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School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m. in…

Soldotna's Seth Hutchison battles Wasilla's Isaiah Elvsaas in a 126-pound match of the semifinal round of the Lancer Smith Memorial wrestling tournament Nov. 20 at Palmer High School. Hutchison scored a 10-0 major decision win.

Sports

SoHi, Homer wrestling lead Peninsula teams at Lancer Smith

The Soldotna Stars finished fifth among 43 wrestling teams at the annual Lancer Smith Memorial tournament Friday and…

Sports

SoHi hockey defeats Homer at End of Road tourney

Levi Hensley scored the game-winning goal for Soldotna early in the third period against Homer and the Stars…

Photo courtesy of Boise State by Joe Robbins Soldotna's Allie Ostrander, a Boise State freshman, runs to a second-place finish Saturday at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

Sports

Ostrander finishes 2nd at NCAA Division I nationals

Even when Soldotna’s Allie Ostrander doesn’t win a race these days, she still ends up looking pretty good.…

Sports

Nikolaevsk netters win Denali Conference volleyball crown

The Nikolaevsk mixed six volleyball team defeated Seldovia for the Denali Conference title Saturday in Seldovia. Both squads…

News

Giving wintertime hope to the Homer’s homeless

HOMER, Alaska (AP) — It’s not easy to be homeless in Alaska in November. That was the verdict…

News

Bridging the connectivity gap

Less than half of Alaska’s K-12 students have what the Federal Communications Commission has determined to be proper…

AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Eric Engman In this Dec. 29, 2014 file photo four-time champion Lance Mackey talks about his entry into this year's Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race at the Quest Visitor Center Fairbanks, Alaska,  Mackey is

News

4-time Iditarod champ Lance Mackey registers for 2016 race

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey is getting ready for the 2016 race. Mackey said…

News

Gas line corporation board president resigns

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gasline Development Corp.’s board president has resigned. Dan Fauske started working with…

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Attendees stand in the snow during the 6th annual candlelight vigil for homeless youth on Thursday, Nov. 19 at Soldotna's Farnsworth Park.

News

Community focuses on services, shelter for homeless KPBSD students

For those who held candles Thursday night in Soldotna’s Farnsworth Park, the fast-falling snow was a reminder of…

Life

Repairing a road makes it more dangerous

Commuting to work is like driving in the Death Wish 500, especially now that road crews are toiling…

Clark Douthit

Life

Community News and Notes

Alex and Sarah Douthit of Kenai announce the birth of their son, Clark Sullivan Douthit, at 2:57 a.m.…

Opinion

Op-ed: The race to riot on campus

College campuses are again in turmoil. According to The New York Times, “Racist, sexist and anti-Semitic incidents on…

Opinion

Op-ed: Our cheapened instincts

What’s most pathetic about the presidential campaign is how it’s becoming little more than a battle between cheap-shot…

News

We have more in common than we may think

The Kenai Peninsula chapter of Trout Unlimited recently hosted a gathering with the purpose of swapping fish tales…

Letters to the Editor

Support makes volleyball tournament a success

The Kenai Central High School Volleyball Booster Club would like to express our thanks to everyone that made…

Sports

Stars win at End of Road tourney

The Soldotna Stars picked up a 4-2 victory over Houston at the End of the Road tournament Thursday…

News

KPC prepares for big cuts

Administrators are preparing for a 10 percent cut in Kenai Peninsula College’s budget for next year. KPC Director…

Government

Schedule slipping on pre-FEED work

State officials say they are worried that the schedule for the big Alaska LNG Project could slip because…

A Chinese ring-necked pheasant is pictured near Morgan's Landing on the Kenai River. Feral pheasants likely support a breeding population in the wild on the southern Kenai Peninsula.  (Photo courtesy Ken Marlow)

Life

Refuge Notebook: Feral wildlife can be a problem

A couple of weeks ago, the Peninsula Clarion carried a story about the Bunny Task Force, formed to…