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Kenai's Jason Parks, running on Kalifornsky Beach Road in Kenai, Alaska, wins the Kenai River Marathon on Sept. 28, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai’s Parks takes 2nd straight Lost Lake Race

Kenai’s Jason Parks won the Lost Lake Run just outside of Seward on Saturday, Aug. 24, for the…

A map created within the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s parcel viewer in September 2017 displays in green the Swanson Square property and in blue the property of the Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai, Alaska. Because the properties are within 500 feet of one another, the City of Kenai has now twice rejected marijuana retail operations in Swanson Square. (Map by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion File)

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Kenai PZ commission denies Canna Get Happy variance application

The proposed location is in Swanson Square next to Salvation Army along the Kenai Spur Highway

Shane Sundberg tees off on No. 16 on the way to winning the Men's Division at the Birch Ridge Amateur Championship on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, at Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sundberg, Kerkvliet, Jelsma win at Birch Ridge Amateur

Shane Sundberg won the men’s division, Alice Kerkvliet won the ladies division and Darell Jelsma won the senior…

Service's Talia Smith leads the girls varsity race up Angle Hill during the Ted McKenney XC Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Colony’s Hopkins, Grace Christian’s Annett repeat at McKenney Invite

Colony senior Ella Hopkins and Grace Christian senior Robbie Annett repeated as champions of the Ted McKenney XC…

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Saturday football: Nikiski, Seward win; Kenai loses

The Kenai Central football team lost 18-12 in overtime to host Barrow on Saturday in a rematch of…

Homer's Preston Stanislaw carries the ball against Redington on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Friday football: Soldotna, Homer notch wins

The Soldotna football team defeated host Chugiak 47-7 on Friday in Railbelt Conference action.

Samantha Springer receives the Outstanding Individual in Tourism award at Industry Appreciation Day in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Individuals and businesses recognized at Industry Appreciation Day

The Kenai Softball Greenstrip was packed on Saturday, Aug. 17, as hundreds gathered to recognize local industries and…

Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai awards $700,000 contract for rehabilitation of airport fire station

The heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at the facility is at the end of its life

Monitor Robert Begich counts the salmon pulled ashore and looks for king salmon at a test site for beach seine gear near Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai council opposes Endangered Species Act listing for chinook

The city both stated their opposition to that proposed listing, as well as the National Marine Fisheries Service’s…

Supporters of Rep. Justin Ruffridge, R-Soldotna, and Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, wave signs on the side of the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, during the Alaska Primary Election Day on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bjorkman, Ruffridge, Vance lead in primary election results

House District 8 candidates Elam and Hillyer in close contention

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Low coho returns spur slew of bag limit reductions

A Northern Kenai Fishing Report published by the State Department of Fish and Game on Wednesday says that…

Students sit down to read books on the first day of the school year at Tustumena Elementary School in Kasilof, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Right back into the swing’

Students return to KPBSD schools for 2024-2025 year

The Community Ride for Parking Policy Change rolls along Nikishka Beach Road in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikiski parents organize drive in search of looser ATV policy

Organizers are hoping to see change in the school’s parking policy to allow students to ride their ATVs…

Flyer for the 2024 Candidate Forum Series by KDLL 91.9 FM and the Peninsula Clarion. (Ashlyn O’Hara/KDLL 91.9)

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Clarion, KDLL candidate forum series returns

First forum with candidates for Kenai City Council is Aug. 26

Seward's Olive Jordan, Soldotna's Kathryn DeBardelaben, Soldotna's Kathryn Cox and Seward's Selah Brueckner compete in the freshmen-sophomore girls race Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna captures 3 of 4 races at Peninsula Class Races

The Soldotna cross-country team took three of the four races Monday at the Peninsula Class Races at Nikiski…

Briar Oden is the first to start pushing a new ambulance into the garage at the Kenai Public Safety Building in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Fire Department puts new ambulances into service

Ambulances are used for 80% of the department’s calls

Nikiski's Ethan Ellis passes under pressure from Seward's Ronan Bickling and Emerson Cross (10) on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward defeats Nikiski in 9-man title game rematch

The Seward football team opened defense of its nine-man state championship with a 54-6 nonconference victory over host…

Kenai Central's Aasen Campanella rushes the ball against Homer's Austin Briscoe on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Central opens state title defense by topping Homer

The Kenai Central football team began its Division III state title defense with a 21-0 victory over Homer…

Soldotna's Lokeni Wong fights for yards against Luke Sena (51) and Jason Reese of Palmer on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, at Justin Maile Field at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna football tops Palmer to open state title defense

The Soldotna football team opened the season with a 63-27 nonconference victory over Palmer on Friday at Justin…

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sockeye fishing slows; silvers start to arrive

Northern Kenai Fishing Report