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A table used by parties to a case sits empty in Courtroom 4 of the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Attorney requests delay in trooper assault case

Joseph Miller Jr., 50, and Jason Woodruff, 42, were indicted on felony assault in October.

The front of the Kenai Police Department as seen on Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai accepts federal grant for police vests

The funds entirely cover the purchase of three ballistic vests this fiscal year.

Fire Marshal Jeremy Hamilton gives a tour to students during Job Shadow Day at Kenai Fire Department in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Roddy Craig/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai students try on careers for Job Shadow Day

Roughly 100 students from Kenai Central High School scattered to more than 30 businesses to get a feel…

Soldotna High School student Ethan Anding asks a question during a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District budget development meeting at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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District discusses $17M deficit at community meeting

More than 100 people gathered in the KCHS auditorium.

A 2015 Ford Explorer that was stolen from the Kenai Chamber of Commerce before crashing into a tree near Wells Fargo Bank is loaded onto a tow truck in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Car stolen, crashed in Kenai

The car was reportedly taken from the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center.

Kenai Parks and Recreation Director Tyler Best shows off a new inclusive seesaw at Kenai Municipal Park in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai awards contract to develop Parks and Rec master plan

The document is expected to guide the next 20 years of outdoors and recreation development in the city.

The Kenai Fire Department headquarters are photographed on Feb. 13, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Kenai adds funds, authorizes contract for study of emergency services facility

The building shared by Kenai’s police and fire departments hasn’t kept up with the needs of both departments,…

Kenai Middle School Principal Vaughn Dosko points out elements of a redesign plan for the front of the school on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Work soon to begin on Kenai Middle security upgrades

The security upgrades are among several key KPBSD maintenance projects included in a bond approved by borough voters…

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Artwork by Susan Nabholz, Charlotte Coots and Chelline Larsen is displayed as part of “Fiber” at the Kenai Art Center on Wednesday.

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Focus on fiber

Kenai Art Center show transforms threads to art

The Kenai Public Dock is seen on Friday, June 18, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai to repurpose funds from completed projects for dock repair

The largest share of the funds comes from a state grant of $1.9 million received in 2014.

Kenai City Manager Terry Eubank speaks during a work session of the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai adopts capital project plan

The plan includes funding for the airport, city infrastructure and roadways.

Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel and City Manager Terry Eubank speak during a meeting of the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai sets goals for next budget

The goals will guide Kenai’s administration in preparing the budget document that will be considered in the spring.

Kenaitze Tribal Council member Mary Ann Mills, Secretary Ronette Stanton and Chair Bernadine Atchison participate in a joint work session of the Kenai City Council and Kenaitze Tribal Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai, Kenaitze hold joint work session and share updates

Much of the meeting centered on brief updates on the largest projects underway.

Luminaria light the path of the Third Annual StarLight StarBright winter solstice skiing fundraiser at the Kenai Golf Course in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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StarLight StarBright fundraiser canceled

The subpar trail conditions that caused the previous delay have not improved.

The entrance to the Kenai Police Department, as seen in Kenai, Alaska, on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai man arrested after allegedly aiming shotgun into traffic

Multiple parents who were dropping children at nearby Mountain View Elementary reported the man, police said.

Marty Askin and Brian Gabriel inspect a displayed model of a traditional Dena’ina home called a nichil during the grand reopening of the cultural center at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai visitor center revitalizes peninsula’s ‘rich history’

The vision for the space describes monthly rotation of exhibits and a speaker series.

”Window to the Soul” by Bryan Olds is displayed as part of “Kinetic” at the Kenai Art Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Movement on display

Kenai Art Center’s January show, ‘Kinetic,’ opens Friday

Kenai City Manager Terry Eubank speaks during a work session of the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai extends agreements for spruce tree mitigation

Other work to fell hazardous trees in Kenai has been undertaken by the Kenai Peninsula Borough

The Kenai Recreation Center stands under overcast skies in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai reinstates fees for city basketball league

Players will have to pay an individual registration fee of $50

Kenai City Manager Paul Ostrander sits inside Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Ostrander named to Rasmuson board

The former Kenai city manager is filling a seat vacated by former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre