Soldotna City Council rejects golf course plan

Soldotna City Council members have shot down the Central Peninsula Health Foundation’s plan to acquire the Birch Ridge Golf Course. At the Soldotna City Council… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A plume of steam rises from the side of Mt. Redoubt, seen from the banks of the Kenai River on Wednesday, Feb. 11.  "When it's windy, (the steam) gets whisked away, but when it's calm and clear, it usually has a chance to stay and linger about," said geologist Game McGimsey of the Alaska Volcano Observatory. According to AVO, the steam does not indicate a coming eruption.  "There is nothing unusual happening at Mt. Redoubt," McGimsey said.
Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion A plume of steam rises from the side of Mt. Redoubt, seen from the banks of the Kenai River on Wednesday, Feb. 11.  "When it's windy, (the steam) gets whisked away, but when it's calm and clear, it usually has a chance to stay and linger about," said geologist Game McGimsey of the Alaska Volcano Observatory. According to AVO, the steam does not indicate a coming eruption.  "There is nothing unusual happening at Mt. Redoubt," McGimsey said.

Fabe stresses importance of rural presence, tribal relations

JUNEAU — Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Dana Fabe on Wednesday stressed the importance of working with tribal courts and the need to maintain rural… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Alaska Aerospace Corp. floats idea of privatization

JUNEAU — The president and CEO of Alaska Aerospace Corp. said Wednesday that the state-owned corporation would like to become a private company.Craig Campbell told… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Farmers market roundtable provides networking and education

Alaska not only presents farmers with different growing conditions than the Lower 48, but different market conditions as well. A workshop held on Wednesday at… Continue reading

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Beth Lyons and Anne McCabe help Amy Lou Pascucci during one of the beginning steps of making Paneer Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska. Lyons said, in the past, she has visisted the library mainly so she and her children could check out reading materials. More recently she, and she believes the wider community, come for classes such as Pascucci's cheese-making workshop, and as a place to congregate.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Beth Lyons and Anne McCabe help Amy Lou Pascucci during one of the beginning steps of making Paneer Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska. Lyons said, in the past, she has visisted the library mainly so she and her children could check out reading materials. More recently she, and she believes the wider community, come for classes such as Pascucci's cheese-making workshop, and as a place to congregate.
Borough mayor looking
for health care solutions

Borough mayor looking for health care solutions

Health care costs are out of control, according to Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre.Speaking at the Kenai and Soldotna joint Chambers of Commerce luncheon… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY
Borough mayor looking
for health care solutions

Oil on wild ride; how will it end?

NEW YORK — The price of oil is on a wild ride, and there is little agreement on where it’s headed.After falling nearly 60 percent… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2015
  • By JONATHAN FAHEY

Lawmakers weigh exempting Alaska from daylight saving time

JUNEAU — A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would exempt Alaska from daylight saving time, a measure that its sponsor said would… Continue reading

  • Feb 10, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Kenai discusses rescue boat, virtual city council

The Feb. 4 meeting of the Kenai City Council began with renditions of the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” by the Kenai Central High… Continue reading

Animal shelter data presented at city council meeting

Kenai city manager Rick Koch and chief animal control officer Cora Chambers presented data about the city’s animal shelter to the council and members of… Continue reading

Callahan Dillon rides a final wave into Lena Beach after surfing in Juneau, Alaska, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)
Callahan Dillon rides a final wave into Lena Beach after surfing in Juneau, Alaska, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)

Wolf recall shot down by borough

The recall petition for Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Kelly Wolf has been denied.On Thursday, the Borough clerk’s office released the results of the application… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2015
  • By Kelly Sullivan

Many local children exempt from vaccinations

Despite Alaska state requirements, many Kenai Peninsula school children are not being fully vaccinated. Alaska state law requires that before attending school, children must be… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2015
  • By IAN FOLEY

Bill would let terminally ill make decision to die

JUNEAU — An Anchorage lawmaker introduced legislation Monday that would give terminally ill patients the right to decide to end their lives with the help… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Lawmakers look at new draft of marijuana bill

JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers are considering a new approach to decriminalizing and regulating marijuana.That approach, which was introduced in a Senate Judiciary Committee bill Monday,… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2015
  • By Molly Dischner

Transportation department proposes ferry service reductions

JUNEAU — The state transportation department is proposing reductions in ferry service as part of an effort to cut costs.The changes proposed for the next… Continue reading

  • Feb 9, 2015
  • By Becky Bohrer

Kenai Peninsula College: Around Campus

The Kuspuk School District’s EXCEL Alaska program recently facilitated “mini-bridging” camps that brought 20 students to Kenai Peninsula College’s Kenai River Campus for five days… Continue reading

  • Feb 8, 2015
  • By Suzie Kendrick
  • Schools

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

From health products to handmade baby clothes all at the Cabin Fever Gift Shop.

Cabin Fever Gift shop offers locally made crafts in Sterling

There’s another new business in Sterling where the Napetown restaurant once was, it’s the new Cabin Fever Gift Shop inside the new Porterhouse Grill. The… Continue reading

From health products to handmade baby clothes all at the Cabin Fever Gift Shop.