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Kenai Potters Guild member Judy Brandt loads a gas-fired kiln with cups and bowls made by Guild members on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at the group’s studio in Kenai. The Potters guild is preparing for a busy winter with weekly classes, a “Clay on Display” art show presently sitting in the Kenai Fine Art Center gallery, and a new kind of kiln which they’ll be experimenting with this weekend. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Potters Guild receives Alaska Community grant

The Kenai Potters Guild is spinning in style after receiving a grant from the Alaska Community Foundation.

Single-use plastic bags litter the side of Lake Street on Sept. 25, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Soldotna bag ban to take effect Thursday

The city of Soldotna is working to make sure shoppers aren’t left empty-handed come Thursday, when a ban…

Shop Talk: Fresh365 provides fresh greens

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Shop Talk: Fresh365 provides fresh greens

Fresh365, a hydroponic farm atop Whistle Hill in Soldotna, is looking to innovate how farmers and restaurateurs do…

Trenton English takes advantage of early voting in the municipal election at the Mendenhall Mall Annex on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Early voting is available there from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Voters can also vote at City Hall 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Absentee registration deadline Saturday, early voting now open

Saturday is the last day for eligible Alaska voters to receive an absentee by-mail ballot.

Government

Soldotna changes Kleeb to Whistle Hill Loop

The Soldotna City Council voted to rename Kleeb Loop to Whistle Hill Loop.

School Briefs week of Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

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School Briefs week of Oct. 29 – Nov. 4

Soldotna High School

Women in Agriculture Conference comes to the Kenai

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Women in Agriculture Conference comes to the Kenai

The Women in Agriculture Conference will be coming to the peninsula for its second year this weekend. The…

A conversation with District 29 candidate Shawn Butler

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A conversation with District 29 candidate Shawn Butler

Editor’s note: The story has been updated to show that Chenault was previously, not currently, Speaker of the…

A conversation with District 29 candidate Ben Carpenter

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A conversation with District 29 candidate Ben Carpenter

Editor’s note: The story has been updated to show that Chenault was previously, not currently, Speaker of the…

Tori Giles, left, Emilie Grimes, Torile Giles and Arin Reger carve pumkings at the Soldotna Public Library on Saturday, October 21, 2017 during the library’s teen halloween party. The group donned costumes from The Flash, including The Flash, Killer Frost and Harrison Wells. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)                                Tori Giles, left, Emilie Grimes, Torile Giles and Arin Reger carve pumkings at the Soldotna Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 during the library’s teen halloween party. The group donned costumes from The Flash, including The Flash, Killer Frost and Harrison Wells. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Host of Halloween events ready to kick off

The Halloween festivities kick off this weekend in anticipation of the big night next week.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stands in silence while Assembly President Wayne Ogle offers an invocation before the meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly continues invocations, despite court ruling

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify details about the court ruling on the borough assembly’s…

Assembly reelects Ogle, Bagley for President and Vice President

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Assembly reelects Ogle, Bagley for President and Vice President

Current Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Wayne Ogle and Vice President Dale Bagley were re-elected into the assembly’s…

Road closures cancelled, weather still impacting traffic

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Road closures cancelled, weather still impacting traffic

Closures along the Seward Highway scheduled to begin tonight have been canceled due to extreme weather.

Kenai Central High School is photographed on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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State releases annual school progress report, new system

New student progress reports were released from the state Department of Education and Early Development Tuesday.

Borough begins repairs after Seward flooding

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Borough begins repairs after Seward flooding

Borough crews have begun repairing Seward roads inundated by two storm systems that dumped inches of rain over…

‘Lame Duck and Dark Horses’ returns

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‘Lame Duck and Dark Horses’ returns

At Monday’s rehearsal for “Lame Ducks and Dark Horses,” the jokes were so thick, the laughter so omnipresent,…

Landon Lightfoot jumps into the Nikiski pool during a training scenario, June 30, 2014, at the Nikiski Pool, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikiski Pool to open sooner than expected

Swimmers are able to get back into the Nikiski Pool earlier than expected. The pool officially opened on…

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

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Borough welcome sign is getting refurbished

Something is missing on the drive to and from Anchorage. The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s welcome sign, which normally…

A king salmon during the 67th annual Golden North Salmon Derby at the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor in August 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Alaska scientists pen letter backing salmon measure

Former scientists and fisheries managers are taking sides over Ballot Measure 1.

Marge Mullen shows a third-grade class how the residents of the Howard Lee Homestead heated their home, on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Students get firsthand account of Soldotna’s homesteading history

Third graders at Soldotna Elementary are learning all about their community. Marge Mullen, one of the city’s first…