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Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Members of the Kenai Fire Department knock pillars back into place after a driver backed onto the pavement and struck the MediCenter building on Monday, April 11, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska.

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No injuries in crash at MediCenter

The front of the MediCenter building in Kenai was damaged when a driver backed onto the pavement and…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Jacque White greets Sweet Soul, a 20-year-old draft mule she rescued from a kill pen in Pennsylvania, on Sunday, April 10, 2016 at her home off of Kalifornski Beach Road.

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Woman moves mule cross country through equine rescue network

When Jacque White came across a greying draft mule on a Facebook page dedicated to relocating large animals…

Photo courtesy by Jack Swenson Alaskan author Kim Heacox, pictured here, will present at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 11 at the McLane Commons as part of the Kenai Peninsula College Showcase series.

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KPC presents ‘An Evening with Author Kim Heacox’

Kim Heacox said the decision to become a photographer was made easy in 1983 when a magazine paid…

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Soldotna daycare review approved

A year after a Soldotna daycare was approved amid controversy and appeals to the city’s Planning and Zoning…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Paul Vermillion, 32, and a member of his defense team listen to his defense attorney, Andrew Lambert, moments before being led out of the courtroom during a remand hearing on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. Vermillion pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter on Monday, April 4, for the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox in Cooper Landing.

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Vermillion remanded to jail

Paul Vermillion was remanded to jail in Kenai on Thursday after having pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the…

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CES douses fire in less than an hour

Firefighters from Central Emergency Services took less than an hour to extinguish a structure fire in a duplex…

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Man arrested after crash, power outage

A Soldotna man has been arrested after troopers found he collided with a power pole on Funny River…

Dean Bostwick and his dog Buddy stop at the AK Taco Shack food truck August 29, 2014 in Soldotna.

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Trends 2016: Mobile food vendors change culinary landscape

Amid the larger sectors of the Kenai Peninsula’s economy, the standalone coffee carts and flexible food trucks that…

The inside of an unmanned aerial vehicle owned by John Parker of Integrated Robotics Imaging Systems can hold a battery that allows the UAV to be flown. Radars and other sensors can also be mounted to the UAV to gather data while its being flown, Parker explained On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 at the business on Main Street Loop in Kenai, Alaska.

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Trends 2016: Tech takes off: Opportunity abounds in UAV field

A Kenai-based business owner has tapped into the unmanned aircraft and sensor industry beginning to grow in Alaska,…

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Vermillion pleads guilty to manslaughter

Update: A day before Paul Vermillion was scheduled to go to trial for murder, he accepted an agreement…

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Men stopped by spike strips near Sterling

Two Anchorage men have been arrested after troopers used spike strips to stop them speeding along the Sterling…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Koebryn Mlynarik enters the Kenai Peninsula Borough building during an active shooter simulation as part of this year's Alaska Shield exercise on Thursday, March 31, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Public employees test out Alaska Shield training

Moments after the go-ahead came across a hand-held radio, a young man in black crept up the stairs…

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Cooper Landing murder trial begins Monday

An Anchorage man accused of murder in the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox will go to trial starting…

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A violinist, a pianist and an actor

Violinist Linda Rosenthal, based in Juneau, has performed all over the state as well as in Europe and…

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Trends 2016: Diverse business community a boon for Soldotna

The City of Soldotna is in a good position to weather the impacts of budget cuts at the…

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Trends 2016: Peninsula small businesses find their niches

While the state is working on cuts to its budget, small businesses on the Kenai Peninsula should not…

Photo courtesy Gabe Fletcher This photo from Alaska Brewing Company owner Gabe Fletcher shows a King Fisher boat named "Celestial Dawn" that was taken from outside the brewing company in Anchorage and found in Soldotna on Monday, March 28, 2016.

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Stolen boat leads police to group storing drugs, firearms

Residents from Alaska and California have been arrested in Soldotna on drug and firearm charges after being connected…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion Kenaitze Indian Tribe members, students and Kenai Peninsula College faculty get ready for an opening prayer led by Dena'ina Elder Max Chickalusion Jr. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 at Kalifornsky Village off of Kalifornsky Beach Road in Alaska.

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Sacred space in a quiet place

The contrast of white cemetery crosses against the greens and browns of the surrounding forest in the distance…

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Soldotna men involved in spice bust indicted at federal level

Two Soldotna men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of synthetic cannabis trafficking and…

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Fish and Game targets Soldotna Creek for summer pike eradication

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is preparing to move forward in the second phase of a…