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Voices of the Peninsula: Cook Inlet navigation – safe as can be?

Most people don’t think about the safety of marine navigation in Cook Inlet. They didn’t before the Exxon…

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Rich Lowry: Tide creeping toward GOP

Alison Lundergan Grimes is the Todd Akin of 2014. Like the instantly notorious Republican Senate candidate from Missouri,…

Opinion

What others say: Request for recommendations from UA campuses points toward new policy

Inevitable. That’s what some things are. You know them: death, taxes and extremely cold winters in Fairbanks. Add…

Sports

Nikiski netters drop 2 in Cordova

The Nikiski volleyball team lost Southcentral Conference matches in Cordova on Friday and Saturday. Friday, the Bulldogs lost…

Sports

Hundley wins wrestling title for Bulldogs in Valdez

Houston scored 164 points to win the 2014 Throwdown in Snow-Town on Friday and Saturday in Valdez. Seward…

Sports

SoHi swim teams take second at Palmer Invitational

The Kodiak swimming and diving team swept the Palmer Invitational in Palmer from Thursday through Saturday. On the…

News

Gay marriage: Alaska, Arizona couples win fight

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After a short hiatus, gay marriage once again became legal in the state of…

The rules of the roundabout

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The rules of the roundabout

After months of shifting detours Binkley Street is completely open. Drivers can turn off the Sterling Highway onto…

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Kenai man arrested on drug charge

A Kenai man was arrested on two drugs charges Wednesday after Alaska State Troopers investigated a report of…

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Searchers found human remains on Saturday that could be those of a University of Virginia…

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Man loses wife,

MCKEESPORT, Pa. — The sole survivor of a deadly house fire in western Pennsylvania lost his new wife,…

Opinion

Voices of Alaska: Parnell shows strong support for higher education

When choosing our next Governor, I ask myself, what is the candidate’s promise and what is the evidence…

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Bob Franken: Should we even bother to vote?

This is the time of year when we hear all the drumbeating to get out the vote. Unfortunately,…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kenai firefighter Dustin Voss takes money from a woman at a traffic light Friday October 17, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Several off-duty firefighters held a fill-the-boot campaign to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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Kenai Firefighters host first fill-the-boot campaign

Justin Horton had the better spot for soliciting donations along the Kenai Spur Highway, but Abe Porter had…

Life

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: The wading pool

The past summer was such a glorious one that it brought back memories of summers when all I…

Life

Learning for Life: Celebrate 4-H

October 5-11 was National 4-H Week. Did you know one of every 7 adult Americans was once a…

Life

Give thanks for changing seasons

“This is like driving in a beautiful painting!” Pauline exclaimed while we were on one of our annual…

Fish Board spurns Central Peninsula

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Fish Board spurns Central Peninsula

Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to correct the meeting place for the Board of Fisheries next…

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Soldotna names Sports Complex its ‘top priority’

Soldotna identified an expansion to the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex as its top capital project for the fiscal…

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Town hall meeting with trooper leadership Saturday in Kenai

A town hall meeting to continue the discussion of the recent drug-related burglaries that have surfaced throughout the…