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    Articles by Jacob Dye
    Nets are extended from North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘A really good day’
    By Jacob Dye • July 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Kenai River personal use sockeye salmon dipnet fishery opens.

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    Children leap forward to grab candy during a Fourth of July parade on South Willow Street in Kenai, Alaska, on July 4, 2025. (Photo courtesy Sarah Every)
    Celebrating the 4th in the streets
    By Jacob Dye • July 9, 2025 1:30 am

    Kenai comes out for annual Independence Day parade.

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    The Kasilof River is seen from the Kasilof River Recreation Area, July 30, 2019, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    King salmon fishing on Kasilof to close Thursday
    By Jacob Dye • July 8, 2025 1:30 am

    If any king salmon is caught while fishing for other species, they may not be removed from the water and must be released immediately.

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    Former KPBSD Finance Director Liz Hayes speaks 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)
    School district finance department earns national awards
    By Jacob Dye • July 7, 2025 1:30 am

    The two awards are based on comprehensive reviews of the district’s budget and financial reporting.

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    President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board finalizes budget with deep cuts to...
    By Jacob Dye • July 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Multiple members of the board said they were frustrated by the state’s failure to fund education.

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    Anglers fish in the Russian River in early September 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News file)
    Sockeye fishing good on Russian, Kasilof rivers
    By Jacob Dye • July 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Northern Kenai Fishing Report

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    Robert Weaver was last seen at the Doroshin Bay public use cabin on June 25, 2025. (Photo provided by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
    Updated: Refuge ends search efforts for missing man
    By Jacob Dye • July 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Robert Weaver was last seen near Skilak Lake on June 25.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy compares Alaska to Mississippi data on poverty, per-pupil education spending, and the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress fourth grade reading scores during a press conference on Jan. 31, 2025. Alaska is highlighted in yellow, while Mississippi is in red. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
    Dunleavy calls special session for August
    By Jacob Dye • July 2, 2025 1:30 am

    Lawmakers on Wednesday said they were surprised by the move.

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    Board President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Peninsula Borough school board to finalize budget
    By Jacob Dye • July 1, 2025 1:30 am

    The new budget designed by the committee will be considered at a public hearing during the full board meeting on Monday evening.

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    The Russian River Sanctuary Area is seen in the area labeled B in this map provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (courtesy)
    Strong sockeye run prompts early open of Russian...
    By Jacob Dye • July 1, 2025 1:30 am

    In regulation, the confluence is expected to be open from July 15 to Aug. 20.

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    A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Good fishing on Kasilof; Russian River harvest lags
    By Jacob Dye • June 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Northern Kenai Fishing Report

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    Students stand during a protest against the possible closure of Sterling Elementary School along the Sterling Highway in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Sterling Elementary no longer set to close this...
    By Jacob Dye • June 26, 2025 1:30 am

    It could be closed next year.

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    Swimmers and parents protest the proposed closure of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District pools outside of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building in Soldotna on Thursday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Pool funding OK’d as district looks to hand...
    By Jacob Dye • June 26, 2025 1:30 am

    School pools have repeatedly been raised as a possible option for closure and then saved at the last minute.

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    Fishers stand at the mouth of the Kasilof River in Kasilof, Alaska, early in the morning of the first day of the Kasilof River personal use sockeye salmon dipnet fishery on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kasilof dipnetting opens
    By Jacob Dye • June 25, 2025 1:30 am

    Dipnetting will be allowed at all times until Aug. 7.

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    Rep. Bill Elam speaks during a legislative update to the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Nothing prepares you’
    By Jacob Dye • June 24, 2025 1:30 am

    Rep. Bill Elam reports back on his freshman session in the Alaska House of Representatives.

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    A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Bag limit for Kasilof sockeye doubled
    By Jacob Dye • June 24, 2025 1:30 am

    Sport fishers can harvest six sockeye per day and have 12 in possession starting Wednesday.

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