Site Logo
Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

News

City briefed on Spit conditions amid ongoing harbor expansion

City staff received a baseline conditions report and passed an ordinance appropriating funding match

A chart showing the unemployment rate of Alaska compared to that of the United States, included in data from the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development announcing job growth for 2023. (Courtesy Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development)

News

State adds 6,000 jobs in 2023

Oil and gas, transportation, education and health care all saw growth

A sign welcomes travelers to the Kenai Peninsula on Sept. 1, 2020. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Alaska population steady for 2nd year; Kenai Peninsula sees growth

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is one of the nine that saw growth

Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, confers with other senators and legislative staff moments before gavelling in the start of this year’s legislative session at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

News

Lawmakers open session with education discussion

Early effort to overturn veto of one-time school funding fails in House

Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula Education Association President LaDawn Druce (left) and committee Chair Jason Tauriainen (right) participate in the first meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Four Day School Week Ad Hoc Committee on Wednesday in Soldotna.

News

Group studying 4-day school week model takes shape

Members of a newly minted Kenai Peninsula Borough School District group convened for the first time last week…

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Motion to dismiss filed in sexual abuse case against former SoHi teacher

The attorney representing a former Soldotna High School teacher and union head filed a motion last Wednesday to…

Cook Inlet Coordinator for the Department of Fish and Game Matt Miller and Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee Members Greg Springer and Monte Roberts discuss proposals to the the State Board of Fisheries at a committee meeting at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Advisory committee tackles sport fishing in latest meeting

The meeting was among a series slated to set recommendations on nearly 200 proposals to the State Board…

Todd Smith, who sits in a commercial fishing set net seat, discusses proposals during a meeting of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Optimal escapement goal supported at advisory committee meeting

How many king salmon does it take to rebuild a run, and what restrictions should be in place…

Photo provided by Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic First National Vice President and Homer Branch Manager Erik Niebuhr, and Claudia Haines, KBFPC CEO.

News

Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic receives support for building repairs

Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic was awarded a $10,000 grant from First National Bank Alaska to support KBFPC’s…

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News Homer community members hold signs on Pioneer Avenue and Svedlund Street in Homer in support of improving senior safety and housing conditions at the Homer Senior Citizens Center on Jan. 15, 2024.

News

Community members protest conditions at senior center

Local residents express continued concern about Homer Senior Citizen center

The Peninsula Clarion printing press is photographed on Monday, April 18, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Black Press Media announces move to new ownership

Carpenter Media Group operates leading community news publications in the southern United States, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North…

A sign welcomes employees and visitors at the Kenai Peninsula Borough administration building on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

News

New policy clarifies filming, recording in borough facilities

A new Kenai Peninsula Borough policy that explains what is and isn’t allowed in borough buildings when it…

Graduates throw their caps into the air at the end of Soldotna High School’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

School board mulls grad policy clarifications

High school graduates would only be permitted to participate in the commencement ceremonies of the school they are…