Ninilchik gas line ruptures, residents evacuate

Editor's note: This article has been changed to correct an error.  An ENSTAR Natural Gas pipeline ruptured Tuesday afternoon, closing roads and forcing local businesses… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Glacial dam release affects peninsula rivers

The release of a glacial dam at Snow Glacier Dammed Lake is causing water levels to rise in connecting rivers.Snow Glacier Dammed Lake is located… Continue reading

School district adds positions to address mental health

Two local schools have added counselors to their staff whose sole role is to address the mental health of students. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Assembly OKs bonds for CPH

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted on Tuesday to move forward with issuing more than $3 million in bonds to fund a Central Peninsula Hospital… Continue reading

Shell president optimistic about Arctic offshore drilling

ANCHORAGE — The president of Shell Oil Co. said Tuesday exploratory drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast is going well despite stormy weather last week that… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2015
  • By Dan Joling

Oral arguments heard in Muskox murder case

Attorneys in the case of a Cooper Landing man charged with murder worked through oral arguments and motions during an evidentiary hearing on Monday at… Continue reading

Two injured during Soldotna car chase

Two men were injured in the process of fleeing Alaska State Troopers through Soldotna early Monday morning. Trapper Creek resident Lucas Lester, 23, and his… Continue reading

Nikiski local named sole Kenai Peninsula Summer of Heroes honoree

Marguerite Ruth Cox is the sole 2015 Summer of Heroes honoree chosen from the Kenai Peninsula. The announcement was made Sunday at the Alaska State… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Injunction against federal water rule may expand

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota is allowing arguments over the scope of his injunction blocking a new Obama administration rule… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2015
Sullivan brings Washington to vets

Sullivan brings Washington to vets

An idea that started in Alaska to provide better care by the Veterans Administration for vets known as the Veterans Access, Choice & Accountability Act… Continue reading

Sullivan brings Washington to vets
Homeless Connect address the local problem

Homeless Connect address the local problem

For the last few years groups, agencies and individuals have been getting together to address the problem of homelessness on the Kenai Peninsula under the… Continue reading

Homeless Connect address the local problem
Old timers enjoy turkey dinner

Old timers enjoy turkey dinner

The 20th Anniversary of the Old Timers Luncheon packed the Kenai Senior Center to its capacity August 20th for a delicious turkey dinner with all… Continue reading

Old timers enjoy turkey dinner
Livestock auction continues

Livestock auction continues

The Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik has a long tradition closing out the summer on Alaska’s Playground with rain and mud and fun times for… Continue reading

Livestock auction continues

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

  • Aug 31, 2015

Still time to register for fall semester

KPC’s fall semester began last week, but there’s still time to register for classes. The college’s late registration period will be open through Sept. 4.… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Abby White and Emery Quick take a rest on the Buddy Bench during lunch recess Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at Nikiski North Star Elementary in Nikiski, Alaska.

Students embrace new buddy system

Like any average recess in early autumn, Nikiski North Star Elementary School students were playing tetherball, mastering the swing set and racing across the soccer… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Abby White and Emery Quick take a rest on the Buddy Bench during lunch recess Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, at Nikiski North Star Elementary in Nikiski, Alaska.
Kerry talks tech as a solution to climate change woes

Kerry talks tech as a solution to climate change woes

In a half-hour talk with Alaska newspaper reporters Sunday evening, Secretary of State John Kerry put forward a technology-focused view of fighting climate change that… Continue reading

Kerry talks tech as a solution to climate change woes
Two vehicles involved in a head-on collision sit on the Kenai Spur Highway north of the South Miller Loop Road intersection on Saturday, August 29 in Nikiski.

Troopers identify drivers in fatal Nikiski accident

Editor’s note: Updates will be added to this story as more information becomes available. One person is dead and another injured after a two-vehicle head-on… Continue reading

Two vehicles involved in a head-on collision sit on the Kenai Spur Highway north of the South Miller Loop Road intersection on Saturday, August 29 in Nikiski.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Kelly DeSmidt, Sarah Williams and Sterling Elementary School Principal Denise Kelly hold signs depicting the School Zone's speed limit Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, outside Sterling Elementary in Sterling, Alaska.

KPBSD school staff amp up safety watch

High-speed drivers failing to obey to signs and students are a problem every year for many Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools situated on busy… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion (Left) Kelly DeSmidt, Sarah Williams and Sterling Elementary School Principal Denise Kelly hold signs depicting the School Zone's speed limit Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, outside Sterling Elementary in Sterling, Alaska.

UA prioritizes its way through budget cuts

University of Alaska leaders are trying to minimize the impact of budget cuts on the new school year while at the same time remodeling operations… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER