Repeal of grocery tax passes

Proposition 1, a controversial ballot initiative to remove the year-round grocery tax in Soldotna, passed in a landslide Tuesday night.Proposition 1 is the continuation of… Continue reading

Knopp, Holmdahl, Dunne win assembly seats

The borough assembly will see three new faces beginning Oct. 19.After a four-way race for the borough assembly seat in District 1, Gary Knopp emerged… Continue reading

  • Oct 7, 2015
  • By ELIZABETH EARL and MICHAEL ARMSTRONG

State hired consultants ahead of Obama visit

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration spent $50,000 on consultants to help prepare for a visit by President Barack Obama and nearly another $2,000 on… Continue reading

  • Oct 7, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
None injured in two-vehicle wreck

None injured in two-vehicle wreck

  A collision between two pickup trucks slowed traffic on Bridge Access Road Tuesday afternoon when one driver failed to yield to another. Neither of… Continue reading

None injured in two-vehicle wreck

Report lays out buyout costs

Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to increase the state’s share in the Alaska LNG Project could put Alaska on the hook for more than $14 billion,… Continue reading

  • Oct 5, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Volunteer Steve Latz jokes with members of the Kenai Senior Center while  teaching them about the oil industry during one of his monthly Mystery Drives on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, through Nikiski, Alaska.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Volunteer Steve Latz jokes with members of the Kenai Senior Center while  teaching them about the oil industry during one of his monthly Mystery Drives on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, through Nikiski, Alaska.

School district examines revenue options

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District may be able to generate more revenue by raising admission, activity and food service fees. Administrators have been reviewing… Continue reading

  • Oct 5, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Kaleidoscope named a Blue Ribbon School

The Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science was announced Tuesday as one of 335 schools nationwide and three in Alaska named the 2015 National Blue… Continue reading

  • Oct 5, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Health care providers sue Xerox over Medicaid system

Three Kenai Peninsula health care providers filed a lawsuit against Xerox State Healthcare for failing to provide contracted services.South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, the Kenai… Continue reading

CPH Drive through Free Flu Shots helps keep community healthy

CPH Drive through Free Flu Shots helps keep community healthy

Once again Central Peninsula Hospital (CPH) administered nearly 400 flu vaccinations during their Drive-Through Free Flu Shot clinic Sept. 23. According to Dana McDonald, CPH… Continue reading

CPH Drive through Free Flu Shots helps keep community healthy
Families bring pets along on Walk to School day.

Alaska jump starts National Walk to School Day

With a waning moon lighting up Mt. Redoubt with a pink alpenglow hundreds of students with their parent’s pets and younger siblings gathered at Our… Continue reading

Families bring pets along on Walk to School day.
A Walgreens regional manager congratulates Soldotna Store Manager Traci Riddle at the grand opening give-a-way table.

Walgreen opens in Soldotna

The Sterling Highway “Y” intersection has been changing throughout the last year and is now the home of the first Walgreens on the Kenai Peninsula.… Continue reading

A Walgreens regional manager congratulates Soldotna Store Manager Traci Riddle at the grand opening give-a-way table.
Jennifer Bostelman welcomes patients to the Central Peninsula Hospital Peninsula Radiation Oncology Center appreciation luncheon.

Peninsula Radation Oncology hosts patient appreciation free luncheon

Since the opening of the Peninsula Radiation Oncology Center on the Central Peninsula Hospital campus in Soldotna more than 2 years ago, cancer patients have… Continue reading

Jennifer Bostelman welcomes patients to the Central Peninsula Hospital Peninsula Radiation Oncology Center appreciation luncheon.

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

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.