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Alaska wants Fairbanks area split into 2 air quality zones

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is calling on the federal government to split Fairbanks and…

Alek Angleton, 8, "I'm thankful that people invented houses, so in the winter I don't get cold and (I have) somewhere to eat."

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Giving thanks

In honor of the Thanksgiving Holiday, Peninsula Clarion staff writers collected community opinions on thankfulness. Here’s a selection…

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Soldotna seeks boards, commissions members

The deadline to apply for seven open seats on several Soldotna boards and commissions is rapidly approaching. While…

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Independent power producers cheer RCA rules revisions

Alaska’s independent power producers are claiming victory over regulatory changes that they say will encourage investment in renewable…

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Alaska, British Columbia leaders sigh cooperative agreement

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark signed a cooperative agreement Wednesday…

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SoHi takes down Nikiski in dual meet

The Stars won a tight wrestling dual over Nikiski 45-37 Wednesday night at Nikiski High School. Soldotna grapplers…

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Pigskin Pick’Em: What have you to be thankful for?

Thank goodness for Thanksgiving! What’s better than spending an entire day dedicated to eating and watching football? Nothing!…

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Op-ed: The Jacksonian appeal of Trump

After the Paris attack, conventional wisdom held that Republican voters would finally turn away from political outsiders and…

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Counting our blessings in Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving: it’s a time to say thanks for our families, our friends, the abundance of food that crowds…

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What’s Happening

Best bet ■ Christmas Comes to Kenai is Friday. The Kenai Fine Arts Guild Arts and Crafts Fair…

In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, sale signs for Black Friday are seen at the Fifth Avenue Mall in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. While Alaskans living in bigger cities can take part in madness in the nation's biggest shopping day, Black Friday in rural Alaska doesn't mean long lines and pushy shoppers ready to do battle for sweet deals. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)

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Black Friday madness missing in rural Alaska communities

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Forget about long lines and pushy shoppers ready to do battle for sweet Black Friday…

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Peninsula quartet cap season with Highline soccer team

Four former Kenai Peninsula soccer stars capped a successful soccer season with a championship loss. 2015 Nikiski graduate…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A moose looks for a bite to eat in a lawn on Beaver Loop Road on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.

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USDA grant to further evolve school district’s videoconferencing

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is one of six Alaska school districts that will receive a portion…

This Sept. 4, 2015 photo released by the U.S. Public Health Service shows a package of donated musk ox meat in Kotzebue, Alaska. Now that the long-term senior care facility in Kotzebue just began incorporating traditional foods into the regular menu, its Alaska Native residents no longer have to just wait for monthly family potlucks to enjoy the taste of the subsistence foods they grew up with. (Chris Dankmeyer/U.S. Public Health Service via AP)

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New processing plant prepares traditional Alaska Native food

ANCHORAGE — First it was musk ox stew. Then the Alaska nursing home served up musk ox meatloaf…

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Alaska buys out company’s interest in gas pipeline project

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker announced Tuesday the completion of the state’s acquisition of TransCanada Corp.’s interest in…

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Op-ed: Thanksgiving emptiness

Thanksgiving is great and all that. It’s an excuse to gorge ourselves and, nowadays, a motivation to move…

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What others say: Little by little, reduced services highlight state’s serious budget problem

An unsettling notice arrived from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities just before 7 p.m. Thursday.…

A red barn, a 1940 Farmall H Tractor and an heirloom apple orchard are just a few of the amenities that make Thanksgiving special at the Towanda, Pa., farmhouse home (circa 1916) of Jim and Donna Conforti, my brother and sister-in-law. From Harry's trees (named for the man who planted the trees on the property "long ago"), come heirloom Idared and Granny Smith apples, used for making Apple, Sausage and Cheese Strata, bottom left, and All-American Apple Pie, bottom right. (Photo credits: Top and bottom, center, Jim Conforti)

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The Kitchen Ade: Blessings on Thanksgiving

When my brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Donna Conforti, gifted me with over ten pounds of heirloom Granny…

This October 26, 2015 photo shows lightened cassoulet in Concord, NH. This recipe evokes some of the comfort of a classic French cassoulet, without quite so much heft. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

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Capture the flavor and comfort of cassoulet in a healthy way

If you’ve ever spent any winter time in France, you’ve undoubtedly indulged in what I consider the ultimate…