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Soldotna City Manager Janette Bower, right, speaks to Soldotna Vice Mayor Lisa Parker during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna tweaks bed tax legislation ahead of Jan. 1 enactment

The council in 2023 adopted a 4% lodging tax for short-term rentals

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Friday: Brown Bears snap 2-game skid

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel 5-3 on Friday in North American Hockey…

A table used by parties to a case sits empty in Courtroom 4 of the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Crane sentenced again to 30 years in prison after failed appeal to 3-judge panel

That sentence resembles the previous sentence announced by the State Department of Law in July

A sign welcomes visitors on July 7, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward council delays decision on chamber funding until January work session

The chamber provides destination marketing services for the city and visitor center services and economic development support

Member Tom Tougas speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Tourism Industry Working Group in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tourism Industry Working Group holds 1st meeting

The group organized and began to unpack questions about tourism revenue and identity

Kenai Central's Bryleigh Williams drives against Palmer's Kaylyn Miller and Jasmine Hephner on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Prep basketball gets rolling on Kenai Peninsula

The prep basketball season opened Thursday with area teams playing at the Craig Jung Kenai River Challenge at…

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Troopers respond to car partially submerged in Kenai River

Troopers were called to report a man walking on the Sterling Highway and “wandering into traffic”

Joe Gilman is named Person of the Year during the 65th Annual Soldotna Chamber Awards Celebration at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Wednesday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Gilman, PCHS take top honors at 65th Soldotna Chamber Awards

A dozen awards were presented during the ceremony in the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex conference rooms

Kenai City Manager Paul Ostrander sits inside Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Ostrander named to Rasmuson board

The former Kenai city manager is filling a seat vacated by former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre

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4 arrested for alleged sale of drugs in Seward

A dispatch first published in September has been updated twice with additional charges for drug sales dating back…

Seward City Hall is seen under cloudy skies in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward council approves 2025 and 2026 budget

The move comes after a series of public hearings

Kenai Central goalie Evyn Witt and William Howard celebrate a victory over Soldotna on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai hockey uses special teams to top Soldotna

The Kenai Central hockey team defeated Soldotna 4-1 on Tuesday in Northern Lights Conference action at the Kenai…

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Sterling liquor store burgled, troopers say

Troopers were called around 3 a.m. Sunday

Gov. Mike Dunleavy explains details of his proposed state budget for next year during a press conference Thursday, Nov. 12, 2024, at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Dunleavy’s proposed budget includes funding for pipeline, Dixon diversion, Silvertip camp

Dunleavy spoke bullishly about the Alaska LNG project

Soldotna Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Maddy Olsen speaks during a color run held as part of during the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Olsen resigns as director of Soldotna Chamber of Commerce

She has served at the helm of the chamber since February 2023

Lisa Parker, vice mayor of Soldotna, celebrates after throwing the ceremonial first pitch before a game between the Peninsula Oilers and the Mat-Su Miners on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna vice mayor elected head of Alaska Municipal League

The league is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization representing 165 of Alaska’s cities, boroughs and municipalities

Soldotnaճ Michael Dickinson controls the leg of Colonyճ Tristen Mayer during the 152-pound final of the Northern Lights Conference Championships on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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SoHi boys 2nd, SoHi girls 3rd at NLC wrestling tourney

The Soldotna boys finished second, while the Soldotna girls finished third, Saturday at the Northern Lights Conference tournament…

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Saturday: Wilderness complete sweep of Brown Bears

The host Minnesota Wilderness completed a weekend sweep of the Kenai River Brown Bears with a 6-1 Saturday…

Homer's Saoirse Cook wrestles to a win over Nikiski's Braylynn Young in the championship match at 132 pounds at the Kachemak Conference wrestling tournament at Seward High School in Seward, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Redington sweeps Kachemak Conference wrestling titles

The Redington girls won a fifth straight title, while the Huskies boys won for the fourth time in…

Juneau-Douglas defenseman Carter Miller (6) was tripped into a collision with Soldotna's Keegan Myrick (27) during the Crimson Bears' 2-0 win over the Stars on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Treadwell Ice Arena in Juneau, Alaska. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Saturday prep hockey: SoHi, Homer drop conference contests

The visiting Soldotna hockey team lost a 2-0 decision to Juneau-Douglas: Yadaa.at Kale on Saturday in Northern Lights…