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Governor to hold pro-PFD rally

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Governor to hold pro-PFD rally

He’s hosting it in the Mat-Su.

Tight Lines: Seward sees start of snagging season

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Tight Lines: Seward sees start of snagging season

“Fish are coming in thick … People are catching limits daily.”

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Emergency repairs prompt overnight power outage

The Homer Electric Association will be making emergency repairs to a 115,000 volt transmission line tonight, which will…

Sgt. 1st Class Gert Bindrich and Capt. Lee Halstead smile for the camera during HAVE-Alaska’s 2019 fishing trip in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wenesday, June 5, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HAVE-ing it all

Nonprofit offers veterans an Alaska adventure

The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly gets pushback on bed tax

The 12% bed tax would affect temporary lodging, including motels, hotels and bed and B&Bs

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Teen charged in fatal shooting near Anchorage waterfalls

Kayden McIntosh is also charged with evidence tampering in the death of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman.

Concertgoers listen during one of the weekly concerts in the park, put on as part of the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series in Soldotna, Alaska, in the summer of 2017. (Photo courtesy Andrew Heuiser/Soldotna Chamber of Commerce)

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Weekly concerts in Soldotna start tonight

Seward band Blackwater Railroad Company will headline the 1st event

From left, Alaska Sens. Bert Stedman, Mia Costello, Lyman Hoffman and Peter Micciche speak during a break on the Senate floor on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. The Senate on Tuesday failed to pass a bill that would have paid a full dividend from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund, the Alaska Permanent Fund, this year. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Alaska Senate votes down full PFD

At least 11 votes were needed for the bill to pass.

Pete Kineen, a neighbor of the proposed Beachcomber LLC gravel pit, stands on his deck and points to where the pit could be, on May 2, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Gravel pit controversy continues in Anchor Point

‘I didn’t move down from Anchorage just to look at a gravel pit.’

Construction crews excavate along the side of the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Long road ahead

Summer road construction on schedule, but just beginning

Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, presents SB 1002, a bill to provide a Permanent Fund Dividend of $1,600, to the Senate Rules Committee at the Capitol on Monday, June 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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All or nothing? Dunleavy vows to veto Senate’s new PFD bill

Governor says this bill will kill the PFD.

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Hold music changes leave artists waiting by the telephone

Musicians surprised their tracks were cut.

Vaughn Johnson performs a pogo maneuver outside his home in Nikiski, Alaska on May 29, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Up in the air

Nikiski skateboarder enters the world stage

Giving trash a second life

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Giving trash a second life

Salvage Art to return to Kenai River Festival

Environmental education intern David Fink answers questions from the hikers during a guided hike on Centennial Trail in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on June 1, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hitting the trails

What to do at the refuge this summer

Matthew Martinelli, a volunteer at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Spring Festival and Fundraiser, helps cook brats and hot dogs for the event’s free picnic, Friday, May 31, 2019, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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It’s a picnic

Food bank gives back to community

University officials to consider having one University of Alaska, not three

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University officials to consider having one University of Alaska, not three

The schools would have “cookie-cutter” approaches.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters in his office at the state Capitol on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. Dunleavy says he’s hopeful the Legislature will pass a budget next week but says his administration is preparing in case that doesn’t happen. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Dunleavy removes 3 human rights panel members

With Thursday’s changes, all but one member of the commission will have been appointed by Dunleavy.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly considers repealing voter ratification on sales tax cap increase

Any increase in the maximum sales tax may not take effect until ratified by voters during borough elections.

Public to weigh in on bed tax

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Public to weigh in on bed tax

The 12% bed tax would affect temporary lodging, which includes motels, hotels and B&Bs