Pink salmon swim up a drainage ditch at Beluga Slough on Sept. 6 at high tide. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Pink salmon return to Beluga Slough

Alaska Department of Fish and Game will collect otolith samples for stock assessment

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Community health needs assessment now available for public review

The results for the southern Kenai Peninsula 2023 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) are now available for public…

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Updated transportation plan open for public comment

The 2023 plan emphasizes improvements between vehicles and nonmorized transportation options

The Kenai Public Health Center is seen on a cloudy Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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New RSV preventative measures to be available this season

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus are being identified in the southeastern United States, a Centers for Disease Control…

A female northern sea otter rescued in Kenai on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, is seen at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Sea otter pup rescued in Kenai

The pup is the latest in an extensive roster of animals rescued this summer

Moderators Riley Board and Ashlyn O’Hara ask questions of participants in a Soldotna City Council candidate forum at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2023: Soldotna candidates talk city’s future at Monday forum

The forum, hosted in partnership with the Central Peninsula League of Women Voters and the Soldotna Public Library,…

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs S.B. 7 into law at Papoose Milling on Wednesday in Big Lake.

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Dunleavy signs lumber bill

Sponsored by Nikiski Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, the bill establishes a lumber grade training program

A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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State Board of Education bars trans girls from girls high school sports teams

Schools or school districts must create separate athletic categories for cisgender girls and other student athletes

The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Borough to hold community meetings to gauge local funding priorities

The borough is reviving a practice last conducted in 2018.

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD to use grant funds for elementary counselor positions

The district budgeted about $626,000 for elementary school counselors for the current fiscal year

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Rotary Club funds meals for Ukraine

On Aug. 15, the Homer-Kachemak Bay Rotary Club presented a check in the amount of $5,000 to Lucas…

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Coalition hosts events to celebrate National Recovery Month

Schedule promotes and supports new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices

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A participant in the European Green Crab rapid response exercise practices a test sample at the beach by the Homer Spit Fishing Hole.

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Green crab invasion sparks local response

Homer conference is part of statewide invasive species monitoring and managing efforts