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House approves TransCanada buyout

Alaska’s natural gas megaproject is moving forward.With a 39-0 vote, the Alaska House approved spending $161.25 million to advance the AKLNG project, which promises to… Continue reading

DOT forced to cut road crew OT as result of budget cuts

Snow has fallen across much of Alaska, and winter tires could be more important than ever this season.Cuts to the state operating budget have forced… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Arctic drilling complaint clears Legislature

After passing a landmark gas pipeline deal, the Alaska House approved a formal complaint against the Obama administration’s decision to cancel oil and gas lease… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna-based Flutist Tomoka Raften plays for a group of students on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2015 at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. Raften and Kenai-based pianist Maria Allison will perform on Nov. 7 at the Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church.

Flute, piano concert set to mix it up

Local musicians will take listeners through tunes of all types and time periods during an upcoming Performing Arts Society concert.Beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna-based Flutist Tomoka Raften plays for a group of students on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2015 at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. Raften and Kenai-based pianist Maria Allison will perform on Nov. 7 at the Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church.
Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion In this Tuesday, Nov. 3 photo, a sheet of plywood covers the hole in the front of Kenai's Summit Drycleaners made when Christine Cunningham drove her car through the wall on Monday, Nov. 2 in Kenai.

Summit Cleaners struck by vehicle Monday

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to delete information inaccurately added to a quote from Geoffrey Graves. No one was hurt when a driver… Continue reading

Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion In this Tuesday, Nov. 3 photo, a sheet of plywood covers the hole in the front of Kenai's Summit Drycleaners made when Christine Cunningham drove her car through the wall on Monday, Nov. 2 in Kenai.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Homer Electric Association workers use a fire extinguisher to put out a smoldering crossbeam on an electric pole in Soldotna on Tuesday, Nov. 3 near the intersection of the Kenai Spur highway and Marydale Avenue.

First responders busy with accidents Tuesday

A number of weather-related and other accidents plagued the Central Kenai Peninsula Tuesday and kept emergency responders busy through the evening. To start the day,… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2015
  • By MEGAN PACER, BEN BOETTGER and ELIZABETH EARL
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Homer Electric Association workers use a fire extinguisher to put out a smoldering crossbeam on an electric pole in Soldotna on Tuesday, Nov. 3 near the intersection of the Kenai Spur highway and Marydale Avenue.
The Ninilchik Tribal Council constructed a building to serve as a transit hub on Oil Well Road.

Ninilchik Traditional Council plans a peninsula public transit service

Ninilchik is more than 37 miles from either of the central and southern peninsula’s hospitals, which isn’t a problem for most people with a car… Continue reading

The Ninilchik Tribal Council constructed a building to serve as a transit hub on Oil Well Road.
Tom White of Integrity Janitorial clears snow from the sidewalk of the Kenai Courthouse Tuesday after several inches of snow fell Monday night.

Photo: Lean into it

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Tom White of Integrity Janitorial clears snow from the sidewalk of the Kenai Courthouse Tuesday after several inches of snow fell Monday night.

School board reorganizes

The positions for Board of Education President, Vice President, Clerk and Treasurer were settled at Monday’s meeting. Joe Arness was re-elected as board president after… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

School district projects early FY17 deficit

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District projects a nearly $4.73 million deficit for the 2017 fiscal year if all current services and programs are rolled… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, speaks in favor of the state's buyout of TransCanada before the Senate voted for the buyout at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Senate approves TransCanada buyout

The Alaska Senate voted by a wide margin Tuesday morning to approve the state’s buyout of TransCanada and advance the natural gas pipeline project known… Continue reading

Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, speaks in favor of the state's buyout of TransCanada before the Senate voted for the buyout at the Capitol on Tuesday.
Kenai Police close one lane of the Kenai Spur Highway Tuesday afternoon in response to a vehicle rollover near Mile 8.

Rollover forces Kenai Spur closure Tuesday

5:33 p.m. The driver of the vehicle lost control of the vehicle and hit the guard rail on the way to Soldotna from Kenai, according… Continue reading

  • Nov 3, 2015
  • By Staff Report
Kenai Police close one lane of the Kenai Spur Highway Tuesday afternoon in response to a vehicle rollover near Mile 8.

Early power outage hits K-Beach residents

About 2,200 Homer Electric Association members were without power Tuesday morning during an outage that stretched from the intersection of the Sterling Highway and Kalifornsky… Continue reading

Photo courtesy Shona DeVolld Anna DeVolld and her sister Sara DeVolld pose with Sen. Lisa Murkowski in front of the banner that will be send to Washington DC along with the Capitol Christmas Tree, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Soldotna student to light Capitol Christmas Tree

A young girl from Soldotna will turn on the Capitol Christmas Tree lights this year. It was not just luck, but creative writing skills and… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo courtesy Shona DeVolld Anna DeVolld and her sister Sara DeVolld pose with Sen. Lisa Murkowski in front of the banner that will be send to Washington DC along with the Capitol Christmas Tree, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska.

All American Meats recalls beef for E. Coli

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nationwide recall for 167,427 pounds of ground beef from an Omaha, Nebraska manufacturer Monday.The USDA’s Food Safety and… Continue reading

Senate Finance advances TransCanada buyout bill

JUNEAU — The Senate Finance Committee on Monday advanced legislation that would authorize funding for a buyout of one of the state’s partners in a… Continue reading

This June 2012 photo released by the Bureau of Land Management shows University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Daniel Mann as he holds a steppe bison skull from the last ice age that he and fellow UAF researcher Pamela Groves found together with the rest of its well-preserved skeleton near a lake in Northern Alaska. Although the Arctic's frozen ground preserves bones remains exceptionally well, said Mann, it's rare to find such a complete skeleton. The bison, which the researchers nicknamed "Bison Bob," dated to 40,000 years ago and still had some fur on it. A research paper published Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 says large ice age mammals may have gone extinct in northern Alaska when grassland turned to peat and rising sea levels covered the Bering Land Bridge. (Pamela Groves/Bureau of Land Management via AP)

Rising seas, peat may have done in large ice age animals

ANCHORAGE — Woolly mammoths and other large ice age mammals thrived in northern Alaska until environmental changes turned grasslands into peat and rising sea levels… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2015
  • By Dan Joling
This June 2012 photo released by the Bureau of Land Management shows University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Daniel Mann as he holds a steppe bison skull from the last ice age that he and fellow UAF researcher Pamela Groves found together with the rest of its well-preserved skeleton near a lake in Northern Alaska. Although the Arctic's frozen ground preserves bones remains exceptionally well, said Mann, it's rare to find such a complete skeleton. The bison, which the researchers nicknamed "Bison Bob," dated to 40,000 years ago and still had some fur on it. A research paper published Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 says large ice age mammals may have gone extinct in northern Alaska when grassland turned to peat and rising sea levels covered the Bering Land Bridge. (Pamela Groves/Bureau of Land Management via AP)
Chad Helgeson updates Kenai chapter Alliance on Hilcorp Alaska activities.

Hilcorp’s Kenai team leader updates Kenai Alliance Chapter

Chad Helgeson, Hilcorp’s Kenai team operations manager, updated the Kenai Chapter of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance on his company’s activities last month. While the… Continue reading

Chad Helgeson updates Kenai chapter Alliance on Hilcorp Alaska activities.
Oil and Gas Tax Credits have impact on energy providers

Oil and Gas Tax Credits have impact on energy providers

The revserse direction in the supply of natural gas that fuels energy utilities like Homer Electric Associaton Inc., (HEA) and Chugach Electric can be directly… Continue reading

Oil and Gas Tax Credits have impact on energy providers
21st Annual Pie Auction has another successful year

21st Annual Pie Auction has another successful year

The 21st Annual Pie Auction has come and gone, and on a night with at least two other fundraisers happening the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce… Continue reading

21st Annual Pie Auction has another successful year