Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

A Soldotna man is facing multiple charges of criminal mischief and a charge of driving drunk after damaging athletic fields at two schools on Sunday.… Continue reading

Soldotna man arrested for vandalizing school fields

Peninsula sheds 234 jobs from 2017–2018

The Kenai Peninsula lost about 234 jobs in the third quarter of the fiscal year compared to the year before it. Between January 2017 and… Continue reading

This Friday, March 9, 2018 photo shows the space beneath Nikiski resident Kimbra Mensch’s home, which is currently being torn down, in Nikiski, Alaska. The contractor Mensch hired to build her home left her with 48 building violations, resulting in an unsafe building she is having to pay to have torn down and start over. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

Homeowners can be left holding the bag if they hire unlicensed contractors

A thin layer of snow shifted across the bare plywood floor of the unfinished house when construction contractor Ward Adams lifted one of the panels… Continue reading

This Friday, March 9, 2018 photo shows the space beneath Nikiski resident Kimbra Mensch’s home, which is currently being torn down, in Nikiski, Alaska. The contractor Mensch hired to build her home left her with 48 building violations, resulting in an unsafe building she is having to pay to have torn down and start over. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
Winged words

Winged words

Parents and children catching flights at the Kenai Municipal Airport now have the chance to make waiting time into story time. On Friday afternoon the… Continue reading

Winged words
A guest at Saturday’s National Guard Demo Day at the Kenai Armory in Kenai walks from a small until support vehicle, which is used by the Guard to traverse all different types of terrain. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

National Guard opens armory doors

Alaska Army National Guard in Kenai opened their doors on Saturday, inviting the community for a first-hand experience to give a better understanding the role… Continue reading

A guest at Saturday’s National Guard Demo Day at the Kenai Armory in Kenai walks from a small until support vehicle, which is used by the Guard to traverse all different types of terrain. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Fish and Game to stock grayling in peninsula lakes again

Peninsula anglers hankering after grayling won’t have to go so far afield in the future — the fish will be available in some of the… Continue reading

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Council works to disentangle state, federal Cook Inlet salmon fisheries

About a year after the North Pacific Fishery Management Council first took up the Cook Inlet federal fishery management plan issue, the definition of what… Continue reading

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Soldotna bans plastic bags

Starting Nov. 1, Soldotna will begin enforcing a ban on single use disposable plastic shopping bags within city limits. Members of the Soldotna City Council… Continue reading

Local groups prep for market season

The 2018 farmers market season is quickly approaching and local organizers are eager to help vendors old and new. Tonight, the Alaska Food Hub, formerly… Continue reading

Court hears arguments on invocation lawsuit

Court hears arguments on invocation lawsuit

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s policy on who can give invocations had its day in court. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Court hears arguments on invocation lawsuit
This 1976 photo shows emergency vehicles parked at Central Emergency Services’ Station 1 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo courtesy the Kenai Peninsula Borough)

CES looks to move Soldotna fire station

Central Emergency Services is looking to East Redoubt Avenue in Soldotna for its new Station 1 site. The service area, which provides emergency medical and… Continue reading

This 1976 photo shows emergency vehicles parked at Central Emergency Services’ Station 1 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo courtesy the Kenai Peninsula Borough)

School board to look at kindergarten policy

Parents have been registering their children for kindergarten at Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools all month long, with schools enrolling any district child who… Continue reading

Alaska likely to hold top spots in national STD rates

As cases of sexually transmitted diseases continue to rise across the state, Alaska public health officials are calling attention to the need for testing and… Continue reading

Central Emergency Services firefighters work to extinguish a blaze in an apartment building on Cork Line Drive in the Kalifornsky Beach area on Monday, April 9, 2018 near Kenai, Alaska. No one was reportedly hurt in the blaze, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Photo courtesy Roy Browning/Central Emergency Services)

CES douses fire in K-Beach apartment building

No injuries were reported in an apartment building fire in the Kalifornsky Beach area Monday evening. Central Emergency Services doused a fire in a four-plex… Continue reading

Central Emergency Services firefighters work to extinguish a blaze in an apartment building on Cork Line Drive in the Kalifornsky Beach area on Monday, April 9, 2018 near Kenai, Alaska. No one was reportedly hurt in the blaze, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Photo courtesy Roy Browning/Central Emergency Services)

After public objection, borough trims land auction list

The list of Kenai Peninsula Borough-owned parcels up for auction got significantly shorter after the borough assembly trimmed the list in response to public concern.… Continue reading

This Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 photo shows the Kenai City Dock in Kenai, Alaska. The city is seeking a new concessionaire to operate the dock’s equipment after seafood processor Copper River Seafoods did not show interest in operating the facility for the 2018 season. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Copper River to stop operating Kenai dock

Seafood processor Copper River Seafoods won’t be operating the city of Kenai’s dock this year. The company, which has operated the dock’s heavy equipment and… Continue reading

This Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 photo shows the Kenai City Dock in Kenai, Alaska. The city is seeking a new concessionaire to operate the dock’s equipment after seafood processor Copper River Seafoods did not show interest in operating the facility for the 2018 season. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
Public battles over gravel pit restrictions

Public battles over gravel pit restrictions

The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s working group on gravel pits wanted public comment, and on Thursday night, they got it. Property owners and gravel pit operators… Continue reading

Public battles over gravel pit restrictions
In this August 2017 photo, sockeye salmon mill in the pool just below the Russian River Falls near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

Salmon habitat bill still milling in House Fisheries committee

With the Legislature closing in on the final day of its regular session, the battle over a bill to tighten restrictions on permits to develop… Continue reading

In this August 2017 photo, sockeye salmon mill in the pool just below the Russian River Falls near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)
A Visual Feast celebrates student art

A Visual Feast celebrates student art

Eighth-grader Jolie Widamen from Skyview Middle School can’t draw, can’t paint and is definitely not artistic, or at least that’s what she told her mom,… Continue reading

A Visual Feast celebrates student art
Homer Needle Exchange volunteer Sharon Whytal demonstrates a variety of items offered to IV drug users through the exchange program in Homer last month. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Health care providers call for syringe exchange

Pete Paquette’s addiction began the way it did for many — with a pain injury in high school and a prescription for opioids. Liking the… Continue reading

Homer Needle Exchange volunteer Sharon Whytal demonstrates a variety of items offered to IV drug users through the exchange program in Homer last month. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)