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Care 2 Run set for May 7

The third annual Care 2 Run will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Peninsula Grace Brethren Church…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Raymon Machen-Gray listens to a story from Korean War veteran Jack Dean Thursday, April 30, 2015, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska.

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Veterans share experiences with students

Kenai Central High School history students supplemented classroom lessons on foreign wars with accounts of real life experiences…

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School safety watch lifted

Central Kenai Peninsula schools were taken off safety watch Thursday after the threat made involving Soldotna schools was…

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Resolution passes allowing recess while committees meet

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Thursday authorizing a recess in floor sessions until May 12…

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Regulatory board reviews proposed marijuana regulations

JUNEAU — Communities could opt-out or limit marijuana businesses much the same way they do alcohol under proposed…

Joe Donohoe measures a wolf track found along the Continental Divide near Canyon Creek, Mont., in March, 2015.  Donohoe and other volunteers met in early March to run one of the transects and see what animals were using the Continental Divide as part of a project to recruit and train volunteers under the tutelage of wildlife researchers at Bozeman-based Wildthings Unlimited with data generated going to the Helena National Forest as it develops a new forest plan. (Tom Kuglin/The Independent Record via AP)

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Researchers track elusive wolverines

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Much of the Continental Divide in winter remains a place seldom visited by people…

Participants in the 2015 Youth Game Warden Camp learn to navigate in the woods with GPS units and compasses. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: Learning to be a game warden

  This past weekend, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge hosted the 2015 Youth Game Warden Camp. This camp…

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An Outdoor View: Everything is about fishing

Author’s note: My favorite outdoor writer/humorist, Ed Zern (1910-1994), left a legacy of ridiculous and hilarious stories. His…

In this Sunday, April 19, 2015 photo, in addition to being pest resistant, Chestnut is a crabapple variety good enough for you to enjoy it eating fresh, right off the tree in Geneva, New York. (Lee Reich via AP)

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Crabapples come in many varieties (some aren’t even crabby)

Crabapple branches drenched in white, pink or red blossoms are a strong enticement to go out and buy…

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Voices of Faith: Risen Remember

Memory is an amazing facet of the human brain. Names, faces, sounds, smells, textures, languages, songs, etc.; all…

Letters to the Editor

Sportfishing group drives wedge into community

Dwight (Kramer, Peninsula Clarion, April 24) got it right. Regarding Ricky Gease’s op-ed (Peninsula Clarion, April 27), equal…

Opinion

Time for a break in Juneau

On Thursday, the Alaska Legislature voted to take a recess while the House and Senate finance committees continue…

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Nuanced views on gay rights, religious liberty

WASHINGTON — Most Americans think the government should protect religious liberties over gay rights when the two come…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Amy Seitz feeds the flock of fiber producing sheep she raises with Jane Conway at Lancashire Farms Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Farm to fiber: Natural fiber industry grows

Producers, hobbyists and the curious will converge at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik this weekend for the…

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Police: Moose fatally stabbed in Anchorage park; 3 men arrested

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Three men have been accused of stabbing a young moose to death at a park…

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks with the media on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Juneau, Alaska. Walker has declared that he will not allow the Alaska Legislature to recess from special session without completing a budget. (James Brooks/The Juneau Empire via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Walker says he won’t rescind special session proclamation

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker told legislators Wednesday that he expects them to continue their work on the…

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Fish board remains to be filled

Gov. Bill Walker has yet another appointment to make to a shorthanded Board of Fisheries, and this time…

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Central schools put on Safety watch

Central Kenai schools were put on a safety watch Wednesday morning. The school district made the decision to…

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Find the Good

The guy a couple streets over is a great big jerk. He’s one of those bad apples Mom…

This image released by Lionsgate shows Michiel Huisman, right, and Blake Lively in a scene from "The Age of Adaline." (Diyah Pera/Lionsgate via AP)

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Reeling it in: Narration can make or break a film

“The Age of Adaline” Lakeshore Entertainment 1 hour, 52 minutes   Narration in film has a long history,…