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Sikuliaq readies for ocean research

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Next summer, there’ll be a new ship docking in Dutch Harbor and Nome on its…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion Students at Mike O'Brien's annual grafting class receive hands on experience by learning basic grafting skills on plants kept inside the O'Brien Orchard high tunnels, Friday, May 20.

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High tunnels boost Kenai orchard

Inside the towering high tunnels’ at O’Brien Garden and Trees, are rows of meticulously sown trees, erupting with…

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New green space in the works for Kenai

With help from the Kenai community, a vacant corner lot will transform into a green space park this…

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Federal grants aid homeless in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two homeless assistance projects in Alaska are recipients of a second round of federal…

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Agency: Dan Sullivan broke state law

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A report from a state agency says Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan broke state law…

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Rich Lowry: Hail to the Redskins!

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s contribution to the Washington Redskins debate is pettifogging absurdity in the service…

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What others say: Conversation about alcohol abuse, DUI issues overdue

The death of Healy resident Gitte Stryhn as she biked to work early Thursday morning wasn’t the first…

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Saturday: Oilers sweep Waves

The Peninsula Oilers completed their season-opening homestand with a 9-1-2 record by sweeping the Oceanside (San Diego) Waves.…

Missing Kenai woman found safe

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Missing Kenai woman found safe

Update: 4:30 p.m. Sunday A Kenai woman who had been missing for nearly a week was found safe…

On a mission

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On a mission

On a gray, raining morning in Kenai, about 40 people, eight dogs and a handful of four-wheelers parked…

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Funny River wildfire crews work on rehabilitation

Rehabilitation for the 195,858 acres Funny River Horse Trail wildfire firebreaks are complete, almost exactly a month after…

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Oria Stocks sits patiently as Sarah Overpeck and Celeste Kent tease her hair into a giant mane to match her tiger face paint,Frontier Community Services World Series Baseball, Saturday, June 21.

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Frontier Community Services’ World Series of Baseball braves the rain

Editor’s note: This story has been edited to correct a misspelling.  As Saturday’s rain soaked the Kenai Little…

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. On Friday, June 20, 2014, the House Ethics Committee announced that they have found that Young  violated House rules by using campaign funds for personal trips and accepting improper gifts. The committee called on the Republican to repay the value of the trips and gifts, totaling about $59,000, to his campaign and the donors, and to amend his financial disclosure statements to include gifts he had not reported. The committee also issued a "letter of reproval," or rebuke.  (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

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Panel: Don Young violated U.S. House ethics

JUNEAU, Alaska — The House Ethics Committee has found that U.S. Rep. Don Young of Alaska violated House…

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Seward ready to move forward with dock development

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The City of Seward is ready to jumpstart development that has been decades in the…

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Too little, too late in Iraq?

George W. Bush never claimed to be prescient, but here he is in 2007, warning us what would…

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Bob Franken: Playing defense in Washington

I usually hate gloating, but this time I’m doing it. And loving it. That’s because the U.S. Patent…

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Thanks for the memories

On Thursday, June 26, 2014, I will retire from my position as publisher of the Peninsula Clarion after…

Life

All by myself

So, I was sitting in front of my computer screen Friday afternoon, trying to figure out what to…

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News and Notes

Paige Sanders of Kenai was among the 298 students to earn degrees from Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio,…

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Learning for Life: Root maggots, the gardener’s bane

Root maggots, even the name makes vegetable gardeners scowl!  But how to combat these garden pests? Cooperative Extension’s…