Braving the shave for childhood cancer research.

Braving the shave for childhood cancer research.

The Kenai Peninsula held a St. Baldrick’s Head Shaving Event last Thursday at the KPC commons, thanks to the leadership and passion of a KPC… Continue reading

Braving the shave for childhood cancer research.
New York style bagels delivered to your door

New York style bagels delivered to your door

Just because the package says it’s a bagel and even though it kind of looks like a bagel doesn’t mean it’s going to taste like… Continue reading

New York style bagels delivered to your door
Seeker connect with employers

Seeker connect with employers

For the last two decades the Alaska Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development have held Job Fairs in Kenai to match up employers with employment… Continue reading

Seeker connect with employers
Remembering the '06 Arctic Winter Games

Remembering the ’06 Arctic Winter Games

It was the greatest event ever held on the Kenai Peninsula. Many Chef de Mission of the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) wondered if such a… Continue reading

Remembering the '06 Arctic Winter Games

Mountain View waits on funding, weighs potential cuts

Editor's note: This article has been revised to correct an error, and reflect that the pupil-teacher ratio will not be raised in the the school's… Continue reading

  • Mar 26, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Social Studies teacher Rob Moore steals the mouse from Gabriella Rogers during a morning practice session Friday, March 25, 2016, at Skyview Middle School in Soldotna, Alaska.

Skyview student prepares for geography bee

A middle school student from Skyview Middle School will put her world knowledge to the test in a global way. Seventh grader Gabriella Rogers is… Continue reading

  • Mar 27, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Social Studies teacher Rob Moore steals the mouse from Gabriella Rogers during a morning practice session Friday, March 25, 2016, at Skyview Middle School in Soldotna, Alaska.

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

Advice and a Slice; A venue to explore options

KPC’s Kenai River Campus will be holding the fourth annual Advice and a Slice open house from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, April 1 in the… Continue reading

Kenai city council member Tim Navarre speaks to Kenai government members, employees, and 3 citizens during Kenia's first townhall meeting on its comprehensive plan revision on Saturday, March 26 at the Kenai Senior Center.

Kenai comprehensive plan holds first town hall meeting

Differences between versions of Kenai’s past comprehensive plans and resident preferences were hashed out at a meeting to update the city’s current plan. A town… Continue reading

Kenai city council member Tim Navarre speaks to Kenai government members, employees, and 3 citizens during Kenia's first townhall meeting on its comprehensive plan revision on Saturday, March 26 at the Kenai Senior Center.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenaitze Indian Tribe members, students and Kenai Peninsula College faculty get ready for an opening prayer led by Dena'ina Elder Max Chickalusion Jr. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Kalifornsky Village off of Kalifornsky Beach Road in Alaska.

Sacred space in a quiet place

The contrast of white cemetery crosses against the greens and browns of the surrounding forest in the distance is the first sign one has entered… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenaitze Indian Tribe members, students and Kenai Peninsula College faculty get ready for an opening prayer led by Dena'ina Elder Max Chickalusion Jr. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Kalifornsky Village off of Kalifornsky Beach Road in Alaska.

Kodiak resident applies for city’s first marijuana business

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A Kodiak woman is hoping to open the city’s first commercial marijuana business.Janiese Stevens has applied for a cultivation facility in… Continue reading

  • Mar 27, 2016
Agrium's Nikiski plant is pictured in this Clarion file photo. A bill in the Alaska Legislature to create tax credits for ammonia producers will be a factor in the company's decision on whether to restart the facility. (Clarion file photo)

Agrium bill has senate resource committee hearing

The Alaska Senate has begun its consideration of a tax credit designed to lure Agrium back to its Nikiski plant. On Monday the Senate Resources… Continue reading

Agrium's Nikiski plant is pictured in this Clarion file photo. A bill in the Alaska Legislature to create tax credits for ammonia producers will be a factor in the company's decision on whether to restart the facility. (Clarion file photo)

Budget talks come to Kenai

Many Alaskans are talking about Permanent Fund Dividends this week, whether they are rushing to file by the Thursday deadline or debating Gov. Bill Walker’s… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Randall Knowles turned out to the Democratic caucus at Kenai's Challenger Learning Center Saturday morning to support Bernie Sanders.

Bernie Sanders sweeps Alaska caucus

Cries of “Feel the Bern” filled Kenai’s Challenger Learning Center on Saturday morning as Democrats from across the central Kenai Peninsula gathered to caucus.More than… Continue reading

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Randall Knowles turned out to the Democratic caucus at Kenai's Challenger Learning Center Saturday morning to support Bernie Sanders.
Brian Bliss finishes getting a shave from barber Crystal Stonecipher of the Hey Good Lookin' Salon at a St. Baldrick's head-shaving fundraiser at Kenai Peninsula College on Thursday, March 24. Over 17 people had their heads shaved in exchange for donations to St. Baldrick's Foundation, a research charity for pediatric cancer.

A close shave

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  • Mar 24, 2016
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Brian Bliss finishes getting a shave from barber Crystal Stonecipher of the Hey Good Lookin' Salon at a St. Baldrick's head-shaving fundraiser at Kenai Peninsula College on Thursday, March 24. Over 17 people had their heads shaved in exchange for donations to St. Baldrick's Foundation, a research charity for pediatric cancer.

Soldotna men involved in spice bust indicted at federal level

Two Soldotna men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of synthetic cannabis trafficking and firearm offenses stemming from a recent drug… Continue reading

Fish and Game targets Soldotna Creek for summer pike eradication

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is preparing to move forward in the second phase of a project to eradicate the invasive northern pike… Continue reading

House Fisheries Committee quiet on appointees

Gov. Bill Walker’s appointees to the Board of Fisheries moved forward again through relatively calm waters in the House Fisheries Committee on Thursday.The committee heard… Continue reading

Alternative medicine providers seek place in health care reform

Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct Brian Gibson's practice to hynotism, not hypnotherapy. Bonnie Nichols has helped patients with headaches. She has… Continue reading

Job seeker Rachele Martin (left) talks to recruiter Julia Warwick of residental care provider ResCare at the Kenai Peninsula Job Fair on Wednesday, March 23 at Kenai's Old Carrs Mall. Jackie Garcia, business connection specialist at the Kenai Peninsula Job Center, said that over 600 people attended the fair to meet and speak with local employers.
Job seeker Rachele Martin (left) talks to recruiter Julia Warwick of residental care provider ResCare at the Kenai Peninsula Job Fair on Wednesday, March 23 at Kenai's Old Carrs Mall. Jackie Garcia, business connection specialist at the Kenai Peninsula Job Center, said that over 600 people attended the fair to meet and speak with local employers.