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Restoration in the works for Healy sign

HEALY — The “Welcome To Healy” sign is looking for a little love — and it may finally…

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Mike Navarre: Responsible management remains the goal

I have been honored to serve as Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor for the last three years. I have…

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Tom Bearup: Administration should be accountable to borough residents

I have had experiences throughout my life, in business, government and as former Mayor of the City of…

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What others say: Seeing the NFL’s darker side

If there’s an upside to the Adrian Peterson situation, or, for that matter, to the seemingly endless police…

Letters to the Editor

Rhetoric paints inaccurate picture of local education system

A recent opinion piece on a local radio station’s website made the oft heard claim that our country’s…

Opinion

Borough mayoral candidates speak to issues

1. What is the most important duty of the borough mayor? What will be your approach to that…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion At the Nikiski High School-Middle School Powder Puff flag football game one of the the school's homecoming week activities, the High School Senior and Freshmen girls competed against the Juniors and Sophomores, while the boys took on the role of cheerleaders, Thursday, September 25, 2014 in Nikiski, Alaska.

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Photos: Kenai, Nikiski and Soldotna students celebrate homecoming

Verbatim: You can't appreciate the good time without the bad

Education

Verbatim: You can’t appreciate the good time without the bad

The phrase “summer reading” has a negative connotation and gives even those many years out of school a…

Education

Leadership Institute brings high school students to KPC

Project GRAD Kenai Peninsula, founded in 2003, is a non-profit school improvement program that partners with the Kenai…

Sports

Peninsula runners shine in Region III meet

It was already known coming into Saturday’s Region III meet in Kodiak that a few of the nation’s…

Sports

Bears earn weekend split with Magicians

The Kenai River Brown Bears topped the Minnesota Magicians 5-1 on Saturday in Richfield, Minnesota, to earn a…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre talks to a crowd during a borough mayor candidate forum at a Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce joint luncheon Wednesday September 3, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.  Navarre faces two challengers for his position.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Candidate: Navarre

His confidence in continuing in his current position is high. “I think that I’ll be re-elected because I…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayoral candidate Carrol Martin answers a question during a joint Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce luncheon forum Wednesday September 3, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Candidate: Martin

Being prepared for a natural disaster is at the top of his priority list. In the race for…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral candidate Tom Bearup answers a question during a forum hosted by the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce luncheon Wednesday September 3, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Candidate: Bearup

Kenai Peninsula voters last elected him to office in 1979 as mayor of Soldotna. Now Tom Bearup, 67,…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Jessica Roper jumps off of Eagle Rock Friday September 27, 2014 as emergency personnel swam in the Kenai River for swift water boat training during the 2014 Alaska Fire Conference on the Kenai Peninsula.

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Firefighters wrap-up weeklong conference with run, competition

When a call comes in, first responders need to be ready for anything at anytime. The 2014 Alaska…

Sports

CIA soccer dominates ACSAA tourney

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer squad continued its winning ways Saturday at the 2014 Alaska Christian Schools…

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Use mercenaries to fight ISIS?

On his Fox News show Monday night, Bill O’Reilly suggested using mercenaries to fight the Islamic State (ISIS)…

Opinion

Bob Franken: Protection against the protectors

How badly did the Secret Service foul things up when intruder Omar Gonzalez managed to get inside the…

Opinion

Nikiski community comes together

Calls for a greater law enforcement presence in an area are not new. In fact, the sentiment has…

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Judge rules in favor of merged Mallot and Walker campaigns

ANCHORAGE — A judge on Friday sided with the state of Alaska and ruled against a lawsuit that…