Dog Show

Dog Show

The love of dogs brought hundreds of breeders, trainers, owners and fans of canine ability and agility to Skyview Middle School for the 2015 Kenai… Continue reading

Dog Show

Non-resident business owner now allowed to serve on Kenai planning and zoning commission

A person who doesn’t live in Kenai but owns a business there is now eligible to serve on the city’s seven-member Planning and Zoning Commission… Continue reading

Local entities work to make dipnetting safe, enjoyable

While fishermen and families from around Alaska enjoy Kenai’s month-long personal use dipnet season each year, a myriad of forces are at work to maintain… Continue reading

Kenai Council postpones vote on commission change

Editor's note: This story has been changed to give the correct date of the future Council vote on the ordinance.  An ordinance sponsored by Mayor… Continue reading

Report recommends realignment of Railbelt utilities

Issues of reliability and cost in Alaska’s Railbelt electric transmission system are slowly coming to a head.The Regulatory Commission of Alaska released its recommendations on… Continue reading

  • Jul 19, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
In this Monday, July 13, 2015 photo Earl Charles Williams Sr., 59, sits next to some of the medication he must take for his diabetes in his Chicago home. Williams was uninsured for about a year before a county-run clinic helped him sign up for care under the Affordable Care Act.  More than a dozen states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have seen enrollments surge way beyond projections, raising concerns that the added costs will strain their budgets when federal aid is scaled back starting in two years.   (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)

Medicaid enrollment surges, stirs worry about state budgets

ATLANTA — More than a dozen states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have seen enrollments surge way beyond projections, raising… Continue reading

  • Jul 19, 2015
  • By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
In this Monday, July 13, 2015 photo Earl Charles Williams Sr., 59, sits next to some of the medication he must take for his diabetes in his Chicago home. Williams was uninsured for about a year before a county-run clinic helped him sign up for care under the Affordable Care Act.  More than a dozen states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have seen enrollments surge way beyond projections, raising concerns that the added costs will strain their budgets when federal aid is scaled back starting in two years.   (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)

Heroin use on the rise; impacts felt on Kenai Peninsula

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct the proper name of Narcan, a drug used to reverse the effects of narcotics.    Data… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kansas Peony buds and full blooms are ready for harvesting Friday, July 17, 2015, at Cool Cache Farms LLC., in Kenai, Alaska.

Picking the perfect peonies

Kenai Peninsula peonies are not in full bloom, and that is what growers prefer for the perfect harvest. Stems stretch to nearly 2-feet-tall and growers… Continue reading

  • Jul 18, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kansas Peony buds and full blooms are ready for harvesting Friday, July 17, 2015, at Cool Cache Farms LLC., in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Southern Peninsula ABATE member Brittney Sparhawk pulls the winning raffle hours before her wedding after the nonprofit's bike rally on Saturday at Renegade's Custom Cycle in Soldotna, Alaska.

Local bikers ride for camaraderie, awareness

Motorcycle enthusiasts from around the Kenai Peninsula raised $1,000 for Southern Peninsula Alaska Bikers Advocating Training and Education during the group’s first rally since changing… Continue reading

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Southern Peninsula ABATE member Brittney Sparhawk pulls the winning raffle hours before her wedding after the nonprofit's bike rally on Saturday at Renegade's Custom Cycle in Soldotna, Alaska.

Federal investigators expected at site of plane crash

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Federal investigators were expected to arrive Saturday at the site of a plane crash in southeast Alaska that killed the pilot… Continue reading

  • Jul 18, 2015

Alaska high court: Local mining initiative unenforceable

JUNEAU — Alaska’s highest court ruled Friday that an initiative seeking to restrict large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay region seriously impedes a regulatory process… Continue reading

  • Jul 18, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Kenai pot moratorium fails before introduction

A moratorium on marijuana establishments in Kenai meant to have been introduced to the Kenai City Council was instead voted out of existence during the… Continue reading

'Wednesdays!' So much more than a walk in the park

‘Wednesdays!’ So much more than a walk in the park

In the 1970s visitors were greeted by an AK. Dept. of Transportation site with greasy trucks and machinery where now there is a beautiful walkway… Continue reading

'Wednesdays!' So much more than a walk in the park
Popular Redoubt Elementary principal moves to new post

Popular Redoubt Elementary principal moves to new post

As school let out for the summer at Redoubt Elementary, the traditional faculty led wave to departing buses was also a departing wave for Principal… Continue reading

Popular Redoubt Elementary principal moves to new post
New Shipping Zone in Kenai offers something for everyone!

New Shipping Zone in Kenai offers something for everyone!

Kenai residents, visitors and local businesses now have the convenience of a new Shipping Zone (SZ) in the area. SZ is a FedEx Authorized ShipCenter,… Continue reading

New Shipping Zone in Kenai offers something for everyone!
24th Annual God & Country Rally precedes Independence Day

24th Annual God & Country Rally precedes Independence Day

“The clustered stars and the steadfast bars, the red, the white and the blue!” A couple hundred people turned out for the 24th Annual Happy… Continue reading

24th Annual God & Country Rally precedes Independence Day
Hometown heroes honored at Kenai Independence Day Parade

Hometown heroes honored at Kenai Independence Day Parade

The magic of Independence Day and the love of liberty was passed on to yet another generation thanks to efforts of the Kenai Chamber of… Continue reading

Hometown heroes honored at Kenai Independence Day Parade

Boys and Girls Club served 8,800 lunches in the month of June.

School may be out for the summer but lunches for kids are still being served at Boys & Girls Clubs of the Kenai Peninsula with… Continue reading

Life on the Kenai “Retrospective” work by Thor Evenson & Equine photos by Ivy

“Thor Evenson Retrospective,” is the new summer art show at the Kenai Fine Arts Center downtown Kenai between the Bingo Hall and Keen Eye Joe’s… Continue reading

An Outdoor View: Fishing not just for fun

Author’s note: The following is an open letter to the Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish. — LP   Thank you for… Continue reading