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Soldotna karate instructor arrested on child porn charges

A Soldotna man was arrested Friday on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. Alaska State Troopers arrested…

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Cook Inlet might have more oil

Cook Inlet may have more oil and gas to give, but developing it could present a challenge. Though…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Summer Parker (front) and Skye Lew (back) admire one of the tunics woven in the Ravenstail style, a type of weaving indigenous to the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska. A display of multiple pieces woven by Juneau artist Kay Field Parker will be on display at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center for the winter and spring.

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Weaving display features return of restoration lost art

At first glance, the Ravenstail robes don’t look like a piece of lost history. Had it not been…

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Borough debates local option zone changes

Forming a local option zone may soon be easier for residents who want more control over what businesses…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Kenai River Brewing Company co-owner Doug Hogue stands in the future brewing space in the brewing company's new building on Forty-Seventh Street in Soldotna.

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Kenai River Brewing Company prepares for move

Even with walls of plywood and bare fixtures, the new Kenai River Brewing Company building gives off a…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Patricia Paterson, the owner of Lucky Raven Tobacco, displays her illustration of the financials of large and small marijuana businesses at the borough Marijuana Task Force's meeting Thursday. Patterson it will not be possible for marijuana businesses to operate in areas without high foot traffic.

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Time winding down on Marijuana Task Force

With less than two months before the state will accept marijuana business applications, the borough’s Marijuana Task Force…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Boston Subaru, an independent Subaru repair shop in Soldotna, recently moved across the Kenai Spur Highway into its new expanded building.

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Boston Subaru transitions into new building, new name

One of Evel Knievel’s cars sits outside the front door of Boston Subaru in Soldotna, and a map…

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CPH plans transitional living facility

For many patients recovering from drug or alcohol addiction, staying clean can get harder after they leave the…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion  In this Nov. 24, 2015 file photo a moose looks for a bite to eat in a lawn on Beaver Loop Road in Kenai, Alaska. Some hunters have raised concerns about moose populations numbers on the southern part of the Kenai Peninsula and questioning an annual hunt carried out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

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Moose count raises concern about hunt

Editor’s note: The article has been edited to correct an error with the moose survey numbers. It was…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, gives a presentation - focused primarily on the state's budget woes - on Tuesday Jan. 5, 2016 during a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Soldotna Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Economy, budget at forefront of legislative session

With the Alaska legislative session beginning Jan. 19, many residents are holding their breath to see how legislators…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Two men prepare to moor the fishing vessel Machinator on the Kenai River near the Kenai City Docks on Tuesday June 30, 2015 in Kenai, Alaska.

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State fishery spending analyzed

Most of the benefit from the commercial fishing industry goes to local government, while the state overspends itself,…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion In this June 2, 2015 file photo, Mike Matheny of Kasilof eases a 20-pound king salmon back into the Kasilof River after catching it near Crooked Creek in Kasilof, Alaska.

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King salmon stocking to expand at Crooked Creek

Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to clarify the stocking numbers. The Alaska Department of Fish &…

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Michael Merrick talks to a patient about her addiction as she comes in to get her perscription to Suboxone, a medicine used to treat opioid addictions, on Dec. 23, 2015 in Merrick's office in Kenai, Alaska. Kenai Peninsula doctors wrangle with access and treatment for opoid addicts.

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Peninsula doctors wrangle with access, treatment for opioid addicts

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on opioid addiction on the Kenai Peninsula. For…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Dr. Sarah Spencer of the Ninilchik Community Clinic demonstrates how to equip a vial of naloxone, an overdose rescue medication, into an injectable pen. She sends many of her opiate addict patients home with one in case of an emergency.

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Opioid addicts face stigma even while seeking treatment

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on opioid addiction on the Kenai Peninsula. For…

Photo courtesy Alaska Aerial Media Two endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, as shown from an image captured by an unmanned aircraft system last August, stranded in the Turnagain Arm on the mudflats.

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Drones to help spot stranded belugas

When the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales strand, it can be a guessing game as to how many…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Jack Sinclair, the former Division of Parks & Outdoor Recreation supervisor for the Kenai Peninsula, has taken over the executive director position at the Kenai Watershed Forum.

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Jack Sinclair to head Kenai Watershed Forum

As the new head of the Kenai Watershed forum, there is a lot to learn, but Jack Sinclair…

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Jay Kane (left) and Kole McCaughey (right) manned  Nikiski Fire Station 1 on Christmas Day. Usually, Christmas Day is pretty slow, and the two had plans to make a ham to celebrate.

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Central Peninsula first responders spend quiet Christmas Day at stations

Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to correct the spelling of Kole McCaughey’s and Justin Horton’s names. …

Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion Sen. Dan Sullivan gave a rundown of his first year in Washington, D.C., to a large crowd at the joint Kenai and Soldotna chamber luncheon Wednesday at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center.

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Sullivan focuses on economy, regulation reform

Economics, regulation and the military ruled the conversation during Sen. Dan Sullivan’s speech to the joint Kenai and…

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Borough employees, local organizations ramp up donation drives

Every Christmas, the employees of the Kenai Peninsula Borough adopt a few families for a few weeks. For…

Fire consumes Nikiski home

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Fire consumes Nikiski home

A pet is missing and several more died after a Nikiski couple’s home burned down on Tuesday. Personnel…