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United Way 2013 Campaign Chair Gary Turner & executive director Lisa Roberts receive a $19k check from Ray Tauriainen of the Nikiski ConocoPhillips LNG plant.

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ConocoPhillips workers boost United Way Campaign

A good crowd turned out at last week’s joint Soldotna/Kenai Chamber of Commerce meeting to hear a Borough…

The 2014 Hospice of the Central Peninsula board of directors take a bow at annual winter wine tasting event.

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18th Annual Hospice Wine Tasting & Auction great success

February 22nd was a weekend for fun and sell out fund raising events on the Central Peninsula.  It…

Brown Bears' Den opens inside K-Beach Short Stop

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Brown Bears’ Den opens inside K-Beach Short Stop

While the Kenai River Brown Bears play their hearts out on the road to make it into this…

Letters to the Editor

Changes to education system need careful vetting

The Constitutional amendment to use state funds for private schools has lots more work by the current legislature…

Sports

Tour of Anchorage ski results

A number of Peninsula skiers made the trip north to participate in the Tour of Anchorage on Sunday.…

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Elementary school students located after leaving campus

School officials at Tustumena Elementary called state troopers after two students were reported missing from their classroom. District…

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KPBSD adopts six-year project plan

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education unanimously approved a six-year plan for improvement projects for…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Jason Daniels takes a shot during a city league seven team single elimination tournament Tuesday March 3, 2014 at the Kenai Recreation Center in Kenai, Alaska.

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Photo: He’s got next

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Shane D.  Heiman, 39, was arraigned in Kenai Superior Court Tuesday March 4, 2014 on further charges stemming from November and December sexual assaults of two Soldotna women. Heiman currently faces eight felony charges and one misdemeanor from the two attacks.

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Soldotna man arraigned on sexual assault, kidnapping charges

A Soldotna man already facing attempted sexual assault and burglary charges in connection with a December home invasion…

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Begich says he doesn’t support carbon tax

JUNEAU (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mark Begich’s campaign is running radio ads taking aim at Charles Koch and…

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Funding for federal pipeline not in budget

JUNEAU — President Barack Obama has proposed cutting the funding for the federal coordinator’s office for Alaska gas…

Letters to the Editor

An open letter to the graduating class of 2026

You are about 5 or 6 years old, enthusiastic, inquisitive, and high-powered. You love Dr. Seuss books, making…

Opinion

Bob Franken: Costly games

One of the worst parts of a sudden global crisis like the one that has erupted over Ukraine…

Opinion

What others say: Alaska needs volcanic peace of mind

If the Earth is going to blow up, it’d be nice to know about it. Too bad the…

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About remodeling the old farm house

North of Fort Collins, Colo., 1947 We moved into our beautiful newly remodeled farmhouse, with two big bay…

If you're looking for easy meatless meals to prepare during Lent, you can't do much  better than a panful of lasagna or macaroni and cheese.

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Meatless recipes for Lent

Seems like Christmas was just yesterday and here we are — at the beginning of the Lenten season…

Letters to the Editor

Legislature should hold hearing on referendum

The state legislature has broken the law and failed to hold hearings on the upcoming Oil Giveaway repeal…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Two kids played Saturday March 1, 2014 while an Aqua Zumba class was taught at the Nikiski Pool.

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Photos: Fluid motions

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Kenai city council holds dipnet work session Tuesday

The Kenai City Council will hold another work session to discuss the dipnet fishery at 6 p.m. tonight…

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, addresses reporters during a news conference after he spoke to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Monday, March 3, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Begich: Public money for public schools

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Mark Begich said Monday that Alaskans should never amend the state constitution as a…