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Not everyone owns a vehicle, that's why Red Eye Rides offers shuttle services between communities on or near the Kenai Peninsula. The company receives about 40% of its revenue in the winter, primarily from shipyard workers.
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The young otter has extensive facial injuries. He was rescued from a sheltered hallway of an apartment complex several blocks from the water.
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A remote landslide produced a tsunami about 55 feet high at Kenai Fjords National Park earlier this month. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
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Two Kenai Peninsula Borough School District employees were recently nominated for National Life Group’s LifeChanger of the Year award, which recognizes and awards outstanding K-12 educators and employees. One of this year's nominees is Ryan Kocher, head custodian at Seward High School.
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Joseph Chandler was acquitted Monday in the 2019 killings of Dustin Marx and Michael White. A previous trial for Chandler last spring ended in a hung jury and mistrial.
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Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas docked in Seward for four extra days and missed much of its itinerary because of storms forecasted in the Gulf of Alaska.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s vessel Okeanos Explorer is docked in Seward after finishing a five-month research expedition of maritime Alaska. The expedition surveyed maritime regions throughout the state, leading to new scientific discoveries.
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Most of Southcentral Alaska was under a flood watch on Friday and Saturday. The Kenai didn't see many impacts, but the borough is monitoring flood-prone areas, and there was flooding on East End Road in Homer.
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A vote on whether to sell the utility to Homer Electric narrowly failed in May. Despite public opposition, the city council voted to put it back on the ballot, along with a question of whether the approval threshold should be lowered from 60% to a simple majority.
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A 15-year-old died of cardiac arrest while hiking, according to Kenai Fjords National Park. A Michigan newspaper reports that the hiker was on a summer camp trip for Jewish children and families from the Detroit area.