Borough receives OSHA citation for chemical labeling

Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information including the details of the OSHA citation and discussion of the citations with borough employees." … Continue reading

Graphic by Vincent Nusunginya with Google Earth imagery A map of the Cook Inlet beachfront south of the Kenai River mouth shows the route of Kenai's proposed South Beach Access Road, as planned in February 2015 and as planned now.

Kenai postpones land purchase for South Beach Access Road

Kenai has reached a tentative deal to buy seven beach front properties overlooking Cook Inlet south of the Kenai River mouth, four of which are… Continue reading

Graphic by Vincent Nusunginya with Google Earth imagery A map of the Cook Inlet beachfront south of the Kenai River mouth shows the route of Kenai's proposed South Beach Access Road, as planned in February 2015 and as planned now.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Michael Anderson, of Sterling, yells instructions to a teammate during a fight on Saturday Sept. 5, 2015 during the Peninsula Fighting Championship mixed martial arts fights at the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna, Alaska.

Back in the ring: MMA fights held at Soldotna’s Central Peninsula Mall

The first match of the first mixed martial arts (MMA) fight held in Soldotna’s Peninsula Center Mall featured a first-time fighter — Soldotna resident Mike… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Michael Anderson, of Sterling, yells instructions to a teammate during a fight on Saturday Sept. 5, 2015 during the Peninsula Fighting Championship mixed martial arts fights at the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai resident Tony Perez, 8, slides down the end of an inflatable obstacle course on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at this year's Labor Day Picnic at Kenai Central Highschool in Kenai, Alaska.

Hundreds gather to celebrate local workforce

Even under ominous clouds threatening rain, Kenai Peninsula community members enjoyed the fifth annual Labor Day Picnic with friends and family. Sponsored by the United… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenai resident Tony Perez, 8, slides down the end of an inflatable obstacle course on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, at this year's Labor Day Picnic at Kenai Central Highschool in Kenai, Alaska.

Class teaches Tsimshian language

JUNEAU (AP) — Every other summer when she was a child, Jerry Ann Gray would visit her maternal grandparents in Metlakatla and listen to them… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2015
  • By MARY CATHARINE MARTIN

Prince William Sound pinks push second-largest salmon haul in 20 years

There’s plenty of fish in the sea and at Alaska processors, but discrepancies, soft prices, and small fish shadow the big numbers while fishermen switch… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Walker: ‘Significant’ issues must be resolved before gasline session

Negotiations on Alaska LNG Project agreements with the state of Alaska are at a critical juncture, Gov. Bill Walker said in an interview Friday.“We’re not… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner

New community health center to open in Kenai

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the amount of federal grant money received by PCHS. A new full-service community medical center is… Continue reading

Soup supper helps Food Bank solve hunger

From its humble beginnings the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s Soup Supper has grown tremendously to where it now overflows the entire Kenai Central High School… Continue reading

KPAR selects Marti Pepper as Realtor of the Year at Annual Membership meeting

The Kenai Peninsula Association of REALTORS® (KPAR) gathered August 27th for their annual General Membership Meeting and Board of Director Election. Marti Pepper with Redoubt… Continue reading

Appreciation for the hand that feed us.

Appreciation for the hand that feed us.

Twenty five years ago when consensus was the Cook Inlet was a declining oil field and support industry was shuttering their doors on the North… Continue reading

Appreciation for the hand that feed us.
Eat Salmon

Eat Salmon

About 200 people gathered at Soldotna Creek Park Thursday August 27 not only to eat salmon, but also to save salmon. Local conservation, sport fishing,… Continue reading

Eat Salmon
Rotary takes on Arc Lake projest

Rotary takes on Arc Lake projest

“When the Kenai River-Soldotna Rotary Club was formed, the club got involved in the Highway Cleanup project like other organizations around the peninsula,” said Rotarian… Continue reading

Rotary takes on Arc Lake projest

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

  • Sep 7, 2015
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion XXX straps on a helmet Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska.

Students savor bike program

Framing the front entrance of Kenai Middle School are racks stacked with Trek mountain bikes. They were not ridden to school by students, but purchased… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion XXX straps on a helmet Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska.

KPC: College holiday closure reminder

All KPC locations will be closed from Sept. 5-7 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. In addition, there will be no classes held on… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools

Scientists to measure ash stirred from 1912 Alaska eruption

ANCHORAGE — The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century created a 40-square mile desert known as the Valley of 10,000 Smokes on the Alaska… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2015
  • By Dan Joling
Reno news crews watch in the mountains above Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, as Nevada Department of Wildlife officials release a mother bear and cub trapped the day before on the lake's north shore near Crystal Bay, Nev. The vast majority of problem bears trapped at Tahoe are returned to the wild, but repeat offenders are euthanized when they lose their fear of humans. (Jack Kreamer, Nevada Department of Wildlife)

Are some bears just born to be bad?

RENO, Nev. — Are some bears just born to be bad? Or do they learn from other bears that raid garbage cans, break into cars… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2015
  • By SCOTT SONNER
Reno news crews watch in the mountains above Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, as Nevada Department of Wildlife officials release a mother bear and cub trapped the day before on the lake's north shore near Crystal Bay, Nev. The vast majority of problem bears trapped at Tahoe are returned to the wild, but repeat offenders are euthanized when they lose their fear of humans. (Jack Kreamer, Nevada Department of Wildlife)

Fairbanks officials content to sit on windfall

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Officials with the Fairbanks North Star Borough will be content to sit on a $10 million windfall, for a while at least.The… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2015
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Jeremy Souders helps his mother Sarah Souders switch hive frames Thursday, August 6, 2015, in Kenai, Alaska.

Fireweed yields tasty treats from local bees

Alaska’s wilderness provides resources for one of the purest honey harvests in the world, produced primarily from the Chamerion angustfolium, or fireweed bloom. On a… Continue reading

  • Sep 5, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Jeremy Souders helps his mother Sarah Souders switch hive frames Thursday, August 6, 2015, in Kenai, Alaska.