Peninsula Clarion

Barb Koval lights candles in a menorah to observe one of the days of Hanukkah last weekend at the Naptowne Cafe in Sterling. Full Story »

A local environmental group is challenging its members to think green while shopping for holiday gifts this season. Soldotna's Kate Veh, who helped to form Kenai Resilience, said giving green isn't necessarily easy, but the rewards are high. Full Story »

The first time they spoke, she accused him of murder. Thirteen years later, she considers him a brother. Though they've never met, Sarah Musgrove-Short and Art White are connected by a shared love: a love for Jennifer Rachel White. Full Story »

Alaska's voters in 2006 narrowly approved shortening legislative sessions from the constitutionally mandated 120-day maximum to 90 days. Full Story »

More than 40 technology-minded youngsters from the central peninsula area competed in the Peninsula LEGO Robotics Expo at the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska on Saturday as preparation for a larger robotics competition next month. Full Story »

A 13-year-old borough ordinance designed to protect salmon rearing streams that's effectiveness has been called into question is likely going to be revisited as soon as the beginning of the new year. Full Story »

The health care bills pending in Congress will add to costs of health insurance in Alaska and will not lower medical costs in the state, a panel of insurance officials said Nov. 23. Full Story »

COOPER LANDING -- There's no such thing as a normal day at Cooper Landing School. With one teacher and a half-dozen students at the K-8 school, that might go without saying. But life in the one-room schoolhouse could be headed for a change. Full Story »

The city of Kenai is in the midst of deciding whether to sign a compact that encourages Alaska's coastal communities to collaborate in efforts to combat human-induced global climate change. Full Story »

Alaska's effort to build a natural gas pipeline under 2007's Alaska Gasline Inducement Act is either finally making progress after years of delay, or a costly disaster which will cause further holdups, depending upon the commentator. Full Story »

Two cruise lines owned by industry giant Carnival Corp. announced ship redeployments Wednesday that will result in two fewer ships visiting Southeast Alaska in 2011. Full Story »

Obadiah Moore gets an autograph he won't lose from WeeMan during a stop on a Monster Energy drink promotional tour at The Place Bar in Nikiski on Thursday night. The 4-foot-6-inch actor has appeared in both "Jackass" movies and many episodes of the MTV television show. Full Story »

Jacquelyn Canoose is sick of the "bullies." That's how she refers to drivers who have purposefully modified their mufflers to make more noise. Recently, a vehicle passed Canoose's Soldotna home emitting a loud enough buzz to cause her ears to ring for nearly a week, she said. Full Story »

Gov. Sean Parnell knows this year may be particularly tough for many families given the difficult economic times, so on Tuesday he wanted to be sure to wish Alaskans a merry Christmas and happy holiday season during the annual open house at the Governor's Mansion. Full Story »

Wood chips fly as Guy Lane of Alaskan Wooden Bear Cabins works on a carving at sunset alongside the Sterling Highway in Soldotna last weekend. "I carve whatever looks good in a piece of wood," Lane said. Full Story »

Thayr I. Watson, the man charged with manslaughter after another man was found dead in a Soldotna grocery store bathroom last year, is scheduled for trial on Jan. 4. Full Story »

Pete Triana of Soldotna receives an H1N1 vaccination from Betsy Laws during the mass-dispensing clinic conducted by the Central Peninsula H1N1 Task Force on Tuesday at the Kenai National Guard Armory. Full Story »

Feet from the entrance to the school district's Information Services Department is a desk, sheltered from gusts of cold outside air bursting in every time the doors open by nothing more than a stack of empty cardboard boxes. Full Story »

A Kasilof man tried to save his two-story home from fire with a garden hose Tuesday morning but ultimately lost the battle and his Amber Drive cabin. Craig Rooke woke up at 4 a.m. to stoke his wood stove. Full Story »

After a little over a year of negotiations, three-year contract agreements for the Kenai Peninsula Education Association as well as the Kenai Peninsula Education Support Association were passed unanimously at a school board meeting Monday. Full Story »