Salmon Run Series race draws Holly Brook

Salmon Run Series race draws Holly Brook

The final running of the 2015 Salmon Run Series was held Wednesday, August 5th on a perfect sunny day at the Tsalteshi Trails. The 20th… Continue reading

Salmon Run Series race draws Holly Brook
Back to School

Back to School

With school starting next week August 19th, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District principals and administrators were back in school August 5th preparing for the coming… Continue reading

Back to School
Hope Community oens new facility

Hope Community oens new facility

Right on schedule and on budget HOPE Community Resources Inc. opened their new facility Thursday, July 30th. It was just last fall on a rainy… Continue reading

Hope Community oens new facility

Haida artists to lead AFN convention, speak on heroism in the homeland

World-renowned Haida weaver Delores Churchill and her grandson, the Haida master carver Donald Varnell, will represent Southeast Alaska as keynote speakers during this year’s Alaska… Continue reading

Immersive Tlingit language program finishes at UAF

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — The first Tlingit language immersion program has ended after a week of activities in Sitka.Things wrapped up Saturday for the 63… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2015

Hundreds gather to remember drama professor Lee Salisbury

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus Saturday to remember professor and theater director Lee Harvey Salisbury.The… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2015

Texans top list of Alaska newcomers

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Census data shows that more people move to Alaska from Texas than from any other state.An estimated 3,172 new Alaskans… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2015

School board enters budget discussions

The Board of Education has entered the 2017 Fiscal Year budget discussions that began in early July.Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration brought a development… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Family members identify missing pilot from Knik Arm crash

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that crashed near Anchorage’s north border Friday was 29-year-old Seth Fairbanks, according to his family.Officials… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2015
In this Thursday, April 30, 2015 photo, a street full of a dental offices is seen in Los Algodones, Mexico, which sits on the border with California. Thousands of Americans and Canadians travel to Los Algodones each year for affordable and reliable dental work from dentists who speak English and sometimes accept U.S. insurance. The trip, even counting the cost of traveling long distances, is often more affordable than getting dental care in the United States. (AP Photo/Astrid Galván)

Facing rising dental costs, seniors head to Mexico

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — Mark Bolzern traveled 3,700 miles to go to the dentist. The 56-year-old Anchorage, Alaska, native left home this spring, made a… Continue reading

  • Aug 9, 2015
  • By ASTRID GALVAN
In this Thursday, April 30, 2015 photo, a street full of a dental offices is seen in Los Algodones, Mexico, which sits on the border with California. Thousands of Americans and Canadians travel to Los Algodones each year for affordable and reliable dental work from dentists who speak English and sometimes accept U.S. insurance. The trip, even counting the cost of traveling long distances, is often more affordable than getting dental care in the United States. (AP Photo/Astrid Galván)
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  John Eller, of Soldotna, helps William Gross, 14, extinguish a fire after a Community Emergency Response Team training drill on Saturday August 8, 2015 at the Soldotna Prep school in Soldotna, Alaska.

CERT course shakes things up

Blackouts, radio dead zones, fire and runaway victims were all complications members of the latest Kenai Peninsula Community Emergency Response Team had to deal with… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  John Eller, of Soldotna, helps William Gross, 14, extinguish a fire after a Community Emergency Response Team training drill on Saturday August 8, 2015 at the Soldotna Prep school in Soldotna, Alaska.

Mystery Creek Road opens

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Friday announced the seasonal opening of the Mystery Creek Access Road, and a portion of the Alaska Pipeline Company’s… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2015

Search suspended for 2 after plane crashes at Knik Arm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials say they have suspended a search for two people believed to have been on board a small airplane that… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2015

Greenpeace has earned a contempt citation

With Greenpeace USA engaged in yet another attempt to thwart Shell’s Arctic exploration efforts, it is time for a federal judge to hold it accountable… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2015

Kenai wastewater treatment plant a future priority for funding

Kenai’s wastewater treatment plant is the city’s top priority for hopeful future funding in next year’s budget. In its Wednesday meeting, the Kenai City Council… Continue reading

Downed plane spurs investigation

Multiple agencies are investigating a downed plane found in the Cook Inlet mudflats near Birchwood Airport in Chugiak. The plane was reported via a 911… Continue reading

Woman mauled near Cooper Landing identified

Editor's Note: This post has been updated to correct a spelling error. The woman mauled by a brown bear near Skilak Lake is named Gabrielle… Continue reading

AG denies LNG plant sale after Hilcorp rejects alterations to sale contract

Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards has rejected the proposed purchase by Harvest Alaska of a small liquefied natural gas plant at Port MacKenzie.In a July… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner
Photo/Miller Energy Resources The Osprey platform is one of several assets owned by Miller Energy Resources in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. The company, one current and one former executive  have been charged by the Security and Exchanges Commission for overvaluing company assets. A partner with a with a now-defunct accounting firm taksed with auditing Miller Energy's financial statements has also been charged.

Miller Energy, two execs, charged with inflating the company’s value

Miller Energy Resources Inc., two of its executives and an accountant have been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with inflating the values… Continue reading

  • Aug 6, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo/Miller Energy Resources The Osprey platform is one of several assets owned by Miller Energy Resources in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. The company, one current and one former executive  have been charged by the Security and Exchanges Commission for overvaluing company assets. A partner with a with a now-defunct accounting firm taksed with auditing Miller Energy's financial statements has also been charged.

Kenai man pleads guilty to assault

A Kenai man plead guilty to a charge of assault and was sentenced to anger management classes and probation Thursday at the Kenai Courthouse.Joshua Freel,… Continue reading