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    Articles by Ashlyn O'Hara
    Me and my former coworker, reporter Camille Botello, goofing off in the Peninsula Clarion newsroom.
    Out of the Office: Next chapter
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 22, 2024 2:30 am

    Like a lot of people who do what they love, I can remember the moment I decided I wanted to…

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    Soldotna Elementary School Principal Dr. Austin Stevenson points out corroded insulation outside of the school building on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Soldotna Elementary awaits action on approved bond
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 22, 2024 2:00 am

    Almost two years after public OKs bond, borough asking for more time

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    Graduates listen to Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman speak during the school’s commencement ceremony on Thursday in Soldotna. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Graduates listen to Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman speak during the school’s commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Expect a lot from yourself and from others’
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 21, 2024 2:30 am

    Connections Homeschool students accept diplomas at commencement ceremony

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    Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion
A copy of “Drawn from Deep Waters: True Stories from the Kenai Peninsula,” is held on Thursday in Kenai.
    Off the Shelf: Congregation calling
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 16, 2024 2:30 am

    The collection is written by patrons of Kalifonsky Christian Center

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    Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s grant application for funds to support summer reading programs, along with other reading intervention documents, are splayed on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Monday, May 13, 2024 in Kenai, Alaska.
    School district preparing for new summer reading intervention...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 16, 2024 2:30 am

    Third graders who test well below benchmark on their end-of-year literacy assessment may either be held back or must receive additional intervention services

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough mayor proposes flat sales tax, mill rates...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 16, 2024 2:30 am

    Borough Mayor Peter Micciche emphasized sustainability and affordability

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    School board says farewell to this year’s student leaders
    School board says farewell to this year’s student...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 8, 2024 2:30 am

    Monday was the night of the student at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s school board meeting, where members bade…

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    Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, confers with other senators and legislative staff moments before gavelling in the start of this year’s legislative session at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    Senate’s draft operating budget includes outstanding KPBSD pandemic...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 8, 2024 2:30 am

    Public education advocates, students and staff have doggedly lobbied lawmakers for an increase to the state’s K-12 funding formula

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    Kenai Peninsula Education Association President LaDawn Druce speaks in support of borough and school district budget collaboration during a borough assembly meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly sets school funding floor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 7, 2024 2:30 am

    The roughly $56.2 million amount is less than the $58.2 million requested last month but is more than what the borough gave the district last year

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    From front left, Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland listen to families during a community conversation on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Senate committee hears correspondence school allotment bill
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 1, 2024 2:30 am

    A superior court judge ruled earlier this month that the allotments are unconstitutional

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    Kyle McFall addresses attendees at a meeting to gauge interest in a Dena’ina-focused charter school hosted by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenaitze Indian Tribe hosts meeting to gauge interest...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 3, 2024 2:30 am

    The initiative comes amid heightened legislative interest in Alaska’s charter school system

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    Demonstrators protest the sale of mifepristone outside of Walgreens in Soldotna on Tuesday, March 27, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Anti-abortion activists protest outside Soldotna Walgreens
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 3, 2024 2:30 am

    The actions come as the Supreme Court weighs restrictions to mifepristone distribution

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    Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Commissioner Deena Bishop and Gov. Mike Dunleavy discuss his veto of an education bill during a press conference Friday, March 15, 2024, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    State owes KPBSD $9.7 million, federal government says
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 3, 2024 2:30 am

    DEED on Thursday pushed back on the federal government’s statement that it has not complied with requirements

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    Me working in the Alaska House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 in Juneau, Alaska. (Mark Sabbatini/Juneau Empire)
    Out of the Office: Juneau
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 27, 2024 2:30 am

    It was kind of happenstance that I spent the last month living and working in Juneau.

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    Michael Jones, Louie Flora and Crystal Schwartz participate in a candidate forum for the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors hosted by KDLL 91.9 FM, KBBI AM 890 and the Peninsula Clarion at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    HEA board candidates talk renewables, gas shortage at...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 27, 2024 2:30 am

    Candidates running for seats on the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors gathered in the Soldotna Public Library on Monday,…

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    The Alaska State Capitol on March 1. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Some KPBSD schools could benefit from internet bill...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 27, 2024 2:30 am

    If House Bill 193 becomes law, an additional six KPBSD schools would be eligible for the state’s grant program

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