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Bookworm Sez: You wish you’d never done it

You wish you’d never done it. If only you could hit “reset,” take it all back, call do-overs,…

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Events and Exhibits

■ Local nature photographer Laurie Johnson is showing her work at Kaladi Brothers Coffee on Kobuk in Soldotna.…

News

Fire watch

Fire watch By Vicki Fruichantie We were going camping But ended up instead, Working the “information station” As…

Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora performs a new song, "Lighthouse" at an anti-drug forum in Toms River N.J. on May 27, 2014. The song will raise money for a drug treatment center in New Jersey.(AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Arts & Entertainment

Bon Jovi guitarist hopes new song helps addicts

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora drew on his own past in debuting a song…

Life

Pioneer Potluck

Grannie Annie is taking a holiday. She is preparing for company. She will return next week. Here are…

Letters to the Editor

Peninsula a ‘tinderbox’

One would have wonder; if the agencies in charge of our Kenai National Wildlife Refuge should find fault…

Sports

Skyview softball tops SoHi; Homer beats Kenai as drama thickens for final NLC state berth

With the doors closed on their final school year and their building taken over by firefighters, the Skyview…

Sports

Kenai Golf Report: Projects to improve course come to fruition

The Kenai Golf Course, the only fully equipped, 18-hole golf course on the Kenai Peninsula, has been open…

Sports

All-NLC soccer awards posted

All-NLC soccer awards posted The all-Northern Lights Conference awards were announced last weekend during the tournament. The awards…

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion US Senator Mark Begich thanks firefighters for their efforts in the Funny River Road wildfire during a media briefing Tuesday.

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Wildfire now 46 percent contained, not caused by campfire

Updated at 11:22 a.m. Thursday The Funny River Horse Trail wildfire is up to 192,831 acres and 46…

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Commercial fishing groups, feds, testify on salmon management

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge heard oral argument yesterday in the lawsuit regarding whether or not Cook Inlet…

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Calling all heroes

The word “hero” can bring to mind anyone from law enforcement officers keeping communities safe to emergency responders…

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Tyonek fire nears full containment

Firefighter officials said the Tyonek wildfire should be 100 percent contained by the end of Wednesday, nine days…

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion Leticia and Joe Thiede look at a recent map of the wildfire that forced them to evacuate their home on Funny River Road Sunday. Leticia, who is eight months pregnant with their first child, said the ordeal has been stressful. The family stayed the past two nights at an RV Park until the evacuation was lifted Tuesday.

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Families return to Funny River

After her third night of sleeping in a motor home at the King Salmon RV Park in Soldotna,…

Letters to the Editor

PBS station desired

I think I speak for the entire peninsula when I question “where is the real time, up-to-date news”…

News

The real American hustle

We’ve all seen the pharmaceutical ads on TV — you know, the ones that typically offer relief from…

News

Mental illness facts need to be known

A month-long emphasis on mental health and wellness draws to a close this week – the 65th annual…

Letters to the Editor

Comments from some don’t reflect community

I attended the Kasilof community meeting on May 22 held by the Alaska Interagency Response Team regarding the…

Letters to the Editor

United Way grateful for support

On behalf of the Kenai Peninsula United Way I would like to thank all those who helped with…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Mandy Pieh, daughter Rebekah Pieh and son Josh Pieh sat close together in the brisks winds blowing during the Memorial Day service, Monday, May 26, at Soldotna Community Memorial Park.

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More than remembrance

Speaker Jim Herrick, commander of American Legion Post No. 20 stood before the crowd gathered at Soldotna Community…