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Help with house appreciated

A big thank-you to the Rotarians and friends of Rotarians for painting my house and making it beautiful…

Sports

Birch Ridge report: Course comes together to make Kenai Peninsula Open a success

The Fourth Kenai Peninsula Open came and went last weekend. Gail force winds, very unusual at Birch Ridge,…

News

Murkowski, Begich talk recreational fishing at roundtable

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Mark Begich, D-Alaska, joined panelists at the Kenai River Classic Roundtable in…

News

Kenai adds e-cigarettes to smoking ordinance

After hearing about the potential health concerns of electronic cigarettes at its preview two meetings, the Kenai City…

News

Teen charged as an adult in Delta Junction fires

FAIRBANKS (AP) — A 16-year-old Delta Junction boy stole alcohol from a lodge, burned it down and sold…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Karl Kircher and Steven Bishop pitch setnet caught fish from a skiff near the mouth of the Kasilof River at 1 a.m. July 17 during an overnight commercial fishing period in Kasilof, Alaska.

News

Cook Inlet commercial fisheries winding down

The last of the Upper Cook Inlet East Side setnetters pulled their nets out of the water for…

Aerial view of the Bluff Point Landslide taken at a recent minus-5.3-foot low tide. The slide originally extended to the edge of the boulder field, but has eroded back 400-600 yards to the present beach bluff.  (Photo by Ian Reid of Eagle Eye Gallery)

Life

Refuge Notebook: Geologists determine age of Bluff Point Landslide

Many Homerites remember when they first came down the Sterling Highway and stopped at the Baycrest Overlook. The…

Life

An Outdoor View: Wondering what fish want

Besides the question all men have, “What do women want?” another question keeps nagging at me. What do…

News

Hunters advised to know regulations before taking shot

As summer turns to fall on the Kenai Peninsula recreational interests shift from the fishing holes to the…

Jared White paddles his packraft through a rapid on the South Fork Flathead River, in Mont. Packrafts allows adventurers to float wilderness rivers without needing a pack string to carry a full-sized raft, said Jared White, the Wilderness Society's regional communications manager in Bozeman. (AP Photo/The Great Falls Tribune, Erin Madison)  NO SALES

Life

Packrafting sees boom in popularity

BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS, Mont. — As Scott Bosse launched his packraft in Youngs Creek, it felt as if…

Life

The preacher and the president

“What are we going to do about the president?” asked my minister friend. His question took me by…

Life

Church news

Mass schedule to change at Our Lady of Perpetual Help As of September 1, the weekend Mass Schedule…

Letters to the Editor

Senator listened on HB 77

In response to the August 12 article, “District O candidates square off” I would like to thank Senator…

Opinion

Let’s make school year a safe and successful one

Fall is in the air, silvers are in the river, and students across the Kenai Peninsula are back…

Letters to the Editor

Superheroes appreciate the support

This past Saturday, August 16, 2014, Kenaitze Indian Tribe had their second annual Superhero 5K to support their…

Sports

Tail of the Bear Regatta rowing results

The Kenai Crewsers Rowing Club held its third annual Tail of the Bear Regatta Saturday on Bear Lake,…

Sports

Bird Homestead Golf Course report

With the season coming to an end you must squeeze in a round of golf before the snow…

News

Candidates for governor plan campaign moves

ANCHORAGE — Candidates in Alaska’s three-way gubernatorial race wasted no time Wednesday launching their post-primary campaigns and welcoming…

Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, gives an update on goings-on in Washington D.C. at a joint Kenai and Soldotna Chambers luncheon on Wednesday at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center.

News

Murkowski gives D.C. update

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is visiting the central Kenai Peninsula this week in a public tour around…

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Julia Selanoff (left) comforts Jeanine Adams after a candle light vigil at the New Life Assembly of God Church in Kenai Tuesday night. Adams is the mother of Rebecca Adams, who has been missing along with her two daughters and boyfriend Brandon Jividen for three months.

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Supporters gather at candle light vigil for missing family

Heartfelt emotions poured from friends and family at a candlelight vigil Tuesday night for the Kenai family of…