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Crimeans vote to cede from Ukraine, join Russia

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Just two weeks after Russian troops seized their peninsula, Crimeans voted Sunday to leave Ukraine…

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Controversial anti-gay church founder in care facility

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., who founded a Kansas church widely known for its…

FILE - This Oct. 14, 2013 file photo shows Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., walking through a corridor at the Capitol in Washington. Leahy said he's "concerned the growing trend toward relying upon FOIA exemptions to withhold large swaths of government information is hindering the public's right to know." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Current administration consistently denies Freedom of Information Act requests

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration more often than ever censored government files or outright denied access to them…

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Legislative Information Office Schedule

Monday 3:15 p.m. The House Labor & Commerce Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss SB 159…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Several plants sit in the sun behind a plastic barrier Saturday March 14, 2014 at Ridgeway Farms on Strawberry Road in Kenai, Alaska. Abby Ala, the farm owner, has plans to expand her capacity by building a series of federally reimbursable high tunnels around her gardens - thus extending her growing season and allowing her to expand the variety  and amount of of crops she can grow.

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USDA high tunnel program expands

It smells of wet soil, tender green plants, chickens and several other layers of agricultural production inside Abby…

Photo courtesy/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Invasive plant elodea in one of the many ways it is transported from lake to lake.

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Kenai Peninsula leads fight against elodea

A bill to help control Alaska’s elodea infestation was pulled out of the legislature on Monday after the…

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TAPS owners take series of setbacks in court

Things have not gone well for Trans-Alaska Pipeline System owners in the courts and key federal regulatory arenas…

St. Gregory College Preparatory School seniors Victoria Stiely, left, 18, and Peter Chipman, 17, pose for a portrait in their school's auditorium on Wednesday, March  12, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. The pair's 10-minute comedic play, entitled "Set Back", won a nationwide playwright competition sponsored by David Letterman's World Wide Pants production company.  (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Mike Christy)  ALL LOCAL TV OUT; PAC-12 OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Education

Tucson students have play headed for off-Broadway

TUCSON, Ariz. — Some playwrights write a lifetime and never see their work on stage. It took high…

Education

School briefs

School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in…

Education

Take a fly fishing course this spring

The public is invited to enroll in KPC’s popular course, CED A133: Beginning Fly Fishing, which will be…

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The un-American anti-Koch campaign

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has high standards for American-ness. That’s why it carried such weight when he…

Letters to the Editor

HB77 isn’t in the public’s interest

In a Clarion article dated March 13th, I was misquoted and I wish to clarify what actually was…

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What other’s say: Stalemate between parties prevents progress

IN HIS RECENT BOOK “DUTY: MEMOIRS OF A secretary at War,” Robert Gates, former secretary of defense under…

Sports

Duwe plays big role for UAA

Soldotna High School and Kenai River Brown Bears product Brad Duwe had the game-winning goals Friday and Saturday…

Nianiella Dorvall has been named the 1A girls player of the year.

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Nikolaevsk’s Dorvall named Class 1A player of year

As a 6-foot-1 center in the 1A girls class, Nianiella Dorvall could probably easily dominate the basketball and…

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Bears gets Saturday win over Wildcats to gain in playoff chase

The Kenai River Brown Bears came from behind in the third period to secure two crucial points in…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  One of several passengers in a group headed to Anchorage talks about obtaining a refund from United Airlines after flight 1425 was diverted to the Kenai Municipal Airport Friday and passengers were stranded for about 18 hours in Kenai, Alaska.  More than 100 passengers, many of whom slept on the floor of the airport, were told their overnight stay was necessary as the pilot and flight crew had exceeded the hours the Federal Aviation Administration allows them to fly.

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More than 100 stranded at Kenai Airport after United Airlines flight diversion

Editor’s note: This story has been edited to correct the model of airplane that spent the night in…

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LNG Pipeline bill passes through Senate committee

JUNEAU — A bill aimed at advancing a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska cleared a key…

Opinion

Proposed constitutional amendment would degrade quality of education

State lawmakers are considering a constitutional amendment that would allow public money for education to be diverted for…

Opinion

Getting satisfaction

Every year we are subjected to lists. Forbe’s magazine lists the world’s wealthiest individuals. Time magazine lists the…