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Kenai Central volleyball wins Lady Grizzly Invitational

The Kenai Central volleyball team won the Lady Grizzly Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Anchorage.

Kenai Central's Sierra Hershberger competes in the 100-yard individual medley in the SoHi Pentathlon on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai’s Price breaks another school record at SoHi Invite

Kenai Central junior Abigail Price continued to rewrite the school records Saturday at the SoHi Invite at Soldotna…

Kenai's Aasen Campanella breaks free for a gain during a playoff win over Redington on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, at Redington Jr/Sr High School in Wasilla, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Kardinals top Redington to earn right to defend title in state final

By Jeremiah Bartz

Camden Shasby of the Anchorage Wolverines and Greye Rampton of the Kenai River Brown Bears fight for the puck Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Wolverines sweep weekend from Brown Bears

Rampton gets Division I deal

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Homer knocks off Barrow, advances to Division III final

The visiting Homer football team defeated Barrow 6-0 on Saturday in the Division III semifinals.

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Soldotna football beats North Pole to secure Railbelt title, will host Chugiak in playoffs Saturday

The visiting Soldotna football team defeated North Pole 30-6 on Friday night to secure the Railbelt Conference title…

Downed trees are seen in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in September 2020. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Refuge opens for firewood collection Tuesday

Only trees that are dead and down within designated areas may be cut

Board President Zen Kelly speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board, district explore effects and uses of generative AI

AI advocate spoke to KPBSD Board of Education and teachers last week

Lane Petersen, Brett Gilmore, Jack Gardner and Noah Price celebrate Seward's victory over Nikiski in the nine-man state championship Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seahawks repeat as 9-man state champs

The Seward football team defeated Nikiski 36-6 on Friday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna for a second…

Soldotna City Clerk Johni Blankenship, right, administers oaths of office to Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings and Jordan Chilson during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna certifies election results

Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings and Jordan Chilson reelected to city council

Metal reinforcements line the front of the Kenai Bluff at North Kenai Beach, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Construction of expanded seawall underway at Kenai Beach

The work is being undertaken by a group of property owners, with blessing from the City of Kenai

Well over 50 people enjoy the Nikiski Pool during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the North Peninsula Recreation Service Area in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly adds funds to project to replace Nikiski Pool water line

Increased complexities stem from a lack of information about how the pool’s water systems are put together

Borough Clerk Michele Turner administers oaths of office to Cindy Ecklund and James Baisden during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. Ecklund was reelected and Baisden was elected to the assembly during the Oct. 1 election. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough assembly certifies election; Baisden and Ecklund are sworn in

Cindy Ecklund won reelection; James Baisden was newly elected

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Spend plan moves forward for 2021 and 2022 setnet fishery disasters

The National Marine Fisheries Service in June allocated $11,484,675 to address losses from the 2021 and 2022 fisheries

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Lord wins mayor’s race

The Election Canvass Board certified City of Homer election results on Friday

A voter fills out their ballot at the Kenai No. 2 Precinct in the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Campaign spending picks up ahead of general election

Electoral candidates were required to file disclosure forms 30 days before the election

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Kenai volleyball sweeps Homer

The visiting Kenai Central volleyball team defeated Homer 25-21, 25-16 and 25-11 on Tuesday in Southcentral Conference action.

Alaska State Sen. Jesse Bjorkman (R-Nikiski), left, and Alaska House Rep. Ben Carpenter (R-Nikiski) participate in the Senate District D candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bjorkman, Carpenter talk economy, energy, education at forum

Whoever is elected to the seat will serve a four-year term ending in January 2029

Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game comments on local proposals to Board of Fisheries ahead of work session

The requests ask the board hear fishing regulation proposals outside of their three-year cycle

Pumpkins wait to be dropped from planes for the entertainment of people during Kenai Aviation’s Fifth Annual Pumpkin Drop at the Kenai Municipal Airport Operations Building in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Costumes, pumpkins and seasonal scares

Peninsula packs October with Halloween events