400 HEA customers without power in Funny River, Scout Lake area

Homer Electric Association crews are working on an outage in the Scout Lake and Funny River area Saturday. The outage started at about 7:20 p.m.… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2015
  • By By Rashah McChesney

Spring forward: Daylight saving time returning to most of US

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sure sign that spring’s on the horizon: One hour less shut-eye Saturday night no matter when you turn out the lights.… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2015
In this July 16, 2012 file photo, commercial fishermen offload the day's catch of salmon from the Inlet Raider. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has predicted a harvest of about 3.7 million sockeye salmon during the 2015 fishing season.

Fish and Game predicts average year for Cook Inlet commercial harvest

Commercial fisheries managers in the Cook Inlet are predicting a run of about 5.8 million sockeye salmon with a harvest of about 3.7 million of… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
In this July 16, 2012 file photo, commercial fishermen offload the day's catch of salmon from the Inlet Raider. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has predicted a harvest of about 3.7 million sockeye salmon during the 2015 fishing season.

Local boy to attend state capital summit

While many students will be spending this spring break relaxing, one local boy is out to make a difference in Alaska’s communities. David Eller, 15,… Continue reading

  • Mar 7, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, goes through a powerpoint with a crowd packed into the Kenai Peninsula Borough Building during a town hall meeting on March 6, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Senator Peter Micciche holds town hall meeting in Soldotna

Senator Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, began his town hall meeting on Friday evening in Soldotna’s borough assembly chamber by speaking on Alaska’s reduced state budget. Micciche… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, goes through a powerpoint with a crowd packed into the Kenai Peninsula Borough Building during a town hall meeting on March 6, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

Busy night for Kenai

Kenai’s field of flowers, a meadow located between Lawton Drive and the Kenai Spur Highway which the city seeded with wildflowers last year, will not… Continue reading

Sugar, a Steller sea lion, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, in Seward. (Photo courtesy of the ASLC, NMFS Permit

SeaLife Center mourns loss of sea lion

The Alaska SeaLife Center is grieving over the loss of one its family members. On Wednesday, Sugar, a 21-year-old Steller sea lion, was euthanized after… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY
Sugar, a Steller sea lion, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, in Seward. (Photo courtesy of the ASLC, NMFS Permit
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Thor Lindstam, of Anchorage, manuevers his inflatable raft up to the shore while fishing near Skilak Lake on Sunday March 1, 2015 near Sterling, Alaska. Lindstam said he didn't have much luck trout fishing but had caught, and released, a silver salmon.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Thor Lindstam, of Anchorage, manuevers his inflatable raft up to the shore while fishing near Skilak Lake on Sunday March 1, 2015 near Sterling, Alaska. Lindstam said he didn't have much luck trout fishing but had caught, and released, a silver salmon.

School district looks for savings

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration is suggesting staffing cuts, shifting to online curriculum and reducing the utility budget as a way to minimize… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Chenault sees relationship with Walker going nowhere but up

JUNEAU (AP) — House Speaker Mike Chenault sees his relationship with Gov. Bill Walker going nowhere but up.He told reporters the relationship probably hit the… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015

Lawmakers discuss federal issues with pot legalization

JUNEAU — A state Department of Law official told concerned lawmakers Thursday that regulating marijuana shouldn’t result in federal prosecution.Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, said… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Troopers arrest Nikiski man wanted for burglary and theft

Alaska State Troopers on Monday received a report of a camper falling apart and leaving debris on Holt-Lamplight Road in Nikiski.When troopers investigated, they found… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015

Troopers arrest Nikiski man wanted for burglary and theft

Alaska State Troopers on Monday received a report of a camper falling apart and leaving debris on Holt-Lamplight Road in Nikiski. When troopers investigated, they… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015

Troopers arrest Nikiski man, wanted for burglary and theft

Alaska State Troopers on Monday got a report of a camper falling apart and leaving debris on Holt-Lamplight Road in Nikiski. When troopers investigated, they… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Three defend Alaska’s judicial selection process

When Alaska constitutional delegate Ralph Rivers spoke in 1956 on the duties of the Judicial Council empowered by the then-new state constitution for choosing members… Continue reading

Sterling man found dead in Hidden Lake

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the location of Hidden Lake. A Sterling man was killed Tuesday after he and two friends… Continue reading

  • Mar 4, 2015

Medicaid expansion event brings out lawmakers

JUNEAU — Legislators, aides and others heard an alternate viewpoint on Medicaid expansion Wednesday from a senior fellow with an organization that has referred to… Continue reading

  • Mar 4, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Report: Non-profits aid state economy

Non-profit organizations play an integral role in Alaska’s economy. That was the message from Dennis McMillian, CEO of The Foraker Group, on Wednesday at the… Continue reading

  • Mar 4, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY

School board stays out of grocery tax debate

The Board of Education will not formally support the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s ordinance that would allow for year-round taxation of non-prepared food items. The… Continue reading

  • Mar 4, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan