Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Erik Hendrickson, of Nikiski, settles on a book about tiny houses on Wednesday April 8, 2015 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.

Kenai library plans to join state-wide catalog

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct the name of the Kenai Community Library, incorrectly given as the Kenai Public Library. The number… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Erik Hendrickson, of Nikiski, settles on a book about tiny houses on Wednesday April 8, 2015 at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 19, 2013 file photo, personal use dipnetters work the Kasilof River in Kasilof, Alaska.

Permit data shows steady growth in Cook Inlet personal use fishing

Cook Inlet personal use fisheries have seen continual growth and 2014 was no exception.Some 35,989 people applied for personal use fishing permits, an all-time high… Continue reading

  • Apr 9, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this July 19, 2013 file photo, personal use dipnetters work the Kasilof River in Kasilof, Alaska.
Photo by M. Scott Moon In this April 27, 2011 file photo Snow geese, at top, and pintail ducks fly together during a layover on the Kenai River flats.

Kenai road proposal criticized

Editor's note: This story has been changed to correctly identify the agency critical of the road as the federal, rather than the state, Fish and… Continue reading

Photo by M. Scott Moon In this April 27, 2011 file photo Snow geese, at top, and pintail ducks fly together during a layover on the Kenai River flats.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing

BOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) has been convicted in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon. A federal jury found Tsarnaev guilty Wednesday… Continue reading

  • Apr 8, 2015
  • By DENISE LAVOIE

KPBSD keeps biased book

A textbook that has been criticized as having a biased view of history has been approved for continued use after Kenai Peninsula Board of Education… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Soldotna program to enhance business environment

A better rapport between the city of Soldotna and local businesses could result in a healthier economic environment. That was Soldotna Director of Economic Development… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY

Legislative Information Office teleconference schedule for April 8

Wednesday 1:00 p.m.The House Resources Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 112 Repeal CFEC; Transfer Functions to ADFG, HB 38 Aquatic Invasive… Continue reading

  • Apr 7, 2015
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A flock of common mergansers take flight on Sunday April 5, 2015 on the Kenai River near Cooper Landing, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A flock of common mergansers take flight on Sunday April 5, 2015 on the Kenai River near Cooper Landing, Alaska.

No layoffs for school district

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will not be handing out any pink slips this spring.At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, all non-tenured contracts were… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2015

Borough reminds residents to extinguish burn debris before disposal

Due to several recent Dumpster fires, the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Solid Waste Department is reminding Peninsula residents when disposing of ash and burn barrel debris… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2015

School board signs off on budget

The Board of Education on Monday passed the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s $165.6 million fiscal year 2016 operating budget.The board discussed the final revisions… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Greenpeace group boards Arctic offshore drill rig in Pacific

ANCHORAGE — Six Greenpeace activists protesting Arctic offshore drilling on Monday boarded a drill rig as it was transported across the Pacific Ocean toward Seattle,… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2015
  • By Dan Joling

Marijuana legalization is here, regs in flux

JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers continue to work on bills related to the legalization of marijuana even though pot became legal earlier this year. The session… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Report: Low taxes lulled as budget swelled

Alaska’s current budget crisis can easily be blamed on the plunge in oil prices, which are less than half what they were nine months ago,… Continue reading

  • Apr 6, 2015
  • By Tim Bradner

Legislators talk medicaid, capital budget

JUNEAU, Alaska — As the Legislature enters the final two weeks of the scheduled 90-day session, one of the major unresolved issues is whether consensus… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

School news

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

Kenai Peninsula College continually reminds students to stay on track to graduate in the shortest time possible, saving both time and money, by tackling 15… Continue reading

Student tackles Alaska legislation

Student Jackson Blackwell is diving into local politics as a Soldotna High School sophomore. As his grade’s vice president, a member of the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Man killed in fatal crash near village

NELSON LAGOON, Alaska — A 21-year-old man in an Alaska Peninsula village died when he was thrown from a vehicle that flipped at a high… Continue reading

  • Apr 5, 2015