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Council to consider funding for community rec center

A public hearing will be held on the ordinance in July

A seal pup rescued from the Kenai Beach is in the care of the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program in Seward, Alaska, on June 6, 2024. (Photo provided by Alaska SeaLife Center)

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2nd seal pup rescued in Kenai, ASLC now caring for 4

A second newborn seal was rescued on Kenai Beach and admitted by the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response…

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Man convicted of multiple counts of felony sexual assault

A Homer jury last week found a man guilty of multiple sexual assault felonies.

Sockeye salmon are gathered together at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dipnets for commercial setnet fishers given emergency approval by CFEC

Up to three 12-hour periods of commercial dipnetting “may” be allowed each week from June 20 to July…

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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2023 east side setnet fishery affirmed as resource disaster

Disasters have been recognized for 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

The Blood Bank of Alaska’s new Kenai Peninsula center is seen in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, June 17, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Blood Bank relaunches permanent center on Kenai Peninsula

The new location joins others in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Wasilla

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City council OKs resolution supporting amended halibut bycatch regs

A resolution opposing a trawler trade group’s legal challenge to federal halibut bycatch reduction efforts was passed Monday…

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Lake Clark National Park invites public comments on mineral exploration tracts

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is seeking public comment as it prepares to conduct a resource analysis…

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Homer resolution supporting borough bed tax resolution fails

The Homer City Council voted against supporting the proposed borough bed tax at a June 17 special meeting

Pride flags adorn the upper balcony on Kachemak Bay Campus's Pioneer Hall during the Homer Pride Liberation Celebration held in the parking lot on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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‘Love, not hate’

The Homer Pride Liberation Celebration advocates unity within community

Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly to discuss short-term rental tax on Tuesday

The resolution describes a proposed tax of up to 12%

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Homer, Seldovia to celebrate summer solstice

Events will be held starting June 20

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City of Kenai Public Works Director Scott Curtain; City of Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel; Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche; Sen. Lisa Murkowski; Col. Jeffrey Palazzini; Elaina Spraker; Adam Trombley; and Kenai City Manager Terry Eubank cut the ribbon to celebrate the start of work on the Kenai River Bluff Stabilization Project on the bluff above the Kenai River in Kenai on Monday.

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‘The future is bright for the City of Kenai’

Kenai celebrates start of bluff stabilization project after developing for 40 years