Authorities issue fewer citations this dipnet season

The combined efforts of Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Alaska Department of Fish and Game personnel resulted in fewer citations being handed out during this year’s… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Rebekka Federer chases her two-year-old son Finn as he runs along the Seward Highway looking for his bicycle while police officers attempt to move a crowd away from Airport Road where President Barack Obama's motorcade drove to reach Exit Glacier on Tuesday Sept. 1, 2015 in Seward, Alaska.

President arrives in Seward

Standing at the bow of the Viewfinder, President Barack Obama gripped the steel railing as the boat cut through the deep blue water of Resurrection… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Rebekka Federer chases her two-year-old son Finn as he runs along the Seward Highway looking for his bicycle while police officers attempt to move a crowd away from Airport Road where President Barack Obama's motorcade drove to reach Exit Glacier on Tuesday Sept. 1, 2015 in Seward, Alaska.
Ben Boettger and Vincent Nusunginya The number of people in the Medicaid Intellectual and Developmental Disability waiver waitlist is shown in a line graph created on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the Peninsula Clarion office in Kenai.

Medicaid developmental disability program reduces new users

An Alaska Medicaid program that funds care for developmentally-disabled adults may be reducing the number of people it enrolls each year by 75 percent. Medicaid’s… Continue reading

Ben Boettger and Vincent Nusunginya The number of people in the Medicaid Intellectual and Developmental Disability waiver waitlist is shown in a line graph created on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the Peninsula Clarion office in Kenai.

Borough Assembly OKs $3M in bonds for CPH

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted on Tuesday to move forward with issuing more than $3 million in bonds to fund a Central Peninsula Hospital… Continue reading

President Barack Obama looks at salmon being smoked while meeting with local fishermen and families on Kanakanak Beach, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Dillingham, Alaska. Obama is on a historic three-day trip to Alaska aimed at showing solidarity with a state often overlooked by Washington, while using its glorious but changing landscape as an urgent call to action on climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama visit reaches into Arctic

KOTZEBUE — President Barack Obama crossed the Arctic Circle on Wednesday in a first by a sitting U.S. president, telling residents in a far-flung Alaska… Continue reading

  • Sep 2, 2015
  • By JOSH LEDERMAN
President Barack Obama looks at salmon being smoked while meeting with local fishermen and families on Kanakanak Beach, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Dillingham, Alaska. Obama is on a historic three-day trip to Alaska aimed at showing solidarity with a state often overlooked by Washington, while using its glorious but changing landscape as an urgent call to action on climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Flood watch issued for Kenai River

A flood watch has been announced for a portion of the Kenai River after water from a glacial dam release set off a chain reaction… Continue reading

Ninilchik gas line rupture repaired

The ENSTAR Natural Gas service line that was damaged in Ninilchik Tuesday has been repaired. According to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch, the incident occurred… Continue reading

  • Sep 2, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Diamond View Estates to receive natural gas service

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved a petition on Tuesday to establish a gas line in the Diamond View Estates community, just south of Homer.The… Continue reading

Obama visit to Arctic spotlights tough life in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — With a historic visit to the Alaska Arctic, President Barack Obama was shining a spotlight Wednesday on the plight of residents… Continue reading

  • Sep 2, 2015
  • By By Josh Lederman

Ninilchik gas line ruptures, residents evacuate

Editor's note: This article has been changed to correct an error.  An ENSTAR Natural Gas pipeline ruptured Tuesday afternoon, closing roads and forcing local businesses… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Glacial dam release affects peninsula rivers

The release of a glacial dam at Snow Glacier Dammed Lake is causing water levels to rise in connecting rivers.Snow Glacier Dammed Lake is located… Continue reading

School district adds positions to address mental health

Two local schools have added counselors to their staff whose sole role is to address the mental health of students. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Assembly OKs bonds for CPH

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted on Tuesday to move forward with issuing more than $3 million in bonds to fund a Central Peninsula Hospital… Continue reading

Shell president optimistic about Arctic offshore drilling

ANCHORAGE — The president of Shell Oil Co. said Tuesday exploratory drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast is going well despite stormy weather last week that… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2015
  • By Dan Joling

Oral arguments heard in Muskox murder case

Attorneys in the case of a Cooper Landing man charged with murder worked through oral arguments and motions during an evidentiary hearing on Monday at… Continue reading

Two injured during Soldotna car chase

Two men were injured in the process of fleeing Alaska State Troopers through Soldotna early Monday morning. Trapper Creek resident Lucas Lester, 23, and his… Continue reading

Nikiski local named sole Kenai Peninsula Summer of Heroes honoree

Marguerite Ruth Cox is the sole 2015 Summer of Heroes honoree chosen from the Kenai Peninsula. The announcement was made Sunday at the Alaska State… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Injunction against federal water rule may expand

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota is allowing arguments over the scope of his injunction blocking a new Obama administration rule… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2015
Sullivan brings Washington to vets

Sullivan brings Washington to vets

An idea that started in Alaska to provide better care by the Veterans Administration for vets known as the Veterans Access, Choice & Accountability Act… Continue reading

Sullivan brings Washington to vets
Homeless Connect address the local problem

Homeless Connect address the local problem

For the last few years groups, agencies and individuals have been getting together to address the problem of homelessness on the Kenai Peninsula under the… Continue reading

Homeless Connect address the local problem