State Attorney General Craig Richards gives a budget presentation to legislators and their staffs Wednesday at Centennial Hall in Juneau.

Administration pitches new plan to fund government

Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is preparing to roll out the most radical change to the state’s annual budgeting process since the creation of the Alaska… Continue reading

State Attorney General Craig Richards gives a budget presentation to legislators and their staffs Wednesday at Centennial Hall in Juneau.

TransCanada ready for buyout

The state’s partner in the AKLNG natural gas project says it’s ready to be bought out.Vincent Lee, director of major projects development for Canadian firm… Continue reading

Administration looks at leveraging PFD wealth to pay for budget

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is looking at leveraging the Alaska Permanent Fund to help spin off funds that could be put… Continue reading

  • Oct 28, 2015
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kasilof resident Steve Schoonmaker recites a poem during the fifth annual gathering of fisher poets on Thursday Oct. 22, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Kenai fisher poets host gathering

Weather-worn hands that bait hooks, untangle nets, grip wet metal and haul salmon onto boats instead plucked guitar strings, traced invisible shapes through the air… Continue reading

  • Oct 24, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kasilof resident Steve Schoonmaker recites a poem during the fifth annual gathering of fisher poets on Thursday Oct. 22, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

ACS approved for E911 tariff

The borough may have to pay an extra tax for 911 address listings for Alaska Communications customers in the future. Alaska Communications won permission from… Continue reading

KPC prepares to go tobacco- and smoke-free

The University of Alaska system, including Kenai Peninsula College campuses and extension sites, is going smoke and tobacco free before the end of the year.… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Legislators: Is AGDC ready?

Leaders of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation were the subjects of a legislative inquiry on Tuesday as lawmakers consider whether the AGDC is fit… Continue reading

Appeals filed in water reservation case

JUNEAU (AP) — Business and industry groups have appealed a state agency decision to grant a water reservation to conservationists who want to protect fish… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015
Courtesy photo/Bruce Manlick Michigan native Bruce Manlick poses with a female black bear he shot on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 near Cottonwood Creek Trail in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Manlick was rescued by fishermen when his kayak tipped over on Skilak Lake the day after he shot the bear.

Hunter rescued after kayak capsizes on Skilak Lake

Bruce Manlick was excited to shoot his first-ever bear earlier this month during a trip to Skilak Lake. But he found his fortunes reversed the… Continue reading

Courtesy photo/Bruce Manlick Michigan native Bruce Manlick poses with a female black bear he shot on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 near Cottonwood Creek Trail in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Manlick was rescued by fishermen when his kayak tipped over on Skilak Lake the day after he shot the bear.

Man shot by trooper identified

A man shot Saturday in an altercation with a state trooper has been identified as Jon Ployhar of Sterling. Ployhar, 49, was driving on Mile… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Man accused of animal cruelty denied lower bail

A Soldotna man accused of animal cruelty pleaded not guilty during a superior court arraignment and bail hearing Monday at the Kenai Courthouse. Samuel Stroer,… Continue reading

Evidence argued in Cooper Landing murder case

Multiple forms of evidence were put on the spot during an evidentiary hearing on Monday for an Anchorage man accused of murder. Attorneys finished presenting… Continue reading

TransCanada supportive of buyout, state official says

JUNEAU — TransCanada Corp. is supportive of the state buying out the company’s position in a proposed gas project in Alaska, a state official told… Continue reading

Mother: Kenai boy missing from Anchorage detention facility

Mother: Kenai boy missing from Anchorage detention facility

Update:  On Monday, officials with the state’s Division of Juvenile Justice said two boys had escaped from the McLaughlin Youth Center in Anchorage and that… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Mother: Kenai boy missing from Anchorage detention facility

KPC going smoke and tobacco-free Dec. 31

Kenai Peninsula College’s campuses will implement the “UA Smoke-Free/Tobacco-Free Campuses” policy on the last day of 2015. KPC’s Anchorage Extension Site, located in the University… Continue reading

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

Clarion file photo Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre proposed unifying Central and Southern Peninsula Hospitals during a recent healthcare task force meeting.

Mayor proposes unified hospital service areas

The Healthcare Task Force zeroed in on the hospitals at its Wednesday night meeting.At its third meeting, the Healthcare Task Force heard from the representatives… Continue reading

Clarion file photo Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre proposed unifying Central and Southern Peninsula Hospitals during a recent healthcare task force meeting.
In this May 18, 2014 file photo Ted Nichols, 12, of Chugiak, goes digging for clams at the Whiskey Gulch beach access in Anchor Point, Alaska. Alaska's Board of Fisheries took up several proposed regulatory changes to Cook Inlet razor clam fisheries.

Razor clam fishing to remain closed

The razor clam sport and personal use fisheries on the east side of the Cook Inlet will remain closed for a second year. The number… Continue reading

In this May 18, 2014 file photo Ted Nichols, 12, of Chugiak, goes digging for clams at the Whiskey Gulch beach access in Anchor Point, Alaska. Alaska's Board of Fisheries took up several proposed regulatory changes to Cook Inlet razor clam fisheries.

Alaska man stranded in Russia after flight canceled

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sivoy Miklahook booked his flight to Russia when there were no scheduled return flights to Alaska, but he figured something would come… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2015
  • By RACHEL D’ORO

Man shot, killed by trooper

A man is dead after being shot during a fight with an Alaska State Trooper late Saturday night near Sterling. A trooper tried to pull… Continue reading