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A sign welcomes visitors on July 7, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fish sets 2026 Lower Cook Inlet meeting for Seward

The board last met in Seward in 2019

Troopers Joseph Miller Jr. and Jason Woodruff are seen in a screenshot from body camera footage taken in Kenai, Alaska, on May 24, 2024. (Photo provided by Alaska Department of Law)

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Grand jury indicts 2 troopers on felony assault charge

The complaint cites both audio and body camera footage

A cruise ship is docked in Seward, Alaska on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward gets nearly $46 million for power upgrades at port

The funds are intended to transform Seward’s port into a “green port”

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Soldotna man arrested for possession of child sex abuse material

He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility

Kenai Central's Logan Mese scores on Palmer's Mily Christman during the Peninsula Ice Challenge on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna captures Peninsula Ice Challenge

The Soldotna hockey team won the Peninsula Ice Challenge with a 4-0 victory over Soldotna on Saturday at…

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Probation Parole Officer Jodi Stuart speaks at Ideal Option’s open house on Wednesday, Oct. 23.

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Ideal Option holds open house at new location

Ideal Option hosted an open house at their new location on Wednesday, Oct. 23.

A plow truck clears snow from the Sterling Highway near Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Season’s first winter storm closes central peninsula schools, drops over a dozen inches of snow

A winter storm dropped as much as 14 inches of snow in areas of the central Kenai Peninsula,…

Aurora Borealis Charter School parents fill every seat and spill from the doorway during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Charter Oversight Committee in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board work sessions to tackle charters, 4-day week, cellphone policies

During work sessions Monday and Tuesday, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education will discuss several…

Campaign signs fill a wall near Paradisos Restaurant in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Candidates spend big on radio advertising, print mailers in final weeks of campaign

Only a week before the general election on Nov. 5, candidates are pouring their earnings into a variety…

An Alaska Division of Elections Official Election Pamphlet rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion newsroom on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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When, where to vote in the 2024 general election

Tuesday is Election Day! Voters in the Kenai Peninsula Borough will head to polls to cast their ballots…

Foliage surrounds the Soldotna Police Department sign on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Escott named new chief of Soldotna Police

Stace Escott has been promoted to chief of the Soldotna Police Department, according to a Wednesday press release…

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Kenai Central leads area by finishing 4th at Dimond-Service

The Kenai Central volleyball team led the area by finishing fourth at the Dimond-Service volleyball tournament Friday and…

State House District 6 candidates Rep. Sarah Vance, Dawson Slaughter and Brent Johnson participate in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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House District 6 candidates talk finance, schooling, fisheries

Candidates met Tuesday at the Homer Public Library for a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and…

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Division III all-state football announced

The Division III football all-state team was announced late last week.

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Soldotna captures Top Dog tourney

The Soldotna boys wrestling team won the Top Dog tournament at Nikiski Middle-High School on Friday and Saturday.

Soldotna celebrates with the trophy Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, at the First National Bowl Division II title game at Pride Field at Colony High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna topples Lathrop for 14th state title

Soldotna won the 14th state title in school history with a 49-28 victory over Lathrop in the Division…

Joseph Yoon of the Kenai River Brown Bears brings the puck up the ice Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Brown Bears earn split with Ice Dogs thanks to Saturday OT victory

The Kenai River Brown Bears and Fairbanks Ice Dogs split a North American Hockey League series this weekend…

Alaska House of Representatives District 8 candidates John Hillyer and Bill Elam shake answer questions during the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM candidate forum at the Soldotna Public Library on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hillyer, Elam debate issues in House District 8 forum

They met Monday at the Soldotna Public Library for a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and…

Teams assemble towers during the Spontaneous Challenge portion of the Mind-A-Mazes competition at Skyview Middle School near Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Putting their minds to the test

District youth compete in annual engineering, problem-solving competition

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Prep wrestling season gets rolling on Kenai Peninsula

The prep wrestling season on the Kenai Peninsula started Saturday with the Luke Spruill Memorial Tournament at Kenai…