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Soldotnaճ Tania Boonstra runs just ahead of Colonyճ Aubrey Virgin during the Division I varsity girls race of the Region 3 Championships on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Wasilla, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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Seward girls defend Region 3/Division II crown

Seahawks’ Olive Jordan wins individual crown as freshman

Runners start the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai River Marathon gets perfect conditions

The 163 finishers plus six four-person relay teams were treated to perfect conditions Sunday at the 19th Kenai…

Kenai Central's Aasen Campanella plows through Kodiak's Gavin Peterson and Victoriano Sorio for a touchdown Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kardinals post big victory over Kodiak

The Kenai Central football team celebrated senior day with a 63-0 victory over Kodiak on Saturday at Ed…

Jodi Stuart speaks after being recognized by the Alaska Children’s Trust as a “Champion for Kids” during a meeting of the Soldotna Rotary Club at Addie Camp in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jodi Stuart recognized as ‘Champion for Kids’

During a meeting of the Soldotna Rotary Club on Thursday, the Alaska Children’s Trust recognized Jodi Stuart as…

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Pacific walrus calf rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando

The calf was first discovered orphaned in Utqiagvik in July

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Police seeking ‘person of interest’ in Seward shooting that killed woman

A dispatch says that findings of the Alaska Bureau of Investigation do not indicate murder

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Bears finish up at Showcase, get ready for home opener

The Kenai River Brown Bears finished up the North American Hockey League Showcase in Blaine, Minnesota, by defeating…

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Redington wins Mid Alaska shootout against Homer

The visiting Redington football team defeated Homer 56-46 on Friday in Mid Alaska Conference action.

Eagle River quarterback Nolan Beaty is sacked by Soldotna linebacker Wyatt Faircloth on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at Justin Maile Field at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna football continues perfect season by routing Eagle River

The Soldotna football team defeated Eagle River 42-7 on Friday in Railbelt Conference action at Justin Maile Field…

Virginia Morgan, volunteer director of the Cooper Landing Community Library, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on the Public Library Assistance Grant reduction on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Libraries face uncertainty in wake of funding cuts

The annual Public Library Assistance Grant funding was cut for 82 libraries statewide for FY2025

Snow is cleared from a sidewalk along the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. This tractor is similar to the new Trackless MT 7 and snowblower attachment being purchased by the city for this coming winter. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Soldotna to add new tractor for snow clearing

Council adds funds after purchase price unexpectedly exceeds budget

Assembly Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly work session in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Applications open for working group tasked with exploring bed tax

Of the group’s seven voting members, four will be members of the public and three will be representatives…

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Brown Bears drop opener at Showcase

The Kenai River Brown Bears fell 4-1 to the Maryland Black Bears on Wednesday in the opening round…

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Coho fishing ‘poor’ on Kenai, Kasilof, Russian rivers

Fish and Game releases final Northern Kenai Fishing Report

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Attendees seek out endangered Cook Inlet belugas during Belugas Count! on the bluff above the Kenai River in Kenai on Saturday.

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Counting the belugas in our backyard

Endangered Cook Inlet species the center of annual monitoring event

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A presenter processes cabbage for storage at the fermentation station during the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival at Soldotna Creek Park on Saturday.

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Local food festival returns produce, demos to Soldotna Creek Park

The annual Harvest Moon Local Food Festival is organized by the Kenai Local Food Connection

Signs direct visitors at Seward City Hall on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward OKs funds for preliminary design of new fire station

A feasibility study found that the current facility is “significantly undersized, inefficient, is unsafe, and does not meet…

A Kenai Peninsula Borough Voter Information Pamphlet rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion’s newsroom in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2024: When, where to vote Tuesday

City council, borough assembly, school board seats on the ballot

Seats are filled as the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Feb. 24, 1999. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Borough, cities again ask State Board of Fisheries for local meeting

The board has declined to host an Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meeting on the central peninsula for over…

Kenai Central's Abigail Price finishes the anchor leg in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the Kenai Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Colony swimmers sweep Kenai Invitational; Kenai’s Price breaks school record from 1991

The Colony girls and boys swimming and diving teams swept the Kenai Invitational on Friday and Saturday at…