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A freshly stocked rainbow trout swims in Johnson Lake during Salmon Celebration on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Johnson Lake in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Excellent lake fishing, good halibut and slow salmon

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for June 1

Transportation professionals tour the Sterling Highway and Birch Avenue intersection in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, May 22, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna brainstorming pop-up pedestrian safety project

The temporary project aims to boost pedestrian safety near Soldotna Creek Park

Chief J.J. Hendrickson plays with Torch the cat at the Kenai Animal Shelter on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna, Kenai to extend animal control partnership

So far this year, the Kenai shelter has served roughly 190 animals

Fishermen young and old try their luck at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on June 4, 2020, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Youth-only king salmon fisheries to open in Ninilchik, Homer

They will be open for one day in each location

Alaska SeaLife Center staff treat a harbor seal pup at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Nikiski harbor seal rescued, 4th in a week

The female seal pup was seen on a crowded fishing beach

Cam Choy, associate professor of art at Kenai Peninsula College, works on a salmon sculpture in collaboration with the Kenai Watershed Forum during the Kenai River Festival at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska, on June 8, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Kenai River Festival to bring education, music to Soldotna Creek Park

The festival will run 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday

Tyson Cox references a sheet illustrating the rotation of seats on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna requests changes to planning commission ordinance

The measure is being considered next week

Trenten Dodson (Photo provided by Kenai Watershed Forum)

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Dodson to head Watershed Forum

He has a significant background in fisheries management and habitat restoration

Attendees affix poppies to wreaths during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 29, 2023, at Leif Hanson Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘We remember’

Servicemembers honored at Memorial Day ceremonies in Kenai

“Grubby” the Virginia opossum is captured by Homer Police officer Taylor Crowder on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Homer Police Department

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Grubby saved

Virginia opossum taken in by Anchorage zoo

Poster for Return of the Reds. (Photo courtesy Kenai Peninsula Food Bank) Poster for Return of the Reds. (Photo courtesy Kenai Peninsula Food Bank)

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Return of the Reds returns after several-year hiatus

The Kenai event celebrates the start of the 2023 salmon season

The Kasilof River is seen from the Kasilof River Recreation Area, July 30, 2019, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Slow fishing for hatchery kings on Kasilof River; Cook Inlet halibut ‘just beginning’

Northern Kenai Fishing Report for May 25

Kenai Peninsula Education Association President Nathan Erfurth speaks from the bed of his truck in support of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and support staff outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. Erfurth was removed this week as president of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s teachers union, days after he was arrested Saturday on two charges of sexual abuse of a minor. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Update: Former Soldotna high school teacher charged with sex abuse of a minor ousted as head of teachers union

A bail hearing has been set for Thursday

Division of Forestry & Fire Protection engines responding to the Charland Fire on May 21, 2023, near Soldotna. (Photo courtesy Kenai-Kodiak DOF)

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9 fires reported on Kenai Peninsula since start of May

The largest local fire was the Charland Fire, which was reported on Sunday

Poster for 100% Alaska Town Hall & Family Day (Photo courtesy Change 4 the Kenai)

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100% Alaska Town Hall to share assessment results, discuss state of ‘vital services’

The project is composed of four steps: assess, plan, act and evaluate

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Seward man arrested on drug charges gave false identification, troopers say

Kevin Hakala, 42, was pulled over by Seward-based troopers on Saturday

Kendra Pisa prepares a shot at Northern Light Espresso on Monday, May 15, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Coffee stand expands to ‘modern hangout’

Northern Lights Espresso opens its second location

Middle schoolers practice fly casting into the Kenai River during a kids camp put on by Trout Unlimited on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at the Donald E. Gilman Kenai River Center in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Learning to love the watershed

Kids camp teaches fly fishing, ecology

Lila Dockins, MaKenna DesOrmeaux, and Jaeger Romatz run together during Soldotna Little League Challenger Program game at the Little League Fields in Soldotna, Alaska on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘We should not be telling kids that they can’t’

Little League Challenger program gives ‘opportunity’ to kids with physical and developmental challenges

Ronald Dean Beyering. (Photo via Alaska State Troopers)

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Soldotna fugitive found dead 6 months after last update

Troopers found partial human remains, firearms and personal effects, according to a dispatch