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State river boating course to include Kenai unit

The statewide boating safety course will soon include a Kenai River-specific unit.Water Wise, the Alaska boating safety course for recreational boaters, is free for all… Continue reading

In this Dec. 9, 2015 photo, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks at a news conference about his plan for the state budget in Anchorage, Alaska. Walker has proposed sweeping changes to help reduce the state's billion budget deficit, including instituting a state income tax for the first time in 35 years. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

A look at Gov. Walker’s income tax, other budget proposals

JUNEAU — If Gov. Bill Walker gets his way, Alaskans will be chipping in to help reduce the state’s estimated $3.5 billion budget deficit.Walker has… Continue reading

  • Dec 14, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
In this Dec. 9, 2015 photo, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks at a news conference about his plan for the state budget in Anchorage, Alaska. Walker has proposed sweeping changes to help reduce the state's billion budget deficit, including instituting a state income tax for the first time in 35 years. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon today at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna. Lt. Dane Gilmore with the Alaska State Troopers will give… Continue reading

  • Dec 14, 2015
Last weekend for the "Best Christmas Pageant Ever!"

Last weekend for the “Best Christmas Pageant Ever!”

A profusion of holiday entertainment is on tap for this weekend as the Triumvirate Theatre presents their largest cast ever assembled for “The Best Christmas… Continue reading

Last weekend for the "Best Christmas Pageant Ever!"
Time travel

Time travel

Once again this year thanks to the congregation of the College Heights Baptist Church you may be magically transported back to the first Christmas some… Continue reading

Time travel
First National Bank Alaska bumps up Kettle Wars competition

First National Bank Alaska bumps up Kettle Wars competition

It’s been a tradition since the first Soldotna/Kenai Rotary Club was chartered over 35 years ago. Bell Ringing or as the Salvation Army calls it… Continue reading

First National Bank Alaska bumps up Kettle Wars competition
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Patrick White rigged a systems of lines, wheels and strings to hoist and hold his weighty tomatoes and the plants they feed on, which he says is just one element that contributed to his successful yield this year, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

Local growers crush state record for biggest tomato

Even at the end of October, Patrick White is still nurturing the tomato crop his Alaska state record-breaking fruit was plucked from. Gargantuan red and… Continue reading

  • Oct 20, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Patrick White rigged a systems of lines, wheels and strings to hoist and hold his weighty tomatoes and the plants they feed on, which he says is just one element that contributed to his successful yield this year, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

Hilts steps down — Board of education loses long-time member

The Board of Education is looking for a new member after District 9 representative Sunni Hilts stepped down after more than 12 years of service.… Continue reading

  • Dec 10, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

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

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Gail Kennedy plays a song for a group of parents during the second annual Candlelight Remembrance Program on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna, Alaska. The local chapter of The Compassionate Friends hosts the event for parents whose children have died.

Lights that never fade

In a culture where uttering the name of one’s dead child aloud is discouraged to the point of being a conversation-stopper, a group met to… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna resident Gail Kennedy plays a song for a group of parents during the second annual Candlelight Remembrance Program on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna, Alaska. The local chapter of The Compassionate Friends hosts the event for parents whose children have died.

Spring semester registration underway

The fall semester wrapped up last week and although students can breathe easy for a while, it is important they remember to register for next… Continue reading

Nikiski students find the ties that bind

Nikiski students find the ties that bind

For the 27 middle school students, and their attentive staff supervisors, the Grannie Wannabes — Nikiski Middle-High School’s knitting club — is about more than… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools
Nikiski students find the ties that bind

Alaska Airlines, others say hoverboards cannot fly

Alaska Airlines is banning the shipment of one of the most popular toys this Christmas. Last week, the airline decided that hoverboards are not safe… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornsky Beach Road resident Dan Sterchi on Friday Sept. 4, 2015 stands near a drainage pipe on a piece of land the borough is considering trading to a private property owner. Sterchi is adamantly opposed to the trade which he says could severely limit the borough's options for mitigating floods in the area.

Assembly rejects K-Beach land trade

After more than a year deliberating a land trade to resolve a leftover of the flooding disaster in K-Beach, the borough assembly voted it down… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kalifornsky Beach Road resident Dan Sterchi on Friday Sept. 4, 2015 stands near a drainage pipe on a piece of land the borough is considering trading to a private property owner. Sterchi is adamantly opposed to the trade which he says could severely limit the borough's options for mitigating floods in the area.

Hilcorp plans gravel island to extract Arctic offshore oil

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Arctic offshore drilling by Royal Dutch Shell PLC drew protests on two continents this year, but a more modest proposal for extracting… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
  • By Dan Joling

Pollock fleet sees quota raised

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council raised pollock quota for 2016, but only by half the requested amount, locked in by the two million metric… Continue reading

  • Dec 13, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS

Local girl shops for less fortunate

One Kenai Peninsula girl is taking the act of Christmas shopping a step further this year and is asking for the community’s help. Sydney Jeffries… Continue reading

Photo by Elwood Brehmer/Alaska Journal of Commerce The Seward Coal Loading facility.

Permit to address coal spilled in Resurrection Bay

The Seward Coal Loading Facility has applied for a permit that will cover coal falling into Resurrection Bay. The permit, which is being reviewed by… Continue reading

Photo by Elwood Brehmer/Alaska Journal of Commerce The Seward Coal Loading facility.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clairon Riding a haywagon through a residential Kenai neighborhood, Mountain View Elementary Principal Karl Kircher (left) leans over to read a Christmas carol while singing with students, their families and other members of the community. Mountain View students and staff went caroling through a neighborhood near the school before warming up at a bonfire with hotdogs and hot chocolate Friday.

Photo: Songs of the season

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  • Dec 12, 2015
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clairon Riding a haywagon through a residential Kenai neighborhood, Mountain View Elementary Principal Karl Kircher (left) leans over to read a Christmas carol while singing with students, their families and other members of the community. Mountain View students and staff went caroling through a neighborhood near the school before warming up at a bonfire with hotdogs and hot chocolate Friday.

Marijuana Task Force postpones regulation decision

Comments and discussion stretched late into the night at the borough’s first Marijuana Task Force meeting after the statewide marijuana regulations came out.The task force… Continue reading