May is Motorcyle Awareness Month

May is Motorcyle Awareness Month

While motorcycles have been seen on local highways as early as February this year, May is officially Motorcycle Awareness Month as proclaimed at the Tuesday,… Continue reading

May is Motorcyle Awareness Month
Soldotna Pharmacy hosts Drug Take Back Day

Soldotna Pharmacy hosts Drug Take Back Day

Spring cleaning included medicine cabinets last week as Soldotna Pharmacy in cooperation with the Alaska State Troopers, DEA, Kenai and Soldotna Police Departments and the… Continue reading

Soldotna Pharmacy hosts Drug Take Back Day
Spring cleaning Eli Heinrich, 13, rakes dead grass and leaves in front of Fireweed Herb Garden and Gifts on North Forest Drive in Kenai on Monday afternoon. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion
Spring cleaning Eli Heinrich, 13, rakes dead grass and leaves in front of Fireweed Herb Garden and Gifts on North Forest Drive in Kenai on Monday afternoon. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Ordinance proposes changes to assembly district lines

Some Kenai Peninsula Borough residents may find themselves in different assembly districts, if a proposed ordinance passes. Ordinance 2014-14, which will be introduced at Tuesday’s… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

Wildfire contained near Caribou Lake

A wildfire that grew to 12 acres near Caribou Lake over the weekend took the full resources of the Division of Forestry before being contained… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Senate candidates weigh in on same-sex marriage

JUNEAU — In the lead-up to this year’s elections, The Associated Press plans to publish an occasional list featuring the positions of the highest-profile Alaska… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2014
  • By Becky Bohrer
Fairbanks flight opens unmanned aircraft test site

Fairbanks flight opens unmanned aircraft test site

A small and unassuming unmanned aircraft made a short flight Monday in Fairbanks that signified a big step in aviation, Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2014
  • By ELWOOD BREHMER
Fairbanks flight opens unmanned aircraft test site

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

  • May 4, 2014

Tustumena departs Ketchikan after overhaul

KETCHIKAN — A remarkable vessel in Alaska maritime history — some say legendary —was hunkered down at the Ketchikan Shipyard recently for an annual overhaul.… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2014
  • By Scott Bowlen

Shrinking the funding gap

While the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will see more money to help close its funding gap thanks to an increase in state appropriations, district… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion More than 40 motorcycle enthusiasts gathered at the Nikiski Church of the Nazarene for a biker blessing Sunday.

Bikers get blessed for safe riding season

A convoy of motorcycles pulled into the Nikiski Church of the Nazarene parking lot Sunday and before long more than 40 bikes parked in front… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion More than 40 motorcycle enthusiasts gathered at the Nikiski Church of the Nazarene for a biker blessing Sunday.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Adam McKenzie helps during clean up for Construction Career Day, Tuesday, April 29, at the Soldotna Sports Center.

Construction Career Day

Since its Soldotna debut three years ago, Alaska Construction Career Day is seeing a more diverse group of students attend the event.Loretta Knudson-Spalding, Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Adam McKenzie helps during clean up for Construction Career Day, Tuesday, April 29, at the Soldotna Sports Center.

3 motorcyclists killed in Glenn Highway accident

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three motorcyclists are dead and another is injured following a crash Saturday night on a key Alaska highway north of Anchorage.… Continue reading

  • May 4, 2014
  • By The Associated Press
Candidates Joe Miller, left, Dan Sullivan, center, and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell appear on stage together at the state Republican Convention at Centennial Hall on Friday. The three are running against each over for the Republican nomination to run against Democrat Sen. Mark Begich next November.

Republican candidates rally party support

JUNEAU — Alaska’s largest political party and its candidates for major offices are bracing for a fight this fall when the nation’s eyes turn to… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2014
  • By MATT WOOLBRIGHT
Candidates Joe Miller, left, Dan Sullivan, center, and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell appear on stage together at the state Republican Convention at Centennial Hall on Friday. The three are running against each over for the Republican nomination to run against Democrat Sen. Mark Begich next November.
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion After Robia Bishop's ceremonial installment, Sherrill Behm and Ronald Haberman joined her outside the Post Office, Wednesday, April 30, in Soldotna.

Soldotna gets new postmaster

Robia Bishop has been performing the duties of Postmaster in Soldotna for a year, but still had trouble sleeping the night before her official installation… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion After Robia Bishop's ceremonial installment, Sherrill Behm and Ronald Haberman joined her outside the Post Office, Wednesday, April 30, in Soldotna.
Firefighters stand at attention and salute as the procession for two slain Alaska State Troopers arrives at the State Medical Examiners office in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, May 2, 2014. Troopers Sgt. Patrick "Scott" Johnson and Gabriel "Gabe" Rich were killed in the line of duty in Tanana, Alaska on Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)

Charge: Alaska man, 19, shot troopers from behind

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — As two state troopers struggled to arrest his father, a 19-year-old man armed himself with an assault rifle and shot them… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2014
Firefighters stand at attention and salute as the procession for two slain Alaska State Troopers arrives at the State Medical Examiners office in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, May 2, 2014. Troopers Sgt. Patrick "Scott" Johnson and Gabriel "Gabe" Rich were killed in the line of duty in Tanana, Alaska on Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna Police Officer Tobin Brennan quizzes Kelsey Beaudin, Alexis Gomes, David Schramm and Logan Steiner DARE questions in Jake Eveland's fifth grade class at Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna Wednesday.

Elementary students complete D.A.R.E. program

One hundred-fifty fifth-graders walked across the stage to receive their diplomas after completion of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education course Friday at Soldotna High School.Prior… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Soldotna Police Officer Tobin Brennan quizzes Kelsey Beaudin, Alexis Gomes, David Schramm and Logan Steiner DARE questions in Jake Eveland's fifth grade class at Redoubt Elementary School in Soldotna Wednesday.

First LNG ship since 2012 arrives at ConocoPhillips plant near Kenai

The first liquefied natural gas tanker arrived Friday morning at the ConocoPhillips LNG plant at Nikiski, near Kenai, following the company’s reactivation of the plant… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2014
  • By Tim Bradner

Man arrested in deaths of Alaska State Troopers

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two troopers in a remote village, the Alaska… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2014
  • By Rachel D'oro

2 Alaska State Troopers killed, two men taken into custody

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska State Troopers were shot and killed Thursday when they were conducting an investigation in the Interior Alaska village of… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2014
  • By Mark Thiessen

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