate animal oxygen masks. The… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Freshman Victoria Giles from Soldotna Prep demonstrates her project that converts organic matter into energy before a panel of judges for this year's Caring for the Kenai oral presentations Thursday, April 21, 2016 at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. From more than 300 applicants, 12 students were chosen to present their projects in a final round, after which six runners up won fixed prizes and another six won prizes varying from $550-$1,600.
Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sherra Pritchard, a public health nurse at the Kenai Public Health Center in Kenai, Alaska, listens for a heartbeat on Jude Stillwell, 6 months, during a wellness check on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

National Immunization Week emphasizes vaccination

Whooping cough is a fairly preventable disease, but once in a while it resurfaces and makes inroads into communities in Alaska.Health care workers started noticing… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sherra Pritchard, a public health nurse at the Kenai Public Health Center in Kenai, Alaska, listens for a heartbeat on Jude Stillwell, 6 months, during a wellness check on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Northern District setnet fishing time trimmed by 6 hours

The directed king salmon fishery in the Northern District of Upper Cook Inlet will be restricted to six hours on its first day of the… Continue reading

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, Elin Lunoe, and Pilot, a Steller sea lion, check each other out at a tank at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Since January 2016, the Alaska aquarium has replaced 98 percent of its fossil fuel heating requirements with a system that draws heat from seawater.(AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

SeaLife Center replaces fossil fuel with seawater system

ANCHORAGE — Thousands of people visit the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward for a look at Steller sea lions or harlequin ducks.What’s in the basement… Continue reading

  • Apr 23, 2016
  • By Dan Joling
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015 file photo, Elin Lunoe, and Pilot, a Steller sea lion, check each other out at a tank at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Since January 2016, the Alaska aquarium has replaced 98 percent of its fossil fuel heating requirements with a system that draws heat from seawater.(AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)
Members of the Alaska Division of Forestry finish putting out a fire that consumed two sheds and a chicken coop Thursday, April 21, 2016 on North Dogwood Road in Kenai. The fire, which took about a half hour to extinguish, also burnt the outside of a home, but harmed no one.

Fire consumes sheds, chicken coop in Kenai

A structure fire drew responses from five agencies in Kenai on Thursday afternoon, but harmed no one.The Kenai Fire Department, Central Emergency Services, Kenai Police,… Continue reading

Members of the Alaska Division of Forestry finish putting out a fire that consumed two sheds and a chicken coop Thursday, April 21, 2016 on North Dogwood Road in Kenai. The fire, which took about a half hour to extinguish, also burnt the outside of a home, but harmed no one.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Fire Department firefighters work to put out a structure fire on North Dogwood Road on Thursday, April 22, 2016.

Fire damages sheds, chicken coop in Kenai

A structure fire drew responses from five organizations in Kenai on Thursday afternoon. Central Emergency Services, Kenai Fire Department, Kenai Police, the Alaska Division of… Continue reading

  • Apr 21, 2016
  • By Staff reports
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Fire Department firefighters work to put out a structure fire on North Dogwood Road on Thursday, April 22, 2016.