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    Articles by Ashlyn O'Hara
    A harbor seal rescued earlier this year by the Alaska SeaLife Center, Tuber, is released on the Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    SeaLife Center sends off seals at Kenai beach
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Harbor seals Tuber and Darth Tater were rescued from Kenai and Nikiski earlier this year

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    Ryan Tunseth, Adam Bertoldo, Bill Elam and Nissa Savage participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidate forum at Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Election 2023: 1st round of assembly candidates tackle...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Participating in Monday’s forum were Adam Bertoldo, Bill Elam, Peter Ribbens, Nissa Savage and Ryan Tunseth

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    Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks about the National Blue Ribbon award during an assembly at Soldotna Montessori Charter School on Friday, Jan 14, 2022. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD seeks new contract with superintendent
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will negotiate a new contract with current district superintendent Clayton Holland following a unanimous…

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    Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion
A copy of “The Great Alone” sits on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Thursday in Kenai.
    Off the Shelf: ‘The Great Alone’ tells beautiful,...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Isolation, in all its forms, is a central theme of the book

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    Off the Shelf: ‘The bard of the Yukon’...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Jaunty tales and folksy rhymes bring the far north to life in Robert Service’s poetry

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    Moderators Riley Board and Ashlyn O’Hara ask questions of participants in a Soldotna City Council candidate forum at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Election 2023: Soldotna candidates talk city’s future at...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    The forum, hosted in partnership with the Central Peninsula League of Women Voters and the Soldotna Public Library, is the first of eight being held ahead of the Oct. 3 municipal election

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    Photo courtesy Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Office
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs S.B. 7 into law at Papoose Milling on Wednesday in Big Lake.
    Dunleavy signs lumber bill
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Sponsored by Nikiski Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, the bill establishes a lumber grade training program

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    A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    State Board of Education bars trans girls from...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Schools or school districts must create separate athletic categories for cisgender girls and other student athletes

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    The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Borough to hold community meetings to gauge local...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    The borough is reviving a practice last conducted in 2018.

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    The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD to use grant funds for elementary counselor...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 6, 2023 2:30 am

    The district budgeted about $626,000 for elementary school counselors for the current fiscal year

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    Crews respond to a flood event at the Lowell Creek Tunnel outflow. (Photo courtesy Seward Public Works Director Doug Schoessler)
    Seward considers legislative priority list
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 30, 2023 2:30 am

    Many of the projects are carried over from last year’s list

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    A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    State board of ed to take up transgender...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 30, 2023 2:30 am

    The board will consider whether or not to separate cisgender girls, other student athletes

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    2023 Candidate forum flyer. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Election 2023: Clarion, KDLL to hold in-person candidate...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 23, 2023 2:30 am

    The forums will be held Mondays and Thursdays in September

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