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Canna Get Happy owner Sandra Millhouse, left, appears with attorney Richard Moses during a meeting of the Board of Adjustment at Kenai City Hall in Kenai, Alaska, on Oct. 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai board of adjustment denies Canna Get Happy appeal

The owner sought to operate a retail marijuana establishment at Swanson Square in Kenai

Commercial fishers speak to the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission during a public hearing on a proposed regulation change to add dipnets to the east side setnet fishery at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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CFEC hears from setnetters on dipnet proposal at Kenai hearing

The CFEC gave emergency approval to the gear in May but decided in June not to approve dipnets…

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Man arrested for 3 shooting incidents at reproductive clinic, recovery org

Homer’s Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic was targeted twice Monday

Signs and supporters line the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local races unchanged after 1st major update of election results

The additional votes represent early ballots that were cast ahead of Election Day but after an Oct. 31…

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

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Kenai misses out on grant for proposed Seattle air service

City officials look to reapply next year

Students sing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at Mountain View Elementary in Kenai, Alaska, during a celebration of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mountain View Elementary recognizes Veterans Day

During a celebration of Veterans Day at Mountain View Elementary School on Monday, a sea of elementary schoolers…

American Legion Post 20 members lead a salute during a Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Veterans Day celebrated at American Legion Post 20 in Kenai

Speakers offered their gratitude

Kenai Central goaltender Carson Koppes attempts to block a shot by a North Pole skater Thursday night at the Peninsula Ice Challenge at the Kenai Multi-purpose Facility. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Saturday hockey: Stars tie, Kardinals lose

The Soldotna hockey team finished up the Stars and Stripes Showdown in Palmer on Saturday with a tie,…

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Wrestling roundup: Soldotna, Homer win their own tournaments

The Soldotna wrestling team won the North/South Duals on Friday and Saturday at Soldotna High School.

Kenai’s Abigail Price hugs Taryn Fleming from Sitka during the state swimming and diving championships Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Kyle Wilkinson/For the Frontiersman)

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Kenai’s Abigail Price lowers a pair of school records at state

Kenai Central junior Abigail Price led the Kenai Peninsula at the state swimming and diving meet Friday and…

Kenai Central head coach Tracie Beck talks to her team at the Southcentral Conference volleyball tournament at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai nips Nikiski to take 4th straight Southcentral title

The Kenai Central volleyball team won its fourth straight Southcentral Conference title by defeating Nikiski in five sets…

Soldotna finished second at the Northern Lights Conference tournament at Colony High School in Palmer, Alaska, on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna nabs 2nd at NLC tourney to earn state berth

The Soldotna volleyball team earned a second straight berth to the Class 4A state volleyball tournament by finishing…

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Friday volleyball: Kenai tops Nikiski to reach Southcentral Conference final; SoHi falls in NLC semis

The Kenai Central volleyball team defeated Nikiski in five sets Friday to reach the finals of the Southcentral…

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Bears lost in shootout Friday, lose in regulation Saturday to Steel

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost in a shootout Friday and took a loss Saturday to the Chippewa…

Kenai forward Logan Mese skates by the defenseman during a 4-3 win over South Anchorage in the Alaska Armed Forces Stars and Stripes Showdown on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, at the MTA Events Center in Palmer. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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Friday hockey: Kenai, SoHi win at Stars and Stripes

Kenai Central and Soldotna both won at the Stars and Stripes Showdown in Palmer on Friday.

The Peninsula Oilers play the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks on Sunday, June 16, 2019, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Oilers to skip 2025 season, hope to come back in 2026

As winter settles in on the central Kenai Peninsula, area baseball fans have always been able to take…

Kenai River Brown Bears goalie Mitchell Mccusker makes a save on Gavin Middendorf of the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Steel come back to defeat Bears

The Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 5-2 on Thursday in North American Hockey League…

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Thursday volleyball: Kenai, Nikiski, SoHi move to respective conference semis

Kenai Central, Nikiski and Soldotna made it through the first day of their conference tournaments undefeated Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, talks about issues of concern regarding the proposed merger of supermarket chains Kroger and Albertsons during a floor speech in the House chamber on Wednesday. (Screenshot from official U.S. House of Representatives video feed)

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Begich leads in early results, but Alaska’s U.S. House race won’t be immediately decided

About 245,000 ballots had been counted by 11:32 p.m., and Peltola trailed by about 5 percentage points

Donald Trump won or was leading as of Wednesday morning in all seven swing states in the 2024 presidential election. (Doug Mills / The New York Times)

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Donald Trump returns to power, ushering in new era of uncertainty

He played on fears of immigrants and economic worries to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris.