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

Kenai dog attack leaves two women injured

4 p.m.:At least three Kenai Police officers responded to the dog attack at a home on Princess Lane on Monday morning, said Kenai Police Chief… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2015
  • By MEGAN PACER Peninsula Clarion

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

Spring semester registration fast approaching

As the days are getting shorter, students need to be thinking about and planning for the upcoming spring semester. Priority registration opens for students who… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  The sun sets over Cook Inlet near the mouth of the Kenai River on Sunday Nov. 1, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  The sun sets over Cook Inlet near the mouth of the Kenai River on Sunday Nov. 1, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.

Legislative lease lawsuit shows lawmaker emailed developer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An attorney is using emails between a lawmaker and developer in his case against the Legislature’s $4 million lease on renovated… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2015

Soldotna identifies legislative capital project request priorities

At the top of Soldotna’s major capital project’s list is a $950,000 request to assist the city with repair, rehab and construction of its city… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney

Sterling man remembered as investigation continues

Family and friends want to honor the Sterling man shot and killed last week during a confrontation with an Alaska State Trooper, while the Department… Continue reading

Alaska Supreme Court to decide CINGSA versus Kenai case

The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether Kenai should be compensated for gas stored beneath its land by the Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska,… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Cheyenne Juliussen thanks Michael Patterson for coming to her school Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska.

In front of the crowd A new speaker comes for Red Ribbon Week

Students at three local high schools and middle schools heard an effective new voice during the annual Red Ribbon week. Michael Patterson, who worked as… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Cheyenne Juliussen thanks Michael Patterson for coming to her school Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski resident Janelle Grenier holds on to Leo, her German Shepherd, right before the 2015 Strut Your Mutt Howl'oween Dog Costume Contest on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 at the North Peninsula Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska.

Photos: Halloween

Witches and wizards, ghouls and goblins of all ages have been spotted at various Halloween and Harvest activities. Find a slideshow of Halloween festivities here. … Continue reading

  • Oct 31, 2015
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Nikiski resident Janelle Grenier holds on to Leo, her German Shepherd, right before the 2015 Strut Your Mutt Howl'oween Dog Costume Contest on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 at the North Peninsula Recreation Center in Nikiski, Alaska.