KP fair has big changes

The Kenai Peninsula Fair has made some changes that will delight music and carnival enthusiasts.Brian White, an award winning country music artist from Oklahoma and… Continue reading

  • Jun 8, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER
Steve Taylor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation department talks about the new beach as the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area off of South Cushman Street in Fairbanks, Alaska, nears completion Thursday morning, May 29, 2014. The recreation area, which offers a picnic area, sandy beach and both motorized and non-motorized lakes with boat launches, will open this summer. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Eric Engman)

Fairbanks newest beach to open in June

FAIRBANKS — Standing on Fairbanks’ newest — and only — beach one sunny day in late May, Steve Taylor could envision throngs of beach goers… Continue reading

  • Jun 8, 2014
  • By Tim Mowry
Steve Taylor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation department talks about the new beach as the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area off of South Cushman Street in Fairbanks, Alaska, nears completion Thursday morning, May 29, 2014. The recreation area, which offers a picnic area, sandy beach and both motorized and non-motorized lakes with boat launches, will open this summer. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Eric Engman)

Father killed in ATV rollover

A 30-year old Kasilof man was killed after he rolled his all-terrain vehicle while riding with his 3-year-old son Friday night.Alaska State Troopers reported that… Continue reading

  • Jun 8, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

[Slideshow] baseball camp

Here is a slideshow of images from the last day of the Alaska 907 baseball camp. More than 100 kids played baseball every day at… Continue reading

  • Jun 8, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

Mother, 2 children, boyfriend missing from Kenai home

A family of four has been missing from their Kenai home for more than a week.  Brandon Jividen 37, his girlfriend Rebecca Adams, 22, and… Continue reading

  • Jun 7, 2014
  • By KELLY SULLIVAN and RASHAH McCHESNEY
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Nick Calvert makes a bacon, peanut butter, nutella stuffed waffle in the bright, neon green RV converted into the Wook Waffaz Waffle Emporium, Thursday, June 5, in Soldotna.

[Photo] A wook at waffles

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  • Jun 5, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Nick Calvert makes a bacon, peanut butter, nutella stuffed waffle in the bright, neon green RV converted into the Wook Waffaz Waffle Emporium, Thursday, June 5, in Soldotna.

Project GRAD encourages Cook Inlet students

Eleven years ago, a program called Project GRAD Kenai Peninsula began to encourage students to not only graduate high school, but also to succeed after… Continue reading

  • Jun 7, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Summer Lazenby and other children follow the launch of Caleb Wohlers River Rocket at the 24th annual Kenai River Festival, June 7, at Centennial Park.

Kenai River Festival flows through Soldotna

In Centennial Park this weekend the banks of the icy Kenai River hosted many anglers whose fishing lines never touched the water. At the end… Continue reading

  • Jun 7, 2014
  • By Kelly Sullivan
Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Summer Lazenby and other children follow the launch of Caleb Wohlers River Rocket at the 24th annual Kenai River Festival, June 7, at Centennial Park.

Judge allows additional briefs in UCIDA lawsuit

A federal judge ruled to allow additional information to be filed in the lawsuit regarding federal oversight of Cook Inlet salmon management. United Cook Inlet… Continue reading

  • Jun 7, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner

Kenai woman, daughters and boyfriend missing

A family of four has been missing from their Kenai home for more than a week. Brandon Jividen 37, his girlfriend Rebecca Adams, 22, and… Continue reading

  • Jun 7, 2014
  • By KELLY SULLIVAN and RASHAH MCCHESEY

Former Nikiski music teacher arrested by Alaska State Troopers

Editor's note: This breaking news story will be updated as we receive more information. Check back for updates.  The Alaska State Troopers have arrested former… Continue reading

  • Jun 6, 2014
  • By Rashah McChesney

More details released in Buccaneer bankruptcy

Buccaneer Energy, an independent Cook Inlet explorer with high hopes but skimpy resources, saw those hopes come crashing down May 31. The company filed for… Continue reading

  • Jun 5, 2014
  • By TIM BRADNER and ELWOOD BREHMER

Judge rules for ADFG in lawsuit over 2013 Cook Inlet salmon management

ANCHORAGE — A state judge ruled in favor of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the lawsuit regarding the 2013 Cook Inlet salmon… Continue reading

  • Jun 5, 2014
  • By Molly Dischner

Bearup enters brorough mayor race

Tom Bearup, a former Soldotna mayor, announced he is running for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor.Standing in front of a banner with the slogan “The People’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 5, 2014
  • By Staff Report

Kenai raises mill rate

After a failed attempt by Kenai City Council member Brian Gabriel to slash more than $300,000 from the budget to avoid a mill rate increase,… Continue reading

  • Jun 5, 2014
  • By DAN BALMER

Kenai sockeye and lakes the best options

Editor's note: This fishing report has been corrected to reflect the area in the Kenai River where rainbow trout fishing is legal.  Kings Fishing this… Continue reading

Visiting farm worker beaten in East End Road attack

Two apparently drunk men beat up and robbed a New York visitor in an attack Wednesday afternoon near Mile 21 East End Road. The assailants… Continue reading

  • Jun 5, 2014
  • By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Morris News Service-Alaska

Assembly tweaks, passes borough budget

The fiscal year 2015 annual budget balancing act finished the season with a unanimous passing vote.But before its passage, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly discussed… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2014
  • By KAYLEE OSOWSKI

Alaska village sues feds to open road in refuge

ANCHORAGE — An Alaska village sued the U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday after it rejected a road through a national wildlife refuge that could improve… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2014
  • By Dan Joling

Man dies in refrigeration leak on fishing boat

KODIAK — Police in Kodiak say an Everett, Washington, man has died following a refrigeration leak aboard a fishing boat.The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2014
  • By Associated Press