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Soldotna Senior Center activities for the month of August

Soldotna Senior Center 197 W. Park Ave Phone: 262-2322 AUGUST 2015 Weekly Activities: Mondays: Art class 10-3, line…

Tanya Updike, left, and Jerri Braun, right, local members and organizers of the Autism Society of Alaska, receive a donation from the Tri The Kenai Triathlon, presented by race director Tony Oliver, center. The Autism Society was the charity focus of this year's triathlon. (Submitted photo)

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Photo: Helping with the puzzle

Rustin Hitchcock and Becca Ford

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Ford, Hitchcock marry

Becca A. Ford and Rustin D. Hitchcock were married on July 3, 2015 in Kasilof. Pastor Randy Parshall…

Katie Ford

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Community News and Notes

Connor and Alicia Barry of Soldotna announce the birth of their son, Sam Edward Barry, at 1:51 a.m.…

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Seward Highway closed for accident

Editor’s Note: This is a breaking news event. This post will be updated as new information develops.  …

Sports

Birch Ridge Golf Report: Great events approach at course

Birch Ridge is hosting some very cool events in the next week. The Pink Ribbon Rally is set…

Sports

Dirt track set to roll Saturday

Twin City Raceway will have circle track racing Saturday, with races starting at 6 p.m. The gates open…

Sports

Results posted for Salmon Run Series No. 4

Rex Shields and Jaycie Calvert were the top runners at the fourth edition of the Salmon Run Series…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Dozens of people enjoyed the sun and fishing at Soldotna Creek Park on Thursday July 30, 2015 in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Photo: A walk in the park

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Eddie Escalera, Hope Community Resources' only Homer client, and Peggy Brown drove up from the South Kenai Peninsula to attend the opening of the new Kenai Community Center Thursday, July 30, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Hope continued to grow

HOPE Community Resource Inc.,’s Kenai Community Center opened Thursday, four weeks ahead of schedule. By early afternoon the…

Opinion

Voices of Alaska: Time for a peace treaty between Alaska and its Tribes

Native peoples throughout the world experience disproportionate levels of violence, the list includes suicide, homicide, sexual assault, domestic…

Opinion

DNR faces dipnet conundrum

The Kenai River personal-use fishery has certainly had its share of headlines this month, as thousands of Alaskans…

Sockeye salmon returning to Bear Creek are one of those special events in nature that occur every season in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: The Kenai Peninsula rediscovered

Browsing through my grandfather’s stack of In-Fisherman Magazines as a boy was the first time I had ever…

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An Outfoor View: Jenna talks habitat

Author’s note: In yet another attempt to teach readers about fish and fishing by baiting them with a…

In this Aug. 3, 2014, photo, a grizzly bear walks through a back country campsite in Montana's Glacier National Park. Glacier National Park officials recommend that hikers stay in groups on all of the Glacier trails and make noise in grizzly country. (Doug Kelley/The Spokesman-Review via AP) COEUR D'ALENE PRESS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

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Follow bear safety rules to prevent trouble for everybody

SPOKANE, Wash. — Following guidelines for camping in grizzly country can prevent trouble for everyone, including the bears.…

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Church News

— Kasilof Community Church, next to the Kasilof Mercantile, will host Camp Kilimanjaro Vacation Bible School, an epic…

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Voices of Faith: The doctrine of fairness

I ask the question to many people only to receive the same response by either a stare that…

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Judge finds Greenpeace USA in contempt, sets escalating fines for bridge protest

Greenpeace USA must immediately get its activists out of the way of a vessel contracted to work in…

Sports

Bird Homestead golf report: Rain can’t keep them away

Although we have had some very interesting weather, there has still been some great activity at the golf…

Sports

Oilers walk off against Panners

With the Alaska Baseball League American League pennant out of their reach, the Peninsula Oilers sure don’t look…