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Review puts 11 peninsula businesses’ alcohol licenses up in the air

A review of a 32-year-old alcohol license statute has left 11 Kenai Peninsula businesses with their alcohol licenses…

Nikiski High School’s government class visited the Kenai Courthouse on Wednesday as part to argue a mock trial case. The case concerns the death of Devin Frost, a business owner with a gambling problem. On the stand as a witness is Frost’s business partner, Willy Freeman, who is charged with murdering Frost and collecting about $500,000 from an insurance policy. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Court is in session: Nikiski students take part in mock trial

The court room wasn’t quiet, in fact, one of the lawyers kept looking back to laugh when her…

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KPBSD to go live next week

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is going live on Nov. 14 when Superintendent Sean Dusek will login…

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Burglars make off with $25k in stolen property

No arrests have been made in a Tuesday night burglary spree who made off with nearly $25,000 in…

Above: :Bicyclists rode through the streets of Soldotna on Saturday night for the first full moon bike ride, a social event that brings participants on a slow, but steady, bike ride throughout the city’s streets to coincide with the full moon.  Top: Bicyclists of all ages joined in on the first full moon bike ride, a social ride through the streets of Soldotna on Saturday night. (Photos by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Roundabout Soldotna

A group of cyclists hit the roads throughout Soldotna’s roundabouts on Saturday night for a full moon bike…

Several inches of snow blanket the bluff along the Kenai River on Sunday afternoon during a slow snow fall that covered the Soldotna and Kenai area. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Blanketed bluff

Blanketed bluff Several inches of snow blanket the bluff along the Kenai River on Sunday afternoon during a…

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Auditor’s report identifies issues in borough assessment department

More than six months after controversy erupted in Homer over property appraisals, the Kenai Peninsula Borough assessing department…

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Kennel of Iditarod champ in doping scandal probed

ANCHORAGE — Alaska investigators say no evidence of animal cruelty was found after an animal rights group complained…

Retired educator uses veterans archives to teach on WWII

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Retired educator uses veterans archives to teach on WWII

HOMER — What’s the difference between a sensor and a censor? Does it mean anything if a stamp…

Members of the Kenai River Queens watch their game and wait on a line shift on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 at Kenai Multipurpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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River Queens take the ice

Once the temperature drops, being a Kenai River Queen doesn’t mean you caught the biggest king — it…

Study reviews potential climate impacts on Kenai River salmon

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Study reviews potential climate impacts on Kenai River salmon

Though the Kenai River’s salmon populations are still healthy compared to other Pacific salmon populations, a number of…

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LeeShore receives domestic violence, sexual assault prevention grant

The LeeShore Center is seeking a little more participation in its domestic violence prevention program Green Dot. The…

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Gov. Bill Walker to travel to China with President Donald Trump

Gov. Bill Walker will be among the entourage of President Donald Trump as the president begins a trip…

Voter turnout drops by 30 percent between regular election, runoff election

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Voter turnout drops by 30 percent between regular election, runoff election

The scenes at Kenai Peninsula polling sites were very different on Oct. 3 and three weeks later on…

A car crosses the David E. Douthit Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Kenai River through dense fog on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. A heavy fog rolled over the western Kenai Peninsula Tuesday evening, resulting in cancelled flights in and out of the Kenai Municipal Airport and ensconcing Halloween trick-or-treaters in an eerie mist colored orange or white by the streetlamps. By morning, the fog had thinned and the temperature dropped to the high 20s, with some fog predicted to continue in the morning and evening through Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fogged in

A car crosses the David E. Douthit Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Kenai River through dense fog on…

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Ordinance would allow service area board members to also be volunteers

An ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly would allow service area board members to also serve as…

A truck drives down Funny River Road near the Soldotna Municipal Airport on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Construction crews finished working on preliminary work to widen the shoulders and improve ditching and signage along Funny River Road this week before packing up for the winter, to be continued in summer 2018. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Construction work wrapping up for season

Road construction projects in the central Kenai Peninsula area are finally starting to wind down for the winter.…

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To know: School closure policies

Closing, or delaying school, is never an easy option for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. In the…

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Kenai to record work sessions

Kenai’s city government will now make audio and video recordings not only of official council meetings, but also…

Charlie Pierce speaks during a forum for borough mayoral candidates in September. Pierce is headed for a runoff election against Linda Hutchings on Oct. 24. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pierce wins borough mayor’s seat

Charlie Pierce will take over as mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The final vote tally Tuesday showed…