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AFN Convention speakers lament recent village suicides

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Amid the celebratory mood, some speakers at Alaska’s largest yearly gathering of indigenous people…

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Dinner theater expected to surprise

Attendees of the Kenai Performer’s dinner theater are in for quite the contradiction this weekend, unless one considers…

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No emergency listing for wolves on Princes of Wales Island

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A request to get the declining population of wolves on Prince of Wales Island…

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Alaska oil industry defends tax credit program

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s oil industry trade group has launched an advertising campaign in an effort to…

Opinion

Reporting of strike on hospital appreciated

Thank you Alissa Rubin and all the other news people who contributed to your report on the bombing…

Opinion

Battle against cancer being fought in our community

From pink ribbons popping up on everything from advertising to food labels, to pink adorning the uniforms of…

This Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 photo shows Autumn Joy sedum's flowers that offer a long season of beauty as they morph from pink to rose to bronze and, finally, to coppery red, in New Paltz, N.Y. (Lee Reich via AP)

Life

Autumn Joy sedum lives up to its name

For some visual joy in autumn, plant Autumn Joy sedum. The plants’ domed flower clusters now smile skyward…

The invasive white sweetclover spreads down the Seward Highway toward the 10-mile wide isthmus at Portage that separates the Kenai Peninsula from the Anchorage area. Photo by John Morton)

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Refuge Notebook: The Kenai Isthmus is a management conundrum

The Kenai Peninsula is a big chunk of land. With more than 6 million acres, it’s about the…

Life

An Outdoor View: On salmon

Author’s note: This column first appeared in the Clarion in 1993. I still believe this stuff. — LP…

A SeaLife Alaska Center volunteer responds to a report of a sick female otter and pup stranding. The volunteers were able to save the pup, but the mother was too sick to save.

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Scientists ask for public help with sick otters in Alaska

HOMER, Alaska (AP) — Scientists are turning to the public for help dealing with sick and dead otters…

Life

Voices of Faith: When filling up, remember the Spirit

Get filled up. By now, cases of jars are filled with fish, berries, and produce. Many freezers are…

Life

Church news

Rabbi Dale Cohen will be teaching at Peninsula Christian Center, Oct. 18-21 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night’s service…

After election, Soldotna seeks council member

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After election, Soldotna seeks council member

With the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s municipal election results on the books, Soldotna City Council member Pete Sprague has…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Wayne Cowan said he attended a teachers rally Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, on Main Street Loop in Kenai, Alaska. The gathering was organize by representatives from the Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations prior to a meeting between the two group's negotiating teams and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District that same evening.

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Photo: Educators rally

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State, feds won’t pursue $92M more in ’89 Exxon Valdez spill

JUNEAU — The state and federal governments have decided not to pursue $92 million in additional damages from…

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Ready or not, here comes the gasline special session

Hopefully the latest special legislative session will go smoother than the first two. Lawmakers will convene in Juneau…

Sports

Pigskin Pick’Em: Rolling on to week 6

Ouch… After four comfortable weeks of positive results, the column began taking on water. Head shaking moments were…

Tight Lines: Autumn fishing: So many options, so little time

Life

Tight Lines: Autumn fishing: So many options, so little time

With our summer visitors long gone, and school well underway, the restlessness that accompanies the long days of…

Arts & Entertainment

Lamar Odom’s spiral leaves ex-NBA star fighting for his life

LAS VEGAS — Lamar Odom didn’t last long at the glittering intersection of championship success and Hollywood celebrity.…

Arts & Entertainment

What’s Happening

Events and Exhibitions ■ “Hot Crossed Squares,” an exhibition of quilt work by Maria Shell, is on display…