Site Logo
A photo taken from Skyline Drive at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, shows vehicles evacuating from the Homer Spit after a tsunami warning was issued. The warning did not affect the Homer area, but sirens sounded anyway. The warning was later canceled. (Photo by Shannon Cefalu/courtesy)

News

Tsunami alert, mixed messages trigger evacuation

Southwest earthquake lights up peninsula phones Saturday

News

2 injured in vessel collision

The landing craft Helenka B collides with a sportboat near Seldovia

Jim Stearns and Lara McGinnis, co-founders of the first Ninilchik Community Fund associated with the Homer Foundation, are photographed on Friday, July 14, 2023. Photo provided by Lara McGinnis

News

Ninilchik establishes first community fund through Homer Foundation

Ninilchik has established its first community fund, and with it the Homer Foundation has further strengthened its service…

Michael and Jennifer Redding with South Peninsula Hospital's OB/Family Birth Center Director Joelle Burdick and their contribution of a CuddleCot in Homer, Alaska on July 15.  Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro.

News

South Peninsula Hospital receives CuddleCot donation

Wasilla family with ties to Homer hopes to help provide infant care device across Alaska communities

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion
Contestants race down the Kenai River during the 16th Annual Cooper Landing Drift Boat Regatta near the Eagle Landing Resort in Cooper Landing, May 20.

News

State water monitoring project says Kenai River is safe for aquatic life

The project was developed in response to concerns about high concentrations of dissolved metals, specifically copper and zinc

Alaska State Veterinarian Dr. Bob Gerlach gives a presentation on Avian Influenza Virus at the 4-H Agriculture Expo in Soldotna, Alaska, on Aug. 5, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Health officials warn of avian influenza, activity still low

An epidemiology bulletin published by the State Department of Health late last month warns of the presence of…

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Sockeye salmon counts spike in Kenai and Kasilof rivers

To date, around 140,000 sockeye have been counted on the Kenai

A photo taken from Skyline Drive at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, shows vehicles evacuating from the Homer Spit after a tsunami warning was issued. The warning did not affect the Homer area, but sirens sounded anyway. The warning was later canceled. Photo by Shannon Cefalu.

News

No tsunami warning for Homer

Warning is for Kodiak, Kennedy Entrance south to Unimak Pass.

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members Zen Kelly, Patti Truesdell, KPBSD Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent and Jason Tauriainen participate in a board meeting on Monday, July 10, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Some KPBSD substitutes, support staff to get pay raises

Some of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s substitute and temporary staff will receive raises for the upcoming…

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members Jason Tauriainen, Matt Morse, Virginia Morgan and Beverley Romanin participate in a board meeting on Monday, July 10, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

School board makes final tweaks to district budget

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday updated the district’s budget to reflect new…

AlaSkins employee Jeramie Davis (left) slices and rolls cod skins that will ultimately be sold as pet treats at AlaSkins on Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Soldotna’s AlaSkins named Alaska manufacturer of the year

A local business familiar for its high-quality and authentically Alaska pet treats got a treat of its own…

Photo provided by coordinator Alex Ravelo
Girls on the water participants and instructors with their kayak paddles in July.

News

University of Alaska Girls on the Water concludes Kachemak Bay summer kayak and marine ecosystem workshop

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Girls on Water (GOW) program concluded on Monday, July 10 with a series…

Photo provided by Nina Faust
On July 9, Jason Sodergren and retired veterinarian Ralph Broshes capture and attend to the crane that was shot with an arrow.

News

Crane shot with arrow rescued

Team captures crane, removes arrow and releases it back into the wild