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Caring for the Kenai announces winners

A natural disaster preparedness digital app created by a Cook Inlet Academy sophomore took the top prize

The commerical fishing fleet is seen from Pacific Star Seafoods in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fish votes no on Proposal 283

The proposal would have loosened restrictions for set gillnetters in a part of Cook Inlet

Snow falls on studded tires on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. For Alaskans living above the 60 North Latitude line, which includes all portions of the Sterling Highway, studded tires must be removed by May 1, 2022. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Studded tires off April 15 on southern peninsula

Studded tires cause damage on dry pavement, officials said

People wait in line for Mochileros Guatemalan street food in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 18, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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The pitch for Anchorage

My first time on the Kenai Peninsula was a solo trip in the late fall of 2020. When…

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2 killed in head-on crash in Kasilof

Both vehicles received “disabling damage,” troopers reported

Homer's Carter Tennison takes a shot against Barrow's Uata Tuifua during the Class 3A boys basketball fourth-place semifinals at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Barrow knocks Homer out of state basketball

The Homer boys basketball squad dropped their Class 3A state fourth-place semifinal game 55-46 against Barrow at the…

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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Salmon runs projected to be weaker than average

A run of around 4.97 million sockeye is projected to return to Upper Cook Inlet

The City of Kenai Boat Launch into Cook Inlet is photographed May 14, 2020. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Copper River Seafoods halting Kenai operations this salmon season

The company salmon cited the fisheries management plan, rising production costs and the poor forecast

Justin Trail embraces Landon Colburn after the Ninilchik Wolverines won the Class 2A state basketball championship game at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 19, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ninilchik boys cap perfect season with state title

Saturday’s state title was Ninilchik’s first since 2017 and their third overall.

Joel Caldwell, director of operations for Kenai Aviation, sits in the pilot’s seat of Kenai Aviation’s nine-seat Beechcrafter Super King Air B200 plane in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Airline preps to serve Southcentral Alaska

Kenai Aviation seeks to add weekday commuter flights beginning in May

A juvenile moose eats an early afternoon snack in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Officials: Give moose their space

‘We are kind of at the point where they are cold, hungry and cranky’

Alaska Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce selects Edie Grunwald to be his running mate at a campaign event at Paradisos restaurant in Kenai on Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pierce taps Grunwald, former parole board chair, as running mate

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, a hopeful for the Alaska governor’s seat, has tapped Edie Grunwald as…

Peggy Mullen and Brent Johnson demonstrate during the Many Voices Ukraine vigil on Saturday, March 5, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘We’re standing with them’

Soldotna group shows support for Ukraine after Russian invasion