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Fishing vessel capsizes near Ninilchik, all occupants rescued

There were four adults and two juveniles on the boat

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Commercial drift fishing outlook published by Fish and Game ahead of opening

Around 5.7 million sockeye are expected to return to Upper Cook Inlet

One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Board of Education OKs purchase of land for Kachemak Selo school

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board voted unanimously at Monday evening’s board meeting to approve the borough purchase…

Clayton Holland, superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, speaks during a meeting of the Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Holland to stay on as school district superintendent

Clayton Holland will remain the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s superintendent through June 2027 after the district’s Board…

A guide from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge leads visitors on a hike of Centennial Trail near Soldotna on Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Refuge readies for another season of Guided Discovery Hikes

Guided Discovery Hikes are scheduled for every Friday and Saturday from June 21 to Aug. 30

Zen Kelly, president of the board, speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board directs KPBSD to begin restoring cut positions

The board had previously advanced and approved a budget based on “the worst-case scenario” of no additional funding…

Community

Dinner in the Street returns to Bunnell on Sunday

Bunnell Street Arts Center is bringing back “Dinner in the Street” summer evening dinner and entertainment event June…

The author guides clients on the Canning River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. (Photo by Rich Wilkins/courtesy Michael Engelhard.

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Writing the rivers of life in Alaska

Alaska Arctic wilderness guide and author Michael Engelhard presents recently published books at Pratt event

Image via Homer Farmers Market

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A blast from the past at the Homer Farmers Market

The market has a history of very dedicated farmers

A fallen tree reaches onto Kalifornsky Beach Road in Soldotna, Alaska, as cars drive by on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Grants, borough to support HEA effort to mitigate dangerous trees

HEA will have permission to enter borough land and the borough’s right of way

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Panel discussion on local addiction treatment services to take place next week

Panelists will discuss local options for residential and outpatient treatment, counseling services and peer support programs

A bag of freshly dug razor clams is held aloft at the Ninilchik Beach in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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No clamming in Ninilchik or Clam Gulch this year

Adult abundance “well below” fishery thresholds on both beaches

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1 dead, 3 missing after boat capsizes near Seward

Alaska State Troopers were notified by the U.S. Coast Guard of an overturned vessel last Wednesday