Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Plush caps mushroom caps cover concrete posts protecting a water conduit access hatch near Mountain Mama Originals craft shop on Tuesday, September 29 by the Sterling Highway in Soldotna. Susanna Evins, a seamstress at the shop, made the caps out of recycled plastic and scraps from the store.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Plush caps mushroom caps cover concrete posts protecting a water conduit access hatch near Mountain Mama Originals craft shop on Tuesday, September 29 by the Sterling Highway in Soldotna. Susanna Evins, a seamstress at the shop, made the caps out of recycled plastic and scraps from the store.

Clinic answers elder law questions

Local residents armed themselves with the legal information they’ll need as they age during an elder law clinic on Tuesday at the Soldotna Public Library.Greg… Continue reading

Second Shoot for the Cure aims high

The Shoot for the Cure fundraiser will light up the Snowshoe Gun Club for a second time on Oct. 3.Participants will shoot a total of… Continue reading

District 1 candidates on the issues

Four candidates are vying for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly seat in District 1.District 1 encompasses a swathe of Soldotna from the Kenai Spur Highway… Continue reading

Two candidates run for East Peninsula assembly seat

With election day rapidly approaching, the two borough assembly candidates from Seward are touring the Kenai Peninsula to push for votes. Brandii Holmdahl and Kenn… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Second grader Emma McKay enjoys a plate of cheesy potatoes during Soldotna' Montessori's annual Peace Day Harvest potluck Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, at Soldotna Elementary in Soldotna, Alaska.

From the ground up: Schools growing life skills through gardening

Soldotna Montessori students reaped the fruits of nearly a year’s worth of labor, in the form of nearly 2,000 purple, red and yellow potatoes. More… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Second grader Emma McKay enjoys a plate of cheesy potatoes during Soldotna' Montessori's annual Peace Day Harvest potluck Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, at Soldotna Elementary in Soldotna, Alaska.

Voters to decide Nikiski law enforcement issue

Voters will have another shot at taking steps to reduce crime in Nikiski when they head to the polls on Oct. 6. Proposition 2 seeks… Continue reading

Troopers end search for Anchorage man

Troopers have stopped actively searching for an Anchorage man who’s been missing since Sept. 22.In an Alaska State Troopers dispatch, troopers wrote they have called… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2015

Shell move dims oil prospects, delights environmentalists

ANCHORAGE — Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its long quest to become the first company to produce oil in Alaska’s Arctic waters, darkening the nation’s… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2015
  • By DAN JOLING and JONATHAN FAHEY
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Art Space program proceeds for artists

Local artists had an opportunity September 12th to show and sell their works at the Soldotna library thanks to the efforts of a fairly new… Continue reading

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UAA Seawolves hockey team to play in Soldotna

The UAA Seawolves hockey team will be playing the Mount Royal University Cougars at 7:07 p.m. on Oct. 2 at the Soldotna Sports Center. KPC… 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

Shell Oil Co. President Marvin Odum gestures while speaking to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. He says exploratory drilling is going well in the Arctic Ocean despite stormy weather last week that caused the company to halt operations for a few days.

Shell says it will cease Alaska offshore Arctic drilling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  — Royal Dutch Shell will cease exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska's coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well backed by billions… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2015
  • By Dan Joling
Shell Oil Co. President Marvin Odum gestures while speaking to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. He says exploratory drilling is going well in the Arctic Ocean despite stormy weather last week that caused the company to halt operations for a few days.

Juneau man grows extensive garden

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — At the top of an average, wooden fence on Glacierwood Court, the tips of raspberry bushes peek out, the prelude to… Continue reading

Group fights to keep Consulate of Mexico in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Mexicans living in Alaska will soon have to travel out of state to receive services from the Consulate of Mexico, but… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2015
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Joann Jeplawy takes a cup of water from Samuel Anders at a relay station on the the Kenai River Marathon route along the Kenai Spur Highway on Sunday Sept. 26, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. Jeplawy finished 18th out of the 97 runners in the half marathon race.

Runners battle weather in annual Kenai River Marathon

The streak of sunny weather that accompanied the annual Kenai River Marathon for the last few years ended on Sunday as 272 runners battled the… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Joann Jeplawy takes a cup of water from Samuel Anders at a relay station on the the Kenai River Marathon route along the Kenai Spur Highway on Sunday Sept. 26, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska. Jeplawy finished 18th out of the 97 runners in the half marathon race.
Lunch time program gets kids moving

Lunch time program gets kids moving

From a casual stroll, to a racing pace, many Nikiski North Star Elementary School students have ditched the usual lunchtime playground activities for a few… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Lunch time program gets kids moving

Soldotna adopts plan to manage its capital assets

Soldotna is working to improve its paper trail. While city employees follow an informal procedure for requesting and managing capital assets, City Manager Mark Dixson… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Search resumes for missing Anchorage man

Search resumes for missing Anchorage man

As Alaska State Troopers combed an portion of the Seward Highway where missing Anchorage man Kevin Mitchell’s truck was found on Saturday — they stumbled… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2015
  • By Staff Report
Search resumes for missing Anchorage man

State’s only coal mine to halt exports for remainder of year

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s only working coal mine plans to halt exports for the rest of the year as the slow market has forced… Continue reading

  • Sep 27, 2015