Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Linda Swarner, executive director of the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, organizes bowls donated for the annual Soup Supper and Auction on Wednesday afternoon at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in Soldtona. The Soup Supper and Auction is a fundraiser for the food bank that draws around 400 participants each year and sends ticket holder home with hand-crafted bowls. Tickets for the fundraiser will rise from $40 to $50 after August 1.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Linda Swarner, executive director of the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, organizes bowls donated for the annual Soup Supper and Auction on Wednesday afternoon at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in Soldtona. The Soup Supper and Auction is a fundraiser for the food bank that draws around 400 participants each year and sends ticket holder home with hand-crafted bowls. Tickets for the fundraiser will rise from $40 to $50 after August 1.

Soldotna man arrested for assault granted custodian

A Soldotna man arrested for assaulting a family member has been released with a third party custodian after health and mental issues spurred the Kenai… Continue reading

Assembly shoots down service area boundary changes

Medical service areas, and the implications of their boundaries, drew the most debate from Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members during their Tuesday night meeting. The… Continue reading

Tongass exemption to Roadless Rule overturned

The Tongass will be roadless once more.The U.S. 9th Circuit Court today upheld a lower court ruling 6-5 that overturned the Tongass National Forest’s exemption… Continue reading

  • Jul 29, 2015
  • By CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Audience members dance through a haze of bubbles during The Big Wu's show Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 at Salmonstock. The festival is back again this year, this time as Salmonfest.

Salmonfest casts a wider net

The first year of Salmonfest, the event formerly known as Salmonstock, promises the compelling combination of musical entertainment and salmon habitat conservation efforts that have… Continue reading

  • Jul 29, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Audience members dance through a haze of bubbles during The Big Wu's show Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 at Salmonstock. The festival is back again this year, this time as Salmonfest.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Dipnetter Travis Richards wets his net in the Kenai River under Warren Ames Bridge on Tuesday, July 28.

River access at Kenai bridge draws dipnetters, concern

Editor's note: This story has been changed to add information on the number of users at the Warren Ames bridge site and details about possible… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Dipnetter Travis Richards wets his net in the Kenai River under Warren Ames Bridge on Tuesday, July 28.

Kenai River dipnet hours expanded

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order on Tuesday opening the Kenai River personal-use dipnet fishery 24 hours per day, through… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2015

Soldotna man arrested on assault charges

A Soldotna man was arrested on charges of domestic violence assault Monday night. Levi Smith, 19, was arrested Monday at approximately 11:54 p.m. after Alaska… Continue reading

6.2 quake rattles region

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred Tuesday around 6:30 p.m had its epicenter on the west side of Cook Inlet in Lake Clark National Park,… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2015
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Ethan Weeks, of West Virginia, applies a layer of paint to the trim of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church on Tuesday morning in Old Town Kenai.

Painting for progress

Dark clouds and scattered rain were not enough to stop members of the Silver Springs Baptist Church from Princeton, West Virginia from giving Kenai’s historic… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Ethan Weeks, of West Virginia, applies a layer of paint to the trim of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church on Tuesday morning in Old Town Kenai.

Kenai gillnet plan denied; subsistence board rejects request to remove manager

The Kenai River subsistence gillnet won’t see the water this season, with the Federal Subsistence Board standing behind the federal in-season manager who has roused… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS

ConocoPhillips puts Inlet gas fields up for sale

ConocoPhillips is getting out of the natural gas production business in Cook Inlet.The company has put its Inlet gas assets up for sale and plans… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner

Walker discusses Medicaid expansion decision

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker said he believes his bill to expand Medicaid would have passed the Legislature if brought to a vote but that… Continue reading

  • Jul 28, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Kenai junk car code could change

Changes to Kenai’s junk vehicle code proposed by city administration could change how “junk vehicle” is defined, how owners can keep vehicles, and how the… Continue reading

In this June 8, 2015 photo, provided by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Gulf Apex Predator Prey project, a fin whale lies dead on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Researchers may never solve the recent deaths of 18 endangered whales whose carcasses were found floating near Alaska's Kodiak Island, a scientist working on the case said Monday, July 27. (Bree Witteveen/University of Alaska Fairbanks via AP)

Deaths of whales off Kodiak may remain a mystery

ANCHORAGE — Researchers may never solve the recent deaths of 18 endangered whales whose carcasses were found floating near Alaska’s Kodiak Island, a scientist working… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2015
  • By Rachel D'oro
In this June 8, 2015 photo, provided by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Gulf Apex Predator Prey project, a fin whale lies dead on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Researchers may never solve the recent deaths of 18 endangered whales whose carcasses were found floating near Alaska's Kodiak Island, a scientist working on the case said Monday, July 27. (Bree Witteveen/University of Alaska Fairbanks via AP)

Kenai man arraigned on additional charges

A Kenai man has been arraigned on charges of burglary, theft and violating a protective order. Alexander Jensen, 27, was previously arraigned on July 13… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2015
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Petra Mayer approaches her father Garrett Mayer during his performance during the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra's Summer Music Festival Monday, July 27, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska. Players shifted throughout the performance due to a miscommunication. The main musicians including Mayer, Jack Will, Sue Biggs and Logan Boyle, dubbed themselves the Professors Blackstone's Impromptu Wizards. "They just were thrown together last minute, and listen- they are amazing," said music festival's Artisit Director Tammy Vollom-Matturno.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Petra Mayer approaches her father Garrett Mayer during his performance during the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra's Summer Music Festival Monday, July 27, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska. Players shifted throughout the performance due to a miscommunication. The main musicians including Mayer, Jack Will, Sue Biggs and Logan Boyle, dubbed themselves the Professors Blackstone's Impromptu Wizards. "They just were thrown together last minute, and listen- they are amazing," said music festival's Artisit Director Tammy Vollom-Matturno.

KPC makes room for growing JumpStart program

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District juniors did not pass up the chance to enroll in JumpStart this year.Enrollment for the program, which offers reduced tuition… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

New director chosen for Alaska Division of Elections

JUNEAU — Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott has chosen a new director for Alaska’s Division of Elections.Mallott asked for and accepted the resignation of Gail Fenumiai… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
Contractors meet and greet

Contractors meet and greet

Before the Trans-Alaska Pipeline boom of the early 70’s the Association of General Contractors Alaska (AGC) were in the Greatland to advocate for their members… Continue reading

Contractors meet and greet