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Details emerge of alleged kidnapping, assault

Two Kenai residents and an Anchorage resident were arrested Monday on charges of sexual assault, assault, kidnapping and…

Linda Hutchings (standing), a candidate for Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor, answers a question during a forum with fellow candidates Dale Bagley (center) and Charlie Pierce (right) at the Funny River Community Center on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2017 in Funny River, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Voters to choose new mayor on Oct. 3

Next week will bring not only five new assembly members and a draft of new service area board…

A sockeye salmon’s tail protrudes above the edge of a bin on a setnet site July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Tagging experiment offers evidence that setnet-caught kings survive

Editor’s note: This article has been clarified that a king salmon did not gill in Brent Johnson’s selective…

Leif Abel, co-owner of standard cannabis cultivation facility Greatland Ganja and a former member of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Marijuana Task Force, advocates for voters to oppose Proposition 1 in the borough’s Oct. 3 municipal regular election during a debate with former assembly president Blaine Gilman on the topic hosted by the Central Peninsula League of Women Voters on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Proposition 1 would ban commercial cannabis operations in the borough outside city limits. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fate of borough’s cannabis industry before voters

It’s down to the wire for Kenai Peninsula Borough voters outside the cities to decide whether they want…

Jane Stein, the president of Bridges Community Resource Network’s board of directors, stands for a portrait at the organization’s office Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Stein, a longtime volunteer in the community, was recognized for her service at the annual Industry Appreciation Day with the Donald E. Gilman Award for community, governmental and civic service from the Kenai Chamber of Commerce. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Practical matters

Figuring out solutions to practical needs has been a major drive in Jane Stein’s life. For example, she…

Dan Castimore answers a question during a forum for Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidates Wednesday at a joint meeting of the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Castimore is running for the District 1-Kalifornsky seat. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)

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One challenges incumbent for District 1 assembly seat

Voters in the Kalifornsky Beach area and part of Ridgeway have two choices for their Kenai Peninsula Borough…

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Truck spills garbage on Soldotna street

Drivers in downtown Soldotna should keep an eye out for efforts to clean up spilled garbage in the…

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Property crime increased in 2016

Statewide, certain types of crime are up, and the Kenai Peninsula’s cities mostly track with that trend. The…

Norm Blakeley of Sterling, a candidate for the District 5 seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, speaks during a forum hosted by the Central Peninsula League of Women Voters at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly chambers Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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2 vie for District 5 assembly seat

Two candidates want to fill a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly seat representing a sprawling district that includes Sterling,…

Lily Craig shows off the silver salmon she caught on the Kenai River during the Kenai Chamber of Commerce’s first annual silver salmon derby in September 2017. (Photo courtesy Nathaniel Craig)

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Silver derby wraps up with 200+ entries

With the first Kenai River Silver Salmon Derby officially closed, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce is calling it…

In this December 2016 photo, cars wend their way northward along the Seward Highway near Hope, Alaska. In response to difficulties with emergency response during accidents on the highway corridor, the Kenai Peninsula Borough is working on the logistics for a service area specifically to provide emergency services to the approximately 113 miles of highway in the borough east of Cooper Landing. (Clarion file photo)

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Assembly approves funding for eastern peninsula EMS area

The new service area aimed at ensuring an emergency medical service response to car accidents and medical calls…

Prop 2 asks voters to support HVAC repairs to borough building

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Prop 2 asks voters to support HVAC repairs to borough building

A set of round dials mounted on a monitoring box in a cramped maintenance room are supposed to…

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Red Cross to host volunteer orientation in Soldotna

Flexibility is key in helping during a disaster. Jenne Long learned that within a few hours of arriving…

Two teddy bears hide in the trees near the dropoff point for solid waste at the Sterling Transfer Site on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 near Sterling, Alaska. The attendants at the transfer site, where trash is picked up and taken to Central Peninsula Landfill, rescue stuffed animals from the trash and giving them new life in the “Sterling Zoo,” where they rest in the bushes and trees surrouding the transfer site to greet visitors throughout the summer. They go into “hibernation” in the winter, resting on a shelf to stay dry before reappearing the following summer. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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New life at the ‘Sterling Zoo’

Making a routine run to the dump is a little brighter for those headed to the Sterling Transfer…

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Criticism mounts against nondepartmental borough funding

The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s funding for nondepartmentals is often a popular punching bag for criticism, frequently intensifying during…

An attendee at the Central Kenai Peninsula League of Women Voters’ forum asks a question to the panel of candidates for Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and borough mayor Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Candidates tackle social issues in packed forum

Most of the conversation among the candidates for Kenai Peninsul Borough Assembly and borough mayor has been about…

Betty Lou Drive is shown in this screenshot taken from the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s online parcel viewer. The land owners on the road west of Fields Road recently petitioned the borough to ask them to stop maintaining the road because they wanted to avoid an upgrade construction project they said would “change the character” of their neighborhood. (Image courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough)

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Residents petition borough: Stop maintaining our road

A group of property owners asked the Kenai Peninsula Borough to stop maintaining their road, picking up the…

Candidates for Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, from left, Brent Hibbert (District 1), Dan Castimore (District 1), Duane Bannock (District 2), Hall Smalley (District 2), Leslie Morton (District 5), and Norm Blakeley (District 5)participate in a candidate forum during a joint meeting of the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex Wednesday. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)

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Budget in bull’s eye for assembly candidates

Six candidates are vying for three central Kenai Peninsula seats on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. On Oct.…

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Kenai man sentenced to 63 months for dealing meth

A Kenai man was sentenced to 63 months in prison after being convicted of trafficking methamphetamines and having…

A ceramic bear sculpture by potter Laura Faeo rests atop a pedestal in the Kenai Fine Art Center on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The sculpture, along with a number of other paintings, sculptures, photographs and other art works, will be available for purchase either through silent bidding or outcry auction at the center’s annual Harvest Art Auction, scheduled for Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. Silent bidding began Thursday and will run until the event on Sept. 30, when the outcry auction will take place. The funds go to support the art center’s activities throughout the year. Tickets for the event are $30 and include appetizers, desserts, music and door prizes. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Art in anticipation

A ceramic bear sculpture by potter Laura Faeo rests atop a pedestal in the Kenai Fine Art Center…