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Brown Bears split on road

The Kenai River Brown Bears split a pair of games on the road over the weekend in North…

Soldotna's Matthew Schilling knocks the ball away from Wasilla's Jimmy Lackey during a 63-21 win over the Warriors Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at Veterans Memorial Field in Wasilla, Alaska. (Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Soldotna football stays perfect by defeating Wasilla

The visiting Soldotna football team defeated Wasilla 63-21 on Friday in Railbelt Conference action.

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Seward football cruises past Valdez

The Seward football team defeated Valdez 46-26 on Saturday at Roger Steinbrecher Memorial Field in Seward in nine-man…

A row of footballs iat the Homer-Seward game at Homer, Alaska, on Aug. 29, 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Barrow football comes back to beat Homer in battle of Mid Alaska unbeatens

The visiting Barrow football team defeated Homer 30-20 on Saturday in a battle of Mid Alaska Conference unbeatens.

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Kenai football falls to Redington

The host Redington football team defeated Kenai Central 20-6 on Friday in Mid Alaska Conference action.

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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1st of 3 local fishery disasters gets funding after year-long delay

After being delayed for more than a year, disaster funds will soon be disbursed for the 2018 East…

Nikiski's Kevin Love forces a fumble from Monroe Catholic quarterback Ryan Mavencamp on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikiski celebrates homecoming by cruising past Monroe

The host Nikiski football team celebrated its homecoming and senior night by defeating Monroe Catholic 54-14 in nine-man…

Nikiski's Mandee Roofe attacks against Soldotna's Sadie Lane and Hallie Fischer on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna volleyball topples Nikiski

The visiting Soldotna volleyball team defeated Nikiski 25-17, 25-20, 22-25 and 25-22 on Thursday in nonconference action.

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Seward girls, Homer boys take borough cross-country titles

Homer’s Bynagle, Seward’s Jordan capture individual crowns

Cars drive past the building where the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is headquartered on Sept. 21, 2023. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire file photo)

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State announces $1,700 PFD

The amount includes a one-time energy relief payment

A map shows the original property boundary (in red) of Nikiski North Star Elementary and the boundary of the new property (in yellow) the borough is set to purchase. (Courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough)

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Borough to buy property adjacent to Nikiski North Star for possible development

Nikiski North Star is on a 28-acre parcel bounded by private land and Salamatof Lake

Pamela Hays speaks against a rezoning ordinance during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Rezoning effort killed by Soldotna council amid neighborhood outcry

An ordinance would have rezoned part of a tract of land near South Kobuk Street to multifamily use

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Carter Romero is awarded a $1,000 novelty check for landing the youth grand-prize salmon in the Eighth Annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday.

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Dell, Romero win 8th Kenai Silver Salmon Derby

This year’s number of participants is up from only 79 last year

Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion
Cam Choy, Associate Professor of Art at Kenai Peninsula College, works on a salmon sculpture in collaboration with the Kenai Watershed Forum during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska on June 8, 2019.

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‘Cam was the Dude’

Kenai Peninsula College hosts memorial show for late art professor

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The “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibition is seen at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.

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Exhibit examining American perception of Holocaust visits Seward

“Americans and the Holocaust” sheds light on how, when and what Americans learned of the Holocaust during the…

Kenai Central's Chase Laker clears an incline during the boys varsity race of the Wasilla Trailblazer Invite on Friday, Sept. 13, in Wasilla, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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Cross-country roundup: Homer’s Bynagle takes 3rd at State Preview

Homer junior Johannes Bynagle led Kenai Peninsula runners at the State Preview on Saturday at Bartlett High School.

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Coho bag limit again reduced to 1 per day on Kenai River

The restrictions are motivated by weak runs of coho salmon throughout Cook Inlet

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

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Board of Fish requests tackle commercial dipnets, beach seines, bait restrictions

The proposals are meant to address fishing regulation outside of the board’s three-year cycle

Sarah Douthit and Jeanne Reveal participate in a candidate forum for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI)

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School board candidates address budget issues, homeschooling, 4-day weeks at forum

Each of the open seats is for a three-year term expiring in October 2027

Abi Gutierrez fills a box of doughnuts during a ribbon-cutting event for The Glaze in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Living the doughnut dream

Owners aim to create a space for people to enjoy tasty pastries and spend time together