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Teachers and students at Nikiski North Star Elementary in Nikiski, Alaska filled the library on Thursday, Nov. 9 morning at the first Stories with Style, a weekly event that transforms the library into a hair salon. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Stories with style

Ribbons, combs and hair gel lined the counter of Nikiski North Star’s library on Thursday while a group…

In this Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 photo, Martin Buser unfastens theater seats in the theater at the Alaska Fine Arts Academy in Eagle River, Alaska. The seats were being removed as the theater vacated the space, which had been its home for 11 years. A board member said the arts academy is in the process of looking for a new permanent home. (Matt Tunseth/Chugiak-Eagle River Star via AP)

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Alaska Fine Arts Academy in search of a new home

EAGLE RIVER — Theater seats at the Alaska Fine Arts Academy will get a new home while the…

Frances Leach, pictured here in this undated photo, has been named the new executive director of the United Fishermen of Alaska, effective Jan. 5, 2018. (Photo courtesy the United Fishermen of Alaska)

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UFA names new executive director

The biggest commercial fishing organization in the state will have a new executive director in January. The United…

Travis Burnett (right) takes a shot with a dart at The Place Bar and Motel on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 near Nikiski, Alaska. Burnett is part of a team that shoots darts at various bars around the central Kenai Peninsula, with his team headquartered at the Main Street Tap and Grill in Kenai. They rotate around other bars on an every-other-week basis. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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New owners take over at Nikiski’s The Place Bar

Bears peek out from various corners of the inside of the bar at The Place Bar and Motel…

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KESA medic treated 19 patients after Las Vegas mass shooting

A Homer-area first responder deployed by the American Red Cross to help in the aftermath of the Las…

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary School 2nd grade teacher Kelly Brewer helps student Levi Kirby into his judge’s robes before the class begins its mock trial of “Arthur T. Grinch” based on the Dr. Seuss classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The class has been studying civics and learning about the court process and put on a mock sentencing hearing, complete with witnesses and a jury composed of students’ parents and K-Beach Elementary Principal Nate Crabtree. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: The youth court of Whoville

Right: Kelly Brewer’s second grade class at Kalifornsky Beach Elementary School took over the courtroom for the morning…

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Mulling boulders: Soldotna starts talks about new feature

Soldotna Parks and Recreation is toying with the idea of adding a bouldering feature to Soldotna Creek Park…

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017, file photo, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker addresses reporters during a news conference in Juneau, Alaska. The state of Alaska will attempt to advance a multibillion dollar natural gas pipeline project with the help of interests from China. Walker said the agreement signed late Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, is with Sinopec, China Investment Corp. and the Bank of China. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

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Alaska signs gas pipeline project deal with China

ANCHORAGE — The state of Alaska took a major step toward realizing a long-sought pipeline to move natural…

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District talks replacement standards

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is exploring guidelines for repairs, replacements and improvements to standardize practices for…

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HEA shoots for 2018 solar project completion

Homer Electric Association is hoping to have its small-scale solar project online by the end of the 2018…

Crash in Turnagain Pass sends 1 to hospital

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Report says meth use up across state

Alongside the national conversation over the opioid epidemic, Alaskan health professionals are seeing a rise in methamphetamine use.…

Anya Hondel rehearses a scene for the upcoming Soldotna High School musical Cinderella, which starts its run at the school’s auditorium tonight through Saturday with performances starting at 6:30 p.m. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cinderella goes steampunk

On the surface, Soldotna High School’s rendition of Cinderella may seem a little off. Instead of a fireplace,…

The new Everything Bagels has more of everything you love on a bagel.

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Finding the Bagel Lady

A year and a half ago, Pamela Parker, now known as the “Bagel Lady,” taught herself how to…

Biker Si of Peninsula Harley hands out sweets at Boys & Girls Club Trunk or Treat.

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Treating the tricksters

For kids of the Central Peninsula there was no shortage of Halloween activities or candies. And parents certainly…

The pages of Harry Potter books come to life at Kenai Library.

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Kenai Library is ‘Literary Haunted’

The Halloween weekend saw many fun and scary events on the Peninsula, including the Kenai Community Library where…

Southcentral commercial fishing jobs inched up in 2016

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Southcentral commercial fishing jobs inched up in 2016

More people worked in commercial salmon fishing in Southcentral Alaska in 2016 than in 2015, even as total…

The Kenai River flows by the newly restored riverbank of Dow Island on Saturday, May 27, 2017 in Funny River, Alaska. A group of four property owners banded together this spring to install the extensive project to protect the bank of the island in the Kenai River from rapid erosion. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Hearings on Dow Island habitat violation case pushed back

A court case against three men who are accused of illegally dumping gravel in the Kenai River this…

A lynx looks out of the mural that artist Suzie Shrivener finished painting on Saturday over a store-front window at the Peninsula Center Mall, photographed on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Shrivener, who began painting about two years ago after an injury, did the latex paint and airbrushed mural — her first — after setting up a display of her work in the mall’s nearby showcase. She offered the mural to the mall for free to get experience in window painting. “Painting’s relatively new to me, so to work on something that big, I didn’t know how it would turn out,” Shrivener said. “I didn’t know what would happen, but I thought it was a good opportunity.” (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mural finished at Peninsula Center Mall

This Tuesday photograph shows the mural that artist Suzie Shrivener finished painting Saturday over a store-front window at…

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2 arrested near Soldotna on stolen vehicle, burglary, drug charges

Two central Kenai Peninsula residents are facing a variety of charges include vehicle theft, burglary, criminal mischief and…

Borough Clerk Johni Blankenship (left) administers the oath of office to Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce during a swearing-in ceremony at the George A. Navarre Borough Administration Building on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Pierce won the mayor’s seat in a runoff election held Oct. 24, narrowly defeating opponent Linda Hutchings with a margin of 45 votes. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pierce takes helm at borough

Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce’s administration kicked off Monday with a packed room, enough cake to go around and…