Attendees affix poppies to wreaths during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 29, 2023, at Leif Hanson Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘We remember’

Servicemembers honored at Memorial Day ceremonies in Kenai

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Paul Banks kindergarten and first grade teacher Jennifer Reinhart

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Paul Banks educator receives a runner-up award for Alaska Teacher of the Year

Jennifer Reinhart teachers kindergarten and first grade

Trenten Dodson (Photo provided by Kenai Watershed Forum)

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Dodson to head Watershed Forum

He has a significant background in fisheries management and habitat restoration

Alaska SeaLife Center staff treat a harbor seal pup at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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3 harbor seal pups admitted to SeaLife Center

All three came from the Copper River

The SPARC building is photographed on Saturday, May 27, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman / Homer News

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SPARC awarded funding for new floor

The facility’s current flooring, constructed from used materials, was always meant to be a temporary solution

“Grubby” the Virginia opossum is captured by Homer Police officer Taylor Crowder on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Homer Police Department

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Grubby saved

Virginia opossum taken in by Anchorage zoo

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Marine safety drills to take place this month in Naknek and Dillingham

As hordes of skippers and crew from Homer and elsewhere prepare to descend on Bristol Bay for what…

Kenai Peninsula Education Association President Nathan Erfurth speaks from the bed of his truck in support of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and support staff outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. Erfurth was removed this week as president of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s teachers union, days after he was arrested Saturday on two charges of sexual abuse of a minor. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Former Soldotna high school teacher charged with sex abuse of a minor ousted as head of teachers union

A former teacher at Soldotna High School was removed this week as president of the Kenai Peninsula Borough…

Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, Cindy Harris and first lady Rose Dunleavy stand for a photo at a ceremonial luncheon at the Governor’s Residence in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Harris selected by First Lady as a Volunteer of the Year

Harris worked to found the Alaska Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association

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Alaska Performing Arts Center announces statewide arts competition

One middle school and one high school student to receive complimentary tickets to the production of Hamilton in…

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A woman wears Sydney Akagi’s art mask in the fall of 2020, in Tlingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska.

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Bunnell Street Arts Center’s collaboration with Alaska Native artists begins yearlong tour

The tour began May 19 in Portland, Oregon

Razor clam season is underway at Copalis Beach. (Courtesy photo)

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4 days in July set for Ninilchik razor clam harvest

A limited harvest opportunity for razor clams in Ninilchik will be opened in July, the Alaska Department of…

Homer Flex High School April Phoenix Award recipient Angel Alavazo is photographed on May 9, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Beth Schneider

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Homer Flex School April Phoenix Award recipient: Angel Alavazo

Each month, the school staff choose a student to receive the Homer Flex Phoenix Award based on their…