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Teen passenger dies in Cooper Landing highway crash

COOPER LANDING (AP) — A 15-year-old Eagle River girl died Thursday in a rollover crash in Cooper Landing.…

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Governor’s action on Medicaid much-needed

I am deeply grateful to Governor Bill Walker. Thank God that a compassionate, levelheaded adult intervened and expanded…

Letters to the Editor

Area emergency responders, health care providers top notch

Recently, I spent a week with our EMTs, ER, ICU, Central Peninsula Hospital and Providence Hospital in Anchorage.…

Sports

Shields, Boonstra win Salmon Run Series No. 3

Rex Shields won a fast Salmon Run Series No. 3 race on Wednesday at Tsalteshi Trails with a…

Sports

Twin City to host Dirt Shootout

Twin City Raceway will host the Alaska Dirt Track Shootout on Friday and Saturday, featuring drivers from around…

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Soldotna enters contract with one mixed martial arts promoter

“6 or 5 Times Productions” has been chosen as the sole promoter for Mixed Martial Arts competitions to…

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Scientists say people prefer fat

WASHINGTON — Move over sweet and salty: Researchers say we have a distinct and basic taste for fat,…

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Shell allowed limited offshore oil drilling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Obama administration has given Royal Dutch Shell PLC approval to begin limited exploratory oil…

Letters to the Editor

Removing flag doesn’t remove the hate

My opinion on all this Confederate hlag hype which is hitting all sides of prejudice. Let’s take a…

Opinion

Time for Alaskans to engage in budget process

The commissioner of the state Department of Revenue was in Kenai this week to give a presentation on…

A beautiful postcard shot of the boat launch at the Upper Skilak Campground, one of many lakes with boat trailer access on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo Credit Nick Longobardi/USFWS)

Life

Refuge Notebook: At a loss for what to do? Camping opportunitites galore

Whether you enjoy lounging around listening to a babbling creek in Upper Skilak Campground, watching a colony of…

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An Outdoor View: On filling the freezer

Author’s note: This column first appeared in the Clarion on July 25, 2014. With sockeye salmon now plentiful…

Life

Voices of Faith: When you get knocked down …

Standing at the top of the Russian River Falls Trail I could not help but be overwhelmed by…

Sports

Oilers-Bucs rained out, doubleheader scheduled

Due to wet weather, Wednesday’s Alaska Baseball League contest between the Peninsula Oilers and Anchorage Bucs was postponed.…

Sports

Progress Days disc golf tourney this weekend

Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold a disc golf tournament at 1 p.m. Saturday as part of the Soldotna…

Sports

Bird Homestead golf report: Juniors headline the day

There was a rowdy bunch of women who showed up for a fun Ladies Night. Coming in first…

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Sam Gotter (left) nets a sockeye pulled in by Pat Homer (right) on the Kenai River in Soldotna on Tuesday, July 21.

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Photo: Nothing but net

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Associations, school district still at impasse

Collective bargaining between the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Education and Kenai Peninsula Support…

This June 2015 photo provided by the University of Alaska Museum of the North, shows a close-up view of a neck vertebra from a elasmosaur fossil exposed in the cliff in the Talkeetna Mountains in Alaska. Researchers have confirmed the discovery of a marine reptile fossil in the Talkeetna Mountains, the University of Alaska Museum of the North announced Wednesday, July 22, 2015. (Patrick Druckenmiller/University of Alaska Museum via AP)

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Collector finds marine reptile fossil in mountains of Alaska

ANCHORAGE — Researchers have confirmed the discovery of a marine reptile fossil in the Talkeetna Mountains, the University…

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Lawmakers discuss Gov. Bill Walker’s Medicaid expansion

JUNEAU — The chairman of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee said Wednesday that he will take under…