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Woman walks for help after bear attack

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Bloodied and dazed after being slashed by the claws of a brown bear, a woman struggled to walk 2 miles along… Continue reading

  • May 19, 2014
  • By Mark Thiessen

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

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Sen. Peter Micciche sat with the winners during lunch and asked them if they would continue reading over the summer, Friday, May 9, at Soldotna Elementary School.

Soldotna Elementary School improves reading levels

Trent Boots walked straight to the fiction section directly beneath the inflated solar system hanging from the ceiling. “The Penderwicks at Point Mouette” by Jeanne… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
  • Schools
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Sen. Peter Micciche sat with the winners during lunch and asked them if they would continue reading over the summer, Friday, May 9, at Soldotna Elementary School.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Ted Nichols, 12, of Chugiak, goes digging for clams at the Whiskey Gulch beach access Saturday May 18, 2014 in Anchor Point, Alaska.

Photos: Clamoring for razors

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  • May 18, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Ted Nichols, 12, of Chugiak, goes digging for clams at the Whiskey Gulch beach access Saturday May 18, 2014 in Anchor Point, Alaska.
Photo courtesy Michelle Glaves The base of the Les Anderson was found to have been hacked at with an axe, Saturday, May 9, at the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce.

Statue defaced, to be replaced

Damage to the vandalized Les Anderson statue is so extensive it will need to be replaced. Soldotna Chamber of Commerce executive director Michelle Glaves originally… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo courtesy Michelle Glaves The base of the Les Anderson was found to have been hacked at with an axe, Saturday, May 9, at the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce.

Lawsuit over school funding heads to court in June

JUNEAU — A borough that sued the state over public school funding says municipalities are “coerced” into contributing to local districts, but Alaska compares it… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 Bill Wolfe Jr., an apprentice at Hoonah's soon-to-be oyster farm; Rodger Painter, aquaculture specialist and a longtime shellfish farmer; and John Hillman, Hoonah Indian Association's Director of Natural Resources, look over oysters pulled from the Kake, Alaska nursery on May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Capital City Weekly, Mary Catherine Martin)

Kake pins hopes on oyster farming

KAKE — Timber, construction and commercial fisheries are down, the cannery closed decades ago, and the salmon hatchery here is closing next month. The Organized… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2014
  • By MARY CATHARINE MARTIN
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2014 Bill Wolfe Jr., an apprentice at Hoonah's soon-to-be oyster farm; Rodger Painter, aquaculture specialist and a longtime shellfish farmer; and John Hillman, Hoonah Indian Association's Director of Natural Resources, look over oysters pulled from the Kake, Alaska nursery on May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Capital City Weekly, Mary Catherine Martin)

A successful KPC graduate speaks out

Dagmar Mayer, a recent KPC graduate who walked in the college’s May 8 commencement ceremony, recently shared her feelings about her college experience with KPC’s… Continue reading

  • May 18, 2014
Photo courtesy from Pegge Erkeneff Justin Bernecker, age 15, during a family visit to Alaska taken July 2005 during a family visit. Erkeneff said Justin died about 6-7 months after this photo was taken.

One woman speaks out about her son’s suicide

Sitting beside her friend, in his power boat on the lower Kenai River near Eagle Rock at 5 a.m. Pegge Erkeneff was again faced with… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo courtesy from Pegge Erkeneff Justin Bernecker, age 15, during a family visit to Alaska taken July 2005 during a family visit. Erkeneff said Justin died about 6-7 months after this photo was taken.
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Charlie Black chats with a friend as his daughter Zoe Black, 4, tries to get back to fishing in the Anchor River Saturday May 17, 2014 near Anchor Point, Alaska.

Anchor River king salmon fishing starts slow

Charlie Black’s daughters took turns standing in the curve of his arm Saturday, grasping the handle of a simple blue Fin-Chaser rod and flinging a… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Charlie Black chats with a friend as his daughter Zoe Black, 4, tries to get back to fishing in the Anchor River Saturday May 17, 2014 near Anchor Point, Alaska.

Fishermen’s Fund, ADFG to present oral argument about 2013 fisheries

ANCHORAGE — Oral argument in the lawsuit over 2013 Cook Inlet commercial fisheries management was scheduled for later this month at a trial setting conference… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Norma Holmgaard, retiring principal of Mountain View Elementary school, chats with a table of students during lunch Friday May 16, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Saying goodbye

In the fall local schools will be missing something. A lot of it. More than 200 years worth of it. Experience.Forty-two Kenai Peninsula Borough School… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Norma Holmgaard, retiring principal of Mountain View Elementary school, chats with a table of students during lunch Friday May 16, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

Anchor Point man hospitalized with gunshot wound

An Anchor Point man was hospitalized Thursday after suffering a gunshot wound to the head on May 10. Alaska State Troopers were called to South… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2014

Miss Independent

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  • May 15, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Marathon Road traffic restricted for repairs

The Kenai Peninsula Borough on Wednesday announced limited access to Marathon Road for the next two weeks as workers improve drainage and repair potholes. Signs… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2014
  • By Clarion staff report

Soldotna to contribute $150,000 for SoHi track and field

The City of Soldotna will direct $150,000 toward the Soldotna High School Track and Field project. City Manager Mark Dixson received a formal letter from… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
This 2012 photo provided by Chris Shelden shows Matt Hamby, left, and his husband, Shelden, right, at Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park, Alaska. The couple from Anchorage, Alaska, married in Canada and renewed their vows last year when same-sex marriage was briefly allowed in Utah. On Monday, they joined four other same-sex couples in suing the state of Alaska in federal court, arguing the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage violates their rights to due process and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Courtesy Chris Shelden)

AK Supreme Court considers benefits for same-sex partners

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court is considering whether the partner of a woman killed in 2011 is entitled to survivor benefits from… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2014
This 2012 photo provided by Chris Shelden shows Matt Hamby, left, and his husband, Shelden, right, at Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park, Alaska. The couple from Anchorage, Alaska, married in Canada and renewed their vows last year when same-sex marriage was briefly allowed in Utah. On Monday, they joined four other same-sex couples in suing the state of Alaska in federal court, arguing the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage violates their rights to due process and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Courtesy Chris Shelden)

Voting from home

This year’s October election could see more Kenai Peninsula Borough residents casting votes from their kitchen tables.An ordinance requiring borough elections be held by mail… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
A protester dressed as Ronald McDonald participates in a rally to demand higher wages for fast-food workers outside a McDonald restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 15, 2014. About 30 labor union members joined the global action to ask higher pay for part-time workers.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Fast-food protests spread overseas

NEW YORK — Labor organizers turned up the pressure on McDonald’s and other fast-food chains to raise worker pay on Thursday, with plans to stage… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2014
  • By CANDICE CHOI
A protester dressed as Ronald McDonald participates in a rally to demand higher wages for fast-food workers outside a McDonald restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 15, 2014. About 30 labor union members joined the global action to ask higher pay for part-time workers.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Clarion staff photo Daniel Rosin of Soldotna shows off the brown bear he took down while bowhunting near Skikok Lake on May 6. Rosin only needed one arrow to kill the 9-foot, 750-pound bear he shot from a stand 25 feet in the air from a distance of 20 yards away.

SOHI senior bags brown bear with a bow

When big game hunting, eventually hours of silence and patience will be rewarded.Soldotna High School senior Daniel Rosin could hardly contain his excitement after he… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Clarion staff photo Daniel Rosin of Soldotna shows off the brown bear he took down while bowhunting near Skikok Lake on May 6. Rosin only needed one arrow to kill the 9-foot, 750-pound bear he shot from a stand 25 feet in the air from a distance of 20 yards away.