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    Articles by Brian Mazurek
    Public health offers guidance on coronavirus
    Public health offers guidance on coronavirus
    By Brian Mazurek • March 18, 2020 2:30 am

    The state of Alaska and local communities are beginning to implement closures of public buildings and events and encouraging social…

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    Out of the Office: Dropping a line
    Out of the Office: Dropping a line
    By Brian Mazurek • March 4, 2020 2:30 am

    In my ongoing quest to shake off my Florida roots and achieve the illustrious title of “Real Alaskan,” I recently…

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    A member of the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Team holds the newest addition to the SeaLife Center, a male otter pup, in this undated photo. (Courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)
    SeaLife Center welcomes rescued otter pup
    By Brian Mazurek • February 26, 2020 2:30 pm

    The 2-week-old otter pup was found on a beach surrounded by birds with snowballs embedded in his fur

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    A map of the Upper Cook Inlet Drift Gill Net Management Area. (Courtesy Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
    Board of Fish tightens central district drift net...
    By Brian Mazurek • February 19, 2020 2:30 am

    The move is an effort to strengthen Susitna salmon returns.

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    Members of the Alaska Board of Fisheries meet for the Upper Cook Inlet Finfish Meeting at the William A. Egan Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, on Feb. 11, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Board hikes Kenai River king salmon escapement goal
    By Brian Mazurek • February 19, 2020 2:30 am

    Proposal 104 was adopted by a vote of 5-2 on Friday.

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    Susitna River sockeye delisted as stock of yield concern
    Susitna River sockeye delisted as stock of yield...
    By Brian Mazurek • February 12, 2020 2:30 am

    The stock was designated after missing its sustainable escapement goal 5 years in a row.

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    Kasilof man killed by troopers
    Kasilof man killed by troopers
    By Brian Mazurek • February 5, 2020 1:30 am

    The Alaska Bureau of Investigation and the General Investigative Unit in Soldotna are investigating.

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    Tammie Willis speaks at the LGTBQ Town Hall at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska on Jan. 4, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Packed town hall addresses LGBTQ safety
    By Brian Mazurek • January 8, 2020 1:30 am

    Town hall ends with call to action for local lawmakers

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    Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information                                 The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The fire forced HEA to de-energize the transmission line that runs to Anchorage for several months, which essentially isolated the Kenai Peninsula from the rest of the utility rail belt.
    HEA to install new battery storage system
    By Brian Mazurek • January 8, 2020 1:30 am

    The system will allow for more consistent power delivery if a generator goes down or usage spikes.

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    Tammie Willis is seen here at Kenai Peninsula College on Dec. 19, 2019. The bandage on her arm covers some of the cuts Willis received while being attacked at her home on Dec. 9. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘I don’t want it to be about me’
    By Brian Mazurek • January 1, 2020 1:30 pm

    After series of attacks, local woman fears LGBTQ community is being targeted.

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    Photo courtesy Peninsula Clarion                                The author in his natural state — a newsroom.
    Out of the Office: What Makes an Alaskan?
    By Brian Mazurek • December 11, 2019 1:30 am

    Here’s a philosophical question for the readers out there —what qualifies someone as being “Alaskan”?

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    Homer man charged with murder three years ago to face trial Tuesday
    Homer man charged with murder three years ago...
    By Brian Mazurek • November 11, 2019 1:30 am

    Editor’s note: The story has been changed to correct the first name of public defender Joy Hobart.

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    Borough to spend $150,000 burning brush at the landfill
    Borough to spend $150,000 burning brush at the...
    By Brian Mazurek • October 30, 2019 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is taking a torch to the problem of excess brush and woodland debris that has…

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