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The Sterling Pentecostal Church will present a Kids Day on March 22 at 11:00 a.m. Skits, games, puppets,…

Opinion

Fish board needs a thoughtful nomination process

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of Board of Fisheries politics. We certainly were disappointed…

News

Troopers arrest Nikiski man wanted for burglary and theft

Alaska State Troopers on Monday received a report of a camper falling apart and leaving debris on Holt-Lamplight…

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Troopers arrest Nikiski man, wanted for burglary and theft

Alaska State Troopers on Monday got a report of a camper falling apart and leaving debris on Holt-Lamplight…

Handmade fish decoys are displayed Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Belgrade, Minn. Dennis Bertram uses glass eyes for his decoys and has been carving them for 35 years. (AP Photo/St. Cloud Times, Jason Wachter) NO SALES

Life

Carver finds niche with handmade fish decoys

BELGRADE, Minn. (AP) — Dennis Bertram worked the curved blade in an unhurried rhythm, releasing thin curls of…

An angler enjoys a day of fishing on the banks of the upper Kenai River within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: Permitting Kenai National Wildlife Refuge commercial guides and outfitters

It’s a slow Tuesday morning in February, when suddenly the phone rings for the first time all day.…

Life

An Outdoor View: Shooting around the house

Author’s note: This column first appeared in the Clarion on Sept. 23, 1993. It has been edited slightly…

This undated photo provided by the Olympic Regional Development Authority shows  a person taking a skeleton ride at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y.  For $75, visitors on winter Saturdays can take a sled ride belly down, head first on a sled the size of a throw rug. While racers take running jumps onto their sleds and can exceed 80 mph, visitors are pushed off about halfway down the run and can hit 30 to 40 mph.  (AP Photo/Olympic Regional Development Authority)

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On the wild slide: Lake Placid site offers skeleton rides

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Sledding can be pleasant and pastoral, with big toboggans, snowy hills and rosy cheeks.…

Sports

Peninsula teams fare well on 1st day of Peninsula Conference tourney

The Seldovia boys had no trouble Wednesday getting a jump on their defense of the Peninsula Conference tournament…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this Oct. 9, 2014 file photo, a group works to obtain a soil sample near Autumn Road in Nikiski, Alaska. Teams have been doing geotechnical work in the Nikiski were the Alaska LNG project has proposed locating an LNG facility to cool natural gas into a liquid form for export.

News

Kenai Peninsula Borough hires former federal coordinator as oil and gas adviser

A presidential appointee to the Federal Office for Alaska Gas Line Projects will join the Kenai Peninsula Borough…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Two men fish on the Kenai River Sunday March 1, 2015 in Cooper Landing, Alaska.

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Photo: Open water

News

School board stays out of grocery tax debate

The Board of Education will not formally support the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s ordinance that would allow for…

News

Report: Non-profits aid state economy

Non-profit organizations play an integral role in Alaska’s economy. That was the message from Dennis McMillian, CEO of…

News

Medicaid expansion event brings out lawmakers

JUNEAU — Legislators, aides and others heard an alternate viewpoint on Medicaid expansion Wednesday from a senior fellow…

Opinion

Rich Lowry: The sad plight of Jihadi John

Mohammed Emwazi, aka Jihadi John, the masked, British-accented butcher of hostages on ISIS videos, makes an unlikely victim,…

Opinion

What others say: Alaska could find itself in boiling pot with marijuana

When the euphoria dissipates, Alaska will realize that the pot in which it has positioned itself is boiling…

Photo by Chuck Zlotnick Titles: Nightcrawler Names: Jake Gyllenhaal Characters: Louis Bloom Still of Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler (2014)

Arts & Entertainment

‘Nightcrawler’ is certainly going to stick with one

“Nightcrawler” Bold Films 117 minutes Jake Gyllenhaal is one of those actors I find impressive, if not particularly…

Clarion file photo

Arts & Entertainment

Festival returns with new identity

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the festival’s website. It is www.salmonfestalaska.org. This summer, a familiar…

Arts & Entertainment

Poem: Facets & Faucets of Cool English

Facets & Faucets of Cool English By Brent Johnson, Clam Gulch If it is morning that has broken…

Arts & Entertainment

What’s Happening

First Thursday ■ The Peninsula Art Guild will host the First Thursday Artists Reception for the March 2015…