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Voices of the Peninsula: Don’t let Big Oil shut you up

We’ve all attended meetings where QA is the final agenda item.

North Pole football topples Kenai

Sports

North Pole football topples Kenai

Chris Wetland, when he came to North Pole High School for Saturday afternoon’s football game against the Kenai…

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Force Pebble to pay up front for environmental costs

If Pebble doesn’t feel it’s worth this security account then they should NOT mine Bristol Bay.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: The educational irony of a teachers’ strike

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has a logo: “kpbsd –where kids come first.”

Schools briefs for the week of Sept. 9, 2019

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Schools briefs for the week of Sept. 9, 2019

What’s happening this week

Refuge notebook: Why are the birch trees brown?

Sports

Refuge notebook: Why are the birch trees brown?

I was working out Swan Lake Road last month when I noticed that entire stands of birch trees…

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2109. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Agriculture is an economic driver crucial for state food security

The Kenai Peninsula has the largest number of hoop houses per capita in the U.S.

Minister’s Message: Looking for water in all the wrong places

Life

Minister’s Message: Looking for water in all the wrong places

“How can we listen for the truth of his work and be still enough to seek his voice?”

Mark Thiessen / associated press                                 Vic Fischer (left), Meda DeWitt (center) and Aaron Welterlen, leaders of an effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy, await paperwork at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Anchorage on Thursday. Recall organizers say they submitted 49,006 signatures in an attempt to force the recall election of the first-term governor.

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Recall Dunleavy campaign submits 49,000 signatures

If the application is certified, it would trigger another signature-gathering phase.

Soldotna’s Prince of Pigskin Prognostication makes return

Sports

Soldotna’s Prince of Pigskin Prognostication makes return

The Prince of Pigskin Prognostication is back to bless loyal Clarion faithful once again for the 2019 NFL…

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: A change in management practices could help KPBSD resolve labor issues

We Alaskans are still locked into adversarial management of our teachers and students.

KPEA President David Brighton speaks to a group of educators, community members and district employees at Resurrect Art Coffee House on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: An open letter to the communities of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

We stand ready and willing to settle our contract negotiations so we can focus on educating children.

Alaska Voices: A bipartisan determination to protect Alaska from Gov. Dunleavy

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Alaska Voices: A bipartisan determination to protect Alaska from Gov. Dunleavy

We are part of the generation that built Alaska.

Next level: Tuttle, Zener off to hot starts in college

Sports

Next level: Tuttle, Zener off to hot starts in college

Two former peninsula athletes have started the fall 2019 collegiate season on hot streaks for their respective teams.

Judy Connolly, mother of murdered teenager Shelley Connolly, spoke to the media after the Alaska State Troopers announced on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska, that Oregon resident Donald F. McQuade, 62, has been arrested and charged with murdering Shelley Connolly in the 1978 cold case. She noted it had been 41 years since Shelley’s death, which completely altered her family’s lives. Shelley’s younger brother James Connolly is at left. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

News

Oregon man arrested in 1978 death of Alaska teenager

Police: ‘This guy was never on the radar’

Opinion

Opinion: Alaska’s mining industry breathes new life into our communities

For the first time since statehood, we are seeing year over year declines in our population.

Ann “Grannie Annie” Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Memories about growing up on the farm

Mom always cooked a nice breakfast for us and had a delicious dinner on the table right at…

Opinion

Opinion: Alaska Pioneer Homes continue to provide a home and community to Alaska’s elders

More elders are coming to Pioneer Homes with higher levels of need requiring greater assistance.

Opinion

Opinion: Future is bright for Alaska farming

It’s hard not to be optimistic about the future of farming in the 49th State.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Make your voice heard on annexation

For many years now, the city of Soldotna has bludgeoned its way toward annexation.