Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Betsy Laws, Kiowa Richardson and Jaiden Streiff serve food at The Way Cafe Thursday September 12, 2013 in Kenai, Alaska.

The Way Cafe is still up and running

After shutting the doors to a facility that previously prepared food for patrons out of the Kenai Merit Inn up until January 3 this year,… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Betsy Laws, Kiowa Richardson and Jaiden Streiff serve food at The Way Cafe Thursday September 12, 2013 in Kenai, Alaska.
Atwater accepts new position

Atwater accepts new position

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Dr. Steve Atwater accepted the position as the University of Alaska Associate Vice President for K-12 Outreach Tuesday.Atwater publicly… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Atwater accepts new position
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A commercial set gillnetting skiff runs out of the mouth of the Kasilof River as a crewmember lights the way with a flashlight during an overnight fishing period Thursday July 17, 2014 in Kasilof, Alaska.

State to appeal setnet initiative ruling

The State of Alaska will appeal a state Superior Court decision that would permit a ballot initiative that could ban setnets in certain parts of… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A commercial set gillnetting skiff runs out of the mouth of the Kasilof River as a crewmember lights the way with a flashlight during an overnight fishing period Thursday July 17, 2014 in Kasilof, Alaska.
In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Steve Atwater gives a presentation about the state of the school district to a Kenai Chamber of Commerce.  Atwater announced his resignation during a Monday August 4, 2014 Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education meeting.

Atwater resigns, to be gone by December

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Steve Atwater announced his resignation during his superintendent’s report to the Board of Education Monday in Soldotna. His resignation… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney and Kaylee Osowski
In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Steve Atwater gives a presentation about the state of the school district to a Kenai Chamber of Commerce.  Atwater announced his resignation during a Monday August 4, 2014 Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education meeting.

Error results in months of confusion for Anchorage man plagued with calls for Nikiski candidate

For Anchorage resident Braylon Blades, a small factual error in a listing for Rocky Knudsen on the State of Alaska Division of Elections website has… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan

[Photo] Playing in the mud

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  • Aug 4, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
A Nigerian health official wearing a protective mask waits to screen passengers at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian authorities on Monday confirmed a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as officials across the region battle to stop the spread of a disease that has killed more than 700 people. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Death toll from Ebola in W. Africa hits 887

ABUJA, Nigeria — The doctor who treated a man who flew to Nigeria and died of Ebola now has contracted the disease, authorities said Monday,… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2014
  • By BASHIR ADIGUN and JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH
A Nigerian health official wearing a protective mask waits to screen passengers at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian authorities on Monday confirmed a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as officials across the region battle to stop the spread of a disease that has killed more than 700 people. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Photo contributed by Rocky Knudsen Rocky Knudsen and Shauna Thornton make their way down the north beach of the Kenai River during a beach clean-up event Friday August 1, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Cleaning up the Kenai

When the final evening of dipnet fishing at the mouth of the Kenai River winds to a close each year, the north and south beaches… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo contributed by Rocky Knudsen Rocky Knudsen and Shauna Thornton make their way down the north beach of the Kenai River during a beach clean-up event Friday August 1, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Mayor vetoes bed tax

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre vetoed the proposed 3 percent borough-wide bed tax, subject to voter approval, Monday.“I don’t really like dedicated taxes personally,”… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

Spokesman: 5 immigrant children sent to Alaska

JUNEAU (AP) — A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says five unaccompanied immigrant children have been sent to Alaska.Kenneth Wolfe… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2014

Draft: Lawmakers can tout position on referendum

JUNEAU — Lawmakers can use state resources, like their legislative websites, to make known their positions on the upcoming oil tax referendum, according to a… Continue reading

  • Aug 4, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Soldotna residents have been noticing the removal of politcal signs from private property, Sunday, August 3, 2014, in Soldotna, Alaska.

Campaign signs stolen around Soldotna

As political signs pop up around the Central Kenai Peninsula signaling that election season is in full swing, some Soldotna residents are noticing what they… Continue reading

  • Aug 3, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Soldotna residents have been noticing the removal of politcal signs from private property, Sunday, August 3, 2014, in Soldotna, Alaska.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  (left) Chad Arthur bikes with his kids, Erika Arthur, 11, Andrew Arthur, 8, and Kellie Arthur, 13, during a rainstorm Sunday August 3, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.  Chad Arthur said the group was headed to Don Jose's restaurant.

Photo: Biking in the rain

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  • Aug 3, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  (left) Chad Arthur bikes with his kids, Erika Arthur, 11, Andrew Arthur, 8, and Kellie Arthur, 13, during a rainstorm Sunday August 3, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.  Chad Arthur said the group was headed to Don Jose's restaurant.

Oral history being recorded from the Upper Kobuk

NOME, Alaska — For the first time, centuries-old fishing knowledge from the Upper Kobuk River is being recorded.The knowledge that is in us, in our… Continue reading

  • Aug 3, 2014
  • By ANNA ROSE MACARTHUR

State buys land for Interior veterans’ cemetery

FAIRBANKS — After years of searching and one false start, the state has purchased land it says will become the location for the Interior’s first… Continue reading

  • Aug 3, 2014
  • By WESTON MORROW

A constitutional crisis for fun and profit

Republicans and Democrats are consumed in a vicious debate over which party wants to talk about impeachment more.Democrats say it is lunatic Republicans who are… Continue reading

  • Aug 3, 2014
  • By Rich Lowry

Details needed in proposed New England pipeline

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners wants to add a 30- to 36-inch diameter, 180-mile spur to its Tennessee Gas Pipeline between Wright, N.Y., and Dracut.This additional… Continue reading

  • Aug 3, 2014
Miah Anthony, 5, of Kodiak, and her cousin Abby Samaniego, 4, of Fairbanks, play with hula hoops at Salmonstock on Friday in Ninilchik. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Salmonstock brings out miniature music lovers

Colorful paint butterflies flitted over the wide smiles on the faces of cousins Miah Anthony, 5, of Kodiak and Abby Samaniego, 4, of Fairbanks Friday… Continue reading

  • Aug 2, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI and RASHAH MCCHESNEY
Miah Anthony, 5, of Kodiak, and her cousin Abby Samaniego, 4, of Fairbanks, play with hula hoops at Salmonstock on Friday in Ninilchik. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

AK Native Tribal Health Consortium gets EPA grant

A grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will enable the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to study climate change and contaminant shifts in the Bering… Continue reading

  • Aug 2, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Wildlife Refuge Park Ranger Leah Eskelin points out a red-backed vole to the group of 15 in the Family Explorer Program, Saturday, August 2, 2014, on the Keen-Eye Nature Trail in Soldotna.

Wildlife refuge learning program takes hands-on approach

In the dense forest behind the Kenai Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, standing beside one of the 11 cabins erected by Andrew Berg, Hamilton Hunt helped… Continue reading

  • Aug 2, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Kenai Wildlife Refuge Park Ranger Leah Eskelin points out a red-backed vole to the group of 15 in the Family Explorer Program, Saturday, August 2, 2014, on the Keen-Eye Nature Trail in Soldotna.