Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion 1st grade students from K-Beach Elementary School wave to the crowd during the Soldotna St. Patrick's Day parade at the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday, March 17.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion 1st grade students from K-Beach Elementary School wave to the crowd during the Soldotna St. Patrick's Day parade at the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday, March 17.

Gov. Bill Walker plans bill on Medicaid expansion, overhaul

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker said he will introduce legislation to overhaul and expand the Medicaid system in Alaska.Walker, who campaigned on expanding Medicaid coverage,… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Bill would remove some records from online court system

JUNEAU — Republican Rep. Tammie Wilson has proposed legislation that would remove certain criminal cases from the state’s online court-records system.Applicable cases would be ones… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Area management biologist Jeff Selinger talks to the Board of Game about the Kenai Peninsula's wildlife management areas on Monday March 16, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.  The board is set to take up several proposals on moose, brown bears and smaller game on Tuesday.

Board of Game to take up Kenai Peninsula issues

ANCHORAGE — After three days of reports, public testimony and proposals on game issues stretching from Cordova to Glennallen and Kodiak to Anchorage, Alaska’s Board… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Area management biologist Jeff Selinger talks to the Board of Game about the Kenai Peninsula's wildlife management areas on Monday March 16, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.  The board is set to take up several proposals on moose, brown bears and smaller game on Tuesday.
State Health Commissioner Valerie Davidson, left, speaks with reporters during a news conference as Gov. Bill Walker, far right, watches on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in Juneau, Alaska. Walker announced plans to introduce legislation to reform and expand the Medicaid system in Alaska.

Gov. Bill Walker plans bill on Medicaid expansion, overhaul

JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Bill Walker said he will introduce legislation to overhaul and expand the Medicaid system in Alaska. Walker, who campaigned on expanding… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
State Health Commissioner Valerie Davidson, left, speaks with reporters during a news conference as Gov. Bill Walker, far right, watches on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in Juneau, Alaska. Walker announced plans to introduce legislation to reform and expand the Medicaid system in Alaska.

Lawmakers advance bill prioritizing personal use fishing

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Senate committee has advanced a bill prioritizing personal use fisheries. Senate State Affairs heard public testimony Tuesday mostly in support… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Premera Blue Cross says data breach could affect 11M people

NEW YORK (AP) — Premera Blue Cross, a health insurer based in the Pacific Northwest, said Tuesday that it was the victim of a cyberattack… Continue reading

  • Mar 17, 2015
  • By Associated Press

Reinbold loses most committee assignments after budget vote

JUNEAU — A conservative Republican lawmaker who broke with her caucus in voting against the state operating budget has been stripped of most of her… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
Photo By Ian Foley/Peninsula Clarion Tera Cunningham trains a dog at Blue Moose Bed and Biscuit on Monday, March 16 in Soldotna.

Lucky dogs: Soldotna business expands

One peninsula business is expanding to ensure every dog has its day. Since 2008, the Blue Moose Bed and Biscuit on Hallelujah Drive in Soldotna… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY
Photo By Ian Foley/Peninsula Clarion Tera Cunningham trains a dog at Blue Moose Bed and Biscuit on Monday, March 16 in Soldotna.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion The warm, interior temperature of Lark Ticen's Arctic Dome has enabled premature sprouts to poke through the thawed soil that stays protected inside the structure, Monday, March 16, 2015, in Kenai Alaska.

No place like dome: Structure makes growing year-round an option

Kenai Peninsula growers now have the option to grow year round. Arctic domes, reminiscent of their close Geodesic dome cousins, “mirror the shape of the… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion The warm, interior temperature of Lark Ticen's Arctic Dome has enabled premature sprouts to poke through the thawed soil that stays protected inside the structure, Monday, March 16, 2015, in Kenai Alaska.

Food tax up for re-examination

This evening the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will re-examine the Winter Grocery Tax Exemption enacted in 2009.The ordinance, introduced by assembly member Blaine Gilman, would… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Bill would remove some records from online court system

JUNEAU, Alaska  — Republican Rep. Tammie Wilson has proposed legislation that would remove certain criminal cases from the state's online court-records system. Applicable cases would… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Bill would remove some records from online court system

JUNEAU, Alaska  — Republican Rep. Tammie Wilson has proposed legislation that would remove certain criminal cases from the state's online court-records system. Applicable cases would… Continue reading

  • Mar 16, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

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

District receiving four new principals

Next fall students in four Kenai Peninsula Borough School District institutions will be greeted with new leadership. Principals for Homer Flex, Connections Home School Program,… Continue reading

  • Mar 15, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools

Scholarship packet speeds application process

KPC’s Fall Scholarship Packet is now available for students on the KPC website or from the Student Services or Financial Aid offices. Every effort is… Continue reading

  • Mar 15, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools

March for Meals fundraiser to be held

This Friday, the Kenai Senior Connection is holding its sixth annual March for Meals fundraiser for the Meals on Wheels program. The event, which takes… Continue reading

  • Mar 15, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cindy Edmunds (left), known as Dagmar the Red, attacks Jason Notter, known as Hrothi, while Prince Shawn Denny looks on during during the Society for Creative Anachronisms Newcomers Feast at the Soldotna Public Library on Saturday, March 14.

Living in the past

To some of its residents, the Kenai Peninsula is known as the Shire of Hrafnafjordr — or, in the English translation of the old Norse… Continue reading

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Cindy Edmunds (left), known as Dagmar the Red, attacks Jason Notter, known as Hrothi, while Prince Shawn Denny looks on during during the Society for Creative Anachronisms Newcomers Feast at the Soldotna Public Library on Saturday, March 14.

Charter group proposes plan to acquire commercial halibut quota

As halibut bycatch cuts of 50 percent or more loom for the Bering Sea flatfish trawlers, charter halibut fishermen are pitching a plan to acquire… Continue reading

  • Mar 15, 2015
  • By DJ SUMMERS
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Nate Turner, vice-chairman of the Board of Game, listens to a presentation on lynx tracking in Southcentral Alaska on Friday, March 13, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trapping, recreation collide in Cooper Landing

Three communities on the Kenai Peninsula have become the center of a battle between residents who want their dogs to be able to roam free… Continue reading

  • Mar 14, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Nate Turner, vice-chairman of the Board of Game, listens to a presentation on lynx tracking in Southcentral Alaska on Friday, March 13, 2015 in Anchorage, Alaska.