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This June 2016 photo shows Lower Russian Lake on the Russian Lakes Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Clarion file photo)

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1 rescued from Lower Russian Lake by Alaska Air National Guard

One person was air-lifted from Lower Russian Lake by the Alaska Air National Guard and taken to Anchorage…

Sample ballots sit on a tabletop at the the Kalifornsky Beach Road Central Emergency Services fire station on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election results to be certified Tuesday

Candidates and voters will have to wait out the holiday weekend for the final results of the primary…

A group of veterans visiting Alaska as part of the Kentucky Wounded Heroes project gather in front of the Salmon Catcher Lodge on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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From Kentucky to Soldotna, veterans come to fish — and heal

When a group of veterans arrived from the Lower 48 to Alaska, some didn’t know each other from…

A sign marks a type of barley growing in a small field in a vacant gravel pit on Aug. 31, 2018 in Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Experimental planting produces barley in Cooper Landing

Something new is sprouting in Cooper Landing.

Roy Beaver drills a hole through a log as part of a reconstruction of a historic cabin near the bluff in Old Town Kenai on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. The cabin, owned by Tim Wisnewski, is one of the original buildings in the Old Town Kenai area and had long since fallen into disrepair before Wisnewski decided to restore it. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local family restoring historic cabin in Kenai

A bent, broken old cabin with a long history is getting new life after decades of decay.

A pink salmon fights to escape an angler’s hook Aug. 24, 2016 near the Soldotna Visitor’s Center in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Pink salmon harvest below forecast, slightly up from 2016

Though pink salmon harvests are ahead of what they were in 2016, the last comparable run-size year, they…

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DNR commissioner reverses water reservation decision on Chuitna

A citizens’ group won’t receive a water reservation in a stream on the west side of Cook Inlet…

Marketgoers were met with sunshine and clear skies on the last day of the Wednesday Market on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Last Wednesdays in the park

Marketgoers were met with sunshine and clear skies on the last day of the Wednesday Market on Wednesday,…

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Hands of Peace trains offenders in alternatives to violence

Since 1975, a Homer mother and daughter, Karen and Lisa Cauble, have been working in prisons with a…

Gov. Bill Walker (center) speaks with Jill Skidmore-Erickson, a member of Access Alaska’s Board of Directors, during a signing ceremony for Senate Bill 174 on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Governor signs disability service philosophy bill into law

Alaskans with disabilities will now have more flexibility in determining their care since Gov. Bill Walker signed Senate…

Dan Bilyeu of Northern Lights Mushrooms sells oyster mushrooms and a large variety of peppers, including scotch bonnets, jalapenos, poblanos and more at the Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 Farmers Fresh Market at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Produce is plentiful as farmers market season is wrapping up

Despite the unexpected sunny August weather, summer is wrapping up, which means only a few more opportunities to…

Cars pass over the Warren Ames Bridge over the Kenai River on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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1 still missing after boat overturns in Kenai River

Troopers are still looking for a man who went missing in the Kenai River on Monday when a…

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Road construction to continue into fall in central peninsula

Though the tourism traffic on the Kenai Peninsula’s roads has thinned out as the summer wanes, local drivers…

Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce (right) and Tim Navarre (far left) present an award to Will and Jane Madison for their work on the annual Industry Appreciation Day event on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Rain doesn’t dampen spirits at Industry Appreciation Day

This year may be the first year that the weather soured enough to rain on Industry Appreciation Day,…

Homer man charged with stealing $85K in frozen seafood

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Homer man charged with stealing $85K in frozen seafood

A Homer man allegedly made off with approximately $85,000 in frozen seafood from a Ninilchik business.

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State, borough may swap some roads

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and the Kenai Peninsula Borough are talking about swapping a…

(From left) Alaska Salmon Fellows Mary Sattler Peltola and Ben Stevens, Sen. Peter Micciche (R-Soldotna) and Cook Inlet east side setnetter Ken Coleman listen as North Pacific Fishery Management Council member and charter captain Andy Mezirow talks during a panel at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Classic Roundtable event on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Roundtable discussion focuses on salmon sustainability, culture

With participants from a broad swathe of the salmon spectrum, the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Classic Roundtable discussion…

Fresh fill added on Aug. 15, 2018, replaces sand washed away last week after a series of storms and high tides eroded the beach near the Glacier Drive-In restaurant, shown here Aug. 16, 2018, on the Homer Spit, Alaska. Concrete armor rock holds the parking lot in place. The yellow plastic on the steel pilings shows where sand had been when they were installed several years ago. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Erosion increases on the Homer Spit

A series of storms and high tides last week sucked tons of sand and gravel out into Kachemak…

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Election in District O, District 29 too close to call

Though the primary polls are closed, some of the races are too close to call until every last…

Kara Moriarty gives her Alaska Oil and Gas Association industry update on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, at the Kenai Visitors Center in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Industry rep: Demand for oil and gas still strong, despite production decline

Wednesday’s joint Chamber Luncheon hosted CEO and president of Alaska Oil and Gas Association Kara Moriarty, who offered…