UA Regents approve tuition hike

Students at Kenai Peninsula College will see a 5 percent increase in tuition following a Friday vote by the University of Alaska Board of Regents. … Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2015
  • By Staff Report

Six arrested in meth, heroin bust in Kasilof

A two-month investigation into distribution of methamphetamines and heroin in the Kasilof area resulted in the arrest of six people Thursday. At about 9:30 a.m.… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2015

Board of Fisheries nominee withdraws name

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state official says a controversial Board of Fisheries appointee has indicated he no longer wants to be considered for a… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Ivor Ledahl, with his father Brian, plays with Legos at the Kenai Public Library's monthly Lego Club event on Thursday, Feb. 19. This month's theme was spaceships.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Ivor Ledahl, with his father Brian, plays with Legos at the Kenai Public Library's monthly Lego Club event on Thursday, Feb. 19. This month's theme was spaceships.

Legislative Information Office teleconference schedule for Feb. 20

Friday 1:00 p.m.The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 15 Credits For Time Served / Good Time, HB 83 Judicial… Continue reading

  • Feb 19, 2015

Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools use positive behavior intervention strategies

Editor's Note: this story has been edited to correct a typo and two names: Teri Diamond, whose name was orginally given as "Terri," and Christine… Continue reading

Good food to share, such as Dutch oven-baked brownies, adds to the ice fishing experience. (Photo by Dave Atcheson)

Tight Lines: Ice fishing can be cool winter fun

The water dripping off the eaves has thickened into crystal stalactites, and outside my window snowflakes swirl before settling into a fine dust on the… Continue reading

Good food to share, such as Dutch oven-baked brownies, adds to the ice fishing experience. (Photo by Dave Atcheson)
School salmon program moves onto the ice

School salmon program moves onto the ice

Students from around the central Kenai Peninsula school district took field trips on Wednesday for an opportunity to practice ice fishing on the frozen surface… Continue reading

School salmon program moves onto the ice

More Alaskans sign up for health care plans

More Alaskans are choosing to sign up for health coverage through the government’s health care marketplace. Now that the Feb. 15 deadline to sign up… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY

Finalists for superintendent selected

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education will be interviewing four candidates for the superintendent position on March 3. Five applications were received… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with reporters after delivering an address to a joint session of the state Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Murkowski pushes back on federal government in speech

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski used her speech before state lawmakers Wednesday to push back against a federal government that she says seems to… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with reporters after delivering an address to a joint session of the state Legislature on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Officials: Parties moving ahead on Alaska gas project

JUNEAU — Representatives of the companies pursuing a major liquefied natural gas project with the state said Wednesday that the project remains on track for… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Walker proposes budget amendments

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker has proposed restoring full service for the state ferry system next year and adding back partial funding for… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Crowd gathers in Fairbanks to remember legendary musher

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in Fairbanks to remember George Attla Jr., the legendary Athabascan sprint racing champion who died over the weekend… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2015

School district hosts pool use, public budget meeting

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will hold a public pool use meetings as well as a public budget meeting Wednesday in the Soldotna High… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2015

Fish and Game forecasts more kings on the Kenai River

If the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preseason forecast for the early run of chinook salmon on the Kenai River proves to be accurate,… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Alaska Department of Fish and Game technicians retrieve a gillnet tossed into the Kenai River and used to help managers estimate the size of the river's two king salmon runs on May 16, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Kenai king sonar moves upriver

After two years of testing, Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers have decided to move the sonar site used to count the Kenai River’s… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2015
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Alaska Department of Fish and Game technicians retrieve a gillnet tossed into the Kenai River and used to help managers estimate the size of the river's two king salmon runs on May 16, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

No snow means some relief for Soldotna

While Soldotna’s fiscal climate is becoming tight, the actual climate is providing some relief. Due to a lack of snow, the city of Soldotna is… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, left, tours Kivalina, Alaska in the back of a pickup with village resident Millie Hawley on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.  In temperatures slightly higher than Washington, D.C.'s, Jewell got a firsthand look Monday at the effect of climate change on an Alaska coastal community. Jewell visited Kivalina, a village of 370 on a barrier island just off Alaska's northwest coast. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Casey Grove)

Interior Secretary Jewell visits eroding Alaska village

KOTZEBUE (AP) — In temperatures slightly higher than Washington, D.C.’s, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell got a firsthand look Monday at the effect of climate change… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2015
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, left, tours Kivalina, Alaska in the back of a pickup with village resident Millie Hawley on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.  In temperatures slightly higher than Washington, D.C.'s, Jewell got a firsthand look Monday at the effect of climate change on an Alaska coastal community. Jewell visited Kivalina, a village of 370 on a barrier island just off Alaska's northwest coast. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Casey Grove)

Legislative Information Office teleconference schedule for Feb. 18

Wednesday 1:00 p.m.The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 5 Conservator of Protected Persons, Confirmation Hearing: Dr. George Brown, Violent… Continue reading

  • Feb 17, 2015