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A sign posted near the Kenai Field of Flowers by activist and nieghborhood resident Greg Daniels urges property-owners near Lawton Acres — a 16.5-acre wooded strip of city-owned land that has been the subject of controversial development efforts — to attend a past Kenai City Council meeting, phographed on May 12, 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai City Council may vote on June 21 or July 5 on whether to preserve Lawton Acres as a park by paying to relieve it from the legal obligation to support the Kenai Municipal Airport.

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Lawton purchase scheduled for June 21, may be delayed

The Kenai City Council may vote on whether to buy Lawton Acres — a 16.49 acre strip of…

Plays and puppets

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Plays and puppets

The Kenai Community Library hosted a showing of “The Sleeping Beauty” by Stevens Puppets on Monday afternoon. Puppeteers…

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor on July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game to run cost-recovery harvest to fund Anchor Point test fishery

With the loss of state funding, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is back to running a…

An angler fillets his sockeye salmon caught on the Kenai River near the confluence with the Russian River on Sunday, June 11, 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. Sunday was the first open day for the popular Russian River sockeye sportfishery, and by midmorning, anglers were packing up with their limits and heading home while many others were landing some of the bright fish, some of the first sockeye of the season on the Kenai Peninsula. As of Saturday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s weir on Lower Russian Lake had counted 1,027 fish, more than triple the count of 274 on the same day in 2016. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Photo: Reds run on the Russian River

An angler fillets his sockeye salmon caught on the Kenai River near the confluence with the Russian River…

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Fish and Game increases max size for early king retention

Kenai River anglers can now keep king salmon up to 46 inches long. With more king salmon coming…

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1 dead in Anchor Point car accident

1 dead after Anchor Point car accident A Homer woman has died after her car went off the…

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Borough plans composting pilot project in Homer area

The Homer area may get a little greener with its food waste if a planned composting project comes…

Clouds and smoke curl around the top of Augustine Volcano on Sunday, June 4, 2017 on Augustine Island, Alaska. The remote island in Cook Inlet is composed of little more than the volcano and its surrounding debris. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Little-studied island holds life, geothermal energy potential

The nearest town is 37 miles of wilderness and ocean away from the shores of Augustine Island, but…

In this April 2017 photo taken with a smart phone, the tide rushes in on the north Kasilof beach in Kasilof, Alaska. (Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tips for taking a better cell phone photo

It’s easy to run into picture-perfect moments on the Kenai Peninsula, from a beautiful vista above Skilak Lake…

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District hires 12 teachers

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is moving forward with hiring 12 of 30 open positions for the…

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Preparing for a safe and productive fishing season

The fishing season may be here, but there is more on a fisherman’s to-do list than grab a…

Gautoma Iwamura, a homeschool student through the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Connections program, gathers trash on Sunday, June 4, 2017 on Augustine Island, Alaska. Iwamura was one of a group of students and adults who traveled with the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies to the remote island in Cook Inlet to gather marine debris from the beaches. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Volunteers clean beaches on remote Augustine Island

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the source of funding for the trip to Augustine…

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Board of Education tackles school lunches, worries about legislature

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is taking small steps to prepare for the upcoming school year while…

Wood turner Sterling Rasmussen demonstrates bowl turning at KVCC Summer Exhibit opening.

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Art exhibit takes a turn

The 2017 Summer Exhibit at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce &Visitor Center (KVCC) opened May 26 and is…

Veterans who came home remember those who didn’t on Memorial Day.

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Peninsula pauses to remember

There were three Memorial Day ceremonies in Kenai and Soldotna this year, beginning with the Avenue of Flags…

Retired CES Fire Marshal Gary Hale properly fits a bike helmet at Redoubt Bike Rodeo.

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Rounding up bike safety

It only happens every other year and this was the year for the Redoubt Elementary Bike Rodeo as…

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Veteran enrollment increases at KPC

Over the past decade, the veteran population at the Kenai Peninsula College has continually increased, and with it,…

Juneau airport prepares for Uber’s arrival

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Juneau airport prepares for Uber’s arrival

With Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft on the verge of returning to Alaska, Juneau…

A mountain goat, one of a herd of nine grazing on grasses and lichens on the slope of Point Hope, stands guard atop a ridge on Saturday, June 3, near Hope.

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Hoofing it in Hope

Walkers circle the track during the six-hour Relay for Life fundraiser event for the American Cancer Society on Friday, June 2, 2017 at Skyview Middle School near Soldotna, Alaska. Central peninsula Relay for Life organizer Johna Beech said that this year she began conducting various fundraising events for cancer research in January and will continue until November. (Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Relay for Life fundraises for American Cancer Society

This year’s annual Relay for Life walk — at which cancer survivors, their friends and family, and interested…