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Spareribs and Sauerkraut

When the weather turns chilly, it’s hard to beat the appeal of a one-pot meal simmering on the…

This Sept. 22, 2014 photo shows a Brussels sprout pizza in Concord, N.H. Chic menus at restaurants around the country have begun serving Brussels sprouts after kale introduced Americans to the idea that there actually are many ways to prepare most vegetables. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)

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10 fresh ways to use Brussels sprouts

Not so long ago there really was only one way to eat Brussels sprouts. It involved boiling the…

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Pioneer Potluck: About speeding to a birthday party

Keystone Drive, Soldotna, Alaska   Through the years, a few of our friends have met to celebrate our…

Letters to the Editor

Juneau road should go nowhere

J.R. Myers, and the rest of the Gubernatorial candidates for that matter, would be wise to axe the…

Opinion

Bob Franken: Church and state: still separate?

I have always agreed that the two subjects that should be avoided in polite conversation are religion and…

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What others say: State should revisit, debate strengthening Public Records Act

State Sen. Bill Wielechowski of Anchorage announced Thursday that he plans to file a bill in the coming…

Letters to the Editor

U.S. consumerism unsustainable

Twenty years ago I was on a national television show. I expressed my concern about the ever growing…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion A group works to obtain a soil sample near Autumn Road in October 9, 2014 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.

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Despite lingering questions, Alaska LNG project progresses

Several reporters, industry representatives from ExxonMobil and the Alaska LNG project visited the Kenai Peninsula last week during…

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Gay couples apply for marriage licenses

ANCHORAGE — Gay couples began applying for marriage licenses in Anchorage on Monday, 15 years after Alaska helped…

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Walker would take Alaska back to failure

When Peninsula residents go to the polls Nov. 4, they have a clear choice. Continue along a path…

Opinion

What others say: Asylum request puts spotlight on Russia

The details are still murky, but this is too good a story for cable TV to pass up.…

Opinion

Cal Thomas: The Supreme Courts nonruling on gay marriage

Three points need to be made about the Oct. 6 decision by the Supreme Court not to decide…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  A flower lies in a muddy rut in the City of Kenai's wild flower meadow Monday October 13, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. The grounds of the meadow were damaged extensively after a pickup truck was driven through the area, city police arrested a Kasilof teen in connection to the case.

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Kenai’s flower meadow heavily damaged

At the height of its bloom in August, the wildflower field between the Kenai Spur Highway and Lawton…

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Majority of absentee ballots go to Navarre

With all of the absentee and questioned ballots counted, Mike Navarre has emerged as the winner of the…

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Around the District

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at…

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Federal judge strikes down Alaska gay marriage ban

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge on Sunday struck down Alaska’s first-in-the-nation ban on gay marriages, the latest court…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Several agencies teamed up with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as it treated four lakes in the Soldotna Creek drainage during the second week of October. Here, researchers mix the fish-killing rotenone before it is pumped into East Mackey Lake on Wednesday October 8, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Pike poisoning underway in Soldotna

They couldn’t have timed it better. As the last of the interagency team of invasive northern pike killers…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Members of the Fireweek Academy's Mind Amazes team, the District 12 los locos, react with excitement as Quinn Stoops, a substitue teacher in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, successfully tests the strength of the team's "rope" in the "spontaneous problem" portion of the competition Saturday, October 11, 2014, at Soldotna Prep School in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Teams amaze at competition

From Seward, to Hope, Nikiski and Homer, 48 teams from across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District convened…

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North Slope crude prices down since July

Bogged down in multiple-year, multi-billion dollar state budget deficits, Alaskans have been nervously watching North Slope oil production…

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Judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge on Sunday struck down Alaska’s first-in-the-nation ban on gay marriages, the latest court…