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Renowned Alaska Native storyteller to perform

The KRC Learning Center and the Alaska Native Oratory Society invite the public to attend a presentation by renowned storyteller Jack Dalton at 7 p.m.… Continue reading

School briefs

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

Claudia Martinex works on her hand made putty, Saturday, March 22, at WSTD in Soldotna.

Girl Scouts take on science

A handful of Girl Scouts of Alaska stood scooping mouthfuls of handmade ice cream in plastic bags in what would have been a presumably empty… Continue reading

  • Mar 23, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Claudia Martinex works on her hand made putty, Saturday, March 22, at WSTD in Soldotna.
With a king salmon weighing 30.60 pounds, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai takes first place in the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament. Fishing aboard the Inlet Plunder, Tepp's first-place cash prize was $19,026.

Kenai angler wins winter king tournament

Reeling in a 30.60-pound king salmon, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai is the first-place winner in the 2014 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament held Saturday.… Continue reading

With a king salmon weighing 30.60 pounds, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai takes first place in the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament. Fishing aboard the Inlet Plunder, Tepp's first-place cash prize was $19,026.
In this April 21, 1989 file photo, crews use high pressured hoses to blast the rocks on this beach front on Naked Island, Alaska. This is one of only two beaches that are being worked on, of the 58 beaches in the Prince William Sound. On March 24, the crude oil tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on a reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of oil in the waters. Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, some damage heals, some effects linger in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Rob Stapleton, File)

25 years later, Exxon Valdez spill effects linger

ANCHORAGE — Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, at the… Continue reading

  • Mar 23, 2014
  • By Dan Joling
In this April 21, 1989 file photo, crews use high pressured hoses to blast the rocks on this beach front on Naked Island, Alaska. This is one of only two beaches that are being worked on, of the 58 beaches in the Prince William Sound. On March 24, the crude oil tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on a reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of oil in the waters. Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, some damage heals, some effects linger in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Rob Stapleton, File)

Alaska lawmaker wants coal plant without fed regs

JUNEAU (AP) — A Republican senator says Alaska should ignore federal regulations and plan to build a large-scale coal-powered plant to generate electricity in the… Continue reading

  • Mar 23, 2014

Family hosts Mongolian exchange student

HARDWOOD, Mich. — Mick and Heidi Reynolds of Hardwood have been traveling to Mongolia for the past 14 years in order to teach English in… Continue reading

  • Mar 23, 2014
  • By NIKKI YOUNK
Alaska State Library, Betty Bannon Collection, United States Army photo, AMRC-b70-15-66

‘We didn’t get dinner that night’

Nedra Evenson was making dinner for her family at her home at Mile 3 of the Kenai Spur Highway. Her husband Jim Evenson and their… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Alaska State Library, Betty Bannon Collection, United States Army photo, AMRC-b70-15-66
With a king salmon weighing 30.60 pounds, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai takes first place in the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament. Fishing aboard the Inlet Plunder, Tepp's first-place cash prize was $19,026.

Kenai angler wins winter king tournament

Reeling in a 30.60-pound king salmon, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai is the first-place winner in the 2014 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament held Saturday.… Continue reading

With a king salmon weighing 30.60 pounds, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai takes first place in the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament. Fishing aboard the Inlet Plunder, Tepp's first-place cash prize was $19,026.

Senate committee works on new reading program

JUNEAU — The Senate Education Committee heard a bill Friday that would establish a reading program for elementary school students with reading difficulties, an effort… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2014
  • By MIKE COPPOCK

Parnell reiterates call for action on pension issue

JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell on Friday reiterated his call for lawmakers to put $3 billion from savings toward paying down the state’s unfunded pension… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer

Great Alaska Quake shook up science

When North America’s largest-known earthquake shook Alaska for all it was worth at 5:36 p.m., on Good Friday, March 27, 1964, George Plafker was in… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2014
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER Morris News Service-Alaska

Legislative Information Office teleconference schedule for March 24-28

Monday 9:00 a.m.The Senate Finance Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss SB 182 Public Employee Salary Differentials, SB 194 Tourism Marketing Board, HB… Continue reading

  • Mar 22, 2014

Cook Inlet setnet groups file new emergency petitions

A month after the Alaska Board of Fisheries made substantive changes to portions of the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan, two commercial setnet… Continue reading

  • Mar 21, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Veterans stand to ensure war memorial remains

Local citizens filled the Kenai City Council Chambers beyond capacity Wednesday to show their emphatic support for a veterans memorial in Leif Hansen Memorial Park.… Continue reading

  • Mar 21, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Kenai to take public comment on veteran's memorial

Kenai to take public comment on veteran’s memorial

After nearly a year of debate about the design of a monument in Leif Hanson Memorial Park, the Kenai City Council will hear from the… Continue reading

  • Mar 19, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Kenai to take public comment on veteran's memorial
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Julien Harris, of Soldotna, carries his puppy Jazzy while his other puppy, Roscoe, runs alongside near the Old Cannery Road entrance to the beach just south of the mouth of the Kenai River Thursday March 20, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Thursday's vernal equinox - the first day of spring in the Northern hemisphere - was marked by sunny weather and a 32 degree high temperature in Kenai.

[Photo] First day of Spring

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  • Mar 20, 2014
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Julien Harris, of Soldotna, carries his puppy Jazzy while his other puppy, Roscoe, runs alongside near the Old Cannery Road entrance to the beach just south of the mouth of the Kenai River Thursday March 20, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Thursday's vernal equinox - the first day of spring in the Northern hemisphere - was marked by sunny weather and a 32 degree high temperature in Kenai.

Board of Fisheries tweaks Cook Inlet crab fisheries

The state Board of Fisheries opted against creating additional opportunity to harvest tanner crabs in Cook Inlet Thursday, although it made other changes to existing… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2014
  • By MOLLY DISCHNER Alaska Journal of Commerce

Treadwell splits from campaign manager

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mead Treadwell has parted ways with his campaign manager. Spokesman Fred Brown says it “frees up a… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2014
Clarion file photoIn this May 12, 2012 file photo bicycle riders participate in a group ride Saturday through Soldotna during bike safety day. The event was an opportunity for youth and adults to learn about safe riding and to share a fun ride through town.

‘Safe Routes to School’ project plans advance in Soldotna

The third draft of the City of Soldotna’s Safe Routes to Schools Walk Zone Inventory and Recommendations Draft was met with public support and lingering… Continue reading

  • Mar 20, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Clarion file photoIn this May 12, 2012 file photo bicycle riders participate in a group ride Saturday through Soldotna during bike safety day. The event was an opportunity for youth and adults to learn about safe riding and to share a fun ride through town.