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Tribe bringing awareness to suicide in community

In 2015, the State of Alaska’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that 44.2 percent of Alaska Native youth…

Six-year-old David Clyde joins Ty Grenier at the top of the rope climb at the Kenai Municipal Park’s Enchanted Forest playground Sunday, August 13, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. After a bout of rainy weather, the playground was filled with families and friends enjoying the good weather. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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A welcomed, sunny Sunday

Blue skies, sun shining

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Drilling fluid released from Hilcorp platform

Two gallons of oil-based drilling fluid spilled into Cook Inlet during a drilling operation aboard Hilcorp’s Steelhead Platform…

Auction ready: 4-H club prepares for annual auction event

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Auction ready: 4-H club prepares for annual auction event

Fair warning, don’t get in between two fighting pigs, according to Elora Reichert, a member of the 4-H…

Steve Schoonmaker of Kasilof serves salmon chowder to Diane Taylor of Kasilof at Soldotna Creek Park in celebration of Alaska Wild Salmon Day, an annual event to recognize the importance of the unique Alaska resource. “I’m here to show respoect for these honorable creatures,” Schoonmaker said. “&

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Alaska Wild Salmon Day

The banks of the Kenai River in Soldotna Creek Park may be a little quieter, but the love…

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Competitors, rural customers raise price complaints over GCI sale

Old grievances between Alaska’s telecoms have resurfaced with allegations that GCI holds a monopoly over the state’s broadband…

Raindrops disturb the surface of the Kenai River as it riffles over a rock near Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 near Soldotna, Alaska. The family of a man who went missing after falling into the Kenai River near Soldotna last week is still searching the water and banks downstream for traces of him and plans to continue the search Thursday. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Missing man’s family continue search on Kenai River

The family of a man who went missing on the Kenai River last week coordinated a search effort…

Fireweed blooms on the banks of the Kenai River in Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017 in Soldotna, Alaska. Though fireweed is not Alaska’s state flower, the pink blossoms are ubiquitous across the fields of the Kenai Peninsula and elsewhere in the state in the late summer months. The flower actually ranges all across northern North America, growing from sea level up to the alpine zone everywhere from Alaska to Arizona, according to the U.S. Forest Service.The name comes from the perennial plant’s ability to quickly colonize and take over former burn area, according to the Forest Service. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Signals of summer

Signals of summer Fireweed blooms on the banks of the Kenai River in Soldotna Creek Park on Wednesday,…

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District starts move towards personalized learning

As the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District approaches the start of the 2017 to 2018 school year, administrators…

A sign warns visitors about a recent bear sighting near the Russian River on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. Bears frequent the area, a highly productive sockeye salmon fishery and one of the most popular sportfisheries in the state. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Look out for bears at Russian River

As salmon crowd into the Russian River, so do the people — and the bears. A black bear…

This November 21, 2015 shows the sign designating the unofficial border of Nikiski, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion, file)

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Assembly declines support for Nikiski incorporation

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to show that the borough assembly opposed the incorporation of a…

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Assembly introduces ordinance for community assistance funds

Unincorporated communities on the Kenai Peninsula will get a little more than $15,000 each for community purposes this…

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Kenai City Council fails two measures related to land dispute

A land dispute that has irritated Kenai officials, residents and would-be property developers remains a potential irritant after…

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Man missing following boat malfunction on Kenai River

A Colorado man is still missing after four boaters were ejected from an out-of-control boat on the Kenai…

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Kenai Peninsula gets 6 projects in capital budget

The Kenai Peninsula will get a few projects funded in the Legislature’s fiscal year 2018, the majority of…

Musical duo Rio Samaya play on the River Stage during the 2017 Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska on Friday, August 4, 2017. The three-day music festival concludes on Sunday night. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salmonfest isn’t about fish

Salmonfest isn’t about the fish. Sure, the anadromous fish is ubiquitous throughout the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik,…

Emily Thomas, a biological intern at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, enters vegetation data into an iPad. (Photo by Matt Bowser, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge Notebook: What’s covering the Kenai Peninsula?

When most hikers reach a summit, they look out over the landscape before them to capture that point…

Long live the Salmon Run Series

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Long live the Salmon Run Series

The sun peeked through the July clouds just long enough for me and 100 other people to run…

A family of tundra swans swim near the banks of Spruce Lake, part of the Swan Lake canoe trail system in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, on Friday north of Sterling. In the spring, tundra swans migrate to Alaska in flocks, but disperse in pairs to breed and raise young during the summer. Spruce Lake is one of more than a dozen lakes in the canoe trail system, which requires boaters to portage their canoes or kayaks between the lakes down short connecting trails. Boaters can start from the west entrance, located near Fish Lake Campground on Swan Lake Road north of Sterling, or from the east entrance, further down Swan Lake Road from the intersection with Swanson River Road. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Swan promenade

A family of tundra swans swim near the banks of Spruce Lake, part of the Swan Lake canoe…

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Assembly approves 10-year agreement with CPH

The Kenai Peninsula Borough and Central Peninsula Hospital have a contract for the next decade. The Kenai Peninsula…