Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Oria Stocks sits patiently as Sarah Overpeck and Celeste Kent tease her hair into a giant mane to match her tiger face paint,Frontier Community Services World Series Baseball, Saturday, June 21.

Frontier Community Services’ World Series of Baseball braves the rain

Editor's note: This story has been edited to correct a misspelling.  As Saturday’s rain soaked the Kenai Little League Fields, forming small pools and streams… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Oria Stocks sits patiently as Sarah Overpeck and Celeste Kent tease her hair into a giant mane to match her tiger face paint,Frontier Community Services World Series Baseball, Saturday, June 21.

Seward ready to move forward with dock development

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The City of Seward is ready to jumpstart development that has been decades in the making. When Gov. Sean Parnell signed the… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2014
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER

Funny River wildfire crews work on rehabilitation

Rehabilitation for the 195,858 acres Funny River Horse Trail wildfire firebreaks are complete, almost exactly a month after the blaze was first reported on May… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
On a mission

On a mission

On a gray, raining morning in Kenai, about 40 people, eight dogs and a handful of four-wheelers parked on Dunes Road in Kenai and headed… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
On a mission
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. On Friday, June 20, 2014, the House Ethics Committee announced that they have found that Young  violated House rules by using campaign funds for personal trips and accepting improper gifts. The committee called on the Republican to repay the value of the trips and gifts, totaling about $59,000, to his campaign and the donors, and to amend his financial disclosure statements to include gifts he had not reported. The committee also issued a "letter of reproval," or rebuke.  (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

Panel: Don Young violated U.S. House ethics

JUNEAU, Alaska — The House Ethics Committee has found that U.S. Rep. Don Young of Alaska violated House rules by using campaign funds for personal… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. On Friday, June 20, 2014, the House Ethics Committee announced that they have found that Young  violated House rules by using campaign funds for personal trips and accepting improper gifts. The committee called on the Republican to repay the value of the trips and gifts, totaling about $59,000, to his campaign and the donors, and to amend his financial disclosure statements to include gifts he had not reported. The committee also issued a "letter of reproval," or rebuke.  (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

Panel: Don Young violated U.S. House ethics

JUNEAU — The House Ethics Committee has found that U.S. Rep. Don Young of Alaska violated House rules by using campaign funds for personal trips… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A "Fish or Cut Bait" flag flies in the wind on a boat sitting on blocks at the Snug Harbor Seafoods receiving dock Thursday June 19, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Drifters head into the season, setnets to remain dry

The Snug Harbor Seafoods receiving dock was bustling Thursday, though not with commercial drift gillnetters bringing in volumes of sockeye salmon from the season’s first… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2014
  • By By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A "Fish or Cut Bait" flag flies in the wind on a boat sitting on blocks at the Snug Harbor Seafoods receiving dock Thursday June 19, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Small dog, great deed: Maltese finds lost wallet

When Lady Bunny, a 7-month-old Maltese pup, brought home a wallet, Bonnie and Brad Gruening weren’t the only ones who were surprised — Rudy Vonda… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2014
  • By Melissa Griffiths
Kenai stands with veterans in support of memorial

Kenai stands with veterans in support of memorial

After more than a year of internal debate about the cross symbol on the veteran’s memorial at Leif Hansen Memorial Park, the Kenai City Council… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Kenai stands with veterans in support of memorial

Alaska defends same-sex marriage ban

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state denies its laws on marriage curb the constitutional rights of five same-sex couples suing over Alaska’s gay marriage ban.The… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

Senators propose 12-cent gas tax increase

WASHINGTON — Two senators unveiled a bipartisan plan Wednesday to raise federal gasoline and diesel taxes for the first time in more than two decades,… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2014
  • By JOAN LOWY

Success with Sockeyes

Sockeye Fishing on the Russian river has yielded nothing but success for anglers since it’s opening one week ago, said Alaska Department of Fish and… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Jon Preston and Norvell Robertson relax by Peterson Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Wednesday June 18, 2014 near mile 68.3 of the Sterling Highway. Preston had been fishing for rainbow trout earlier in the day but said it was too windy to be successful.

For solitude and fishing, try area lakes

As the heat and eternal sunshine bring globe-trotting anglers to the Kenai Peninsula, it can become increasingly difficult to find a secluded spot to drop… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Jon Preston and Norvell Robertson relax by Peterson Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Wednesday June 18, 2014 near mile 68.3 of the Sterling Highway. Preston had been fishing for rainbow trout earlier in the day but said it was too windy to be successful.

Kenai council votes in support for veteran’s memorial

With a packed crowd of veteran supporters in attendance to emphasize their position, the Kenai City Council Wednesday voted 4-2 to show support for the… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Nathanael Mole and Kia Youngren put the finishing touches on a mural they designed for the City of Kenai as their senior year project at Kenai Central High School Wednesday June 18, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. The mural, which features a fire truck, dump truck and snow plow, will be hung in the city's new shop.

Setting up shop: Kenai opens doors to new city facility

The City of Kenai will open its bay doors to the new city shop for the public to see this Saturday. The 18,000-square-foot maintenance facility… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Nathanael Mole and Kia Youngren put the finishing touches on a mural they designed for the City of Kenai as their senior year project at Kenai Central High School Wednesday June 18, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. The mural, which features a fire truck, dump truck and snow plow, will be hung in the city's new shop.
Photo courtesy Iris Fontana Iris Fontana poses with her Envision Global Forum on Medicine and Science  group outside of the Forbidden City in Beijing China, this June.

KPC student makes trip to China

After spending 10 days in the bustling, populous hubs of Beijing and Shanghai, Iris Fontana became an expert at communicating with her Mandarin-speaking hosts —… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo courtesy Iris Fontana Iris Fontana poses with her Envision Global Forum on Medicine and Science  group outside of the Forbidden City in Beijing China, this June.

Assembly lowers threshold for voters to change sales tax rate, postpones vote on by-mail elections

Discussion of voters and taxes dominated a nearly four-hour meeting Tuesday night.While the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly postponed its vote on an ordinance that would… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

No search for missing family Wednesday

For the first time since the hunt for the missing Kenai family of four began, no police-coordinated ground search took place Wednesday.After five days, the… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Heat lamp starts fire in chicken coop

A structure used as a chicken coop caught fire in Sterling Tuesday night after a heating lamp was knocked over, according to a Central Emergency… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Military identifies 17 killed in ’52 Alaska crash

ANCHORAGE — The remains of about a third of the service members who died when their military transport plane crashed into an Alaska mountain and… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2014
  • By Mark Thiessen