School safety watch lifted

Central Kenai Peninsula schools were taken off safety watch Thursday after the threat made involving Soldotna schools was deemed not credible. Law enforcement agencies were… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Resolution passes allowing recess while committees meet

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Thursday authorizing a recess in floor sessions until May 12 while the House and Senate Finance committees… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Regulatory board reviews proposed marijuana regulations

JUNEAU — Communities could opt-out or limit marijuana businesses much the same way they do alcohol under proposed regulations put forth by the state alcohol… Continue reading

  • Apr 30, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Schools on safety watch for second day

Update:  Central Kenai schools are on security watch and heightened awareness for the second day in a row. Parents with students at the local schools received… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Fish board remains to be filled

Gov. Bill Walker has yet another appointment to make to a shorthanded Board of Fisheries, and this time the Legislature won’t be in the equation.… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Amy Seitz feeds the flock of fiber producing sheep she raises with Jane Conway at Lancashire Farms Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

Farm to fiber: Natural fiber industry grows

Producers, hobbyists and the curious will converge at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik this weekend for the third annual Fiber Arts Festival to feel… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Amy Seitz feeds the flock of fiber producing sheep she raises with Jane Conway at Lancashire Farms Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

Central schools put on Safety watch

Central Kenai schools were put on a safety watch Wednesday morning.The school district made the decision to heighten security procedures in Soldotna schools following a… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Police: Moose fatally stabbed in Anchorage park; 3 men arrested

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Three men have been accused of stabbing a young moose to death at a park in Alaska’s largest city, and police said… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks with the media on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Juneau, Alaska. Walker has declared that he will not allow the Alaska Legislature to recess from special session without completing a budget. (James Brooks/The Juneau Empire via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Walker says he won’t rescind special session proclamation

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker told legislators Wednesday that he expects them to continue their work on the state operating budget in Juneau.However, he said… Continue reading

  • Apr 29, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks with the media on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Juneau, Alaska. Walker has declared that he will not allow the Alaska Legislature to recess from special session without completing a budget. (James Brooks/The Juneau Empire via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion River City Academy Senior Logan Triggs takes a breath before filling out his voter registration form Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at River City Academy in Soldotna, Alaska.

Women voters reach out to students

As Presidential candidates campaign for voters, the looming question of who can bring out the largely untapped, and elusive, youth vote has yet to be… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion River City Academy Senior Logan Triggs takes a breath before filling out his voter registration form Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at River City Academy in Soldotna, Alaska.

Number of house fires across Alaska on the rise, study finds

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska has seen an increase in the number of house fires this year, according to figures from the American Red Cross… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 2, 2014 file photo water encroaches on a horse barn on Buoy Avenue near the Kalifonsky Meadow Subdivision in Kenai, Alaska. A project designed to divert water in the area to a beaver pond nearby has been put on hold.

Seventh street structure on hold

A drainage ditch intended to move storm water out of a flood prone area along Kalifornsky Beach Road may not come to fruition any time… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 2, 2014 file photo water encroaches on a horse barn on Buoy Avenue near the Kalifonsky Meadow Subdivision in Kenai, Alaska. A project designed to divert water in the area to a beaver pond nearby has been put on hold.

Prepping for expansion, DHSS works through Medicaid applications

Despite a legislative impasse over Medicaid expansion, a Department of Health and Social Services division is working to eliminate a longstanding backlog of Medicaid applications… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By KATIE MORITZ

Alaska Legislature gavels in for special session

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Legislature gaveled in Tuesday for a special session called by the governor after lawmakers adjourned with a partially funded state… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Denali National Park wolf count drops below 50

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Denali National Park and Preserve’s wolf numbers have reached a new low this spring with an estimated population of just 48,… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Green material containing seed, moisture, and cotton fiber lies in the former construction area alongside Bridge Access Road on Tuesday April 28 in Kenai.

Enstar completes construction north of Kenai River along Bridge Access Road

Drivers on Kenai’s Bridge Access Road may have noticed that the construction equipment, workers, and orange signs that previously occupied the road’s east side have… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Green material containing seed, moisture, and cotton fiber lies in the former construction area alongside Bridge Access Road on Tuesday April 28 in Kenai.
FILE - In this April 17, 2015 file photo, with the Olympic Mountains in the background, a small boat crosses in front of an oil drilling rig as it arrives in Port Angeles, Wash., aboard a transport ship after traveling across the Pacific. Royal Dutch Shell hopes to use the rig for exploratory drilling during the summer open-water season in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast, if it can get the permits. Attorneys for Royal Dutch Shell PLC presented testimony to a federal court judge Tuesday, April 28, 2015, that the company needs safety zones around its Arctic drill fleet to prevent Greenpeace USA activists from endangering company workers and themselves.(Daniella Beccaria/seattlepi.com via AP, File) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Shell, Greenpeace spar over Arctic drilling safety zones

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Attorneys for Royal Dutch Shell PLC presented testimony to a federal court judge Tuesday that the company needs safety zones around its… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By Dan Joling
FILE - In this April 17, 2015 file photo, with the Olympic Mountains in the background, a small boat crosses in front of an oil drilling rig as it arrives in Port Angeles, Wash., aboard a transport ship after traveling across the Pacific. Royal Dutch Shell hopes to use the rig for exploratory drilling during the summer open-water season in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast, if it can get the permits. Attorneys for Royal Dutch Shell PLC presented testimony to a federal court judge Tuesday, April 28, 2015, that the company needs safety zones around its Arctic drill fleet to prevent Greenpeace USA activists from endangering company workers and themselves.(Daniella Beccaria/seattlepi.com via AP, File) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; SEATTLE TIMES OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Some HEA customers in Soldotna without power

Editor's note: This is a breaking news story that will be updated periodically.  Some Soldotna residents have been without power for an hour on Tuesday. … Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2015
  • By Staff writer
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion A baby Nigerian Dwarf tries to find a spot to snack during feeding time Monday, April 27, 2015, at Karluk Acres in Kenai, Alaska.

Got goat’s milk?

At feeding time Monday morning on Karluk Acres, a gang of Nigerian Dwarf and Nubian goats darted over gravel to claim scattered corn and grains.… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion A baby Nigerian Dwarf tries to find a spot to snack during feeding time Monday, April 27, 2015, at Karluk Acres in Kenai, Alaska.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Capsules of flavored liquid stand ready for sampling on Friday, April 24 at the vape bar of High Voltage Vapes in Kenai.

Kenai vape shop may face problems from smoking bill

Stephanie Chilton, who with her husband Jamie Chilton co-owns the Kenai e-cigarette store High Voltage Vapes, said that she supports most provisions of an Alaska… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Capsules of flavored liquid stand ready for sampling on Friday, April 24 at the vape bar of High Voltage Vapes in Kenai.