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Give peace a chance

The U.S. edition of the Feb. 27 Guardian reported on a press conference given by Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday. In this conference… Continue reading

Mining should be taxed like oil industry

Fact: Alaska’s mineral industry was worth almost $3 billion in 2009, but paid less than 2 percent to state and local governments, counting all forms… Continue reading

Community support makes for wonderful Valentine’s Day

The Sterling Community Center’s Valentine’s Dinner and Dance was a huge success; the decorations were beautiful, the table settings elegant, the food delicious, and the… Continue reading

Students learn about medical field careers

Approximately 80 KPBSD students attended the 2014 Hospital Career Day (HCD) on Tuesday, February 25 at Central Peninsula Hospital. Students had the opportunity to learn… Continue reading

Support helps Peninsula Live United

On Behalf of the Kenai Peninsula United Way, I would like to thank Conoco Phillips, Central Peninsula Hospital, Peninsula Clarion, Tesoro, Stanly Chrysler, South Peninsula… Continue reading

Wild take down Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost 4-2 to the host Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild on Thursday to fall four points behind in the playoff race.Wenatchee (26-20-6)… Continue reading

ADFG closes early run Kenai king salmon fishing

For the first time since 1965 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a preseason closure of fishing for Kenai River early run… Continue reading

House committee moves cell phone ban bill

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska House Community and Regional Affairs Committee unanimously moved a bill Thursday that would allow municipalities to ban cellphones in… Continue reading

Alaskans weigh in on Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization

Subsistence and recreational fishers asked for a louder voice in the fishery management process at a congressional hearing on the Magnuson-Stevens Act today. The Senate’s… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Monica Zappa, of Ninilchik plays with three of her sled dogs Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Zappa plans to race her team on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for the first time this year.

Zappa mushing for Bristol Bay

The road to her first Iditarod has been full of obstacles, but for Monica Zappa of Kasilof, she has too much on the line to… Continue reading

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  Monica Zappa, of Ninilchik plays with three of her sled dogs Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Zappa plans to race her team on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for the first time this year.

Commercial vehicles on Soldotna streets face $100 fine

After multiple postponements following its October introduction, the Soldotna City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting commercial vehicles on city streets Wednesday. The ordinance calls for… Continue reading

House committee advances abortion funding bill

JUNEAU — A divided House Finance Committee advanced an abortion funding bill Thursday over concerns that it did not address expanded family planning services and… Continue reading

Better access a reasonable request

A heated exchange during a school district budget presentation leads to a bigger question on the accessibility of the school governance process on the Kenai… Continue reading

Taste and see the Lord is good

One thing I have noticed that has not changed a whole lot over the past sixty plus years of my life is that most people… Continue reading

Homer doctor, friends snowmachine to Nome

For the 22nd year, Paul Sayer, a Homer physician, is getting ready to take the same two-week, mid-winter vacation he has taken every year before:… Continue reading

Volunteers Mike Kesterson and Carlos Paez release a radio-tagged Bald Eagle captured on the Upper Kenai River during the winter of 1984-85.

Refuge Notebook: A demonstration of age and beauty

On a frosty morning in February 1985, biologists from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge hunkered down in the bushes waiting for takers on their carefully… Continue reading

Volunteers Mike Kesterson and Carlos Paez release a radio-tagged Bald Eagle captured on the Upper Kenai River during the winter of 1984-85.
In this Feb. 9, 2014 photo, David Siemk of Morton Grove, Ill., uses hatchets and spiked shoes called "crampons" while ice climbing at the more than 100-foot-tall Wildcat Canyon icefall at Starved Rock State Park new Utica, Ill. The shoes are generally composed of 10 steel spikes pointing down for traction and two pointing forward to stab and hold in vertical ice. (AP Photo/NewsTribune, Scott Anderson)

Perfect conditions for perfect climbing

UTICA, Ill. (AP) — Year-round tourist attraction Starved Rock State Park does not attract mountaineers every year.But an extremely cold December, January and February, with… Continue reading

In this Feb. 9, 2014 photo, David Siemk of Morton Grove, Ill., uses hatchets and spiked shoes called "crampons" while ice climbing at the more than 100-foot-tall Wildcat Canyon icefall at Starved Rock State Park new Utica, Ill. The shoes are generally composed of 10 steel spikes pointing down for traction and two pointing forward to stab and hold in vertical ice. (AP Photo/NewsTribune, Scott Anderson)
Clarion file photo Justin Cramer, left, untangles sockeye salmon from a setnet with the help of Domino, a hired deckhand from California, right, Monday August 1, 2011 in Cook Inlet, near the mouth of the Kenai River. Cook Inlet setnetters have been targeted in a lawsuit by an organization seeking to ban the gear type in what it defines as "urban" parts of the state.

Hearing set for suit over setnet ban initiative

Oral argument in the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance’s appeal of the Lieutenant Governor’s decision not to certify its proposed ballot initiative is scheduled for April… Continue reading

Clarion file photo Justin Cramer, left, untangles sockeye salmon from a setnet with the help of Domino, a hired deckhand from California, right, Monday August 1, 2011 in Cook Inlet, near the mouth of the Kenai River. Cook Inlet setnetters have been targeted in a lawsuit by an organization seeking to ban the gear type in what it defines as "urban" parts of the state.

State to get share of fisheries disaster aid

Alaska is set to receive $20.8 million in federal aid more than a year after three regions of the state were declared fisheries disaster areas… Continue reading

Members of the Sterling Judo Club at the 2014 Mat-Su Judo Invitational in Wasilla

Sterling Judo club finds success

The 2014 Mat-Su Judo Invitational, held Feb. 15 in Wasilla, featured a number of competitors from the Sterling Judo Club. Alaska’s second largest Judo tournament… Continue reading

Members of the Sterling Judo Club at the 2014 Mat-Su Judo Invitational in Wasilla