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    A sockeye salmon is carried from the waters of Cook Inlet on North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai River dipnet fishery open 24 hours beginning...
    By Jacob Dye • July 17, 2025 1:30 am

    Per fish counts available from the department, 471,000 sockeye have been counted so far this year — with 108,000 counted on Wednesday alone.

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    Nets are extended from North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘A really good day’
    By Jacob Dye • July 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Kenai River personal use sockeye salmon dipnet fishery opens.

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    Children leap forward to grab candy during a Fourth of July parade on South Willow Street in Kenai, Alaska, on July 4, 2025. (Photo courtesy Sarah Every)
    Celebrating the 4th in the streets
    By Jacob Dye • July 9, 2025 1:30 am

    Kenai comes out for annual Independence Day parade.

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    Brooklyn Coleman, right, staffs The Squeeze Squad lemonade stand during Lemonade Day in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kids learn business skills at annual Lemonade Day
    By Jacob Dye • June 19, 2025 1:30 am

    Around 40 stands were strewn around Soldotna, Kenai, Nikiski and Sterling for the event.

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    Planes are showcased at the Kenai Air Fair in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai fair shows off aircraft of all kinds
    By Jacob Dye • June 19, 2025 1:30 am

    Cargo planes to helicopters were on display Saturday.

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    Ricky Bailey (901) of Wasilla and Aaron Loyer (396) of Palmer race in the pro class at the Alaska State Motocross Series Race 4 on Sunday, June 15, 2025, at Twin City Raceway in Kenai, Alaska. Bailey and Loyer grew up racing at the raceway. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    State motocross puts sport’s strong family ties on...
    By Jeff Helminiak • June 19, 2025 1:05 am

    The strong family ties that bind motocross racing were on display at the Alaska State Motocross Races 3 and 4…

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    Kenai City Council member Phil Daniel speaks during a joint work session of the Kenai City Council and Kenaitze Tribal Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai OKs formal agreements with Kenaitze, Salamatof tribes
    By Jacob Dye • June 9, 2025 1:30 am

    The agreements create a foundation for ongoing collaboration between the city and tribes.

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    Aleutian Airways staff fill the desk during their first day of service at Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, June 6, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Aleutian Airways begins Kenai-Anchorage service
    By Jacob Dye • June 6, 2025 1:30 am

    The first plane arrived at the Kenai Municipal Airport around 7 a.m. on Friday.

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    John Krohn, general manager at KBBI AM 890, prepares to go on the air on Friday, May 30, 2025, in the Gary Thomas Studio at the KBBI station in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    ‘We’ve never felt a threat like this before’
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 4, 2025 1:30 am

    Federal cuts to public broadcasting funding could devastate Alaska public radio stations, including on the Kenai Peninsula.

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    Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, speaks during a joint luncheon of the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Bjorkman reports back on legislative session
    By Jacob Dye • June 4, 2025 1:30 am

    Highlights included education funding, budget woes and bills on insurance regulations, fishing.

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    Jets from the U.S. Air Force’s 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing are staged at Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska, as part of Exercise Tropic Tundra on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Air Force jets launch from Kenai airport as...
    By Jacob Dye • June 3, 2025 1:30 am

    The jets are part of U.S. Air Force’s 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing’s Exercise Tropic Tundra.

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    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)
    Kenai bluff project underway
    By Jacob Dye • May 27, 2025 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    Honoring the ‘greatest sacrifice’
    By Jacob Dye • May 26, 2025 1:30 am

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

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