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John “Gus” Knox, right, holds a salmon he caught during the Kenai River Junior Classic in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Smiles and salmon

Junior classic takes kids on the river

Pioneer Hall at the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchoarge, as seen on July 2, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Regional mariculture conversation is a first for industry stakeholders

The event was organized by the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District

Attendees dance in the rain at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dancing in the rain

Kenai Peninsula Fair brings festivities in defiance of rainfall

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City considers sublease to new airline at Homer Airport

Flights to and from Anchorage would begin mid-September

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Spit lagoon opens to snagging

Snagging will be allowed beginning Wednesday at noon

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski attends a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Murkowski talks LNG, local projects in Soldotna

Murkowski caught up the Clarion on oil and gas resources and what it looks like to collaborate with…

Attendees fill the space in front of the River Stage at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Art, advocacy and acoustics

Salmonfest 2023 makes for weekend of music and festivity in Ninilchik

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members Jason Tauriainen, Matt Morse, Virginia Morgan and Beverley Romanin participate in a board meeting on Monday, July 10, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board OKs changes to policies on challeges to instructional material

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday approved changes to the district’s process for…

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Bill Elam, Brent Johnson, Tyson Cox and Brent Hibbert attend an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election issues tackled at assembly

The body created a voter turnout working group and approved other changes to borough election code

Outlaw Body and Paint’s Wesley Jackson, center, testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly about the affects of calcium chloride brine on vehicles he treats during a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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DOT to review salt brine use on peninsula roads

Multiple people, including automotive workers, testified in opposition to the use of the salt brine

Racing pigs at the 2022 Kenai Peninsula Fair. Photo provided by Lara McGinnis

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Comedy shows, music, pig racing, horseback rides, kettle corn available at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik

The Kenai Peninsula Fair opens at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds on Friday. The theme for the year is “It’s…

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From left: Megumi Beams, Rachel Tussey and Steve Yoshida attend an event harvesting part of a ginkgo tree at the Homer Public Library on Sunday.

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Growing peace

Homer Public Library harvests part of Peace tree on Hiroshima anniversary

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USCG officer Alexander Curran shows Homer visitors the bow of the USCG Cutter Naushon.

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Coast Guard celebrates birthday with tours of ship

On Aug. 4, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Naushon was in port to offer public tours of the…