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Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Alaska Board of Fisheries members John Jensen and Tom Kluberton hear committee testimony during the triennial Upper Cook Inlet meeting Thursday Feb. 6, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska.

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APOC rejects more fisheries complaints

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Public Offices Commission received and rejected 14 complaints regarding lobbying at Upper Cook Inlet…

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Town hall meeting to address Nikiski crime spree

A rash of thefts in Nikiski last weekend have brought affected residents to a tipping point. The owners…

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Kenai council welcomes new staff

The Kenai City Council welcomed its newest student representative, received a check from a fundraiser and addressed four…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Matt Tegerdine, Central Emergency Services firefighter, works to contain a fire along Funny River Road Thursday May 22, 2014 near Funny River, Alaska. Tegerdine joins about 170 other firefighters in efforts to contain a 63,000 acre wildfire that has spread rapidly in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Firefighters converge on Kenai

The last time 300 firefighters were on the Central Kenai Peninsula, a wildfire consumed nearly 200,000 acres of…

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Stranded harbor seal pup released in Juneau

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — An abandoned harbor seal pup that narrowly avoided death by seagull was returned to…

A sound recorder stationed at Glacier Lake, a remote glacial lake in the Kenai Mountains.  This site is among the quietest locations in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge with 97 percent of recordings consisting of natural silence.

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Refuge Notebook: Silence in the Kenai Peninsula’s soundscape

Winter is coming. That is probably one of my favorite phrases from the Game of Thrones’ character, Eddard…

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Pirates and salmon

Arrr! Avast, matey! Pump yer bilge, weigh yer anchor, and batten down yer hatches. Sept. 19 be International…

This undated photo shows sprinkling soybean meal on the hay within this compost pile is one way to add nitrogen for quicker composting, in New Paltz, New York. (AP Photo/Lee Reich)

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Compost Happens: tips for making it happen right

As the bumper sticker on my truck reads, “Compost Happens.” Sometimes, however, it doesn’t happen fast enough. That…

In this September 2013 photo, Ryan Freeman, left, and Andy Gonerka, right, enjoy the view from the summit of South Sister, Oregon's third tallest mountain, which looks out at Middle and North Sister immediately to the north. near Sisters, Ore.(AP Photo/The Statesman Journal, Zach Urness)

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Summit inspires generation of climbers

SISTERS, Ore. (AP) — As first-time climber Adam Rosalez stood in the shadow of Oregon’s third-tallest mountain on…

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Anchorage resident proud of Begich’s record

It’s come to my attention that attacks about Senator Mark Begich’s record as Anchorage’s mayor are running in…

Opinion

Sharing the culture of salmon

Last week, a group of people from Russia came to visit the Kenai Peninsula. They were here not…

Life

In quietness and trust is your strength

A farmer had been working all day in his barn pitching hay with a pitchfork. Feeling he had…

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Church news

Day of Service on Saturday On Saturday (the designated Day of Service for Soldotna), dozens of volunteers of…

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Kenai council welcomes new staff

The Kenai City Council welcomed their newest student representative, received a check from a fundraiser and addressed four…

Letters to the Editor

Hope executive director shares more of the story

It is a genuine pleasure to see the Peninsula Clarion running stories about Hope Community Resources and our…

Letters to the Editor

Reader has questions about candidate

Having done some research on the recent background of Tom Bearup, currently running for Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor,…

Sports

Brown Bears drop 1st game of NAHL Showcase

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost their opening game Wednesday of the 2014 North American Hockey League Showcase…

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Bird Homestead golf report: Til next year…

This year’s golf season was lots of fun at Bird Homestead. We had lots of new golfers for…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Barb Christian, of Kenai, arranges a box of books while setting up for the Friends of the Kenai Library book sale at The Home Gallery in the Old Carrs Mall Wednesday  September 17, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. The sale begins Thursday at noon.

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[Photo] Books abound

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Blaine Gilman spoke at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Candidate Forum at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural center, Wednesday, September 17, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Gilman is running for the Kenai seat in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assebmly regular elections on Oct. 7.

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Candidates for Kenai assembly seat make their cases

With the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly District 2 seat up for grabs, candidates Grayling Bassett, Blaine Gilman and…