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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Borough updates public noticing requirements

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved an ordinance last week effectively ending requirements to publish notices in a newspaper of general circulation.

21 hours ago
by Delcenia Cosman

A map presented by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources during a virtual meeting on Dec. 11, 2025, shows the location of a potential Kenai Peninsula State Forest. Screenshot.

Community discusses state forest proposal at Homer meeting

The public comment period on the proposed Kenai Peninsula State Forest closes Jan. 16 at 5 p.m.

3 days ago
by Chloe Anderson

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation helped a Nikiski resident dispose of over 43 tons of contaminated soil after a home heating oil spill in November<ins> 2025</ins>. DEC on Friday launched a program to help eligible homeowners cover cleanup costs relating to home heating oil spills. Photo courtesy of the Department of Environmental Conservation

State launches home heating oil spill cleanup program

The Department of Environmental Conservation formally announced the program statewide on Friday.

3 days ago
by Chloe Anderson

Sterling resident Jonny Reidy walks 11 miles from his dry cabin to his part-time job at Fred Meyer on Dec. 15, 2025. Reidy aims to walk 1,000 miles by midsummer, and he’s asking people to pledge donations to food banks for every mile he travels. Photo courtesy of Jonny Reidy

Sterling man is walking 1,000 miles for hunger awareness

Jonathan Reidy asks people to pledge donations to local food banks for every mile he walks.

7 days ago
by Chloe Anderson

Soldotna High School students learn how to prepare moose meat through the school’s annual Moose Permit Project, an educational partnership between SoHi and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Photo courtesy of Tabitha Blades/Soldotna High School

Soldotna students get hands-on moose harvest experience

SoHi’s annual Moose Permit Project is an educational collaboration between the school and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

1 week ago
by Chloe Anderson

A snowmachine rider takes advantage of 2 feet of fresh snow on a field down Murwood Avenue in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai refuge announces snowmachine opening

All areas traditionally allowing snowmachine use in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge are now open.

1 week ago
by Chloe Anderson

A Kahtnu Area Transit bus leaves the Transit Center building located at the corner of the Kenai Spur Highway and Marathon Road in Kenai, Alaska. The new service connects Nikiski, Kenai, Soldotna and Sterling. Photo courtesy Kahtnu Area Transit.

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New bus service connects the central Kenai Peninsula

Kahtnu Area Transit is providing affordable and reliable transportation

1 week ago

The cover of The Clenched Fist, the memoir by Alice M. Brooks and Willietta E. Kuppler concerning their 1911-14 teaching tenure in Kenai

The experiment: Kenai becomes an agricultural test site — Part 6

AUTHOR’S NOTE: By 1907, the end of the line had nearly arrived for Kenai’s agricultural experiment station, which had begun Continue reading...

7 days ago
by Clark Fair

This twisted pastry is complex and unexpected and a perfect place to practice boldness. Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion

Going boldly with pastry

All kinds of flavor combinations taste great layered between crispy, buttery phyllo.

7 days ago
by Tressa Dale

Minister’s Message: Relating to people on a deeper level

One of the real benefits of working with people in ministry is the opportunity to relate to people on a Continue reading...

7 days ago

A BUMPS bus waits for passengers in the Walmart parking lot in Kenai, Alaska, on Oct. 15, 2018. (File photo)

Ninilchik Traditional Council expands public bus service

The Homer-Kenai BUMPS bus will now run five days a week.

1 week ago
by Delcenia Cosman

News

Borough updates public noticing requirements

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved an ordinance last week effectively ending requirements to publish notices in a newspaper of general circulation.

21 hours ago
by Delcenia Cosman

Community discusses state forest proposal at Homer meeting

The public comment period on the proposed Kenai Peninsula State Forest closes Jan. 16 at 5 p.m.

3 days ago
by Chloe Anderson

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Sports

Homer boys, Soldotna girls place 1st in ski invitational

Soldotna’s Tania Boonstra took first place for the girls’ division, leading her team to victory at the meet. The Homer girls’ varsity team placed second overall.