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Kenai fishing guide faces numerous violations

Undercover operation by Alaska Wildlife Troopers results in 25 violations

The annual Kenai Kite Festival returned to Millennium Square Park on June 6 for another family-friendly day of colorful kites and community fun. (Debbie Wik/Contributed)

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Kenai Kite Festival soars to success with colorful skies and big crowds

The annual event returned to Millennium Square Park last weekend

Alaska Wildland Fire Information has reported that the Yenlo fire north of Skwentna is now at 52 acres. (Division of Forestry & Fire Protection)

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Yenlo fire north of Skwentna reaches 52 acres

The fire is one of two staffed fires in the state

A table sits empty in Courtroom 4 of the Kenai Courthouse on Dec. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Sterling care home seeking damages from Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor’s family

Sterling Silver Assisted Living Home says it is owed over $100,000

Photo courtesy of Michael Courtney Marcel Gietzmann-Sanders (left) and Michael Courtney prepare to release a tagged chinook salmon near Sand Point, Alaska, in August 2024. The tag releases on a predetermined date, floating to the surface to transmit data to researchers via satellite.

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Alaska researchers using tagging data to reduce fishing bycatch

University of Alaska Fairbanks research team uses more than 700,000 data points for chinook salmon

The 2026 Kids Count Data Book revealed how Alaska’s policies and investments are affecting children’s daily lives, as the state dropped seven spots from last year to 47th in overall child well-being, with its lowest score in education, ranking 49th (File photo)

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Alaska drops to 47th in country for children’s well-being

Kids Count Data Book shows Alaska ranked 49th in education and 48th in economic well-being

The annual Kenai Kite Festival returns to Millennium Square Park on June 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for another family-friendly day of colorful kites and community fun. (City of Kenai)

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Kenai Kite Festival takes flight this weekend

The annual event returns to Millennium Square Park on Saturday

Members of the Kenaitze and Salamatof Tribal Councils, the Kenaitze/Salamatof Tribally Designated Housing Entity Board and the Kenaitze Elders committee gathered last Friday for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future site of a new Elders housing project now under construction in Kenai. (Kenaitze Tribe)

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Kenaitze, Salamatof tribes celebrate groundbreaking of elder housing project in Kenai

The new complex is scheduled to be completed by late 2027

Kenai Peninsula Educational Support Association president Susanna Litwiniak released a joint statement in response to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s recent negotiation statement. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai education associations express disappointment in school district’s statement

The district had expressed disappointment that union members rejected a tentative health care deal

Nora White, Ben Suter, Emma Johnston, and Asher VanAtta from the University of Michigan are conducting research for their master’s project on little brown bats in Homer and bat populations in the Kenai Peninsula. (Emma Johnston)

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Michigan research team conducting little brown bat research in Kenai Peninsula

The University of Michigan team will be conducting a mobile acoustic survey

Housing Alaskans has awarded a total of $1,500,669 in grants for 77 new affordable units across 13 Alaska communities. (Housing Alaskans)

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Housing Alaskans awards grants for 77 new homes across 13 communities

The funding helps unlock affordable rental and owndership projects

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Kenai City Council has approved a contract for dumpster services at the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant for 2026.

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Kenai council awards $26K dumpster services contract for for wastewater treatment plant

Services include hauling dumpsters of regular trash, screenings, and sludge disposal

The 800-kilowatt Falls Creek Hydroelectric Project uses a portion of the flow and head of Falls Creek to generate electricity. (Alaska Power & Telephone website)

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Alaska Power Company suing luxury lodge over public access to recreation site

Company contends agreement with Bear Track Inn granted public access to easement to parking area

Photo provided by The Conservation Fund Mountains are viewed across the water from Herring Pete’s Cove, now part of Kachemak Bay State Park.

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Land named for colorful character ‘Herring Pete’ added to Alaska’s Kachemak Bay State Park

24-acre Kenai Peninsula island parcel added to 400,000-acre Kachemak Bay State Park

The front of the Kenai Police Department. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Kenai council approves grant for police drug task force overtime

The city accepted just over $17,550 from the Alaska High Intensity Drug Traffic Area program

The Alaska Division of Banking and Securities is warning Alaskans about a possible fraudulent investment scheme involving BG Wealth Sharing Ltd. and DSJ Exchange Pty Ltd. (Black Press Media file photo)

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Alaskans warned of suspected cryptocurrency investment fraud

Alaska Division of Banking and Securities investigating purported cryptocurrency trading platform

The Kenai Courthouse on July 3, 2023. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion File)

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Man sentenced to 99 years for murder of his mother in her Nikiski home

River John George Aspelund, 24, found guilty of murder in the first degre in Kenai Superior Court

The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) has admitted its first stranded harbor seal pup of the 2026 season — a malnourished and dehydrated male estimated to be under a week old. (Kaiti Grant | Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Harbor seal pup found in Kenai is Alaska SeaLife Center’s first admission of year

The male pup was estimated to be under one week old and was malnourished and dehydrated

The Kenai Central High School graduating class of 2026 toss their caps into the air at the close of their commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 20<ins>, 2026, in Kenai, Alaska</ins>. Screenshot.

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‘Move forward with the spirit of lifelong learning’

Nearly 100 seniors graduated from Kenai Central High School in a commencement ceremony held Wednesday evening in the…

Soldotna High School graduates toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony on Monday, May 18<ins>, 2026</ins>, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex<ins> in Soldotna, Alaska</ins>. Photo courtesy Destiny Booth

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Celebrating a major milestone

Soldotna High School seniors graduated in a ceremony held Monday.