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Annual Soup Supper “Super” success for Food Bank

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank’s annual Soup Supper & Auction grossed more funds in August than any other…

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Reader appreciates work on exemption filing process

I want to express my sincere thanks to Mayor Mike Navarre for fixing a huge problem for me…

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Raising awareness can help prevent suicide

As co-chair for the Congressional Spouses for Suicide Education and Prevention, I wanted to write to remind Alaskans…

Jerry Terp, 59, of Kenai, won the Colonist category at this year's Alaska State Fair's Great Alaska Beard Contest in Palmer. Terp was severely burned in a house fire in October 2010. Since the fire, his facial hair has now grown back enough to allow him to compete in beard contests again. On Friday, Sept. 12, the staff and clients at Birchwood Center in Soldotna, where Terp receives assistance, celebrated his blue ribbon win. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

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The beard is back

Facial hair of different colors and lengths — some real, some store-bought and others homemade — adorned the…

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Lost hiker rescued

Alaska State Troopers located an out-of-state man who got lost on a hiking trip near Skilak Lake on…

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Strong salmon runs recorded in Yukon River

FAIRBANKS — The Yukon River is having strong runs of silver and chum salmon this fall, giving a…

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Report: Ketchikan ship projects equal revenue

KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan could see significant economic benefits — both in terms of new jobs and money spent…

In this photo taken Aug. 28, 2014, road work leader Rick Weibel waves to a road grader while making the rounds to the work sites along the Park Road in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve. The workers on the Denali National Park and Preserve road crews spend their time navigating a narrow path between two imposing bodies. The road crew spends each day maintaining the narrow, two-lane road that runs for miles between 6,000-plus foot ridge lines. (AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Erin Corneliussen)

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Denali road crews juggle access with protection

FAIRBANKS — The workers on the Denali National Park and Preserve road crews spend their time navigating a…

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Results posted for Tustumena Fun Run

The Tustumena 5K Run/Walk was held Saturday, starting at Tustumena Elementary School and ending at Johnson Lake. The…

Opinion

Lowry: The halfhearted war

Only President Barack Obama would feel compelled to mention the success of the American auto industry in a…

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Thank you to Art for Humanity supporters

Thank you to many community members who generously donated to Art for Humanity during the month-long art show…

Opinion

Scotland secession would weaken Britain

America is stronger when our allies are stronger. That, put plainly, is why folks in the United States…

Soldotna Prep students listen to their guide as they tour the Career and Technical Education Center on Kenai Peninsula College's Kenai River Campus on Sept. 9. The freshmen visited KPC to kick off the Career Pathways Program for the year. Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

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Planning for the future

A quick field trip to the nearby college for Soldotna Prep students proved to be an eye-opening experience…

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SoHi rolls over Kodiak; Seward wins; Homer, Voz lose

The Soldotna football team rolled to a 48-0 Northern Lights conference victory over Kodiak on Saturday. The 24th…

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Weekend volleyball roundup

The Kenai Central volleyball team was swept in Kodiak on Friday and Saturday in Northern Lights Conference play.…

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Kodiak swimming sweeps Homer

The Kodiak girls and boys swimming and diving team rolled past Homer on Friday and Saturday in Homer.…

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Kenai runners sweep Frank Dieckgraeff Cross Country Invitational

Kenai Central runners swept the individual races Friday at the Frank Dieckgraeff Cross Country Invitational in Seward. Allie…

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CIA soccer weekend roundup

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team swept a three-game road trip from Thursday through Saturday to improve…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Ryan Peterson, of Anchorage, listens to Ricky Gease, executive director of the Kenai River Sportfishing Association, speak to a group of Russian delegates Wednesday September 10, 2014 in Soldotna, Alaska. Peterson acted as an organizer and guide for the group as they travelled around Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula.

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Exchanging culture, conserving salmon

Even as political relations between the United States and Russia devolve, scientists, activists, conservationists and fishermen between the…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Glenn Sackett, owner of Sackett Family Farms' Organic Produce located in Sterling, has 800 tomato plants he is in the process of harvesting, Friday, September 12, 2014 in Sterling, Alaska.

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Sterling farmer works to open an organic grocery store

Musty warmth carries the sour odor of fresh manure inside Sackett Family Farms Organic Produce second greenhouse. The…