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Tax-Aide to assist during tax season

With tax season fast approaching, AARP’s Tax-Aide program will be available to help Kenai Peninsula residents in need…

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KPC considers upcoming budget process

While students at Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River campus return to classes this week, college administrators have started…

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Soldotna library to receive self-checkout

Readers borrowing books from Soldotna’s Joyce K. Carver Library will soon be bypassing traditional, by-hand checkout methods. The…

A hand-painted plug.

Life

Tight Lines: Looking for a new way to fool fish

Each year, as Kenai River guides Bo Ansel and Monte Roberts conducted a class at Kenai Peninsula College’s…

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014 file photo, an oil pump works at sunset in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Global oil consumption has never been higher _ and it is rising. Yet the price of a barrel of oil has fallen by more than half over the past six months because the world, experts say, is awash in oil. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

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Where did all this oil come from?

NEW YORK — The world burns enough oil-derived fuels to drain an Olympic-sized swimming pool four times every…

Opinion

Rich Lowry: Europe’s immigration problem

The New York Times ran a front-page article after the Charlie Hebdo massacre on Europe’s “dangerous moment.” As…

Opinion

What others say: Trash the capitol move idea

Last week, Sen.-elect Bill Stoltze, a Republican from Chugiak, went public with his plans to file legislation that…

Opinion

Conservatives cheer on Romney as establishment field grows

SAN DIEGO — Mitt Romney’s unexpected step into the 2016 presidential contest is drawing enthusiasm from the GOP’s…

Arts & Entertainment

What’s Happening

Best Bets ■ The Triumvirate Theatre, located on the Kenai Spur Highway just north of Kenai, presents “Annie,”…

Arts & Entertainment

Poem: Forever

Forever By Vincent Calderon No matter how cold, Or dark the winter My heart fills with warmth, And…

Liam Neeson attends a "Taken 3" screening on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Arts & Entertainment

Didn’t like movie ‘Taken 3’

“Taken 3” EuropaCorp 1hr 52minutes   I didn’t like “Taken.” I know I’m in the minority on that.…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Cast members in the musical Annie held their first drest rehearsal on Tuesday Jan. 13, 2014 at the Triumvirate Theatre in Nikiski, Alaska. The show will open on Friday and run through Jan. 24.

Arts & Entertainment

The sun will come out this January: Peninsula group to perform “Annie”

For Kenai Peninsula residents hoping to forget about the hard knock winter, this month the Triumvirate Theatre Class…

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Three Fish and Game commissioner applicants rejected, only Cotten remains

A 14-member joint Board of Fisheries and Board of Game meeting has voted to interview just one of…

Letters to the Editor

Wrestling booster club appreciates support

Wrestling booster club appreciates support Congratulations to the following winners of the Kenai Central High School Wrestling raffle:…

Letters to the Editor

One more Night Lights winner to mention

Last week the Clarion published a letter from the Nikiski Community Council listing the winners of the Nikiski…

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NOAA disperses final $13 million for 2012 king salmon disaster

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Jan. 12 the approval of a second round of disaster…

Courtesy photo from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Fish and Game Sportfish director gets a new job

Longtime Alaska Department of Fish and Game employee Charles “Charlie” Swanton has been appointed to the Deputy Commissioner’s…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Eric Thomason, of Kenai, works on one of Snug Harbor Seafoods owner Paul Dale's boats on Tuesday Jan. 13, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Photo: Working by torchlight

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Nikiski shows support for middle-high school staff

More than a dozen community members spoke in support of the Nikiski Middle-High School administration and staff during…

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Try It Once to help beginners be active

Try It Once, a program for people who are nervous about trying a new activity, will be held…