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Gina Keith, office manager at Kachemak Electric, speaks with job seekers at the 2017 Kenai Peninsula Job Fair (Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Upcoming Job Fair connects job seekers with potential employers

The event will take place on March 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional…

A traditional bearded seal blanket borrowed from the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics waits a toss demonstration during the lunch hour in the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium on Friday, March 15, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Getting air on a seal skin blanket: Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition

Watch a blanket toss.

Anchor Point man killed in crash near Moose Pass

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Anchor Point man killed in crash near Moose Pass

An Anchor Point man died this week when his truck crashed near Moose Pass.

Cazin Daly and owner Deniece Isaacs stand outside of Majestic Gardens in Kenai on Friday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Shop Talk: Majestic Gardens cannabis shop

Last year Deniece and Ron Isaacs opened up Magical Gardens, a specialty CBD shop in Kenai that sells…

KPEDD Executive Director Tim Dillon gives a presentation at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting in Soldotna on Tuesday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPEDD Executive Director talks 2020 Census at Borough Meeting

Every 10 years, the federal government collects census data to determine the population and demographic information of every…

Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel and City Manager Paul Ostrander give a presentation to the Kenai Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Mayor Gabriel discusses the state of the city at chamber luncheon

During the Kenai Chamber of Commerce’s Wednesday Luncheon, Mayor Brian Gabriel and City Manager Paul Ostrander went over…

Kenai Elks Lodge members (from left to right) Mary Jackson, Ken Cole, Trina Sanford and Ryan Huss-Green stand in front of the lodge’s signature mounted elk on Tuesday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Elks Lodge awards grant to Central Peninsula Hospital

The Kenai chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently received a grant from the Elks…

Nikiski woman charged with setting mobile home on fire

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Nikiski woman charged with setting mobile home on fire

A Nikiski woman is being charged with arson after a mobile home went up in flames last week,…

The Fritz Creek General Store, shown here on Feb. 26, 2019 is located on East End Road near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Fritz Creek General Store told resident cat violates code

Alaska Department of Environmental Control food safety program received complaint

Legality of city giving money to faith-based addiction treatment program questioned

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Legality of city giving money to faith-based addiction treatment program questioned

After lengthy debate, the Homer City Council seems to have settled on an agreement for how to help…

Getting ready for disaster

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Getting ready for disaster

Community Resilience Fair will offer skills training and resources for emergency preparedness

Kristin Mitchell smiles for the camera at Paradise Bay, Antarctica on Jan. 12, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Kristin Mitchell)

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Local doctor returns from Antarctic journey and shares her story

Most Alaskans take the harsh winter months as an opportunity to travel to warmer climes like Hawaii or…

Sandy Kearns and two of her animal companions, Daisy and Lily, featured on Feb. 20, 2019 at Winter’s Grace Guidance Center in Soldotna. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Winter’s Grace offers alternative approach to grief counseling

“What we offer here is a therapist’s perspective on what’s going on with you personally”

Kris Maxie, right, and his son Cameron, left, stand outside their auto repair shop in Kenai, Alaska on Feb. 20, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Shop Talk: New auto shop opens in Kenai

A new locally owned Kenai auto shop, Maxie’s Auto and Truck Repair, celebrated its grand opening on Feb.…

Homer mulls funding for faith-based addiction treatment center

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Homer mulls funding for faith-based addiction treatment center

The city of Homer is taking a step back after initial steps to help fund a nonprofit that…

Kyle Kornelis, Stephanie Queen and Tim Dillon speak about the Field House project during a Soldotna Chamber Luncheon on Wednesday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Details about Soldotna Field House project emerge as special election approaches

The special election concerns the issuance of a general bond of $10 million to fund the project

High-speed pursuit in Sterling ends in arrest

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High-speed pursuit in Sterling ends in arrest

Love, INC’s executive director Leslie Rohr leads the Shelter Development workgroup at Love, INC in Soldotna on Thursday, Feb. 7. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Shelter Workgroup discusses transitional housing and cold-weather shelters for the peninsula

The transitional housing project is based on a housing-first approach to combating homelessness

Robert Gibson of Cooper Landing picks barley by hand at a small barley field planted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough in a vacant gravel pit on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Cooper Landing, Alaska. Gibson uses three different methods to pick the barley, including using a scythe and a hand sickle. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough seeks to grow local agriculture

Borough forming agricultural land program, seeking letters

Kenai asks Board of Fish to rescind meeting decision

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Kenai asks Board of Fish to rescind meeting decision

In January the board decided to move the regulatory meeting from the Kenai Peninsula to Anchorage.