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Goldenview Middle School student Luciana Liu's winning poster entry for the 2024 Alaska Radon Poster Contest. Photo provided by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources

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Students invited to compete in statewide radon poster contest

The deadline to submit poster entries is Dec. 19.

Soldotna’s Gracelyn Altobelli attacks against Nikiski’s Addison Perkins on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sports briefs: Soldotna volleyball claims third Northern Lights Region III title

The SoHi Stars will compete at the state tournament this weekend.

Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of at six Cook Inlet lease sales that Congress has mandated by held between now and 2032. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Trump administration sets terms for upcoming oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

The ‘Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale,’ scheduled for March, would follow a series of…

The KBBI Public Radio office and studio is on Kachemak Way, as seen in this photo taken July 2, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kenai Peninsula public radio receives grant funding

The Alaska Community Foundation fund recently awarded $2.9 million in grants to public media stations statewide, including in…

Central Peninsula Hospital is seen on June 24, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Central Peninsula Hospital names new CEO

Angela Hinnegan will replace Shaun Keef as CEO following Keef’s retirement in January.

Grant Aviation’s Cessna 208B EX Grand Caravan is pictured at the Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, March 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Federal mandate orders Grant Aviation to cut flights

Grant Aviation will cut 10% of its flights between Kenai and Anchorage by Nov. 14.

The cast of Kenai Central High School’s upcoming production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” pose for a photo on Nov. 6, 2025. The play will open on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. Photo courtesy of Travis Lawson

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Kenai students prepare to open ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

The play will premiere Friday at Kenai Central High School, with additional showings the following weekend.

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Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame inductee Lisa Parker is pictured with Aleut’s Senior Director, Public Policy and Lands Ethan Tyler in during the Kodiak Alaska Municipal League meeting in August 2024.

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Soldotna vice mayor inducted to Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame

Vice Mayor Lisa Parker was inducted to the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame on Oct. 21, making her…

State of Alaska Department of Law logo. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Law

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Kenai man indicted for sexual abuse

Aaron “Scott” Merritt was indicted by a Kenai jury for sexual abuse crimes committed between 1998 and 2002.

The sign at the front of Kenai River Campus’s main building as seen on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photos by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Peninsula College receives federal grant

Grant funds will establish a program to support first-generation college students.

Recipients of the Alaska Travel Industry Association's 2025 Annual Industry Awards celebrate their awards at ATIA's annual convention in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Travel Industry Association

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Seward lodging business earns industry award

Salted Roots Alaska was one of eight businesses to receive awards from the Alaska Travel Industry Association last…

New Peninsula Clarion reporter Chloe Anderson photographs bison in Yellowstone National Park on Oct. 17, 2025. Photo provided by Chloe Anderson

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Photojournalist joins Clarion staff

Chloe Anderson is a new reporter for the Peninsula Clarion.

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Jacob Caldwell, chief executive officer of Kenai Aviation, stands at the Kenai Aviation desk at the Kenai Municipal Airport on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2022<ins> in Kenai, </ins><ins>Alaska</ins>.

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Kenai Aviation halts flight service due to debt

Kenai Aviation owner Joel Caldwell said in a Facebook post on Monday that all flights would cease that…

A sockeye salmon is carried from the waters of Cook Inlet on North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes 2025 commercial salmon summary

The 2025 commercial harvest was 41% greater than the recent 20-year annual average.

Nikolaevsk School is photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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School board continues consideration of Nikolaevsk charter school

The board reviewed the initial charter application on Oct. 20 and will hold another work session and a…

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board swears in elected members

Mica VanBuskirk and Ash-Lee Waddell were newly elected to the board in October; Patti Truesdell was reelected to…

The Homer Mariners varsity football team celebrates their victory after the Division III state championships game on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Wasilla, Alaska. Photo provided by Justin Zank

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Homer, Kenai football receive Division III All-State awards

Players on the Homer High School and Kenai Central High School varsity football teams were selected for Division…

A sea otter pup rescued in Homer in the summer of 2025 receives care from the Alaska SeaLife Center and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium while being rehabilitated at ASLC in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center

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Alaska SeaLife Center partners with Chicago aquarium to rehabilitate sea otter pup

The pup has reached important milestones thanks to ASLC and Shedd Aquarium’s collaborative efforts.

The Homer Mariners varsity football team celebrates their victory after the Division III state championships game on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Wasilla, Alaska. Photo provided by Justin Zank

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Homer football brings home back-to-back state titles

The Mariners defeated Barrow 20-0 on Saturday, winning the state championships for the second year in a row.

The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Borough assembly swears in new members

Five new members were elected to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly this year.