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A spruce tree showing damage from spruce bark beetles stands on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. Soldotna’s Parks and Recreation Department felled nearly 100 beetle-damaged trees earlier this month. That’s more than the city expects to sell as firewood in its campgrounds, so volunteers from Soldotna Bible Chapel took the remainder to distribute to needy families this winter — after curing the logs to kill beetles that may still be inside the bark. (Ben Boetttger/Peninsula Clarion) A spruce tree showing damage from spruce bark beetles stands on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. Soldotna’s Parks and Recreation Department felled nearly 100 beetle-damaged trees earlier this month. That’s more than the city expects to sell as firewood in its campgrounds, so volunteers from Soldotna Bible Chapel took the remainder to distribute to needy families this winter — after curing the logs to kill beetles that may still be inside the bark. (Ben Boetttger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Church group clears beetle-killed trees, gives back to those in need

Community members are finding a charitable way to take care of the Peninsula’s ever-increasing spruce bark beetle problem.

A spruce tree showing damage from spruce bark beetles stands on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. Soldotna’s Parks and Recreation Department felled nearly 100 beetle-damaged trees earlier this month. That’s more than the city expects to sell as firewood in its campgrounds, so volunteers from Soldotna Bible Chapel took the remainder to distribute to needy families this winter — after curing the logs to kill beetles that may still be inside the bark. (Ben Boetttger/Peninsula Clarion) A spruce tree showing damage from spruce bark beetles stands on Saturday, April 28, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. Soldotna’s Parks and Recreation Department felled nearly 100 beetle-damaged trees earlier this month. That’s more than the city expects to sell as firewood in its campgrounds, so volunteers from Soldotna Bible Chapel took the remainder to distribute to needy families this winter — after curing the logs to kill beetles that may still be inside the bark. (Ben Boetttger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Church group clears beetle-killed trees, gives back to those in need

Community members are finding a charitable way to take care of the Peninsula’s ever-increasing spruce bark beetle problem.

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Man arrested for fleeing troopers faces charges in new case

A man arrested with his father earlier this month after the two allegedly fled from Alaska State Troopers…

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About Kiddie Days and how it got started

North Kenai AKA North Road, Nikiski, Alaska, 1968 to 1975

A goat nibbles on some vegetation during a goat yoga session hosted by the Yoga Yurt and Liberty Alaska Goat Farms on Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Goat yoga comes to the Peninsula

    Amber Harrison had few expectations when she laid down her yoga mat at the Palmer Fairgrounds…

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Cook Inlet Energy fined over well pressure at Osprey platform

Cook Inlet Energy has received fines totaling $50,000 from the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC) —…

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Man accused of reversing van into motorcycle, SUV

A Seward man is accused of intentionally crashing his van into his family members’ vehicles during a domestic…

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Man accused of stealing tires from Soldotna shop

A Kenai man was arrested early Friday morning for stealing tires, less than two hours after a burglary…

Goat yoga comes to the Peninsula

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Goat yoga comes to the Peninsula

Amber Harrison had few expectations when she laid down her yoga mat at the Palmer Fairgrounds last year.…

Central Peninsula Hospital’s River Tower specialty services building stands on Sunday, June 24, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. The River Tower opened in early 2016 as the fifth phase of an expansion that the hospital began in 2003. Phase 6, which began with a cermonial ground-breaking on Friday, will add a new obstetrics center and a cardiac catheterization lab. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion).

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Central Peninsula Hospital to have new birthing and cardiac facilities

Babies born on the central Kenai Peninsula soon after November 2019 may be the first to enter the…

Central Peninsula Hospital’s River Tower specialty services building stands on Sunday, June 24, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. The River Tower opened in early 2016 as the fifth phase of an expansion that the hospital began in 2003. Phase 6, which began with a cermonial ground-breaking on Friday, will add a new obstetrics center and a cardiac catheterization lab. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion).

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Central Peninsula Hospital to have new birthing and cardiac facilities

Babies born on the central Kenai Peninsula soon after November 2019 may be the first to enter the…

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Life in the pedestrian lane: Going south

We just recently returned from our annual “duty call” to Idaho. You know, a couple of years ago…

Ed Seaward operates a ham radio during the Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club’s annual field day event at Skyview Middle School on Saturday, June 23, 2018 near Soldotna, Alaska. The radio club joins with others across north America in a field day organized by the Amercan Radio Relay League every year, calling out to operators in Canada and the Lower 48 with the Kenai area’s call sign and recording how many contacts the operators make. Seaward, who moved to Soldotna from Connecticut about three years ago, said he has been operating ham radios since he was in high school and used them while he served in the military. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ham radio operators connect across North America in annual Field Day

The Skyview Middle School parking lot became a window to all of North America for the day Saturday.…

Alaska Communications progressing through Kenai Peninsula broadband wireless project

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Alaska Communications progressing through Kenai Peninsula broadband wireless project

Statewide telephone and internet service provider Alaska Communications plans to begin offering wireless broadband internet to some rural…

Ed Seaward operates a ham radio during the Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club’s annual field day event at Skyview Middle School on Saturday, June 23, 2018 near Soldotna, Alaska. The radio club joins with others across north America in a field day organized by the Amercan Radio Relay League every year, calling out to operators in Canada and the Lower 48 with the Kenai area’s call sign and recording how many contacts the operators make. Seaward, who moved to Soldotna from Connecticut about three years ago, said he has been operating ham radios since he was in high school and used them while he served in the military. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ham radio operators connect across North America in annual Field Day

The Skyview Middle School parking lot became a window to all of North America for the day Saturday.

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Life in the pedestrian lane: Going south

We just recently returned from our annual “duty call” to Idaho. You know, a couple of years ago…

Man dead after conflict, stabbing in Kasilof

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Man dead after conflict, stabbing in Kasilof

A Kasilof man is dead after a conflict in a home that led to him barricading himself in…

Man dead after conflict, stabbing in Kasilof

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Man dead after conflict, stabbing in Kasilof

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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The assembly killed the sales tax increase. A citizen group is picking up the effort

Peninsula voters may get a chance to decide on the future of a sales tax increase this fall…

Walking to remember: Heritage Place residents raise awareness about Alzheimer’s

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Walking to remember: Heritage Place residents raise awareness about Alzheimer’s

A drizzle may have shortened a scheduled mile-and-a-half trek through the streets of Soldotna Thursday, but participants in…