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Assembly overturns mayor’s veto of invocation policy

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will keep its invocation policy for now. The assembly passed a policy at…

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What’s killing Shell Lake’s sockeye salmon?

If any fish population in Upper Cook Inlet could be considered in trouble, Shell Lake’s sockeye could. The…

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Teacher, support staff unions vote to ratify contract

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to show that the tentative agreement reached by the Kenai Peninsula…

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Paying to work

Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife, Lanmon-Freeman now…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Tom Toguchi of Anchorage caught a king salmon in the Anchor River on the morning of Saturday, May 21, 2016. The river is open for king salmon fishing on May 28-30 and June 1 next week, as well as additional days in June. The limit is one king salmon 20 inches or greater per day per person, five total in possession with only two able to come from the Anchor River or the Anchor River and Deep Creek combined.

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Chinook salmon returns still below average

This year’s improvement in king salmon returns in many stream systems across the state may not be the…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Drivers make their way across the Sterling Highway bridge over the Kenai River on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is conducting repairs on the bridge over the river and has reduced traffic to one lane in either driection. The repairs are scheduled to be finished by Monday, Oct. 31, according to Alaska 511.

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Photo: Narrow crossing ahead

Drivers make their way across the Sterling Highway bridge over the Kenai River on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016…

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Kasilof man dies in car accident

A Saturday night car accident on Kalifornsky Beach Road left a Kasilof man dead. The man, Billy Duncan,…

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District 30 candidates debate budget, energy

Two and a half weeks before Election Day, the four candidates for the District 30 seat in the…

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Board of Fisheries debates board-generated proposals

The Board of Fisheries wrapped up its Soldotna worksession with the discussion of a board-generated proposal to limit…

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ACLU to borough: Drop invocation policy

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska has asked the Kenai Peninsula Borough to back down from its…

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Board of Fisheries takes up, denies ACRs

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct an error. The United Cook Inlet Drift Association did…

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Assembly votes to update comprehensive plan

The Kenai Peninsula Borough government plans to start looking for proposals to update its comprehensive plan. The Kenai…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dozens of people from around Alaska turned out for the Board of Fisheries' worksession to comment on fisheries issues Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The Board of Fisheries will not take regulatory action at the worksession, but will discuss agenda change requests and non-regulatory proposals.

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Public weighs in at Board of Fisheries

Fishermen and the fisheries-inclined turned out by the dozens Tuesday for an open hearing before the Board of…

Clarion file photo In this Feb. 14, 2014 photo, two 2013 Polaris RMK Assaults on display at Peninsula Powersports.

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Snowmachine trail grants threatened by governor veto

The state funds available to snowmachine clubs around the state for trail maintenance and grooming may disappear next…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Cars and trucks whizz by on the Kenai Spur Highway as a small group of caribou watch from the lawn of Trinity Christian Church on Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 near Soldotna, Alaska. Snow fell in flurries in some places on Sunday evening, remaining on shady hillsides even in the middle of the cloudy day Monday. The National Weather Service has forecasted a chance of snow showers Tuesday, then again on Thursday and Friday for the central Kenai Peninsula.

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Photo: Settling in for the winter

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AGDC meets in Kenai

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation is moving forward with its transition into leadership of the Alaska LNG Project.…

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Division of Forestry asks residents not to burn Sunday, Monday

The Alaska Division of Forestry is asking residents in the Southcentral and Interior regions to avoid burning, both…

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Assembly reduces Planning Commission membership

The number of Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission members will decrease to 11, but not until 2020. After…

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ConocoPhillips economist: Lower oil prices may be here to stay

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that Marianne Kah asked for the state to provide…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A flashing yellow arrow indicates that drivers can turn left at the intersection of Walker Lane/Airport Way and the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities recently installed the new flashing yellow arrow signals, designed to help improve left-hand turn safety in intersections, in Kenai and Soldotna.

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DOT installs new flashing yellow arrow traffic signals in Kenai, Soldotna

Drivers in Kenai and Soldotna have had to follow a new directive since the completion of construction earlier…