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AMP test results now on their way

The State Board of Education adopted standards for the Alaska Measures of Progress and Alaska Alternate Assessment tests…

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Alaska Marine Highway System cuts ferry terminal positions

KETCHIKAN, Alaska — The Alaska Marine Highway System has cut 20 shore positions as officials deal with a…

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University system takes steps to ready for shooting response

JUNEAU, Alaska — Immediately after the shooting at an Oregon community college, students, faculty and staff at the…

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OCT. 10-11, 2015 AND THEREAFTER -  In this photo taken Sept. 24, 2015, writer Ernestine Hayes, author of "Blonde Indian," reads from her forthcoming memoir, whose working title is "The Dao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir," during the "Shaped by the North" panel discussion in Juneau, Alaska. At a recent 49 Writers CrossCurrents panel, Hayes along with two other writers and a photographer discussed how the north and its landscape has influenced their work. (Mary Catharine Martin/Capital City Weekly via AP)

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Writers discuss how they were shaped by the North

JUNEAU, Alaska — Non-Alaskans that watch reality television may have what they think is a clear idea of…

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Jessica Franklin attachs tape to a cardboard cat she built at the Cardboard Challenge on Friday Oct. 9 at the Soldotna Public Library.

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Photo: Cardboard challenge

Children and adults who participated in the Cardboard Challenge at the Soldotna Public Library on Friday were equipped…

Opinion

Op-ed: The ‘new’ Hillary

Hillary Clinton is borrowing from Richard Nixon, a man she worked to impeach while a staff member of…

Opinion

Op-ed: Talking to themselves

Here’s a bold prediction: The first Democratic presidential debate will not get the audience that the two Republican…

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Election result leave plenty to talk about

Interpreting the will of the voters is always a tricky thing. Two people can vote the same way…

Life

It is what it is: Coping with a cold

I recently came down with whatever strain of the crud that’s been going around this fall, and discovered…

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Community News and Notes

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Jerry V. Horn Memorial Post 10046 and the Auxiliary are once again sponsoring…

Sports

Results posted for Chainwreck race at Tsalteshi

The first race in the Chainwreck Cyclocross series was held Thursday at Tsalteshi Trails. In the race, competitors…

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Soldotna’s Duwe scores OT winner in UAA’s season opener

Junior forward Brad Duwe, a Soldotna High School and Kenai River Brown Bears product, scored the game-winning goal…

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Ice Dogs complete sweep of Brown Bears

The Fairbanks Ice Dogs notched a weekend sweep over the Kenai River Brown Bears in North American Hockey…

Letters to the Editor

Poll appears to have predetermined conclusion

I think it was very disingenuous of Senator Micciche to use a “push poll” to gauge his constituents’…

A crew from the Kenai Department of Parks & Recreation worked Thursday to prepare the Field of Flowers for winter. They are also rebuilding the gazebo, which was damaged in mid-September by an unknown vandal.

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Where did all of the flowers go?

Field of flowers

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Commission calls for proposals to spend 2012 salmon funds

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is asking for proposals on how to spend $2.2 million in federal…

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Voices of Alaska: Young Alaskans in support of PFD voter initiative

We live in the digital age. With a few clicks of the mouse or finger taps on a…

Letters to the Editor

Calling all moms

As I write this my heart is breaking. Breaking for all the mothers who lost children in the…

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Domestic violence impacts entire community

Kenai Mayor Pat Porter said it best: “In a perfect world down the line, I definitely would hope…

In this photo taken Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, Joe Neumann goes pheasant hunting near St. Joseph, Minn. with his dog Bam, an 8-month-old English pointer. (Briana Sanchez/St. Cloud Times via AP)  NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

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For some, pheasant season starts at preserve

AVON, Minn. (AP) — The 8-month-old English pointer followed the pheasant scent, sometimes ranging in circles, sometimes diving…