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Installation of new Kachemak Bay tsunami sirens begins

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management began installations of new tsunami siren equipment across the borough…

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Sunday night collision closes Seward Highway, sends 3 to hospital

The vehicle was the subject of “multiple” REDDI reports

Exit Glacier, as seen in August 2015 from the Harding Icefield Trail in Kenai Fjords National Park just outside of Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Boy, 15, dies after going into cardiac arrest while hiking Harding Icefield Trail

A 15-year-old boy died Monday after going into cardiac arrest while hiking the Harding Icefield Trail in Seward,…

A photo taken from Skyline Drive at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, shows vehicles evacuating from the Homer Spit after a tsunami warning was issued. The warning did not affect the Homer area, but sirens sounded anyway. The warning was later canceled. (Photo by Shannon Cefalu/courtesy)

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Tsunami alert, mixed messages trigger evacuation

Southwest earthquake lights up peninsula phones Saturday

Jim Stearns and Lara McGinnis, co-founders of the first Ninilchik Community Fund associated with the Homer Foundation, are photographed on Friday, July 14, 2023. Photo provided by Lara McGinnis

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Ninilchik establishes first community fund through Homer Foundation

Ninilchik has established its first community fund, and with it the Homer Foundation has further strengthened its service…

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Contestants race down the Kenai River during the 16th Annual Cooper Landing Drift Boat Regatta near the Eagle Landing Resort in Cooper Landing, May 20.

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State water monitoring project says Kenai River is safe for aquatic life

The project was developed in response to concerns about high concentrations of dissolved metals, specifically copper and zinc

Alaska State Veterinarian Dr. Bob Gerlach gives a presentation on Avian Influenza Virus at the 4-H Agriculture Expo in Soldotna, Alaska, on Aug. 5, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Health officials warn of avian influenza, activity still low

An epidemiology bulletin published by the State Department of Health late last month warns of the presence of…

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members Zen Kelly, Patti Truesdell, KPBSD Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent and Jason Tauriainen participate in a board meeting on Monday, July 10, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Some KPBSD substitutes, support staff to get pay raises

Some of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s substitute and temporary staff will receive raises for the upcoming…

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members Jason Tauriainen, Matt Morse, Virginia Morgan and Beverley Romanin participate in a board meeting on Monday, July 10, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board makes final tweaks to district budget

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday updated the district’s budget to reflect new…

AlaSkins employee Jeramie Davis (left) slices and rolls cod skins that will ultimately be sold as pet treats at AlaSkins on Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna’s AlaSkins named Alaska manufacturer of the year

A local business familiar for its high-quality and authentically Alaska pet treats got a treat of its own…

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On July 9, Jason Sodergren and retired veterinarian Ralph Broshes capture and attend to the crane that was shot with an arrow.

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Crane shot with arrow rescued

Team captures crane, removes arrow and releases it back into the wild

Traffic is backed up on the Homer Spit late Friday afternoon on June 20, 2023, in Homer, Alaska, while Homer Police and Homer Volunteer Fire Department staff respond to a tourist injured when she was hit by a car that veered onto the bike trail. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Special to the Homer News).

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Crash that injured tourist also killed her dog

Arkansas woman suffered major injuries when driver veered into her on the Homer Spit Trail.

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KPBSD students Lyndzi Gausin (Kenai Central High School), Morgan Carlson-Kelly (Nikolaevsk), Autumn Jones (Homer High School), Caitlin Eskelin (Soldotna High School) and Stephanie Huffer (Kenai Central High School) compete in national Educators Rising competition in Florida in June 2023.

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KPBSD students attend national Educators Rising conference

Alaska sent a large delegation of competitors to the 2023 Educators Rising conference in Orlando, Florida last month.…