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Healthcare task force limited by hospital legal structure

If the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Healthcare Task Force wants to make changes to how the hospitals operate, it…

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Furie takes first steps toward adding Inlet oil platform

Furie Operating Alaska is taking the first steps towards adding an oil platform to its Kitchen Lights gas…

Carmen Ricciardi, owner and gelatician of Carmen's Gelato on the Spit, offers a variety of gelato and sorbetto flavors on a rotating basis in his shop. Ricciardi makes his frozen treats from scratch, using seasonal fruit and locally sourced ingredients when possible.

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A little bit of Italy opens in Homer

On a trip to the Spit one can find freshly cooked seafood, gift shops, fishing charters, tourists from…

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Walker limits PFD payouts to $1,000

ANCHORAGE — Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, the Alaska governor on Wednesday cut in half the annual checks that…

Jahna Lindemuth, left, is introduced Tuesday, June 28, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska, as the state's new attorney general. Gov. Bill Walker, right, made the announcement at a news conference. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)-AP

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Anchorage attorney Jahna Lindemuth named new AG

Gov. Bill Walker’s cabinet is finally whole again. Walker introduced Anchorage attorney Jahna Lindemuth as Alaska’s new attorney…

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Approved by borough, peninsula marijuana growers now in final permitting

After the state issued its first marijuana growing permits on June 9 and 10, nine local cultivators were…

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know your farmer, know your food

I just so happened to be in Glennallen last week and stumbled upon their Wednesday Farmers Market. I…

Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion U.S Senator Lisa Murkowksi (R-Alaska, left, in lavender jacket) listens to an explanation from BlueCrest Chief Operations Officer John Martineck (in hardhat) on a bus tour of the company's Hansen Production oil wellpad on Saturday, April 25 near Anchor Point. The Hansen Facility, where oil drilling is expected to begin in August, is named after nearby homesteaders Viola (center, teal jacket) and John Hansen (black cap) who are leasing the land to BlueCrest.

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BlueCrest unveils Anchor Point pad

BlueCrest Energy ceremonially opened their Hansen Production Facility, an oil wellpad on the shore of Cook Inlet near Anchor…

Red Chair reaches the end of the road

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Red Chair reaches the end of the road

Many of us know well traveled people. Perhaps they spent a year studying abroad, or a month rambling…

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Questions remain in hospital service area boundary move

An invisible line near Clam Gulch Tower means the landowners on the north side are likely paying a…

Nomad Shelter approved as high tunnel builder

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Nomad Shelter approved as high tunnel builder

A Homer business, Nomad Shelter, which crafts custom yurts, has been approved as a manufacturer for the federal…

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Legislature adjourns; Walker calls fifth special session

It’s over, but not done. At 11:46 a.m. Sunday, the Alaska Senate adjourned the fourth special session of…

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Borough sees increase in oil property values

The values of some oil and gas properties in the Kenai Peninsula Borough jumped in the most recent…