Hometown hero

Hometown hero

The final graduating class of 2014 from Skyview High School continues to display Panther Pride and service to our country. Recently home from completing boot… Continue reading

Hometown hero
Lemonade Day

Lemonade Day

The 4th Annual Lemonade Day shared a perfect summer weather weekend with a wide variety of events that included River Festivals, car shows, Triathlons, Air… Continue reading

Lemonade Day
Kenai National Wildlfe Refuge

Kenai National Wildlfe Refuge

On Saturday May 30th the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (KNWR), with a host of local, state and national dignitaries on hand, officially dedicated the new… Continue reading

Kenai National Wildlfe Refuge
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Fire behavior analyst Stewart Turner of the Card Street wildfire response team speaks to an audience during an informational meeting at the Sterling Community Center on Sunday, June 21.

Progress made on Card Street fire

As the humidity rises and the temperature drops, the Card Street wildfire is smoldering in place, according to representatives of responding agencies who spoke at… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Fire behavior analyst Stewart Turner of the Card Street wildfire response team speaks to an audience during an informational meeting at the Sterling Community Center on Sunday, June 21.

Refuge weighs impacts of Card Street fire

As the 7,657-acre Card Street fire continues to burn in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge this week, refuge personnel have accepted the damage as a… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChensey/Peninsula Clarion Isaac Cryer helps Chuck Davis, both of Soldotna, round third base during the annual World Series of Baseball event for community members with developmental disabilities on Friday June 19, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChensey/Peninsula Clarion Isaac Cryer helps Chuck Davis, both of Soldotna, round third base during the annual World Series of Baseball event for community members with developmental disabilities on Friday June 19, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

AGDC releases plan for gas pipeline off-takes

The state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. has developed preliminary designs for “offtake” facilities that would allow communities to take natural gas from a large-diameter gas… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner

Sockeye swarm the Kasilof, prompting early commercial fishing opener

For the third year in a row, enough Cook Inlet sockeye salmon have made it up the Kasilof river that area management biologists have issued… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Aaron Dupuis carries a king salmon caught in Deep Creek on the opening day of king salmon fishing on Memorial Day weekend Saturday May 22, 2015 near Ninilchik, Alaska.

Managers liberalize Ninilchik king fishery

Promising numbers of king salmon returning to the Anchor River have prompted Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers on the lower Kenai Peninsula to… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Aaron Dupuis carries a king salmon caught in Deep Creek on the opening day of king salmon fishing on Memorial Day weekend Saturday May 22, 2015 near Ninilchik, Alaska.

Sexual assault case nears conclusion

A verdict should soon be reached in the case of a cannery worker charged with sexually assaulting a coworker last summer.Rosendo Pallones, 40, of Palmer,… Continue reading

Photo/Molly Dischner/For the Peninsula Clarion Sidney Flora waits at Williamsport for the F/V Eagle Claw to get hauled out on the way to Bristol Bay. Flora is getting ready for her first fishing season with her father Louie and uncle Jonathan Flora.

By road, lake and river: Boats make their way to Bristol Bay

Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts in reporter Molly Dischner’s journey with a Homer fishing family to Bristol Bay on the eve… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner
Photo/Molly Dischner/For the Peninsula Clarion Sidney Flora waits at Williamsport for the F/V Eagle Claw to get hauled out on the way to Bristol Bay. Flora is getting ready for her first fishing season with her father Louie and uncle Jonathan Flora.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Gwen Johnson, a member of team NeverMind for the Heritage Place nursing home takes a pie in the face for the Alzheimer's Association's The Longest Day fundraiser, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

The Longest Day in Alaska Residents take time to raise Alzheimer’s Awareness

For the first time in Alaska, the longest day of the year will be devoted to raising awareness for Alzheimer’s.From sunrise to sunset on Sunday,… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Gwen Johnson, a member of team NeverMind for the Heritage Place nursing home takes a pie in the face for the Alzheimer's Association's The Longest Day fundraiser, Friday, June 19, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.
Card Street fire moves east into Skilak area

Card Street fire moves east into Skilak area

The Card Street fire continued on its east-bound path through the Kenai Peninsula Thursday, burning through the black spruce of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge… Continue reading

Card Street fire moves east into Skilak area

Hot dogs: Use caution when leaving pets in a vehicle

On a day with outside temperatures topping 80 degrees, animals left inside a vehicle with rolled up windows will be sitting in 110 degrees within… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, drops approximately 700 gallons of water from a "Bambi Bucket" on to the Stetson Creek Fire near Cooper Landing Wednesday. Two National Guard Black Hawk helicopters flew a total of 200 bucket missions, dumping more than 144,000 gallons of water on the 300-acre Stetson Creek fire. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Balinda O'Neal)

Cooper Landing fires slow

Two fires in the Cooper Landing showed minimal growth from Wednesday through Thursday, and additional crews have arrived to increase support. In a press release,… Continue reading

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, drops approximately 700 gallons of water from a "Bambi Bucket" on to the Stetson Creek Fire near Cooper Landing Wednesday. Two National Guard Black Hawk helicopters flew a total of 200 bucket missions, dumping more than 144,000 gallons of water on the 300-acre Stetson Creek fire. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Balinda O'Neal)

Man charged with sexual assault goes to trial

A trial has started in Kenai for a cannery worker charged with first-degree sexual assault following a Kenai-area incident last July. Rosendo Pallones, 39, of… Continue reading

Walker chides AK LNG partners

NIKISKI — Gov. Bill Walker is taking industry partners in the Alaska LNG Project to task for delays in resolving key issues affecting the large… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  HEA linemen work on the power lines in the early morning hours as spot fires burn close by near the Kenai Keys subdivision where the Card Street fire has burned thousands of acres and several structures.

Burn bans issued as government, utility providers respond to fire risk

The Card Street fire has been raging through Sterling since Monday, and is now estimated to be more than 2,500 acres. As it threatens the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  HEA linemen work on the power lines in the early morning hours as spot fires burn close by near the Kenai Keys subdivision where the Card Street fire has burned thousands of acres and several structures.

Nikiski to vote on police protection

Nikiski residents will again be given the chance to vote for expanded police protection. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday voted to put the… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Kenai Peninsula Borough to request disaster declaration

Kenai Peninsula Borough to request disaster declaration

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker met with Kenai Mayor Pat Porter and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre on Wednesday to discuss state resource use, a… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Kenai Peninsula Borough to request disaster declaration