Site Logo
Cassidi Cameron (left) and Tim Dillon (right) stand in Dillon’s office at the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

KPEDD director prepares to pass the torch

When Tim Dillon steps down as head of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District at the end of…

A copy of William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley’s “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow” is held outside the Peninsula Clarion building on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Community

Off the Shelf: A powerful record of Alaska Native advocacy

In “Fifty Miles From Tomorrow,” William L. Hensley divulges a lifetime worth of insight into both his childhood…

Michael Daniel. (Photo via Daniel for House)

News

Homer chamber board head enters race for state House

Michael Daniel, a Republican, is challenging Alaska House Rep. Sarah Vance.

Cook Inletkeeper Energy Policy Analyst Ben Boettger presents information about retrofitting homes to be more energy efficient at the Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Inletkeeper turns focus to energy for next community climate solution

The meeting marked the official kickoff of Cook Inletkeeper’s fourth installment in its local solution series

Callie Giordano’s first grade Mountain View Elementary School students practice literacy skills on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Alaska’s adjusted school spending trails national average, UAA researchers say

Funding for K-12 education is expected to be a top issue in the upcoming legislative session

The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

News

HEA rates to increase Jan. 1

The cooperative’s last rate increase took effect in April 2020

A pie chart shows Kenai Peninsula Borough School District expenditures by object for the current fiscal year. (Chart via KPBSD)

News

‘Budget 101’: How KPBSD organizes funds

Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes delivered the presentation to school board members during a Monday work session

A copy of Sherry Simpson’s “The Way Winter Comes” is held in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Community

Off the Shelf: Inhabited by winter

Juneau writer spins haunting tales of Alaska’s darkest season in 1998 short story collection

Photo via Seward Journal Facebook page
A stack of the Seward Journal is pictured. The town’s only daily newspaper published its last edition Nov. 27.

News

‘A thing of the past’

Seward Journal calls it quits after struggle to keep newspaper afloat

A state plow truck clears snow from the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

News

DOT identifies roads included in brine reduction plan

The department said its goal is to reduce brine use overall in the region by 40%

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meet on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

New school board group will study 4-day school week

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District school board members voted Monday to create a temporary committee that will be…

From left: Rep. Ben Carpenter, Sen. Jesse Bjorkman and Rep. Justin Ruffridge discuss their priorities regarding education during a work session with members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

School funding, accountability dominate school board work session with lawmakers

Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, Rep. Ben Carpenter and Rep. Justin Ruffridge joined the board for a work session in…

Illustration via City of Seward.

News

Seward council backs pursuit of funds by clinic for new facility

Members of the Seward City Council on Monday backed the Seward Community Health Center’s efforts to build a…