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    Articles by Elizabeth Earl
    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, file)
    State seeks geothermal energy land nominations
    By Elizabeth Earl • August 22, 2018 10:10 pm

    The state is looking for takers to explore new energy — specifically, geothermal energy.

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    Crime increased in Alaska in 2017; most in central Kenai low-level or property offenses
    Crime increased in Alaska in 2017; most in...
    By Elizabeth Earl • August 22, 2018 7:08 pm

    The upswing in crime across Alaska continued in 2017, with the increase mostly in low-level and property crimes on the…

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    A fisherman’s stringer of Kasilof River sockeye salmon caught in the personal-use dipnet fishery lies on the beach on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
    Fish and Game increases Kasilof sockeye bag limit
    By Elizabeth Earl • August 8, 2018 8:38 pm

    With the Kasilof River sockeye run safely within the optimum escapement goal, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will…

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    This screenshot taken from Google Maps shows Koyuktolik Bay, known as Dog Fish Bay, south of Homer on the Kenai Peninsula. Four commercial fishermen from the Homer area are charged with illegally commercial fishing in Dog Fish Bay. (Courtesy Alphabet Inc)
    4 charged in illegal commercial fishing near Homer
    By Elizabeth Earl • August 6, 2018 11:33 pm

    Editor’s note: This article has been clarified that not all four fishermen are charged with the same charges.

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    Salmon initiative would criss-cross state jurisdictions, officials say
    Salmon initiative would criss-cross state jurisdictions, officials say
    By Elizabeth Earl • July 31, 2018 11:19 pm

    Beyond just the cost and politics of Ballot Measure 1, state administrators have expressed concern about who would be in…

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    Sales tax initiative won’t go to ballot this year
    Sales tax initiative won’t go to ballot this...
    By Elizabeth Earl • July 25, 2018 9:38 pm

    Kenai Peninsula voters won’t have to decide on a half-percent increase in the sales tax this October, though they still…

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Peninsula Clarion file photo</span>                                This May 15, 2017 photo shows a drift gillnet reel on the back of a commercial fishing vessel docked in the Homer small boat harbor in Homer.
    Federal council names 5 commercial fishermen to committee
    By Elizabeth Earl • July 25, 2018 8:06 pm

    A committee of five fishermen, four of whom live on the Kenai Peninsula, will help provide advice to the council…

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    Borough mayor’s vetoes on school, tourism funding stand
    Borough mayor’s vetoes on school, tourism funding stand
    By Elizabeth Earl • July 7, 2018 6:19 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council will have to live with less money…

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Peninsula Clarion file photo</span>                                Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor on July 11, 2016 near Kenai.
    Tariffs ding commercial fishing industry
    By Elizabeth Earl • June 26, 2018 7:15 pm

    Fishermen and seafood harvesters may take a major trade hit with the announcement of new tariffs from China, though the…

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    An Anchor River king salmon landed by Anchorage resident Terry Umatum lies on the bank Saturday, May 19, 2018 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
    Salmon runs lackluster so far across Gulf of...
    By Elizabeth Earl • June 7, 2018 2:46 pm

    It’s not a great summer to be a salmon fisherman in Southcentral Alaska so far. Several major river systems are…

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    Gravel pit group chips away at bond issues
    Gravel pit group chips away at bond issues
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 31, 2018 12:14 pm

    One of the key controversies with gravel pits in the borough is who is responsible for cleaning them up after…

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    Assembly to consider bonds for K-Selo school
    Assembly to consider bonds for K-Selo school
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 24, 2018 1:52 pm

    Kenai Peninsula Borough voters may be asked this fall to take on several million dollars in bond debt to pay…

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    Public education supporters gather for a barbecue in the parking lot behind the George A. Navarre Borough Administration Building before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Teachers, parents and school district administrators turned out in force to ask the assembly to increase funding to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Tuesday. The assembly agreed to at least provide as much funding as it did in fiscal year 2018, but with a deficit in the borough budget, the source of the funding is still unclear. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly sets base funding for school district at...
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 10, 2018 1:30 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will get at least as much funding from the borough in fiscal year 2019…

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    Map by Kenai Peninsula Borough This map shows the proposed boundary change of the Central Peninsula Hospital Service Area from the Clam Gulch Tower north to Oil Well Road south.
    Health clinic, hospital finances center stage in boundary...
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 3, 2018 1:30 pm

    For the third time in four years, the community of Ninilchik is the center of a debate about who in…

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    Borough trims employees, travel to cut back expenses
    Borough trims employees, travel to cut back expenses
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 3, 2018 1:30 pm

    Most departments in the borough are looking at budget cuts in the upcoming fiscal year in personnel, supplies, contracts or…

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    Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion A group of farm operators, local food enthusiasts and restaurateurs attend a presentation and workshop on agritourism by Alaska Farm Tours owner Margaret Adsit at the Donald E. Gilman Kenai River Center on Thursday in Soldotna.
    Growing agritourism: Farmers look to attract tourists
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 1, 2018 11:36 am

    Farmers in Alaska are looking to tourists to help round out their profit margins. Agritourism, or farm-based tourism, is already…

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