The barge, crane, and first pile of rock for the Kenai Bluff Stabilization Project is seen during a break in work at the bank of the Kenai River in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai bluff project underway

A roughly 5,000-foot-long berm will be constructed from the mouth of the Kenai River to near the city…

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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1 dead in Anchor River vehicle turnover

Alaska State Troopers were notified at 7:46 a.m. of a vehicle upside down in the Anchor River.

Leif Jaworski speaks during a graduation ceremony for Connections Homeschool in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Real, meaningful and ‘ours’

Connections Homeschool students graduate after unconventional, unique school careers.

Poppies are affixed to memorial wreathes during a Memorial Day service at Leif Hansen Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, May 26, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Honoring the ‘greatest sacrifice’

A Memorial Day procession and service were held Monday at Leif Hanson Memorial Park.

A harbor seal pup rescued near Kenai is treated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Premature seal pup rescued from Kenai beach

Findings from an initial exam indicate that the pup was likely born that day.

A frozen Dolly Varden Lake is seen Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Sterling, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dolly Varden campground to close for renovation

The boat launch and main entrance will remain open.

Seniors throw their graduation caps in jubilant celebration while attendees fling beach balls in the air from the bleachers during the 2025 Homer High School graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in the Alice Witte Gymnasium. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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‘There’s always the next part of your life’

Homer High School graduates 69.

The front of the Kenai Police Department as seen on Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Two people arrested in Kenai, indicted on fraud charges

They allegedly attempted to withdraw cash in Eagle River, Wasilla, Anchorage, Soldotna and Kenai using false identities.

Kenai Alternative High School graduates stand with their diplomas at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony in the school’s gym in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 22, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Alternative High School graduates 10

Principal John Galahan presented each of his 10 graduates with their own awards.

Graduates of Soldotna High School celebrate after receiving their diplomas on the school’s football field in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Go do cool stuff’

Soldotna High School graduates told to chase futures that will make them happy.

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An Arctic tern sits at its nesting site at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

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Arctic terns return to their protected nests in Juneau

The birds began their journey to Alaska in March to find safe haven at the Mendenhall Glacier.

The new, mobile bathroom unit rests on a concrete slab at Jack Gist Park on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Jack Gist Park receives spring improvements

City of Homer staff expanded the parking lot, installed a culvert, and added a mobile bathroom unit.

Graduate Paxton McKnight speaks during the graduation ceremony at Cook Inlet Academy near Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Beginning a new season of their lives

Cook Inlet Academy graduates seven.