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Map of wildfire history on the Kenai Peninsula. (From Wildland Fire Science)

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Refuge Notebook: Living with fire on Kenai Peninsula

Thinking back to my childhood days in Alaska, I don’t recall wildfires being a regular occurrence. I’ve learned…

Cowichan Tribe member Benny George holds his child Bowie, 3, on his shoulders as they listen during a ceremony and vigil for the 215 children whose remains were found buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, June 21, 2021. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Over 600 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada

The bodies were discovered at the Marieval Indian Residential School

In this April 23, 2021, file photo, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a news briefing at the White House in Washington. On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, Haaland and other federal officials are expected to announce steps that the federal government plans to take to reconcile the legacy of boarding school policies on Indigenous families and communities across the U.S. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Dark history of Indigenous boarding schools to be reviewed

For over 150 years, Indigenous children were taken from their communities and forced into boarding schools that focused…

The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Malaspina and Amak Towing tugboat Jennie B. share a mooring in Ketchikan, Alaska on May 21. The state of Alaska is trying to dispose of the 58-year-old ferry, and even has offered to give it free to the government of the Philippines. CoastAlaska reports Gov. Mike Dunleavy offered to give the Malaspina ferry away in a letter last month to the Philippines consul general in San Francisco. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

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Alaska offers 58-year-old ferry for free to the Philippines

Gov. Mike Dunleavy offered to give the Malaspina ferry away in a letter last month to the Philippines…

Black bears roam in the Skilak Lake area of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, on June 13, 2021. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Got bears? Here are programs that can help

In Alaska, hungry bears are waking up from their long winter hibernation and are starting to emerge from…

Bell pepper, cabbage and onions add flavor and texture to this salmon cake recipe. P(Photo by Tress Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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On the strawberry patch: Reaching new heights with salmon cakes

An Alaska classic turned into Father’s Day tradition

A vote-by-mail ballot box is photographed at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration building in Soldotna, Alaska, in October 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Why wait to register?

Absentee voting in our state and borough was extremely popular this past election.

Police investigate the scene of an early morning fatal shooting along Gambell Street between Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue near downtown Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

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Police: Anchorage man shot 5 after argument

Police responded to the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Gambell Street in downtown Anchorage about 2:45 a.m. Saturday

Gov. Mike Dunleavy held a press conference at the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Governor’s budget plan doesn’t add up

Keeping secrets from the public is irresponsible, dishonest and harmful.

Range (shown in red) of the northern flying squirrel in Alaska. (Source: Alaska Fish and Game)

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Refuge Notebook: Myth or mystery — flying squirrels on the Kenai

The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is somewhat of an enigma to the Kenai Peninsula. While it has…

Alaska House Speaker Louise Stutes, center, along with leaders of the House majority coalition, Rep. Bryce Edgmon, left and Rep. Kelly Merrickspeaks, right, speak to reporters on the final day of a special legislative session in Juneau, Alaska Friday, June 18, 2021. The special legislative session limped toward a bitter end Friday, with Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and House majority leaders sharply disagreeing over the adequacy of the budget passed by lawmakers earlier this week. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Special session limps toward its end, another looms

Gov. Mike Dunleavy and House majority leaders sharply disagreed on the adequacy of the budget passed by lawmakers.

The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: It’s time to compromise on the Roadless Rule

The Roadless Rule has become a fight over which wild exaggeration of the facts will prevail.

Central Peninsula General Hospital as it appeared in its first year of operation, 1971. (Photo provided by Peninsula General Hospital)

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A hospital is born, slowly (Part 6)

By Clark Fair

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Police reports for the week of June 20, 2021

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The entrance to the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on Feb. 26, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Court reports for the week of June 20, 2021

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Police reports for the week of June 13, 2021

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The entrance to the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on Feb. 26, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Court reports for the week of June 13, 2021

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Minister’s Message: Seeing God’s light on the longest day

In the beginning, God said, “Let there be light.”

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

Opinion

Opinion: For Alaska’s future generations, turn my PFD into a PFD (personal floatation device)

The PFD question lurks as a possible show stopper.

In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry speaks in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday, June 15, 2021, by a federal judge in Louisiana. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana’s Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states. Doughty’s ruling granting a preliminary injunction to those states said his order applies nationwide. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Federal judge blocks Biden’s pause on new oil, gas leases

The decision is a blow to Democratic President Joe Biden’s efforts to rapidly transition the nation away from…