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Photo courtesy Andy Foor Andy Foor of Everett, Pennsylvania, helped pull a woman out of the Kenai River on Saturday, July 16, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. "I said a prayer and I just heard a voice that said, 'Throw your line out,'" Foor said.

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Angler goes fishing, catches a human

With early morning settling in on the bright blue waters of the Kenai River, Andy Foor was prepared…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Anglers cast along the banks of the Kenai River on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Fishing report: Fishing slows on the Kenai, holds on the Kasilof

Anglers may have to work a little harder this week on the Kenai River as the fishing has…

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Planning Commission opposes reducing membership

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission chose not to support an assembly ordinance that would reduce its membership.…

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Funny River residents fear bank erosion

Residents of the Funny River community nicknamed a boulder near the confluence of the Funny and Kenai rivers…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kalani Ross, the owner of Ol' Boy Cuisine, mans his food truck on the north Kenai Beach on Friday, July 15, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. Ross is among a number of vendors serving the personal use dipnet fishery at the mouth of the Kenai River.

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Vendors take businesses straight to the beach

Rattling along the deep ruts of the sand on the Kenai River’s south beach in a side-by-side, Jason…

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Division of Forestry issues burn permit suspension

Burn permits on the Kenai Peninsula have been suspended. The Alaska Division of Forestry’s Kenai-Kodiak Area Office issued…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Friends gather at the Harley-Davidson store outside Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, July 15, 2015, to farewell Randy McKinney (second from right) and Lana McKinney (far right) as the couple departs on a multi-year motorcycle trip around the world. The Ninilchik couple plans to ride through 86 countries, treating children with dysentery as they go.

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A fond farewell

Fond farewells Friends gathered at the Harley-Davidson store in Soldotna on Friday to farewell Ninilchik residents Randy McKinney…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Keenan Orth (left) and his sister Ginni Orth (right) train Pokemon on the app Pokemon Go in Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, July 15, 2016. Since the smartphone-based game premiered July 6, millions of players have signed up worldwide.

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Pokemon Go app brings people out to catch some monsters

Soldotna Creek Park’s playground looks safe enough in the sunshine with kids clambering over monkey bars, but to…

Clarion file photo In This July 25, 2009 file photo Furry participants in the "Weenies On Parade" entry waddle at double time speed down Binkley Street in Soldotna on Saturday during the Progress Days parade.

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Horses and eagles and chainsaws, oh my!

With 56 summers under its belt, the Soldotna Progress Days festival is a tradition in the city on…

Photo courtesy Jimmie Jack's Alaska Lodge John Collis caught a 345-pound halibut out of the port of Ninilchik on July 9 aboard the charter vessel "Unforgiven" with Capt. Charlie Barberini of Jimmie Jack Fishing.

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Fishing report: Sockeye hit the dipnet, kings rule the Kenai

“You’re not getting away from me!” Victor Mallari wrangled a flailing sockeye salmon under his arm and clasped…

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Troopers, Kenai police seize heroin, $23,000 in raid

Alaska State Troopers and the Kenai Police Department seized nearly half a pound of heroin and $23,000 in…

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Borough residents debate ways to oppose annexation

Borough residents who oppose the city of Soldotna’s plan to annex are still wary of the city’s intentions…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Workers at Alaska Salmon Purchasers in Nikiski, Alaska sort fish from a setnet site Monday, July 11, 2016. The Kenai and East Forelands setnets opened for their first regular period Monday.

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Kenai, East Forelands setnets open for first period

A skiff called the Santa Maria, flying a pirate flag, skidded into the Nikiski beach, grating to a…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Victor Mallari, 10, proudly displays the sockeye salmon his father caught in his dipnet at the Kenai beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Sunday, July 10, 2016. The popular Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery opened Sunday morning at 6 a.m. and will be open until July 31.

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Photo: Got a live one

Got a live one Victor Mallari, 10, proudly displays the sockeye salmon his father caught in their dipnet…

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DOT launches differential speed section of Seward Highway

Starting Monday, the right lane on a section of the Seward Highway between Anchorage and Kenai will legally…

A peony for your thoughts

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A peony for your thoughts

A honeybee busily flits between blooms at Cool Cache Farms in Nikiski on Friday. In the background, farm…

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Pass a Permanent Fund Dividend bill or come home

We wish the best for Alaska legislators heading back to Juneau for the special session that starts on…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A guide boat motors along the Kenai River upstream of the Sterling Highway Bridge in Soldotna, Alaska on Thursday, July 7, 2016.

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Fish and Game opens Kenai late-run kings to bait

Anglers can use bait for king salmon in a section of the Kenai River starting Saturday at 12:01…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Anglers line the banks of the Kenai River near the Donald E. Gilman River Center in Soldotna, Alaska on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Many reported good fishing for sockeye salmon that day in the river.

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Despite better early king numbers, Kenai fishermen head for sockeye

Every square inch of shelf space is occupied in Ken’s Alaskan Tackle, and much of the walls, too.…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Lt. Governor Byron Mallott visited the Kenai Peninsula this week and spoke to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce at their joint chamber luncheon at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center in Kenai, Alaska on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.

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Lieutenant governor visits Kenai

Alaska’s lieutenant governor says Alaskans are starting to understand the need to raise revenue and the need to…