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Salmon Series Run results posted

Derek Gibson and Taylor Ostrander won Salmon Run Series #2, held Wednesday at Tsalteshi Trails behind Skyview High…

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Lawmaker fined $14k for mismanaging campaign funds

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The minority leader of the Alaska House has agreed to a fine of $14,000…

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Soldotna website to be overhauled

Soldotna is in the process of re-designing it’s city website, slated to launch this fall. The overhaul will…

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Three saved, dog lost as boat capsizes in Kenai River

A boat capsized on the Kenai River sending three people and a dog overboard Wednesday night. Nearby boats…

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2 injured in ATV crash

Two people were injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident shortly after midnight Thursday in Kenai. A man and…

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11 dogs, 2 cats killed in Sterling fire

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Fire officials say 11 boxer puppies and two cats were killed in a residential…

Life

Load lifters needed

In his helpful book, “Strength of Soul,” W. Phillip Keller says one of the most compelling invitations ever…

Life

Church news

Soldotna Church of God hosts Destiny Conference Soldotna Church of God’s annual Destiny Conference runs through Sunday. Come…

Letters to the Editor

Ninilchik church reaches milestone

An amazing mile stone is going to be reached this coming Sunday at the Calvary Baptist Church in…

Opinion

The primary is a month away – make sure you’re registered to vote

While the primary election is still a month away, there’s an important election season deadline looming: Sunday is…

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: King salmon fishery should open with conservation measures

In the last few days, I’ve heard a lot of noise about commercial fisherman getting all the dipnetters…

Photo by Bri Kilbourne Greater White Fronted Geese pack into the "pot", part of the trap into which flightless geese are herded by floatplanes on Innoko National Wildlife Refuge

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Refuge Notebook: Herding geese – with airplanes?

That’s right! National Wildlife Refuges like to do things in style. And by style I mean using float…

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Les Palmer: Changing the process

Author’s note: The Clarion previously published the following column on Mar. 25, 1994. Nothing has changed except the…

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Researchers study Southeast Alaska watershed changes

JUNEAU (AP) — Southeast Alaska’s watersheds are changing quickly, and researchers are working to figure out how, why,…

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Kenai River king salmon restricted to catch-and-release

After a slow start and declining return projections, the Kenai River king salmon fishery will move to catch-and-release…

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Sockeye still the fish to follow

As the fishing season heats progresses the Kenai Peninsula — sockeye salmon are still the species to target,…

Sports

Bird Homestead Golf Report: Ladies get rewarded for sticking it out through rain

The only thing funny on Funny River Road is how fun golf can be out here. On Mile…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Commercial set gillnetters push their skiff further into the Cook Inlet as they race to pick salmon from their nets Wednesday July 9, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Area management biologists juggle competing interests during 2014 season

A scenario that area management biologists were hoping to avoid is playing out between the Kenai king and…

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Pets lost in house fire

Several pets died in a house fire in Sterling Wednesday morning. Central Emergency Services responded to a residential…

Dipnetters fish for sockeye salmon from boats near the mouth of the Kenai River Monday.

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Wildlife troopers increase fishery enforcement

With thousands of dipnetters on the water in anticipation of the peak sockeye salmon runs on the Kenai…