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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)

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 a “Champion for Kids,” citing her passion… Continue reading

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)
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)

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 of the tourism industry

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)
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)

Soldotna to add new tractor for snow clearing

Council adds funds after purchase price unexpectedly exceeds budget

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)
Seats are filled as the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Feb. 24, 1999. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion file)

Borough, cities again ask State Board of Fisheries for local meeting

The board has declined to host an Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meeting on the central peninsula for over 25 years

Seats are filled as the Alaska Board of Fisheries meets at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Feb. 24, 1999. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion file)
A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

Coho fishing ‘poor’ on Kenai, Kasilof, Russian rivers

Fish and Game releases final Northern Kenai Fishing Report

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)
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Attendees seek out endangered Cook Inlet belugas during Belugas Count! on the bluff above the Kenai River in Kenai on Saturday.

Counting the belugas in our backyard

Endangered Cook Inlet species the center of annual monitoring event

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Attendees seek out endangered Cook Inlet belugas during Belugas Count! on the bluff above the Kenai River in Kenai on Saturday.
Signs direct visitors at Seward City Hall on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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 current code”

Signs direct visitors at Seward City Hall on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
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The Kenai Central High School Marching Band performs “Snakes and Songbirds: The Music of the Hunger Games” during the Kenai Marching Showcase at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai on Saturday.

Marching ahead

Kenai band showcase marks growth of Alaska scene

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The Kenai Central High School Marching Band performs “Snakes and Songbirds: The Music of the Hunger Games” during the Kenai Marching Showcase at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai on Saturday.
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A presenter processes cabbage for storage at the fermentation station during the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival at Soldotna Creek Park on Saturday.

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

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A presenter processes cabbage for storage at the fermentation station during the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival at Soldotna Creek Park on Saturday.
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)

Election 2024: When, where to vote Tuesday

City council, borough assembly, school board seats on the ballot

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)
Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

1st of 3 local fishery disasters gets funding after year-long delay

After being delayed for more than a year, disaster funds will soon be disbursed for the 2018 East Side Setnet Salmon and 2020 Upper Cook… Continue reading

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Pamela Hays speaks against a rezoning ordinance during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Rezoning effort killed by Soldotna council amid neighborhood outcry

An ordinance would have rezoned part of a tract of land near South Kobuk Street to multifamily use

Pamela Hays speaks against a rezoning ordinance during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
A map shows the original property boundary (in red) of Nikiski North Star Elementary and the boundary of the new property (in yellow) the borough is set to purchase. (Courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough)

Borough to buy property adjacent to Nikiski North Star for possible development

Nikiski North Star is on a 28-acre parcel bounded by private land and Salamatof Lake

A map shows the original property boundary (in red) of Nikiski North Star Elementary and the boundary of the new property (in yellow) the borough is set to purchase. (Courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough)
Cars drive past the building where the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is headquartered on Sept. 21, 2023. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire file photo)

State announces $1,700 PFD

The amount includes a one-time energy relief payment

Cars drive past the building where the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is headquartered on Sept. 21, 2023. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire file photo)
Abi Gutierrez fills a box of doughnuts during a ribbon-cutting event for The Glaze in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Living the doughnut dream

Owners aim to create a space for people to enjoy tasty pastries and spend time together

Abi Gutierrez fills a box of doughnuts during a ribbon-cutting event for The Glaze in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
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The “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibition is seen at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.

Exhibit examining American perception of Holocaust visits Seward

“Americans and the Holocaust” sheds light on how, when and what Americans learned of the Holocaust during the 1930s and 1940s

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The “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibition is seen at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.
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Cam Choy, Associate Professor of Art at Kenai Peninsula College, works on a salmon sculpture in collaboration with the Kenai Watershed Forum during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska on June 8, 2019.

‘Cam was the Dude’

Kenai Peninsula College hosts memorial show for late art professor

Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion
Cam Choy, Associate Professor of Art at Kenai Peninsula College, works on a salmon sculpture in collaboration with the Kenai Watershed Forum during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska on June 8, 2019.
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Carter Romero is awarded a $1,000 novelty check for landing the youth grand-prize salmon in the Eighth Annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday.

Dell, Romero win 8th Kenai Silver Salmon Derby

This year’s number of participants is up from only 79 last year

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Carter Romero is awarded a $1,000 novelty check for landing the youth grand-prize salmon in the Eighth Annual Kenai Silver Salmon Derby during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday.
Sarah Douthit and Jeanne Reveal participate in a candidate forum for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI)
Sarah Douthit and Jeanne Reveal participate in a candidate forum for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Board of Fish requests tackle commercial dipnets, beach seines, bait restrictions

The proposals are meant to address fishing regulation outside of the board’s three-year cycle

Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)