Around Campus: Spring registration right around the corner

It’s time for students (admitted into degree or certificate programs) to plan for next semester and be ready to register for classes on the day… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools

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

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, poses for a photograph with an audience member after a stump speech for Alaska Senate Candidate Dan Sullivan on Sunday Nov. 2, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Texas Senator stumps for Sullivan in Soldotna

On the second day of stumping for U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz brought a heavily Tea Party-influenced message to Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, poses for a photograph with an audience member after a stump speech for Alaska Senate Candidate Dan Sullivan on Sunday Nov. 2, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, laughs at a joke his challenger for Senate District O, Eric Treider, made during a Central Peninsula League of Women Voters debate on Thursday Oct. 30, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Peninsula candidates get last word

Candidates in several local races got one last chance to publicly challenge their opponents before Tuesday’s election. About 30 people, including gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker,… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, laughs at a joke his challenger for Senate District O, Eric Treider, made during a Central Peninsula League of Women Voters debate on Thursday Oct. 30, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Hunting for whale, votes above the Arctic Circle

BARROW — Three children whiz by on a snowmobile as Gabe Tegoseak, crunching through icy streets in the town that’s as far north as you… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

Group plan increases smaller than individual rate spikes

The huge spike in health insurance premiums in the individual market due to the Affordable Health Care Act hasn’t materialized for employer group plans, the… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By Tim Bradner
HEA educates public at annual energy fair

HEA educates public at annual energy fair

Editor's note: This story has been edited to correct the date of HEA's next energy fair.  The Homer Electric Association (HEA) held its Energy and… Continue reading

HEA educates public at annual energy fair
Betsy Grant, 61, Kenai "I voted against the measure because I worry it would make the drug more available to kids and could have a negative impact in the community."

Debate over Prop. 2 enters final days

Patricia Patterson had to break the law to help save her son’s life. When Ben Cantil was diagnosed with testicular cancer while in college about… Continue reading

  • Nov 2, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Betsy Grant, 61, Kenai "I voted against the measure because I worry it would make the drug more available to kids and could have a negative impact in the community."

Accident on Seward Highway results in one fatality

A three-vehicle accident on the Seward Highway Friday resulted in one fatality.Jonathan Boreland, 33, of Fairbanks was pronounced dead on scene by paramedics after Kim… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Latest search for family provides no leads

Latest search for family provides no leads

The ice cracked below the feet of five Kenai police investigators, and several members of Alaska media, Thursday as the group traversed frozen swampy meadows,… Continue reading

  • Oct 30, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Latest search for family provides no leads
Micciche, Treider compete for Senate seat

Micciche, Treider compete for Senate seat

On Tuesday, voters in Senate District O will decide which candidate between incumbent Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna and Eric Treider, of Soldotna, would best represent them… Continue reading

  • Oct 30, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Micciche, Treider compete for Senate seat

Kenai outage caused by failed insulator

Portions of Kenai lost power around 6:20 Wednesday night. Homer Electrical Association Spokesperson Joe Gallagher said that 1, 947 meters were affected by the outage.… Continue reading

Let there be light on Poppy Lane

The days of students walking in the dark without a sidewalk on Soldotna’s Poppy Lane will soon end. The Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly passed an… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Countdown to election day for Olson, Thornton

The campaign clock is winding down for newcomer Shauna Thornton, a Democrat from Kenai, and incumbent Rep. Kurt Olson, R-Soldotna, for the District 30 seat… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Katrina Nelson, of Nikiski, looks for home on a map depicting the study corridor for a potential right-of-way for the AlaskaLNG pipeline on October 28, 2014 during an open house in Nikiski, Alaska.

Alaska LNG holds first open house in Nikiski

Very few things seemed as interesting to the crowd as finding bird’s-eye-views of the homes in Nikiski in the two oversized map-books on a table… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Katrina Nelson, of Nikiski, looks for home on a map depicting the study corridor for a potential right-of-way for the AlaskaLNG pipeline on October 28, 2014 during an open house in Nikiski, Alaska.

Let there be light on Poppy Lane

The days of students walking in the dark without a sidewalk on Soldotna’s Poppy Lane will soon end.The Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly passed an ordinance… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

New mix of perspectives added to assembly

Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly member Dale Bagley can add the title of president to his business card.Bagley was unanimously elected assembly president at Tuesday’s borough… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Kenai apartment fire contained to one room

An early morning fire damaged an apartment Wednesday in Kenai but no occupants were found inside.Kenai Fire Department received a call for a structure fire… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Romney, Cruz to rally support for Sullivan

ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s U.S. Senate race is drawing in big names as former presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are heading to… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

Soldotna’s next step in move to home rule

The Soldotna City Council is progressing in the move toward becoming a home rule city. At Wednesday’s meeting the council approved $5,000 for the Feb.… Continue reading

  • Oct 29, 2014