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Gary Hollier pulls a sockeye salmon from a set gillnet at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

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Preliminary results released for selective setnet test

That test was to assess a shallower net intended to better target “abundant” sockeye while reducing harvest on…

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Board of Fisheries will not move Upper Cook Inlet meeting to Kenai Peninsula

During a work session of the State Board of Fisheries last week, the board did not take action…

Public Works director Jan Keiser clarifies details on the Beluga Slough Green Infrastructure Project to Homer City Council during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in the Cowles Council Chambers at City Hall in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Council approves contracts to continue green infrastructure project

Homer city council passed three resolutions during their last regular meeting on Oct. 9 for the continuance of…

Students identify species of juvenile fish at one of the activity stations during Alaska Department of Fish and Game's "Salmon in the Classroom" salmon egg take event on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in the Anchor River State Recreation Area in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Students bring salmon to the classroom

Hands-on event is part of ADF&G annual education program

This is a picture of the Alaska Department of Health building in downtown Juneau. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Life expectancy up; births, deaths trend downward in 2022

The Kenai Peninsula saw 629 births last year

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Fireweed Academy offers community fall festival on Friday

Homer’s Fireweed Academy will host their fall Harvest Festival FUNdraiser on Friday, Oct. 20 at the West Homer…

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Community members discuss components of the six priorities for the 2023 MAPP on Friday Oct. 13 at the Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska.

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Meeting narrows down community health priorities

Members of the public gathered last week to discuss a community health needs assessment conducted every three years,…

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Kenai River late-run kings designated a stock of management concern

The board-set optimal escapement goal for large late-run Kenai River king salmon has not been achieved in the…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council accepts library assistance grant

Homer City Council adopted Ordinance 23-51 during their last regular meeting on Oct. 9, accepting a $7,000 State…

Department of Health logo. (Graphic)

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2022 overdose deaths slightly down from previous year

Deaths still far surpassed those recorded during last decade

Attendees listen to Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman (top left) speak during a community conversation about home-schooling on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Home-school meeting draws dozens

The event was hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai outlaws marijuana drive-thrus

The state, during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed marijuana establishments to operate drive-thru or walk-up windows

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Liz Hayes, left, testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a budget work session on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough, school district present local funding process

The presentation was the second as part of KPBSD’s “Budget 101”