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Central Peninsula Hospital receives detox center grant

The central Kenai Peninsula will get its first detox center with a kickstart from a state grant. Central…

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New plaintiff to join lawsuit against borough

The lawsuit against the Kenai Peninsula Borough over its assembly invocation policy is on its way back to…

Sandra Groller gets a massage from Caitlin Sparks, the owner of Kenai Peninsula Massage Therapy, at the Project Homeless Connect event at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Sparks, who shared a booth with Heather Rasch of Mountain Magic Massage, was one of 34 providing services to those experiencing homelessness or near homelessness at the event, now in its 6th year. By noon, vendors said things had started off a little slow but were beginning to pick up, and some who had been there multiple years said they were seeing some new faces. Services included haircuts, massages, blood pressure checks, job searches and hot meals, among others, all for free. Attendees could get taxi rides to the event, pick up free coats, boots, hats and food to take home. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sandra Groller gets a massage from Caitlin Sparks, the owner of Kenai Peninsula Massage Therapy, at the Project…

This Oct. 17, 2016 photo shows exposed cottonwood tree roots after European nightcrawler earthworms and two other earthworm species ate through the upper soil layers near Stormy Lake in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Matt Bowser/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Coho salmon adapt to chow down on earthworms

Baby coho salmon have to last all winter in Kenai Peninsula streams without much to eat, but in…

Photo: End of the deep freeze

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Photo: End of the deep freeze

Icicles hang from the roof of Veronica’s Cafe in Old Town on Monday in Kenai. After a deep…

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Home invasion, shooting reported in Soldotna

Update, 6 p.m. Monday: The Alask Bureau of Investigation is conducting a homicide investigation on the incident, according…

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Photo: Open for business

Devon Gonzalez, a Medicenter employee, works at the reception desk at the medical center’s new Integrative Medicine Clinic…

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. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Board of Fish finalizes recommendations on fish habitat permitting

Add to the Legislature’s agenda this session a request for reconsideration of the state’s fish habitat permitting process.…

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School district, Habitat for Humanity forge partnership

Students on the Kenai Peninsula will get a shot at some hands-on learning as soon as this summer,…

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Seldovia Wild Seafood to move back home

Since its inception, Seldovia Wild Seafood’s owners have wanted to bring their business back to the little city…

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Assembly passes resolution clarifying intent on invocation policy

The debate over the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s controversial invocation policy continued Tuesday, though not much actually changed.…

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Mayor addresses state, borough outlook

Though the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the state are separate entities in charge of their own finances, the…

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School district continues work on transgender policy

School district administrators and board members are working on guidelines for how the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District…

Kids learned the basics of visible and invisible light during a presentation from the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska. There wasn’t much sunlight, but the kids attending the event heard about the electromagnetic spectrum and learned how to use a spectrometer to see the types of light in the world around them. Summer Lazenby, the director of educational operations at the Challenger Learning Center, brought filters and spectrometers for the kids to see firsthand how light moves and is split into its different components of color.

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Photo: Let there be light

Kids learned the basics of visible and invisible light during a presentation from the Challenger Learning Center of…

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Board of Education sees preliminary budget

With still unknown budget allocations from the state and borough for next year, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School…

In this July 20, 2016 photo, a dipnetter walks along the banks of the lower Kenai River downstream of the Warren Ames Bridge in Kenai, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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KRSMA board asks for sunset on dipnet bank closure proposal

The citizen advisory board for the Kenai River Special Management Area wants to see an end date set…

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Assembly resolution: Members only speak for themselves

A resolution planned for hearing at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly would clarify that each assembly member’s opinions…

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Peninsula schools take part in orchestra concert

Kenai Peninsula students will get a chance to play and sing along with the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra in…

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Board of Game reauthorizes wolf control on lower peninsula

The Alaska Board of Game passed a proposal at its Bethel meeting reauthorizing a predator control area for…

Snow begins to fly in the mountains around Skilak Lake near the Skyline Trail on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. The Kenai Peninsula saw a warm day Friday, with temperatures up to 20 degrees on parts of the peninsula, but will plunge into a cold snap along with the rest of the state in the coming week. Sunday’s high is 13 degrees with a chance of snow, and by Wednesday, the high will be approximately 4 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. In the Interior, the National Weather Service predicts a high of minus 18 degrees for Fairbanks on Sunday. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Winter days