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Troopers close down Seward Highway for reports of man firing shots

Update 4:30 p.m.: Alaska State Troopers have arrested a man who allegedly fired shots near the Seward Highway at Girdwood on Monday. At 8 a.m., troopers received a Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately report of an…

Kids race into the woods in search of Easter eggs during an Easter party hosted by the Kenai Elks Lodge

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Photos: Going on an egg hunt

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In email, BP Alaska president detail 2016 losses

BP Alaska President Janet Weiss has offered additional financial information about the company’s 2016 income after a reported…

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House approves income tax

It was tax day. On April 15, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 22-17 to impose Alaska’s first…

In this July 2016 photo, the Russian River rushes under a bridge along the Russian River Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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HB 199 gets hearing, won’t pass this year

The push a group of fisheries activists made to get a section of Alaska law overhauled is making…

In this November 2016 photo, the Seward Highway stretches southward toward the town of Seward near Moose Pass. The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration is working on establishing an emergency medical service area corridor along the highway system on the eastern Kenai Peninsula to provide more thorough emergency response coverage for the thousands of travelers that cross the highway every year. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Assembly to consider forming highway EMS service area

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is taking a swing at a long-standing challenge on the eastern Kenai Peninsula: how…

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Assembly considers restricting telephone participation for members

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering an ordinance that would set additional guidelines for how members can…

Daniel Reynolds, an environmental technician with the Ninilchik Traditional Council, prepares to place the buoy marking the tribe’s subsistence gillnet on the Kenai River on Aug. 14, 2016 near Soldotna. On April 3, the Federal Subsistence Board granted the Ninilchik Traditional Council’s special action request for the gillnet to operate again in 2017. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Ninilchik gets approval for Kenai gillnet in 2017

The Ninilchik Traditional Council officially has permission to put a gillnet in the Kenai and Kasilof rivers again…

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Hospital moves forward on detox facility

Central Peninsula Hospital is moving forward with plans to build a detox center in Soldotna. The hospital received…

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Budget cuts threaten Sea Grant programs

Budget cuts in Washington, D.C., could dismantle a longtime oceanic research and education program nationally. Sea Grant has…

The Kenai River weaves between the Sterling Highway and the mountains on its way to the ocean Saturday, April 8, 2017 in Cooper Landing, Alaska. With bright sunshine and temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s, the snow began to crack on the hillsides and the river flowed freely between the softening ice of Kenai Lake and Skilak Lake. Anglers couldn’t wait to get in the water — more than a dozen were already parked alongside the highway and tossing lines in the water to see what would bite in April. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Run wild, run free

The Kenai River weaves between the Sterling Highway and the mountains on its way to the ocean Saturday,…

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North Pacific council eases into salmon FMP

A lot of new faces are coming to the table at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and…

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Despite Trump overturning refuge hunting rules, conflict remains

Although Congress put an end to a set of federal restrictions on wildlife management on national wildlife refuges…

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Assembly won’t budge on invocation

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly wants to let the courts decide on what to do about the invocation…

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Borough kicks off comprehensive plan work

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is wading into the long process of revising its comprehensive plan. The plan, which…

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State launches review of Premera’s finances

After the state’s sole individual market health care insurance provider posted a higher than expected profit this year,…

Dr. Owens DMD gives 9-year-old Jomar Paredes a checkup during Free Dental Day.

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PCHS brightens the smiles of community kids

The first day of spring break was not the only cause for kids to smile brighter on March…

Tastes from around the world delight AFS supporters.

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Dinner highlights student exchange program

The traditional AFS (American Field Service) Intercultural Dinner drew a capacity crowd to the Our Lady of the…

Young Americans Turn Up the Music at a full house at Renee C Henderson Auditorium.

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Young Americans conclude world tour in Kenai

Since 1962 The Young Americans have brought hope and inspiration to the world through music, dance and the…

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Accident on Seward Highway leaves 1 dead

One person has died and three more are in the hospital after an accident just north of the…