ADVANCED FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015 A mosquito looks for an easy breakfast in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday morning, June 13, 2013. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)

End of winter heralds arrive of mosquitoes

FAIRBANKS — Alaska winters are long, dark and cold and the coming of summer is greeted with relief and delight. However, that delight is tempered… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2015
  • By Dorothy Chomicz
ADVANCED FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015 A mosquito looks for an easy breakfast in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday morning, June 13, 2013. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A display at the new Kenai Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center shows the Kenai Peninsula's anadromous streams in red lights and the borders of the Kenai Wildlife Refuge in green, at the Kenai WIldlife Refuge Soldotna headquarters on Friday May 1.

New wildlife refuge visitor center opens

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge staff said that their new visitor center, which began construction in 2013 and opened to the public for the first time… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A display at the new Kenai Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center shows the Kenai Peninsula's anadromous streams in red lights and the borders of the Kenai Wildlife Refuge in green, at the Kenai WIldlife Refuge Soldotna headquarters on Friday May 1.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Robin Rogers (holding wooden sunflower) displays her crafts at the Kenai Peninsula Sport, Recreation, and Trade Show on Saturday, May 2, at the Soldotna Sports Center.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Robin Rogers (holding wooden sunflower) displays her crafts at the Kenai Peninsula Sport, Recreation, and Trade Show on Saturday, May 2, at the Soldotna Sports Center.

Trooper at center of Palin probe loses police certificate

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Officials have revoked the law enforcement certification of the former Alaska State Trooper at the center of the so-called Troopergate scandal that… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2015

Community health care provider faces financial challenges

Brittany Weston was stuck in root canal limbo. Some time after getting the decayed portion of an ailing tooth scraped out and getting it filled,… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney

Group continues effort to get setnet ban on 2016 ballot

JUNEAU — A proposed voter initiative to ban setnets in urban parts of Alaska is making its way toward the ballot, while a lawsuit over… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Raymon Machen-Gray listens to a story from Korean War veteran Jack Dean Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska.

Veterans share experiences with students

Kenai Central High School history students supplemented classroom lessons on foreign wars with accounts of real life experiences Thursday. Sophomores and juniors heard personal accounts… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Raymon Machen-Gray listens to a story from Korean War veteran Jack Dean Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Attendees talk to each other during the Alaska LNG Project's business information session  on Wednesday, April 29 at the Cannery Lodge in Kenai.

Alaska LNG presents information to local businesses

Although few specifics of the Alaska Liquid Natural Gas Project’s contracting procedures have been worked out, Alaska LNG contracting engineer Dan DeVries felt confident telling… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Attendees talk to each other during the Alaska LNG Project's business information session  on Wednesday, April 29 at the Cannery Lodge in Kenai.

School safety watch lifted

Central Kenai Peninsula schools were taken off safety watch Thursday after the threat made involving Soldotna schools was deemed not credible. Law enforcement agencies were… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Resolution passes allowing recess while committees meet

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Thursday authorizing a recess in floor sessions until May 12 while the House and Senate Finance committees… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Regulatory board reviews proposed marijuana regulations

JUNEAU — Communities could opt-out or limit marijuana businesses much the same way they do alcohol under proposed regulations put forth by the state alcohol… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Schools on safety watch for second day

Update:  Central Kenai schools are on security watch and heightened awareness for the second day in a row. Parents with students at the local schools received… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Fish board remains to be filled

Gov. Bill Walker has yet another appointment to make to a shorthanded Board of Fisheries, and this time the Legislature won’t be in the equation.… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Amy Seitz feeds the flock of fiber producing sheep she raises with Jane Conway at Lancashire Farms Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

Farm to fiber: Natural fiber industry grows

Producers, hobbyists and the curious will converge at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik this weekend for the third annual Fiber Arts Festival to feel… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Amy Seitz feeds the flock of fiber producing sheep she raises with Jane Conway at Lancashire Farms Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

Central schools put on Safety watch

Central Kenai schools were put on a safety watch Wednesday morning.The school district made the decision to heighten security procedures in Soldotna schools following a… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Police: Moose fatally stabbed in Anchorage park; 3 men arrested

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Three men have been accused of stabbing a young moose to death at a park in Alaska’s largest city, and police said… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks with the media on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Juneau, Alaska. Walker has declared that he will not allow the Alaska Legislature to recess from special session without completing a budget. (James Brooks/The Juneau Empire via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Walker says he won’t rescind special session proclamation

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker told legislators Wednesday that he expects them to continue their work on the state operating budget in Juneau.However, he said… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks with the media on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Juneau, Alaska. Walker has declared that he will not allow the Alaska Legislature to recess from special session without completing a budget. (James Brooks/The Juneau Empire via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion River City Academy Senior Logan Triggs takes a breath before filling out his voter registration form Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at River City Academy in Soldotna, Alaska.

Women voters reach out to students

As Presidential candidates campaign for voters, the looming question of who can bring out the largely untapped, and elusive, youth vote has yet to be… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion River City Academy Senior Logan Triggs takes a breath before filling out his voter registration form Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at River City Academy in Soldotna, Alaska.

Number of house fires across Alaska on the rise, study finds

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has seen an increase in the number of house fires this year, according to figures from the American Red Cross… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 2, 2014 file photo water encroaches on a horse barn on Buoy Avenue near the Kalifonsky Meadow Subdivision in Kenai, Alaska. A project designed to divert water in the area to a beaver pond nearby has been put on hold.

Seventh street structure on hold

A drainage ditch intended to move storm water out of a flood prone area along Kalifornsky Beach Road may not come to fruition any time… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 2, 2014 file photo water encroaches on a horse barn on Buoy Avenue near the Kalifonsky Meadow Subdivision in Kenai, Alaska. A project designed to divert water in the area to a beaver pond nearby has been put on hold.