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Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Adam Cook and Jeremy Barfield, drillers for Alaska LNG contractor Fugro work on a small jackup rig docked at the Rig Tenders Marine Terminal on Thursday Sept. 24, 2015 in Nikiski, Alaska. As the company continues its fieldwork near the planned location of a proposed LNG plant marine terminal crews will move the rig to a location near Boulder Point to continue geotechnical sampling while others will do seismic work down Holt Lamplight Road.

LNG data collection picks up in Nikiski

The exploratory work for the Alaska LNG is moving forward, both offshore and inland. Crews performing geologic and geophysical research in the Nikiski area will… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Adam Cook and Jeremy Barfield, drillers for Alaska LNG contractor Fugro work on a small jackup rig docked at the Rig Tenders Marine Terminal on Thursday Sept. 24, 2015 in Nikiski, Alaska. As the company continues its fieldwork near the planned location of a proposed LNG plant marine terminal crews will move the rig to a location near Boulder Point to continue geotechnical sampling while others will do seismic work down Holt Lamplight Road.

Gas pipeline is focus of Alaska special session

ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday called lawmakers into special session to kick-start stalled consideration of the Alaska natural gas pipeline project.Walker, who spent… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2015
  • By Mark Thiessen

Homer police find burning basket vandal; charges yet to be filed

Tire tracks and a tip lead police last week to the man who burned and then destroyed the Burning Basket. An 18-year-old high school student… Continue reading

Producers agree to $16.5 billion for PILT, impact payments on AK LNG project

The “big three” producers involved in the Alaska LNG Project have agreed with the state to pay $16.5 billion for property tax obligations and to… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
In this Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, photo, people stand at a campsite involved in removing invasive arctic foxes on Chirikof Island, Alaska. A decades-old campaign to wipe dozens of Alaska islands clean of invasive arctic foxes is a step closer to wrapping up with an eradication effort this summer on a large, uninhabited island that's also home to hundreds of feral non-native cattle. (Steve Ebbert/Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge via AP)

Fox removal effort closer to completion on Alaska islands

ANCHORAGE — A decades-old campaign to wipe dozens of Alaska islands clean of invasive arctic foxes is a step closer to wrapping up with an… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2015
  • By Rachel D'oro
In this Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, photo, people stand at a campsite involved in removing invasive arctic foxes on Chirikof Island, Alaska. A decades-old campaign to wipe dozens of Alaska islands clean of invasive arctic foxes is a step closer to wrapping up with an eradication effort this summer on a large, uninhabited island that's also home to hundreds of feral non-native cattle. (Steve Ebbert/Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge via AP)

Marijuana board accepts draft to ban cannabis clubs

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board accepted draft regulatory language on Sept. 24 that would ban cannabis social clubs, unable to establish any regulations around a… Continue reading

  • Sep 24, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Senior Center cook Melissa "Missy" Bailey examines a frozen, vacuum-packed sockeye fillet donated to the Senior Center by the Alaska Salmon Alliance on Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the kitchen of the Kenai Senior Center.

Kenai Senior Center receives salmon donation

Fifty pounds of frozen sockeye salmon arrived at the Kenai Senior Center on Wednesday afternoon, the first shipment of what will be 300 pounds of… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Senior Center cook Melissa "Missy" Bailey examines a frozen, vacuum-packed sockeye fillet donated to the Senior Center by the Alaska Salmon Alliance on Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the kitchen of the Kenai Senior Center.

Board to review extra-curricular leave by coaches

The Board of Education is reviewing the amount of time teachers who double as coaches spend on the road and out of the classroom to… Continue reading

  • Sep 23, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, reads through a budget presentation with Alaska's budget director Pat Pitney during a joint chamber luncheon event on Wednesday Sept. 23, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Audience weighs in on state budget

While talk of touching the yearly dividend checks for Alaskans can be tantamount to cursing in some circles, the majority of the more than 200… Continue reading

  • Sep 23, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, reads through a budget presentation with Alaska's budget director Pat Pitney during a joint chamber luncheon event on Wednesday Sept. 23, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Anglers work the mouth of the Upper Kenai River outlet into Skilak Lake near Doroshin Bay on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. A Texas man was mauled on Tuesday near the Doroshin Bay Cabin during a moose hunting trip.

Texas man recovering following bear attack

A Texas man mauled by a brown bear near Skilak Lake Tuesday night is recovering at Central Peninsula Hospital from what troopers have called serious… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Anglers work the mouth of the Upper Kenai River outlet into Skilak Lake near Doroshin Bay on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. A Texas man was mauled on Tuesday near the Doroshin Bay Cabin during a moose hunting trip.

Remains of missing Colorado man found

The body of 34-year-old Daniel Compeau, a Colorado man who went missing near Kenai Lake last month, has been found, Alaska State Troopers say. Soldotna… Continue reading

A Kenai Peninsula Borough employee measures the stairs at Chapman School in Anchor Point Tuesday. Ramps are being installed at the school to help Anglelica Haakenson get around campus. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Back on her feet: Anchor Point girl returns to school after accident

She walks slowly, but Angelica Haakenson is back on her feet in Anchor Point. Haakenson, 12, lost both her legs in a car accident on… Continue reading

A Kenai Peninsula Borough employee measures the stairs at Chapman School in Anchor Point Tuesday. Ramps are being installed at the school to help Anglelica Haakenson get around campus. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Mediation yields no results for school district, associations

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Education and the Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations did not reach a tentative agreement through… Continue reading

  • Sep 22, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
In this 2015 photo released by the University of Alaska Museum of the North, a handful of dinosaur bones are seen after they were discovered at the Liscomb Bonebed on the Colville River, near Nuiqsut , Alaska. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have found a third distinct dinosaur species documented on Alaska's oil-rich North Slope. The new species is a type of hadrosaur, a duck-billed plant-eater. (Pat Druckenmiller/UA Museum of the North via AP)

New duck-billed dinosaur found in Alaska, researchers say

ANCHORAGE — Fossils from a unique plant-eating dinosaur found in the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology, say Alaska and… Continue reading

  • Sep 22, 2015
  • By Dan Joling
In this 2015 photo released by the University of Alaska Museum of the North, a handful of dinosaur bones are seen after they were discovered at the Liscomb Bonebed on the Colville River, near Nuiqsut , Alaska. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have found a third distinct dinosaur species documented on Alaska's oil-rich North Slope. The new species is a type of hadrosaur, a duck-billed plant-eater. (Pat Druckenmiller/UA Museum of the North via AP)

October session on TransCanada buyout coming

It appears a fall special session is back on after Gov. Bill Walker met with a small group of legislators Monday to discuss issues key… Continue reading

  • Sep 22, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Alaska poverty rate jumps to 11.2 percent in 2014

New census data shows that poverty has increased in Alaska, but it may not be as simple as the numbers make it look. Alaska’s statewide… Continue reading

Seventh-grade student Shania Sommer of Palmer, Alaska, announces that nearly every Alaskan will receive $2,072 from this year's oil dividend check during a news conference Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. Sommer was chosen by the office of Gov. Bill Walker to reveal the amount of this year's check. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Photo: Show us the money

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  • Sep 21, 2015
Seventh-grade student Shania Sommer of Palmer, Alaska, announces that nearly every Alaskan will receive $2,072 from this year's oil dividend check during a news conference Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska. Sommer was chosen by the office of Gov. Bill Walker to reveal the amount of this year's check. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

School district, associations start mediation

Closed mediation has begun between the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Education and the Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations. Negotiating teams… Continue reading

  • Sep 21, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
This Thursday, June 2, 2015 photo shows a so-called honey bucket _ a large bucket used as a toilet without running water _ at the tribal council office in the village of Kipnuk, Alaska. Flush toilets and running water remain elusive dreams for residents of at least 30 Alaska villages where indoor plumbing has historically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to install in just one home. (Corey DiRutigliano, Cold Climate Housing Research Center via AP)

In 2015, nearly 3 dozen Alaska villages lack basic plumbing

ANCHORAGE — Flush toilets and running water are elusive dreams for Paul Dock and other residents of impoverished Alaska villages where indoor plumbing has historically… Continue reading

  • Sep 21, 2015
  • By Rachel D'oro
This Thursday, June 2, 2015 photo shows a so-called honey bucket _ a large bucket used as a toilet without running water _ at the tribal council office in the village of Kipnuk, Alaska. Flush toilets and running water remain elusive dreams for residents of at least 30 Alaska villages where indoor plumbing has historically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to install in just one home. (Corey DiRutigliano, Cold Climate Housing Research Center via AP)

AK LNG makes technical progress, economics still a challenge

Alaska LNG Project managers presented an upbeat report on technical progress of the giant gas project in a Sept. 9 briefing to legislators, but also… Continue reading

  • Sep 21, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner