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Construction season under way on the Kenai Peninsula

Kenai Peninsula residents and visitors should plan a little more time behind the wheel to account for some…

Two people walk their dog across Bishop’s Beach on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Cook Inlet to have a noncommercial Tanner crab season this winter

Recreational and subsistence users will get a chance to fish for Tanner crab again in Cook Inlet this…

Kathy Heindle (right), a Kenai Peninsula Stream Watch volunteer, speaks to a man on one of the fishing access stairs during one of her Kenai Peninsula Stream Watch walks in Centennial Park on Thursdayin Soldotna. Heindle, who has been volunteering with Stream Watch since 2011, received a “Kingmaker” award from the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust for her work protecting the Kenai River watershed. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Stream Watch volunteer recognized for long service

Very little escapes Kathy Heindle’s notice when she walks her route along the Kenai River in Soldotna’s Centennial…

Supplies sit on the desk in the newly finished book sale room in the basement of the Soldotna Public Library on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna library basement reopens

After a year and a half, the nonprofit Soldotna Library Friends are gearing up to reopen their book…

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

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Commercial fishing season slow so far, big chum harvest for drift fleet

Upper Cook Inlet’s commercial fishing season has been relatively slow so far, but it will likely pick up…

Tom Lyman of Michigan holds up a sockeye salmon he caught in the Kenai River on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Lyman, who is visiting Alaska with his son, said he hadn’t been casting for long when he hooked into the fish. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fishing report: Some sockeye showing on Kenai, big pulse yet to come

Kenai River sockeye salmon are making their way up the river in growing numbers, though it’s still a…

Clarion reporter Kat Sorensen demonstrates how to tie an angler’s loop knot to create a stringer so sportfishermen can hang onto their catches on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. For a full video demonstration, check out the Peninsula Clarion’s Facebook page. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Learn to tie an angler’s loop knot

By Elizabeth Earl Peninsula Clarion

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Kenai Peninsula still has high per-capita opioid prescription rate

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is among the counties leading the nation in per-capita opioid prescriptions, according to the…

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Borough to settle Dunne free speech case

The court case between a current Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member and the borough administration has reached a…

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Assembly to consider bed tax

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider whether to send a borough-wide bed tax to voters at its…

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Local leaders brainstorm on future economic development

Local business and government leaders discussed ways to expand the Kenai Peninsula and Alaska beyond relying primarily on…

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Kenaitze Executive Director resigns

After 10 years as executive director of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Jaylene Peterson-Nyren has resigned. Peterson-Nyren resigned effective…

Raindrops glisten on the petals of woolly geranium flowers growing near the boardwalk in Soldotna Creek Park on Sunday, July 9, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Heavy rainfall Saturday night cleared off briefly Sunday morning before turning back to heavy showers Sunday afternoon on the central peninsula, dousing anglers out fishing on the Kenai River briefly before abating and allowing a little blue sky to peek through. After a rainy weekend, the National Weather Service is predicting the weather to warm in the coming week and for the clouds to clear by Wednesday, with temperatures reaching the high 60s and low 70s. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Summer showers, wildflowers

Raindrops glisten on the petals of woolly geranium flowers growing near the boardwalk in Soldotna Creek Park on…

Avery Walden, then 9, poses at the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with her father Chris Walden (right) and a family friend on Jan. 6, 2017. The group climbed the famous mountain in January, making Avery the youngest female to ascend the mountain. (Photo courtesy Chris Walden)

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Mountain-climbing family plans rock gym, next adventures

Editor’s note: This article has been edited to clarify that because Mt. Kilimanjaro is near the equator, January…

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Study indicates boroughs are more dependent on state dollars

Since the turn of the century, Alaska’s boroughs have become much more dependent on state dollars to operate.…

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Ethan Tyler to take over as Parks director

Alaska’s state parks have a new director. Ethan Tyler will take over the role of director at the…

Samson, a 15-week-old dogo argentino puppy, gets a scratch from owner Richard Politte of Sterling, while on a walk in Soldotna Creek Park on Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Politte said he adopted Samson about 5 weeks ago from a litter of puppies borne by a dog that escaped a house fire in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Politte and Samson were out enjoying the sunshine along with dozens of other people in the park Wednesday, where anglers were fishing for sockeye and children played in the shallows where Soldotna Creek meets the Kenai River. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Finding a good home

Samson, a 15-week-old dogo argentino puppy, gets a scratch from owner Richard Politte of Sterling, while on a…

This section of a property ownership map shows some of Cook Inlet Region Incorporated’s lands along the Kenai River near Soldotna, with surface ownership depicted in dark red. CIRI has erected signs this year letting the public know where its privately owned lands are and asking people not to use them to fish without a permit, which is available for free through the corporation. (Courtesy Cook Inlet Region Incorporated)

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CIRI steps up enforcement on Kenai River lands

Kenai River anglers will have to keep an eye out for private property this year as Cook Inlet…

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Commercial fishing season kicks off with higher prices, slow runs

Commercial fishermen in Upper Cook Inlet have been out since late June, kicking off what’s predicted to be…

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Kenai hunters required to complete moose orientation

Hunters aiming to take home some moose meat this year on the Kenai Peninsula will have to take…