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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

Kenai Central's Reagan Graves reacts after winning the Division II 200-meter dash Saturday, May 27, 2023, at the state track and field meet at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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State track: Homer girls, boys take 2nd; Kenai’s Graves is outstanding competitor; Peninsula nabs 12 state titles

Kenai Central’s Reagan Graves and both Homer squads led the way for the Kenai Peninsula on Friday and…

The Soldotna Stars celebrate after winning the Division II Soccer State Championship on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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State soccer: Soldotna girls nip Kenai in PKs to secure 1st title; Stars boys fall to Juneau in title match

The Soldotna High School girls soccer team won their first Division II state soccer title Saturday in a…

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

One of three recently admitted harbor seal pups is seen at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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3 harbor seal pups admitted to SeaLife Center

All three came from the Copper River

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

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

Foliage surrounds the Soldotna Police Department sign on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Police identify human remains found near Sterling Highway

They were located approximately 200 yards southeast of 43199 Sterling Highway

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4 days in July set for Ninilchik razor clam harvest

The abundance of adult clams is below the threshold necessary to open the fishery in Clam Gulch

Contestants race down the Kenai River during the 16th Annual Cooper Landing Drift Boat Regatta near the Eagle Landing Resort in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Crowds and close finish mark 16th annual Cooper Landing regatta

Two boats opened the race neck and neck

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Investigators seeking info in abuse case

Tyler Bryce Reid, 46, was arrested last weekend on seven counts of sexual abuse of a minor

A map displays the locations of a dozen projects scheduled by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for this summer. (Photo courtesy Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)

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‘Robust’ summer of construction well under way

140 transportation improvement projects are scheduled across 64 communities.

Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, Cindy Harris and first lady Rose Dunleavy stand for a photo at a ceremonial luncheon at the Governor’s Residence in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Harris selected by First Lady as a Volunteer of the Year

Harris worked to found the Alaska Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association