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Board of Education candidate Sarah Douthit and her supporters wave signs at the side of the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Uncontested races define municipal election

Preliminary results show few surprises, little support for South Peninsula Hospital bond

”Miss Rosey,” a pink fire engine dedicated to raising awareness about cancer prevention and screening, is seen after her unveiling at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Early detection saves lives’

CES fire engine made pink to raise awareness of cancer, screenings

Alaska Christian College students, staff and other dignitaries gather as Styles Walker cuts the ribbon during a dedication ceremony for the college’s new athletic center at Alaska Christian College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Christian College dedicates ‘miracle’ athletic center

The facility is located at the Alaska Christian College campus near Kenai Peninsula College off of Kalifornsky Beach…

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Penrod acquitted of 2022 murder charges

Penrod was arrested in 2022, after Penrod’s ex-fiancee told police that he had shot and killed her boyfriend

Jodi Stuart speaks after being recognized by the Alaska Children’s Trust as a “Champion for Kids” during a meeting of the Soldotna Rotary Club at Addie Camp in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jodi Stuart recognized as ‘Champion for Kids’

During a meeting of the Soldotna Rotary Club on Thursday, the Alaska Children’s Trust recognized Jodi Stuart as…

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Police seeking ‘person of interest’ in Seward shooting that killed woman

A dispatch says that findings of the Alaska Bureau of Investigation do not indicate murder

Snow is cleared from a sidewalk along the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. This tractor is similar to the new Trackless MT 7 and snowblower attachment being purchased by the city for this coming winter. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Soldotna to add new tractor for snow clearing

Council adds funds after purchase price unexpectedly exceeds budget

Assembly Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly work session in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Applications open for working group tasked with exploring bed tax

Of the group’s seven voting members, four will be members of the public and three will be representatives…

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Coho fishing ‘poor’ on Kenai, Kasilof, Russian rivers

Fish and Game releases final Northern Kenai Fishing Report

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Attendees seek out endangered Cook Inlet belugas during Belugas Count! on the bluff above the Kenai River in Kenai on Saturday.

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Counting the belugas in our backyard

Endangered Cook Inlet species the center of annual monitoring event

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion A presenter processes cabbage for storage at the fermentation station during the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival at Soldotna Creek Park on Saturday.

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Local food festival returns produce, demos to Soldotna Creek Park

The annual Harvest Moon Local Food Festival is organized by the Kenai Local Food Connection

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion The Kenai Central High School Marching Band performs “Snakes and Songbirds: The Music of the Hunger Games” during the Kenai Marching Showcase at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai on Saturday.

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Marching ahead

Kenai band showcase marks growth of Alaska scene

Signs direct visitors at Seward City Hall on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward OKs funds for preliminary design of new fire station

A feasibility study found that the current facility is “significantly undersized, inefficient, is unsafe, and does not meet…

A Kenai Peninsula Borough Voter Information Pamphlet rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion’s newsroom in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2024: When, where to vote Tuesday

City council, borough assembly, school board seats on the ballot

Seats are filled as the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Feb. 24, 1999. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Borough, cities again ask State Board of Fisheries for local meeting

The board has declined to host an Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meeting on the central peninsula for over…

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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1st of 3 local fishery disasters gets funding after year-long delay

After being delayed for more than a year, disaster funds will soon be disbursed for the 2018 East…

Cars drive past the building where the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is headquartered on Sept. 21, 2023. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire file photo)

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State announces $1,700 PFD

The amount includes a one-time energy relief payment

A map shows the original property boundary (in red) of Nikiski North Star Elementary and the boundary of the new property (in yellow) the borough is set to purchase. (Courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough)

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Borough to buy property adjacent to Nikiski North Star for possible development

Nikiski North Star is on a 28-acre parcel bounded by private land and Salamatof Lake

Pamela Hays speaks against a rezoning ordinance during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Rezoning effort killed by Soldotna council amid neighborhood outcry

An ordinance would have rezoned part of a tract of land near South Kobuk Street to multifamily use

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Carter Romero is awarded a $1,000 novelty check for landing the youth grand-prize salmon in the Eighth Annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday.

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Dell, Romero win 8th Kenai Silver Salmon Derby

This year’s number of participants is up from only 79 last year