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More students in need of free or reduced meals

More students are showing up to Kenai Peninsula Borough School District cafeterias without lunch money, joining a growing…

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School board OKs budget revision

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education approved a revision that would add just less than $107.9 million…

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Man in custody after barricading self in village; 1 dead

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers arrested a man Monday after he barricaded himself inside a home for hours…

Mike McKinley of Sterling shared this photo of Brimley, a Labrador retreiver, guarding the bird feeder from the squirrel. He writes, "She's patient until the squirrel gets about four feet away, then she can't stand it and has to move. Squirrel, of course, never gets caught ..."

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Pet photo: Guard dog

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Op-ed: Evangelicals should return to core beliefs

In the matter of the “culture wars,” evangelical Christians are asking, “what do we do now?” The question…

Letters to the Editor

Time to protect kings is past due

Regarding Les Palmer’s July 3 column: Sunny days, giant kings, smiley clients, all rare. Part of a glorious…

Opinion

What others say: Walker’s tax credit cut a fair move

Is Alaska’s oil tax credit system broken? That’s what Gov. Bill Walker said Wednesday after cutting $200 million…

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Chambers set schedules ■ The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets today at noon at the new Kenai National…

24th Annual God & Country Rally precedes Independence Day

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24th Annual God & Country Rally precedes Independence Day

“The clustered stars and the steadfast bars, the red, the white and the blue!” A couple hundred people…

'Wednesdays!' So much more than a walk in the park

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‘Wednesdays!’ So much more than a walk in the park

In the 1970s visitors were greeted by an AK. Dept. of Transportation site with greasy trucks and machinery…

Popular Redoubt Elementary principal moves to new post

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Popular Redoubt Elementary principal moves to new post

As school let out for the summer at Redoubt Elementary, the traditional faculty led wave to departing buses…

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Senators using budget to put heat on administration, EPA

Alaska’s senators outlined their plans to continue to fight on resource and environment issues on which they say…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Kenny Hackett takes off during the double mugging - a form of calf roping - competition at the Ninilchik Rodeo on Sunday July 5, 2015 in Ninilchik, Alaska.

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Hang on: Rodeo rides into Ninilchik

The bulls won the weekend at the Ninilchik Rodeo. Riders had no luck on John Wayne, Dark Town,…

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: The riparian missing link

The missing link in the riparian buffer argument is ‘time’, the dynamic variable ‘time’. Other than not over…

Opinion

Op-ed: Sorry, Donald Trump has a point

You are hardly a name-brand company if you haven’t dumped Donald Trump during the past seven days. NBC,…

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What others say: Walker pulls rug from under explorers

Oh, the vagaries of print journalism. Our original cover story for this Oil & Gas Reporter was a…

Sports

Saturday: Oilers top Chinooks

The Peninsula Oilers defeated the Chugiak Chinooks 2-1 on Saturday in Alaska Baseball League action at Coral Seymour…

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Operational plan submitted for Kenai, Kasilof gillnets

The Ninilchik Traditional Council has submitted operational plans for both the Kasilof and Kenai rivers subsistence gillnets approved…

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Mount Marathon results

2015 Mount Marathon Race Girls Results 1. Riana Boonstra, Ninilchik 32:38 2. Molly Gellert, anchorage 34:00 3. ruby…

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Trooper in deadly collision with motorcyclist identified

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 58-year-old Anchorage man is dead after troopers say he caused an accident while…