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Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Mark Wackler, a guide with Fishology Alaska and Vice President of the Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited shows an audience how to make a flesh-patterned fly on Tuesday Jan. 6, 2014 at the Main Street Tap & Grill in Kenai, Alaska.

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Bar Flies

The evolution of a fly fisherman and the process of learning how to lure a fish invariably seems…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Research biologist Jim Miller chats with a group about the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's sonar projects on the Kenai River Thursday August 15, 2013 in Kenai, Alaska. Several in the group had questions about the veracity of the department's chinook salmon measuring programs on the Kenai River.

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Kenai, Kodiak chinook salmon research a casualty of Walker’s budget cuts

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated. Originally the Kenai River’s juvenile salmon project was scheduled to begin…

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Gas-line group board seeks clarity on confidentiality pacts

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The board of the state corporation expected to be a key player in efforts…

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: New administration can make government work for Alaskans

A recent study out of Princeton University found we no longer live in a democracy. According to the…

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Bob Franken: John, Mitch, Barack and Charlie

Surely you didn’t believe these guys, with their promises of bipartisanship and compromise? That’s what we got from…

ConocoPhillips contributes to food drive ConocoPhillips awarded a grant of $2,500 to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank in support of the 2014 Cook Inlet Food Drive. ConocoPhillips employees gathered 2,500 pounds in November during their Kenai food drive. Grant funds and the food collected will be used to distribute via the Food Bank's 70 member partner agency feeding programs, the Fireweed Diner meals and the Direct Service Emergency Food Program.   Food and funds gathered will provide 5,000 meals to individuals like Nikki who says "We as a family really appreciate the generous donations this food bank distributes to people just like us who struggle to eat well. Financial hardships hit most everyone at some time and it is wonderful to know we have this resources available in times of need.  Thank you all!"  Between October 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014, Food Bank staff distributed food directly to 4,968 individuals with a typical day serving 90 of those individuals via the Direct Service program.

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ConocoPhillips contributes to food drive

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Life in the pedestrian lane: You can’t Google it!

Granddaughter No. 7 is getting her driver’s license next month. She took a driver’s class and passed with…

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Community News and Notes

Julie Litchfield of Soldotna, Lydia Power of Kenai and Brandi Wagoner of Kenai have earned dean’s list recognition…

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Kenai Peninsula College names Chancellor’s, Dean’s List students

Nicholas Abraham Timothy Alsobrooks Hans Andersen Dagmar Badger Richard Baker Sarah Bovey Gabriel Boyle Owen Brewer Benjamin Carney…

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Ice Dogs hand Bears their 11th-straight loss

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost their 11th-straight game, falling 6-1 to the host Fairbanks Ice Dogs in…

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Friday hoops roundup

The Ketchikan girls basketball team used a solid second-half defensive effort to stop Soldotna 41-31 on Friday at…

Letters to the Editor

Nikiski lights up the night

The Nikiski Community Council sponsors the Nikiski Night Lights contest each December. We want to thank those residents…

Letters to the Editor

Support for Matti’s Tree project appreciated

On Nov. 29, 2014 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center Matti’s Farm Christmas Tree raffle tickets were…

Sports

Soldotna, Kenai lose on 1st day of tourneys

The Soldotna girls and boys basketball teams opened a round-robin tournament at Monroe Catholic in Fairbanks with losses…

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Pigskin Pick ‘Em: Expect playoff drama to pick up

With the exception of the Lions-Cowboys game, Wild Card Weekend was anything but wild. A Pittsburgh Steelers team…

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Gov: Unsustainable for tax breaks to exceed oil tax revenue

JUNEAU — The state is expected to pay about $100 million more in tax credits to oil and…

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Cook Inlet Energy ordered to take corrective actions after flare-up

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission softened its enforcement actions on Cook Inlet Energy, LLC after the…

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Borough economy has pros; cons

The state of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s economy, with regards to job growth, wages and housing, has both…

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Mayor seeks to return borough oil and gas liaision position

With the anticipation of a liquid natural gas pipeline terminus in Nikiski, the Kenai Peninsula has the potential…

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Church news

Bible study group starting The Midnight Son Seventh Day Adventist Church is starting a Weekly Women’s Bible Study…