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🌱 How the Peninsula Oilers fought back from a lost season

Kenai, Alaska Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Kenai! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How the Peninsula Oilers fought back from a lost season
  • What a denied Kenai gas project means for your heat this winter

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know why the Easter Egg wouldnt cross the road? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 55 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Cloudy and becoming rainy, temps: high: 56, low: 48.
  • Wednesday: Rain and drizzle, with a high of 56 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘No one wants the games to end': Even as financial questions persist, the Peninsula Oilers play on (alaskasnewssource.com) — Kenai’s Peninsula Oilers are back on the field this summer, drawing strong hometown crowds to Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark even as the club scrambles to stabilize its finances. After sitting out 2025, the team returned under new general manager Marshall Boze, selling assets and ramping up fundraising to keep summer baseball alive on the Kenai Peninsula for years to come.
   

• Enstar: Natural gas supplies 'not looking good' for Southcentral Alaska this winter (newsminer.com) — A state decision blocking expanded natural gas storage in Kenai has Enstar warning it may not have enough fuel to get Southcentral residents through this winter. The utility says over 150,000 customers could be affected and is seeking reconsideration while scrambling for alternative, potentially costlier storage and new gas supplies.
   

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  • U-Haul International, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative in Kenai. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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Ok Kenai! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was a little chicken (Thank you Treva H. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kenai

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