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What others say: If you aren’t paying, you are the product

Across the world, the hashtag #DeleteFacebook has been trending on Twitter, Google and, most ironically, on Facebook itself. It is in immediate response to the… Continue reading

Op-ed: The ‘vacation’ disappearing act

Does anybody know or care where Laura Ingraham is “vacationing”? Ingraham, who has been a mouthpiece for right-wing nastiness for decades, recently had gravitated to… Continue reading

Op-ed: Amazon isn’t a villain

President Donald Trump gets results. His attacks on Amazon have tanked the company’s stock. It’s hard to think of a more pointlessly destructive act of… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Events and Exhibitions n The 29th annual Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Juried Student Art Show, “Visual Feast,” will be on display in April at… Continue reading

What others say: House Bill 382 putting healthy pressure on Railbelt utility groups

House Bill 382 would create a Railbelt Electrical System Authority to oversee region wide planning of energy generation and transmission projects. It would create a… Continue reading

An Outdoor View: Strange fishing indeed

For some reason, this column doesn’t seem as crazy now as it did when I wrote it for the Clarion in 2006. — LP “I… Continue reading

One of the aerial markers used to monitor snow depth on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Refuge Notebook: Goodbye snow

The longer days and sun warming my office have me thinking somewhat disappointingly about trading out my skis for my bike. I am one of… Continue reading

One of the aerial markers used to monitor snow depth on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Kodiak spaceport complex strives to increase launch capacity

KODIAK (AP) — The Alaska Aerospace Corporation will undergo a new environmental impact study in an effort to increase launch capacity at the Pacific Spaceport… Continue reading

Mistake invalidates ban on distilleries serving cocktails

JUNEAU (AP) — Members of the Alaska Alcohol Beverage Control Board have been told that their January vote forbidding distilleries from serving alcoholic mixed drinks… Continue reading

What’s Happening

Events and Exhibitions • Travel vicariously to the Galapagos Islands with Sammy and Bud Crawford as they share their January “bucket list” trip, retracing the… Continue reading

This cover image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tye Sheridan, left, in the scene of “Ready Player One.” (Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Reeling it in: Information overload in ‘Ready Player One’

“Ready Player One” Warner Bros. 2 hours, 20 minutes Ernest Cline published his exhaustive love letter to ‘80s pop culture in 2011 and ever since… Continue reading

This cover image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tye Sheridan, left, in the scene of “Ready Player One.” (Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

Letter: Contributions support student exchange program

Contributions support student exchange program The Central Peninsula AFS chapter wishes to thank all those who have donated their goods, time, energy and enthusiasm to… Continue reading

What others say: Alaskans can choose to assign PFDs to government

We the people can decide to assign our Alaska Permanent Fund dividends to government agencies. Who knew? In 1992, the state Legislature banned individual Alaskans… Continue reading

School board changes K-Selo school site selection

Spurred by a fear of landslides, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education has officially revised their site selection for a new school… Continue reading

Furlong named Trajan Langdon Youth Award winner

Soldotna senior Brenner Furlong was named the Trajan Langdon Youth Award winner Tuesday by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, an honor deserved for those… Continue reading

Ostrander receives MW Women’s Track Athlete of Week award

Boise State redshirt sophomore Allie Ostrander was named the Mountain West Outdoor Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after posting a world-leading time… Continue reading

School board passes preliminary budget

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek got the go-ahead from the school board to formally request maximum funding from the borough for fiscal… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Darrow tears it up for Eastern Arizona

Jake Darrow, formerly of Soldotna High School and the Post 20 Twins, is having a big sophomore season for Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Arizona.… Continue reading

Hiker rescued from glacier

A young hiker was rescued on Easter Sunday after falling into a crevasse on Portage Glacier. The teenager was hiking with family when he fell… Continue reading

Scott Aleckson (left) clips wires to the ignition contacts of a model rocket while students at his model rocketry session observe in the parking lot of the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska on Saturday, May 31, 2018. Aleckson said he made and launched his first plastic, balsa wood, and cardboard rocket as a 4th grade student at Soldotna Elementary School. Since then he’s built a custom launch system, he said, “with recycled electronics and a lot of soldering time.” Aleckson taught Saturday’s rocketry class through the Soldotna Community Schools program, and said he’d like to continue spreading the hobby. “If I could get a model rocket club going, that’d be great,” he said. “Stuff like this is much more fun in a group.” (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

The right stuff

Soldotna Community Schools hosted a model rocketry class with instructor Scott Aleckson at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna on Saturday. Aleckson said he… Continue reading

Scott Aleckson (left) clips wires to the ignition contacts of a model rocket while students at his model rocketry session observe in the parking lot of the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska on Saturday, May 31, 2018. Aleckson said he made and launched his first plastic, balsa wood, and cardboard rocket as a 4th grade student at Soldotna Elementary School. Since then he’s built a custom launch system, he said, “with recycled electronics and a lot of soldering time.” Aleckson taught Saturday’s rocketry class through the Soldotna Community Schools program, and said he’d like to continue spreading the hobby. “If I could get a model rocket club going, that’d be great,” he said. “Stuff like this is much more fun in a group.” (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)