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State Trooper arrested on charges of domestic violence

The Wasilla and Kenai police departments investigated the allegations.

A sockeye salmon’s tail protrudes above the edge of a bin on a setnet site July 11, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Set-net rules for Cook Inlet could be eased

The board voted to deliberate on an adopted proposal to amend the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management…

Homer’s Jillian Crooks wins the 200-meter freestyle during the state swimming finals at Bartlett High School in Anchorage on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jacoby, Crooks each nab 2 individual events

Kenai Peninsula Olympic swimmers Lydia Jacoby and Jillian Crooks took home individual championships at the Alaska School Activities…

Nurses Melissa Pancoast and Kathi Edgell work shifts at the intesive care unit at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna on Sept. 22. October was the deadliest month so far for COVID-19 deaths at CPH, with 11 of 30 deaths that have taken place at the hospital since the beginning of the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Chief Nursing Officer Karen Scoggins)

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‘The deadliest month we’ve had’

One-third of total COVID deaths at CPH took place in the last month.

The Kenai Senior Center is seen on Friday Oct. 22, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘This has been a lifesaver’

Seniors seek human connection as pandemic continues.

Ben Mohr watches Kenai River Junior Classic participants head out to fish on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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Mohr resigns as director of KRSA

He has been the executive director of KRSA for nearly three years.

The Little Alaskan children’s store is seen in Kenai on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. Located where Bargain Basement used to be in Kenai, the shop opened this weekend. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Little’ shop goes big

Little Alaskan occupies the space where Bargain Basement used to be in Kenai.

A remote galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope is greatly magnified and distorted by the effects of gravitationally warped space. (Image via NASA)

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Grant brings NASA to library

The grant supports science, technology, engineering, arts and math programming for patrons.

Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell (center) presents Wildlife Trooper Laura Reid (left) with a Life-Saving Award for her efforts in rescuing a child from the Kenai River offshore of North Kenai Beach this summer, during a ceremony held by Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Oct. 13, 2021. Reid and Kenai River dipnetter Antoine Aridou (far right) rescued the 12-year-old on July 29, 2021. (Photo provided by the Office of the Governor)

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Governor recognizes dipnetter, trooper for summer rescue

Wildlife Trooper Laura Reid received a Life-Saving Award and Antoine Aridou received a Governor’s Commendation.

Anthony Botello fishes for halibut off the coast of Homer, Alaska, on Sept. 6, 2021. (Camille Botello)

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Out of the Office: Fish on!

I was pretty spoiled as a kid.

The Kenai Central High School women’s cross country team finishes in second place with 58 points at Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Boonstra repeats as Division II champ

Kenai Central’s Jayna Boonstra raced her way to another Division II state cross-country championship at Bartlett High School…

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A wood-carved whale hangs in the Nikiski Senior Center on Sept. 23.

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Whale of a job

Nikiski Senior Center gets addition to dining room.

Runners participate in boys varsity race at the Ted McKenney XC Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. The trails recently reported incidents of vandalism and theft. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Vandalism and theft reported at Tsalteshi Trails

One trail user reported stolen skis recently and multiple signs have been defaced.