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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

KPC: Allied health career information session set

It’s anticipated that allied health careers will continue to be in high demand for the foreseeable future. Because of advances in technology and continued research… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Ninth graders Brittany Taylor and Sam Skolnick discuss map layers in Nathan Erfruth's geography class during the two-day course in Geographical Information System taught by members of the Kenai Peninsula GIS User Group Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Soldotna Prep in Soldotna, Alaska.

GIS offers new ways to look at the world

From tracking infectious diseases worldwide, to regional elephant migration patterns, students are learning about the many layers of Geographic Information Systems, or GIS, for the… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Ninth graders Brittany Taylor and Sam Skolnick discuss map layers in Nathan Erfruth's geography class during the two-day course in Geographical Information System taught by members of the Kenai Peninsula GIS User Group Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Soldotna Prep in Soldotna, Alaska.

Quality of Life tops mayoral candidate’s priorities

For the sole mayoral candidate in Soldotna, current councilman Pete Sprague, quality of life is for city residents is a top priority. “People have just… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney

Law Enforcement Service Area opponent holds meeting in Nikiski

Nikiski resident Ray Southwell, an opponent of the ballot measure to create a Law Enforcement Service Area (LESA) in Nikiski, presented his argument against the… Continue reading

Four in the running for Soldotna City Council

With elections just around the corner, Soldotna’s city council and mayoral candidates are preparing to tackle several issues facing the city. For seat A, incumbent… Continue reading

  • Oct 4, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Father Tom Rush of the Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Kenai blesses Max, a white golden retriever, Sunday at the St. Francis by the Sea Church in Kenai. The two churches held a joint Blessing of the Animals event to honor St. Francis, who Rush said honored all life, including animals.
Father Tom Rush of the Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Kenai blesses Max, a white golden retriever, Sunday at the St. Francis by the Sea Church in Kenai. The two churches held a joint Blessing of the Animals event to honor St. Francis, who Rush said honored all life, including animals.

Doctors launch new coding system

Health care providers and organizations are adjusting to the presence of a long-awaited tool: ICD-10.ICD-10, an acronym for the International Classification of Diseases 10, is… Continue reading

FBI arrests Anchor Point man

An Anchor Point man faces federal charges for allegedly threatening law enforcement over the radio.Larry Clarence Volz Jr., 58, was arrested Thursday during a Federal… Continue reading

School board candidates anticipate budget challenges

The three incumbents running unopposed for Board of Education seats face frugal funding in their next terms. With no challengers on the Oct. 6 ballot,… Continue reading

  • Oct 3, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Service area board candidates talk Nikiski law enforcement

If Nikiski voters pass Proposition 2 during Tuesday’s election, a service area board will be created along with a Nikiski Law Enforcement Service Area. The… Continue reading

Phone scam makes appearance in Soldotna

A Soldotna woman helped her neighbor avoid being the victim of a phone scam this week. Heidi Haberman said her older neighbor, Lorna Bunch, contacted… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Pattrick Morgan (center), flanked by teammates Sterling Rasmuson (left) and Camron Lotti, shoots at a clay pidgeon during the Shoot for a Cure trap-shooting fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Snoeshow Gun Club in Soldotna.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Pattrick Morgan (center), flanked by teammates Sterling Rasmuson (left) and Camron Lotti, shoots at a clay pidgeon during the Shoot for a Cure trap-shooting fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Snoeshow Gun Club in Soldotna.

Political novices competing for assembly District 9 seat

Of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s assembly districts, District 9 on the lower peninsula is one of the largest. At 3,400 square miles, as a Supercub… Continue reading

Homeless man in Anchorage uses homemade spear to kill bear

ANCHORAGE — A homeless man fashioned a machete-like blade to a groomed tree branch and speared a hungry black bear cub that was sniffing for… Continue reading

  • Oct 3, 2015
  • By Mark Thiessen

Broken pole knocks out power in Soldotna

A fallen power line on the Kenai Spur Highway on Friday caused 1,215 Soldotna customers of the Homer Electric Association to lose power. A broken… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2015
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Ben Carpenter, a prospective board member for a Nikiski Law Emforcement Service Area, takes questions during a community meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska. Proposition 4 asks voters to approve the service area as well as a five-person board to oversee its direction.

Nikiski residents discuss law enforcement service area

Close to 100 Nikiski residents aired their concerns at a public hearing to address a measure on the Oct. 6 ballot that, if enacted, would… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Ben Carpenter, a prospective board member for a Nikiski Law Emforcement Service Area, takes questions during a community meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska. Proposition 4 asks voters to approve the service area as well as a five-person board to oversee its direction.
Jane Fellman (right), coordinator of the Safe Kids of the Kenai Peninsula Coalition, hands out string backpacks at the annual walk to school event.

Walk this way

About 150 Kenai Peninsula School District students braved the cold to walk to their respective Soldotna schools Thursday morning, their breath forming little clouds of… Continue reading

Jane Fellman (right), coordinator of the Safe Kids of the Kenai Peninsula Coalition, hands out string backpacks at the annual walk to school event.
Photo/Miller Energy Resources The Osprey platform is one of several assets owned by Cook Inlet Energy and parent company Miller Energy Resources Inc., in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. Miller Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday.

Cook Inlet Energy parent company files for bankruptcy protection

After more than a month of negotiations, Miller Energy Resources Inc. filed Thursday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reorganization. The parent company of Alaska… Continue reading

  • Oct 1, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo/Miller Energy Resources The Osprey platform is one of several assets owned by Cook Inlet Energy and parent company Miller Energy Resources Inc., in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. Miller Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion This Sept. 25 photo shows the word "Agony" spray-painted on a cement pylon beneath the Warren Ames Memorial Bridge in Kenai.

Display of remorse follows display of agony

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct Massera's plea. He plead guilty to a misdemeanor, not a felony. A man who spray-painted the… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion This Sept. 25 photo shows the word "Agony" spray-painted on a cement pylon beneath the Warren Ames Memorial Bridge in Kenai.

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