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Snow depth still varies across Kenai Peninsula

Though the snow has finally arrived on many parts of the Kenai Peninsula, it’s still patchy enough to…

One of musher Nicolas Petit’s dogs enjoys taking a break in some hay at the first checkpoint of the Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 at McNeil Canyon Elementary School near Homer, Alaska. The teams will have three stops along the 100-mile loop that they will run twice to complete the race — two at McNeil Canyon and one at Freddie’s Roadhouse in Ninilchik, where the race will also end. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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T-200 takes off

They come in a variety of colors, sizes and abilities, but sled dogs have at least one thing…

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Queen offered role of Soldotna City Manager

The Soldotna City Council voted unanimously to offer Stephanie Queen, the city’s director of economic development and planning,…

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Low silver returns to Seward in 2016 mean fewer to stock in 2018

The coho salmon returns to Seward may be slow next year, though Homer may see a boost in…

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Kenai city planner to return south

In summer 2014 Matt Kelley came from a county planner’s office in California to become Kenai’s city planner.…

This July 12, 2017 file photo shows the newly renovated basement of the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Library checks out 2017 trends

In 2017, about 110,000 visitors walked through the doors of the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Soldotna Public Library…

In this Dec. 25, 2015 file photo, Central Emergency Services employees and volunteers and their families gather for a Christmas Day potluck at Station 1 in Soldotna, Alaska. The central station, which handles the majority of the calls for the fire and emergency service area, was originally built in 1957 and last renovated in 1981. The service area is now seeking state funding to reconstruct or relocate the station. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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CES, Anchor Point ask state for funds for new fire stations

The peninsula’s busiest emergency services department is looking to relocate its main fire station. Central Emergency Services serves…

Krissanna French shows off her new haircut. French and her family attended the Jan. 24 Project Homeless to seek housing housing help. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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A day of services, caring and support

It was a spa day. A day to get a help at a clinic. A day to enjoy…

In this July 24, 2016 file photo, a guide boat motors upstream on the Kenai River near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Rashah McChesney, file)

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River users question turbidity finding on Kenai

Editor’s note: This article has been edited to clarify that the turbidity exceedances for the Kenai River were…

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8.2 earthquake south of Kodiak shakes Kenai Peninsula

An 8.2 magnitude earthquake occurred about 175 miles miles southeast of the city of Kodiak at about 12:32…

Invocation lawsuit progresses toward oral argument

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Invocation lawsuit progresses toward oral argument

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include the date of the oral argument at the Superior…

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Teacher of the year nominations close Feb. 1

Nominations for the BP Teachers of Excellence are drawing to a close at the end of January. The…

Gary Fandrei, the executive director of Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, stands for a portrait on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. After 27 years with the organization, Fandrei is preparing to retire. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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CIAA director looks back at career

Out in the Alaska wilds, it’s easy to miss the subtler goings on: a wolverine passing through the…

Drivers skid around one of the corners on the ice track atop a frozen lake at the Decanter Inn on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2018 in Kasilof, Alaska. Every Sunday in the winter, the Decanter Inn hosts Peninsula Ice Racing events for drivers to try their hand at the frozen track on the shallow lake at the bottom of the hill behind the inn. The racers can use studded tires on their front wheels only and equip the sides of their vehicles with bumpers as other vehicles are likely to slip and slide into them. Spinning out is common. A tow truck waits on the sidelines to retrieve drivers who get stuck on the berms alongside the track. Fans gathered Sunday despite the cold to cheer the racers on. The men race in the morning, followed by the women’s races in the afternoon. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ready, set, skid

Exhaust plumes toward the sky and engines rev, clattering against the icebound trees and windblown snow around the…

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Alleged boat thief indicted

A man was indicted last week in the Kenai Superior Court for allegedly stealing an aluminum fishing boat…

Marching for justice, again

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Marching for justice, again

As hundreds of thousands of people in cities around the world rallied this weekend on the anniversary of…

District students start ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

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District students start ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

You know, someone once told Don Lockwood “If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em all,” but it wasn’t…

Kenai council discusses dipnet vendors

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Kenai council discusses dipnet vendors

As Kenai’s city government more actively attempts to make the summer dipnet fishery a boost to the local…

Alex Douthit, pictured in his office on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska, founded Kenai Peninsula Driving Instruction in November 2016 with his wife Sarah Douthit. It took them more than a year to obtain all the permits and approvals they needed to officially begin commercial driver’s license instruction, which they are now focusing on. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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After permitting struggle, couple opens CDL training program on peninsula

When Alex Douthit started the ball rolling for a commercial driving instruction school in Kenai, he had no…

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Assembly approves ordinance allowing volunteers to serve on service area boards

Volunteers for two Kenai Peninsula service areas can also now serve on the service areas’ boards. The Kenai…