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A spruce bark beetle is seen on the underside of a piece of bark taken from logs stacked near Central Peninsula Landfill on Thursday, July 1, 2021, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Prescribed burns will produce visible smoke near highways

Burns are part of ongoing spruce beetle mitigation efforts

A bike rack and repair station are seen outside of the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai to install bike racks, repair stations

Kenai River Marathon proceeds will fund the project

Lisa Gabriel, left, watches as beach seine nets are pulled from the waters of Cook Inlet at a test site for the gear near Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Council throws support behind beach seine request to Board of Fisheries

Agenda change requests are proposals to the board to hear an issue outside of the board’s three-year cycle

Flyer for the 2024 Candidate Forum Series by KDLL 91.9 FM and the Peninsula Clarion. (Ashlyn O’Hara/KDLL 91.9)

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Clarion and KDLL forums return this month for state races

Senate District D forum set for Monday with Bjorkman and Carpenter

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Man sought in connection to Wednesday shooting in Seward detained

A tip from the public helped troopers locate the man, according to a dispatch

Board of Education candidate Sarah Douthit and her supporters wave signs at the side of the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Uncontested races define municipal election

Preliminary results show few surprises, little support for South Peninsula Hospital bond

”Miss Rosey,” a pink fire engine dedicated to raising awareness about cancer prevention and screening, is seen after her unveiling at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Early detection saves lives’

CES fire engine made pink to raise awareness of cancer, screenings

Alaska Christian College students, staff and other dignitaries gather as Styles Walker cuts the ribbon during a dedication ceremony for the college’s new athletic center at Alaska Christian College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Christian College dedicates ‘miracle’ athletic center

The facility is located at the Alaska Christian College campus near Kenai Peninsula College off of Kalifornsky Beach…

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Penrod acquitted of 2022 murder charges

Penrod was arrested in 2022, after Penrod’s ex-fiancee told police that he had shot and killed her boyfriend

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

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…

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

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion 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

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion 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