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Ashlyn O'Hara

Me and my former coworker, reporter Camille Botello, goofing off in the Peninsula Clarion newsroom.

Sports

Out of the Office: Next chapter

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

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)

News

Soldotna Elementary awaits action on approved bond

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

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)

News

‘Expect a lot from yourself and from others’

Connections Homeschool students accept diplomas at commencement ceremony

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A copy of “Drawn from Deep Waters: True Stories from the Kenai Peninsula,” is held on Thursday in Kenai.

Community

Off the Shelf: Congregation calling

The collection is written by patrons of Kalifonsky Christian Center

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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.

News

School district preparing for new summer reading intervention programs

Third graders who test well below benchmark on their end-of-year literacy assessment may either be held back or…

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)

News

Borough mayor proposes flat sales tax, mill rates in $180 million draft budget

Borough Mayor Peter Micciche emphasized sustainability and affordability

News

School board says farewell to this year’s student leaders

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

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)

News

Senate’s draft operating budget includes outstanding KPBSD pandemic relief funds

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

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)

News

Assembly sets school funding floor

The roughly $56.2 million amount is less than the $58.2 million requested last month but is more than…

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)

News

Senate committee hears correspondence school allotment bill

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

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)

News

Kenaitze Indian Tribe hosts meeting to gauge interest in a Dena’ina charter school

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

Demonstrators protest the sale of mifepristone outside of Walgreens in Soldotna on Tuesday, March 27, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Anti-abortion activists protest outside Soldotna Walgreens

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

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)

News

State owes KPBSD $9.7 million, federal government says

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