Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, students at Soldotna High School watch a demonstration of a shooter coming after students, during an ALICE -  Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate - training in Soldotna, Alaska.

Schools refine A.L.I.C.E. protocol

Classes around the Kenai Peninsula have been refining a new intruder response protocol through mock drills and a recent series of unrelated, emergency situations. A.L.I.C.E.… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, students at Soldotna High School watch a demonstration of a shooter coming after students, during an ALICE -  Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate - training in Soldotna, Alaska.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker holds a news conference in Anchorage concerning his action on the budget on Monday, May 18, 2015. (Bill Roth/Alaska Dispatch News via AP)

Gov. Bill Walker veto means layoff notices could loom

JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Bill Walker warned Monday that about 15,000 state employees could be laid off amid a continued budget showdown with the Legislature… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker holds a news conference in Anchorage concerning his action on the budget on Monday, May 18, 2015. (Bill Roth/Alaska Dispatch News via AP)
Protesters, demonstrating against the Navy's planned exercises, head out in commercial fishing boats on Orca Inlet, which opens onto the Gulf of Alaska, on Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Cordova, Alaska. They say the military activities could endanger critical fish habitats. (Mark Hoover/Eyak Preservation Council via AP)

Alaska boats link in giant flotilla to protest military plan

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Nearly 50 commercial fishing boats linked together with line, creating a massive flotilla to draw attention to their protest of the… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2015
Protesters, demonstrating against the Navy's planned exercises, head out in commercial fishing boats on Orca Inlet, which opens onto the Gulf of Alaska, on Saturday, May 16, 2015, in Cordova, Alaska. They say the military activities could endanger critical fish habitats. (Mark Hoover/Eyak Preservation Council via AP)

Around the District

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

Once again, the most recent semester at KPC was a great success. During the spring 2015 semester, KPC saw an overall increase of four percent… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2015
  • By Hannah Parker
  • Schools
Mountain View focuses on community service

Mountain View focuses on community service

This year Mountain View Elementary started it’s initiative that focused on community service. Principal Karl Kircher led the charge into Central Kenai Peninsula neighborhoods followed… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Mountain View focuses on community service
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Wings Christian Academy graduate Tyler Ophus reads his graduation speech on Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church in Kenai.

Wings Christian Academy graduates one

On Friday evening, Wings Christian Academy, based in Kenai’s Immanuel Baptist Church, held a graduation ceremony for Tyler Ophus, its sole departing senior. The ceremony… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Wings Christian Academy graduate Tyler Ophus reads his graduation speech on Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church in Kenai.

Game camera murder trial continues

After using up the April juror pool and dipping into May jurors, a jury was finally seated last week in the Demarqus Green murder trial.… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A cormorant takes flight over the Kenai River on Thursday May 14, 2015 near Sterling, Alaska. The bird was one of more than 60 seen by birders during a float trip that kicked off a weekend of events for the Kenai Birding Festival.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A cormorant takes flight over the Kenai River on Thursday May 14, 2015 near Sterling, Alaska. The bird was one of more than 60 seen by birders during a float trip that kicked off a weekend of events for the Kenai Birding Festival.
A crane moves into position to life up an Alaska Air Transit plane that landed with wheels up at the Homer Airport on Saturday afternoon.

Flight lands with wheels up at Homer airport

An Alaska Air Transit charter flight with one pilot and seven passengers landed with wheels up late Saturday afternoon. No one was injured in the… Continue reading

A crane moves into position to life up an Alaska Air Transit plane that landed with wheels up at the Homer Airport on Saturday afternoon.

Phone scams reported in Southcentral Alaska

Utilities, including Homer Electric Association, are getting reports from businesses regarding suspicious phone calls, according to a press release from HEA.The phone scam is targeting… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2015
In this May 11, 2015 photo, Henry, a male cat cares for some kittens at a home in Ketchikan, Alsaka. Six abandoned kittens named after the kids in "The Brady Bunch" TV series are getting a nurturing boost from an unlikely source - the male cat with a slight neurological disorder. (Heather Muench/Ketchikan Humane Society via AP)

Male cat nurtures kittens abandoned in southeast Alaska

ANCHORAGE — Six abandoned kittens named after the kids in “The Brady Bunch” TV series are getting a nurturing boost from an unlikely source —… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2015
  • By Mark Thiessen
In this May 11, 2015 photo, Henry, a male cat cares for some kittens at a home in Ketchikan, Alsaka. Six abandoned kittens named after the kids in "The Brady Bunch" TV series are getting a nurturing boost from an unlikely source - the male cat with a slight neurological disorder. (Heather Muench/Ketchikan Humane Society via AP)

Funding reallocation spares summer ferry service

The state ferries will run mostly as scheduled this summer despite significant budget cuts looming, the Alaska Marine Highway System announced May 12.The announcement is… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Verbatim: Parting is such sweet sorrow

As the school year is ending, yearbooks start getting signed. Some have long, meaningful paragraphs. Others simply say, “Have a great summer!” which quickly gets… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2015
  • By Chloe Kincaid
  • Schools
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Organizer Scott Hamann (left) looks on while champion racer Wyatt Wasczak is placed on the starting ramp during the Kenai Rotary Soapbox Derby in the parking lot of Kenai's Challenger Learning Center.

New hill, same thrill: Soap box derby held in Kenai

“Do you know why it’s called a soapbox race?” asked soapbox derby racer Navy Poage. “Because soap used to come in big boxes, and kids… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Organizer Scott Hamann (left) looks on while champion racer Wyatt Wasczak is placed on the starting ramp during the Kenai Rotary Soapbox Derby in the parking lot of Kenai's Challenger Learning Center.

Administrators say Soldotna school reconfiguration boosts academic progress

Soldotna schools administrators are crediting the academic improvements to the recent school reconfiguration. With the first school year of the reconfiguration coming to a close… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

WWII, Korean War vets feted in honor flight

HOMER (AP) — Sixteen million men and women served in World War II. Of those, 2 million remain alive. As that generation ages, organizations around… Continue reading

Seward develops marine infrastructure

The City of Seward hopes to break ground on its new harbor and breakwater in October, provided it can get a contractor in time.The in-water… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2015
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
In this 2007 file photo Roberta “Bobbi” Quintavell, former president of Arctic Slope Regional Corp., addresses the Resource Development Council at its annual luncheon in 2007. Commercial fishing groups are rallying opposition against the possible nomination of Quintavell to the Alaska Board of Fisheries.

Gillis resigns days before Board of Fisheries nominee due

Editor's note: This is a breaking news story that will be updated periodically. A previous version of this story listed Marcia Davis as the Chief… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2015
  • By By Rashah McChesney and DJ Summers
In this 2007 file photo Roberta “Bobbi” Quintavell, former president of Arctic Slope Regional Corp., addresses the Resource Development Council at its annual luncheon in 2007. Commercial fishing groups are rallying opposition against the possible nomination of Quintavell to the Alaska Board of Fisheries.

Boston Marathon bomber sentenced to death

BOSTON — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2015
  • By DENISE LAVOIE