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Scotch Pines Dog Training teacher Stephanie Hostetter, right, addresses dogs and people ahead of a graduation ceremony for the obedience-training class on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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They didn’t throw their caps into the air — in fact, a few wiggled out of them —…

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About Dad’s hat and Sunday school

1940-50’s on a farm east of Fort Collins, Colorado

Cars pass over the Warren Ames Bridge over the Kenai River on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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1 still missing after boat overturns in Kenai River

Troopers are still looking for a man who went missing in the Kenai River on Monday when a…

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Soldotna women accused of charging thousands on stolen credit cards arrested for forgery, theft in separate case

Three Soldotna women are facing 153 criminal counts for allegedly stealing credit cards, forging and stealing checks and…

Pamela Parker, co-owner of Everything Bagels, started the bagel shop with her husband, Matt Parker, and friends, Brooke and John Campbell, in 2016 on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Everything Bagels: Bringing a big city favorite to a small town

What started as a way to pass time has flourished into Pamela and Matt Parker’s full-time gig. When…

Tracy K. Smith (Courtesy Photo)

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Poetry in motion: U.S. Poet Laureate comes to Juneau

If you’ve ever wanted to talk to a poet laureate, your chance is coming up.

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Road construction to continue into fall in central peninsula

Though the tourism traffic on the Kenai Peninsula’s roads has thinned out as the summer wanes, local drivers…

Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce (right) and Tim Navarre (far left) present an award to Will and Jane Madison for their work on the annual Industry Appreciation Day event on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Rain doesn’t dampen spirits at Industry Appreciation Day

This year may be the first year that the weather soured enough to rain on Industry Appreciation Day,…

Coming through

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Coming through

Watch out, coming through

A brailer bag full of commercially-caught salmon is hoisted up to the Snug Harbor Seafoods dock for processing on Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Kenai. (Clarion file photo)

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Sockeye harvest down, run later than usual

Alaska’s salmon have been much fewer and significantly later this year.

Homer man charged with stealing $85K in frozen seafood

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Homer man charged with stealing $85K in frozen seafood

A Homer man allegedly made off with approximately $85,000 in frozen seafood from a Ninilchik business.

Joe Spady stands in front of his food truck, Joe’s Meatball Shoppe, on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. Spady rents his truck through Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District, who offers the converted trailer for people interested in a test kitchen and small business development, with a focus on Alaska grown products. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Food on the go: Trucks help local chefs make restaurants a reality

The peninsula food scene Joe Spady grew up with is much different than the food scene in the…

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Recycling bin: What are you eating?

What are you eating?

Tri the Kenai donates $1,000 to Freedom House

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Tri the Kenai donates $1,000 to Freedom House

The Tri the Kenai 2018 Triathlon/Duathlon donated $1,000 to its charity of choice, Soldotna’s Freedom House. Freedom House…

Opinion

What others say: EpiPen a case study in government, business pushing drug prices up

A couple of years ago Washington fell into anaphylactic shock over the high cost of EpiPens, devices that…

Letters to the Editor

Voices of Alaska: Hatcheries support strong science and abundance for Alaskans

Few things define Alaskans more than our love of salmon.

Cody Schaefer, left, and Shayla Smith compete against each other in a net pull at Industry Appreciation Day on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Industry Appreciation Day celebrates area businesses

The community is invited to feast on a roasted pig from the local 4-H club, 360 pounds of…

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State rebrands in an effort to recruit more troopers

Alaska needs more troopers, and public safety officials are ramping up efforts to fill the positions.

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State, borough may swap some roads

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and the Kenai Peninsula Borough are talking about swapping a…

(From left) Alaska Salmon Fellows Mary Sattler Peltola and Ben Stevens, Sen. Peter Micciche (R-Soldotna) and Cook Inlet east side setnetter Ken Coleman listen as North Pacific Fishery Management Council member and charter captain Andy Mezirow talks during a panel at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Classic Roundtable event on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Roundtable discussion focuses on salmon sustainability, culture

With participants from a broad swathe of the salmon spectrum, the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Classic Roundtable discussion…