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Wolverton runs Soldotna past Eagle River

The visiting Soldotna football team defeated Eagle River 44-27 on Saturday in Railbelt Conference play behind four rushing…

Kenai Central's Sophie Tapley digs up a ball against Palmer on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the 18th annual Shayna Pritchard Memorial Volleyball Tournament at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Palmer topples Kenai for Pritchard title

Palmer defeated Kenai Central 25-20 and 25-23 to win the 18th annual Shayna Pritchard Memorial Volleyball Tournament at…

Kenai juniors Blake Morris (52) and Jackson Taliesin (66) lead a group of Kardinals as they bring down Houston’s Mason Green during a 31-22 win over Houston on Friday, Sept. 5, at Houston High School in Houston, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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Kenai Central football holds off Houston

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Homer runners take 2 divisions at MCCA Class Challenge

The Homer cross-country running team won a pair of divisions at the Mountain City Christian Academy Class Challenge…

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Friday volleyball: Nikiski, Kenai take top seeds at Pritchard tourney; SoHi sweeps Kodiak

The Nikiski and Kenai Central volleyball teams took the top seeds after Friday pool play at the 18th…

Homer's CJ Burns runs the ball against Redington on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, at Redington Jr/Sr High School in Wasilla, Alaska. (Photo by Bruce Eggleston/matsusports.net)

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Homer football shuts out Redington

The visiting Homer football team defeated Redington 26-0 on Friday in the Mid Alaska Conference opener for both…

Henry Knackstedt, Alex Douthit, Victoria Askin and Bridget Grieme participate in a forum with candidates for Kenai mayor and city council at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai mayoral, city council candidates talk city’s future at forum

The forum was the third in a series of forums leading up to the Oct. 7 municipal election.

Volunteers at Glacier Spit Cleanup in September 2022. Photo provided by Center for Alaska Coastal Studies

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CoastWalk 2025 kicks off this September in Homer

CACS’s annual marine debris cleanup and data collection event will start Sept. 6.

Vice President Kelly Cooper speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly OKs information campaign on ballot measures

The education campaign would highlight “challenges” related to citizen-led initiatives on this year’s ballot.

The Kenai Municipal Airport is seen on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai sets stage for roughly $25M in airport maintenance next summer

The grant is for improvements to the airport runway, to runway lighting systems, and to the airport’s storm…

Kenai City Hall is seen on a sunny Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai rezones 13 parcels that had multiple zone classifications

Irregularities on the city’s zoning map were created as parcels were merged or new zones were created.

Sample ballots are displayed in Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voter registration deadline is Sunday

Election day is Tuesday, Oct. 7.

U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and Alaska Board of Fisheries Chair Märit Carlson-Van Dort participate in a panel on Alaska king salmon legislation and regulation during the Kenai Classic Roundtable hosted by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association at the Soldotna Field House on Aug. 20, 2025, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salmon focus of annual KRSA roundtable

Discussions centered on the decline of the species in the Kenai River and across the state.

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Update: Valdez football to travel to Nikiski on Saturday for scrimmage

The Valdez football team will travel to Nikiski at noon Saturday, Sept. 6, for a scrimmage at noon.

The Kenai Municipal Airport is seen on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai to receive $1.6M federal grant for airport improvements

The city had previously appropriated around $519,000 for the project.

Water pools alongside Big Eddy Road in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Update: Flood watch canceled for low-lying areas of Kenai River

A glacier dam near Skilak Lake may still release later this fall, the National Weather Service said.

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Soldotna man dies in Monday morning crash on Sterling Highway

The crash took place near TJ Seggy’s and the Alaska Roadhouse between Soldotna and Kasliof, a trooper dispatch…

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State issues quarantine order for 2 invasive trees

Mayday trees and chokecherry trees are barred from being imported, transported or sold under the order.

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to Anchor Point residents during a community meeting held at the Virl "Pa" Haga VFW Post 10221 on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Sullivan discusses federal advocacy, legislation during Soldotna visit

During a visit to Soldotna last month, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in a brief interview with the Clarion…

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Homer volleyball takes 4th at North/South

The Homer volleyball team took fourth place in the Gold Bracket at the North/South in Houston on Saturday.