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Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Tim McCormick, of Soldotna, fishes for sockeye salmon on the Kenai River in a spot off of Keystone Drive on Wednesday June 10, 2015 near Soldotna, Alaska.

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Tight Lines: Beating the crowds

At midday on Wednesday, the sockeye salmon were slow to show in a fishing hole on Keystone Drive…

Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance Executive Director Clark Penney delivers a box of signatures to the Division of Elections on June 10. The signatures support a ballot initiative that would ban commercial setnets in urban parts of the state with the overwhelming effect to eliminate the group from Cook Inlet.

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Anti-setnet group scrubs site after submitting signatures

Editor’s note: At the bottom of this story is a response from the Kenai River Sportfishing Association regarding their…

Opinion

Op-ed: The end of the Clinton coalition

Every time Hillary Clinton makes a left-wing policy pronouncement, it is, in effect, another eulogy marking the death…

Opinion

What others say: Congress should grant trade-promotion authority

Rep. Mimi Walters guested this week on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” during which the Irvine Republican made a strong,…

Letters to the Editor

Money won’t fill our stomachs

More foolish talk due to ignorance. Agriculture division is one of the “least important” state services according to…

Letters to the Editor

Residency should continue to be requirement for comission

There is an ordinance in the wind regarding who gets to serve on the City of Kenai’s Planning…

Sports

Kenai Golf Report: Harrington, Lara Griffin win Kickoff Tournament

Lara Griffin and Greg Harrington won the Dick and Shirley Morgan Kickoff Tournament at the Kenai Golf Course…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Josh Bynum orders a burger from Harlene Bartlett on Tuesday June 9, 2015 at the Blue Moon Burgers mobile food stand on North Aspen Drive in Soldotna, Alaska. The city council will review several changes in the city's mobile food vendor regulations during its Wednesday meeting.

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Regulating food on the go

Soldotna’s food offerings are growing and the city is considering a change in regulations to make it easier…

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Kenai Performers make plans for new venue

The Kenai Performers are preparing to break ground on two acres of land in Kenai for a soon-to-be,…

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High court ruling against gay marriage would produce ‘chaos’

WASHINGTON — Gay and lesbian couples could face legal chaos if the Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage…

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Budget negotiators agree on per-pupil school funding

JUNEAU — House and Senate budget negotiators agreed Tuesday to a provision that fully funds the per-student funding…

In this image provided by Rep. Don Young's Press Secretary Matthew Shuckerow, Anne Garland Walton, right, pins a flower on the lapel of Young just before they were married Tuesday. Young, the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. House, married Walton during a private ceremony Tuesday in the chapel of the U.S. Capitol. (Matthew Shuckerow/Congressman Don Young's Office via AP)

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Don Young remarries on 82nd birthday

JUNEAU — The longest-serving Republican in the U.S. House has remarried, tying the knot on his 82nd birthday.…

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US Supreme Court won’t consider Seward coal pollution appeal

ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Supreme Court will not review a federal appeals court decision that said coal falling…

Opinion

Op-ed: The two-wheeler dealers

I certainly am not the first to call Joni Ernst’s “Roast and Ride” a “Hog and Hog” event,…

Opinion

What others say: Lawmakers should share in state’s budget cuts

This weekend in Fairbanks, Gov. Bill Walker and many of the state’s brightest minds have gathered to discuss…

FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, file photo, shows soft drinks for sale at K & D Market in San Francisco. San Francisco officials are deciding whether to impose a warning on ads for soda pop. Supporters and opponents say San Francisco would be the first place in the country to require warnings on ads for soda, which is linked to rotting teeth and obesity. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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San Francisco considers health warning on soda advertising.

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials are deciding whether to impose a warning on ads for a favorite…

This May 18, 2015 photo shows grilled green beans with honey, feta and dill in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

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The healthy dish to balance out all the July 4 indulgences

This is the easy side you need to serve on July Fourth in order to feel virtuous. Which…

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Pioneer Potluck: About a trip to Kansas with Uncle Guy and brother John

Written by my Sister Virginia R. Mcclure,   Boulder, Colorado Probably in the late 1950’S My Sister Ginger,…

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Au Gratin of Scallops in Vermouth Sauce

Finding the old recipe pamphlet that came with my early 1970’s Copco (made in Denmark) Michael Lax Au…

This April 20, 2015 photo shows sweet and spicy grilled lamb chops in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

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Lamb chops for Father’s Day

The hardest thing about grilling lamb chops is buying them. Because once you get them home, the rest…